International School of Bioelectromagnetism “Alessandro Chiabrera”
11th Course – “Advances in Electroporation-Based Therapy: from Principles to Clinical
Applications”
Co-organized with: 
Erice, May 2-7, 2025
We are thrilled to announce the almost final program of the course. This event will feature lectures from renowned scientists, distinguished lecturers, and leading experts from around the world.
PROGRAMME
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DAY 1 – Friday, May 2nd Theme: BASICS |
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| Morning | ||
| 09:00 | Welcome to participants and Brief Overview of the School | Bersani&Scarfi |
| 09:30 | Welcome from BioEM Society | Peyman&Liberti |
| 09:35 | Welcome from ISEBTT Society | Emanuela Signori |
| 09:15 | Introduction and Course opening | Davalos&Liberti |
| 09:40 | Basic Mechanisms Principles: Electric field at cellular level and transmembrane potential | Lluis Mir |
| 10:40 | COFFEE BREAK and Posters Hang up | |
| 11:10 | Basic Mechanisms Principles: Membrane dielectric breakdown and Electropore formation | Lea Rems |
| 12:10 | LUNCH | |
| Afternoon | ||
| 14:00 | Results of cells exposure: reversible electroporation | Lluis Mir |
| 14:30 | Results of tissue exposure: irreversible electroporation (IRE / PFA) | Rafael Davalos |
| 15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:30 | Results of cell response for transfection | Maja Cemazar |
| 16:00 | Other basic responses | Emanuela Signori |
| 16:30 | Electroporation as a Platform Technology | Lluis Mir |
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DAY 2 – Saturday, May 3rd Theme: ELECTRIC FIELD |
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| 09:00 | Introduce the day: Considerations for electrode design and distribution for EP therapy |
Rafael Davalos or Micaela Liberti |
| 09:20 | Electric Field Generators and Electrodes for reversible EP drug diffusion | Micaela Liberti |
| 09:50 | Electric Field Generators and Electrodes for IRE and PFA | Edward Jacobs |
| 10:20 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 10:50 | Collateral Effects of Electroporation: Heating, Electrochemical Reactions, and Electrical Stimulation |
Antoni Ivorra |
| 11:30 | Impact of protocol parameters on the efficacy of electroporation | Roberta Fusco |
| 12:10 | LUNCH |
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| Afternoon | ||
| 14:00 | Electric Field Coupling and Modeling |
Stefania Romeo |
| 14:40 | COFFEE BREAK |
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| 15:10 | Model Validation / Importing medical images into numerical models | Clair Poignard |
| 15:50 | AI for Modeling and Treatment Planning | Edward Jacobs |
| 16:30 | Electric Field Generators and Electrodes for gene electrontrasfer | Richard Heller |
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DAY 3 – Sunday, May 4th Theme: LABWORK AND INTERACTIVE FORUM |
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| Morning | ||
| 09:00 | Treatment Planning Strategies: Clinical Cases |
Roberta Fusco |
| 09:40 | Hands on: Labwork 1 – Electric Field Calculation on a Basic EP Configuration (by the use of a EM simulator) |
Micaela Liberti |
| 10:40 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:10 | Industry Panel: State of the art, Gaps and Challenges in Technological Development | Sponsors + Speakers + Moderator |
| 12:10 |
LUNCH |
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| Afternoon |
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| 14:00 | Labwork 2: Electric Field Calculation on a Case Study (incorporating an CT/MRI scan, based on a professional software: IGEA and others?) |
Roberta Fusco + other sponsors |
| 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16:00 | Labwork 3: Electroporation experience on a vegetable tissue with industry sponsors available to bring devices |
Igea + other sponsor |
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DAY 4 – Monday, May 5th Theme: CLINICS |
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| 09:00 | Introduce the day: Different Clinical Applications, Main Results, and emerging issues |
Gregor Sersa |
| 10:00 | Clinical Applications: ECT | Julie Gehl |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:30 | Clinical Applications: EGT (Gene Therapy) | Richard Heller |
| 12:00 |
LUNCH |
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| Afternoon |
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| 14:00 | Students Posters and Discussion | |
| 15:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:30 | Clinical Applications: Veterinary oncology | Maja Cemazar |
| 16:00 | Clinical Applications: IRE | Fernando Burdio |
| 16:45 | Electrochemotherapy: The Insp-ECT (International Network for Sharing practices on ECT) experience | Giulia Bertino |
| 17:25 | Medical Experts Panel: Gaps and Challenges in Current Clinical | ALL Speakers |
| 20:00 |
Course Dinner and Best Poster Award |
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DAY 5 – Tuesday, May 6th Theme: FUTURE DIRECTIONS |
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| Morning |
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| 09:00 | Vascular Malformations |
TBC |
| 09:30 | Tumour Ablation: Clinical Experiences: Bone metastasis at Vertebre |
TBC |
| 10:00 | Energy-Based Tumor Ablation and its Interplay with the Adaptive Immune Response | Qi Shao |
| 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
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| 11:15 | Combined treatment of ECT and immunotherapy through IL12 electrogene transfer in Veterinary | Maja Cemazar |
| 11:45 | TBC | Luigi Aurisicchio |
| 12:30 |
LUNCH |
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| Free Afternoon with EXCURSION |
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DAY 6 – Wednesday, May 7th Theme: CLOSING REMARKS and SUM-UP |
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| 09:00 | State of the Art at 5th World Congress Electroporation in Rome 2024 |
Francesca Apollonio |
| 09:30 | Overview of recently funded Research Programs | All Speakers |
| 10:30 | Survey | |
| 11:00 | Closing remarks and overview of EP topics at Erice | Bersani&Scarfi |
Download the programme in PDF Program_updated_28Nov
