Space Biomedicine Conference 2026

II Ogólnopolska Konferencja Medycyny Kosmicznej

5–6 listopada 2026

Day 1

08:30 – 09:00 Registration & welcome coffee 

09:00 – 09:15 Opening remarks – Prof. Michał Żmijewski , płk dr hab. Grzegorz Kade

 

09:15 – 10:00 Keynote Lecture 

Afshin Beheshti 

 

10:00 – 11:00 Session 1: Radiation & Omics (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A) 

Isaiah Reeves

Anna Fogtman

William da Silveira

 

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break 

11:30 – 12:50 Session 2: Human Health & Translational Space Medicine (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A) 

Joseph Borg 

Begum Mathyk

Maybritt Kuypers

Ewelina Maculewicz

 

12:50 – 14:00 Lunch

 

14:00 – 15:00 Session 3: Spaceflight DCS for Exploration (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)

Jacek Kot 

Dariusz Tomaszewski

TBA

 

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00 Roundtable: Key Gaps and Emerging Directions in Space Medicine

Jacek Kot

Afshin Beheshti

Joseph Borg

Virginia Wotring

Maybritt Kuypers

Jakub Mieczkowski (moderator)

 

17:00 – 18:00 Poster Session & Networking

19:30 Conference dinner 

 

 


 

 

Day 2

09:00 – 09:30 Keynote Lecture 

Angelique van Ombergen

 

09:30 – 10:30 Early-Career Flash Talks (8 speakers, 5 minutes per person) 

10:30 – 11:30 Session 4: Technologies in Space Biomedicine (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)

Ian Johnson

Biomedika

Jonathan Scott

 

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00 Student Roundtable 

Virginia Wotring

William da Silveira

Agnieszka Zimmermann (TBC)

Urszula Lawrynowicz (moderator)

 

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 

14:00 – 15:00 Session 5: Emerging Research & New Directions (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)

ppłk Monika Tarpiłowska

ppłk Małgorzata Szczypek

TBA 

 

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break 

 

15:30 – 17:00 Roundtable: Space Medicine in Europe: Priorities, Opportunities and Constraints

Anna Fogtman

Angelique van Ombergen

Jonathan Scott

Michal Zmijewski

Grzegorz Kade

Magdalena Kozak (moderator)

 

17:00 – 17:15 Awards & Closing