Upcoming and past events

Upcoming Events
Retreat with the eHealth Strategy Area 3-4 February, 2026 Linköping Gunnar Cedersund, Elin Nyman and others will attend the retreat with the eHealth Strategy Area. Learn more about eHealth at Linklping University.
3R Länd Conference 24-26 March, 2026 Tübingen Oscar Silfvergren will present his work on mathematical modelling for microphysiological systems in Drug Development - at the conference. Learn more about the conference.
Digital Twins at Blekinge Institute of Technology 15 April, 2026 Blekinge Gunnar Cedersund will give a presentation about digital twins at Blekinge Institute of Technology. Closed event.
Symposium: Vascular Aging and Arterial Stiffness 21 April, 2026 Stockholm Gunnar Cedersund will give a lecture about digital twins at the symposium - arranged by the Swedish Society for Hypertension and Vascular Medicine. Event details, opportunity for digital participation and registration - Swedish.
Annual conference BME@LIU-Day 25-26 May, 2026 Linköping Gunnar Cedersund is chairman of the program committee for the annual conference BME@LIU-Day, on May 25. On May 26, there will be an extra day for the excellence cluster M4-HEALTH. Read more about the event - Swedish.

Past Events
M4-HEALTH workshop 28-29 January, 2026 Linköping An open workshop with all members of the new VINNOVA excellence cluster "M4-HEALTH" which develops and applies digital twins in a new integrated eco-system. Get to know M4-HEALTH better through our website
STRATIF-AI consortium meeting 27-28 January, 2026 Linköping A semi-open bi-annual workshop with the EU project STRATIF-AI, which is coordinated by us.
Workshop by Excellence Cluster NeuroXTek 19-20 January, 2026 NeuroXTek is the Swedish Neurotechnology Alliance dedicated to brain health and mental well-being. Gunnar Cedersund attended the workshop arranged by them. Learn more about NeuroXTek.
Kajsa Tunedal's PhD Defense 16 January, 2026 Linköping Title of the thesis: “Unraveling mechanisms of hypertension using cardiovascular models and MRI” Details about the defense on the Linköping University webpage
Seminar series by SeniorNet 11 December, 2025
Linköping
At this event, arranged by the local association for “IT for elderly”, Gunnar will present his digital twins and upcoming plans for a health program for the elderly. Check out SeniorNet's event page for details - Swedish
Seminar on current animal testing issues 4 December, 2025 Stockholm An annual seminar focused on refinement in animal testing this year. Oscar Silvfergren from the ISB Group and SUND and Liisa Vilén from AstraZeneca gave a joint presentation on usage of organs on a chip and digital twins in drug development. More info Swedish
Visual Sweden Day 3 December, 2025 Linköping A day dedicated to innovation in and the future of visualization technology: Gunnar Cedersund and the ISB Group gave a demonstration of medical digital twins. More info & registration Swedish
Ph.D. defense of Laura Hjort Blicher 27 November, 2025 DTU Lyngby Denmark Ph.D. defense of Laura Hjort Blicher, at the Danish Technical University, where Gunnar Cedersund was an opponent. Name of Ph.D. thesis: "Quantitative systems pharmacology using human lipodomic data to enable model-informed drug development of novel cardiometabolic targets" Explore Laura's publications
Research conference in conjunction with LiU 50 years 26 November, 2025 Linköping Gunnar Cedersund presented medical digital twins under the theme "The roles of AI and visualisation in a digital future". More info
Oncogenetics Days 19-20 November, 2025 Linköping Lectures, workshops and reports within oncogenetics facilitated by national work groups and external partners. Gunnar Cedersund held a presentation about medical digital twins. More info Swedish
Östergötlands tekniska förening (ÖTF) 19 November, 2025 Linköping ÖTF is a local association which supports and informs about engineering-related issues. On this day, they came on a study visit to our group, and Gunnar and others gave a presentation about our digital twins Closed event
NeuroXTek – The Swedish Neurotechnology Alliance for Brain Health and Mental Wellbeing 10-11 November, 2025 Gothenburg NeuroXTek is one of the excellence clusters recently funded by VINNOVA, and it seeks to coordinate all of the neuroengineering-related initiatives in Sweden. Gunnar and a few others from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT) attended the event. Read more about NeuroXTek in Swedish
Kvalitetsmässan i Göteborg 11-13 November, 2025 Gothenburg Kvalitetsmässan is Sweden's biggest event devoted to eldercare. Here our spin-off company Lev Skönare presented and demonstrated our digital twins, as well as the health program Hälsoresan, together with their customer Norlandia Read more about Kvalitetsmässan in Swedish
Retreat ISB Group 27-28 October, 2025 Rimforsa strand The ISB Group went on a retreat to go through the group's achievements, plan for the future and connect. Closed event
ELLIIT Workshop 2025 21-22 October, 2025 Norrköping Once a year, the ELLIIT community meets at one of the four participating universities for scientific discussions and networking. Gunnar Cedersund held a presentation at the event. More info
European Virtual Human Twins (VHT) Initiative: Accelerating innovation and making personalised medicine a reality through virtual human twins 21 October, 2025 Brussels A high-level event to discuss the strategic vision for the European Virtual Human Twins (VHT) Initiative – a major step towards driving AI innovation and making personalised medicine a reality. Gunnar Cedersund and the ISB Group held presentations at the event. More info
Medical Digital Twins: Apotekarsocieteten 20 October, 2025 Digitalt An online seminar about medical digital twins and their role in everything from drug development and drug approval to drug sales and personalized drug prescription. The event was hosted by Apotekarsocieteten, and the presentation was held by Gunnar Cedersund. More info Swedish
Cambio Connect AI-spår 14-15 October, 2025 Solna Gunnar Cedersund gave a presentation at the event with one mission in mind: Enabling tomorrow’s health and social care.
Health Hub - Preventive Healthcare 14 October, 2025 Arena Götgatan A dynamic afternoon where experts reflected on the future of preventive healthcare through the medical, psychological, technological and societal lens. Gunnar Cedersund and Johan Holmäster presented medical digital twins as a way towards a healthier society. More info Swedish
ICSB 2025 - 24th international conference on systems biology 5-9 October, 2025 Dublin Stemming from transformations in systems biology thanks to interdisciplinary approaches from biology, mathematics, computer science, and engineering, ICSB 2025 focuses on systems biology for health and draws high-profile stakeholders from across all sectors, offering a unique opportunity for the global community to exchange insights and foster collaborations in this area. Gunnar Cedersund and Rasmus Magnusson gave a presentation at the event. More info
FOODay 19 September, 2025 Malmö With the help of competent and change-driven individuals, the event addressed topics that influence both the direction and opprtunities for future food system. Gunnar Cedersund held a presentation at this event. More info Swedish
SciLifeLab Group Leader Retreat 18-19 September, 2025 Lindingö A retreat dedicated to advancing cutting-edge life science research in Sweden and beyond. Gunnar Cedersund gave a keynote speech at this event. More info
Strategic Research Area in Forensic Science Annual Meeting 1-2 September, 2025 Rimforsa strand An opportunity to network and create links between researchers and projects that may increase the strength and quality of forensic research. ISB Group members - Gunnar Cedersuns, Elin Nyman, Gunnar Cedersund and Ralph Monte were present at the event. More info
Nordic_OoC/MPS 2025 21-22 August, 2025 Lyngby/Copenhagen A one-day workshop for facilitating collaboration between academia and industry, combined with a first of its kind one-day Hackathon on “AI and organoids towards Digital Twins”. Associate Professor Gunnar Cedersund was both the organizaor and a speaker at the hackathon. More info
34th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting 5-9 July, 2025 Florence A scientific and educational forum for scientists, students, other professionals and the general public to learn about and advance the state of knowledge in computational neuroscience. Several members of the ISB Group were present at the meeting. More info
Systems Biology of Human Disease conference 16-18 June, 2025 Berlin The conference focused on several areas including artificial intelligence, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, lung diseases, cancer, aging and mental health. Several members of the ISB Group were present at the conference. More info
Swedish Diabetes Summit 21-23 May, 2025 Umeå During session 4 on Thursday, Christian Simonsson presented his work on digital twins, describing weight-loss and lifestyle interventions. More info
BME@LiU - 6th annual biomedical engineering conference 21 May, 2025 Linköping During these inspiring lectures in biomedical engineering, visitors had the opportunity to meet Gunnar Cedersund who served as the chair of programme committee. More info
Public health under change - Conditions, expectations and requirements 8 May, 2025 Lund Gunnar Cedersund presented medical digital twin that helps you find, believe and work with your own sound lifestyle choices. Closed event
Swedish general medical congress 7-9 May, 2025 Stockholm Congress focused on promoting education, further training, research and development in general medicine. Visitors had the opportunity to meet Valentin Kindesjö. More info Swedish
CDH symposium 2025 "From idea to patient benefits" 6 May, 2025 Gothenburg Symposium where healthcare system, academia as well as life science and medtech sectors met. Visitors had the opportunity to meet Gunnar Cedersund. More info Swedish