Optica Sensing Congress

15 - 19 July, 2024

Le Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis
Toulouse, France

Sensors for Real-time Monitoring of Biomarkers for Personalized Medicine Workshops

Overview

In the era of personalized medicine and continuous health monitoring, sensors play a central role in enabling real-time tracking of vital biomarkers. This workshop will focus on the latest developments in optical sensor technologies tailored for monitoring health biomarkers in real-time, addressing challenges and exploring opportunities for innovation. We are keen to bring together competences from academia, medicine and industry to foster collaboration and innovation in this rapidly evolving field.

Scope and Topics

Exploration of existing and emerging sensor technologies for detecting and quantifying biomarkers within the body for healthcare applications
Discussion on the integration of optical technologies into wearable and implantable devices to enable real-time monitoring of biomarkers
Analysis of current trends and requirements in sensing for healthcare applications. Which biomarkers (metabolites, physiological symptoms, etc.) hold promise for improving disease diagnosis and treatment? What is the optimal frequency for measuring these metabolites, and which bodily compartment or fluid is most suitable for measurement?

Schedule

Session I, 10:30 – 12:00
10:30 – 10:45	Welcome and Introduction
10:45 – 11:00	Lilian Witthauer, Universitat Bern, Switzerland Sensors for Diabetes and Beyond
11:00 – 11:15	Juan Pedro Cascales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Transdermal Gases: Insights, Challenges and Applications
11:15 – 11:30	Werner Mäntele, DiaMonTech AG, Germany Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring for Diabetes Patients Based on Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers: From Ideas to Instruments
11:30 – 11:45	Ferda Canbaz, Universitat Basel, Switzerland OCT and LIBS Based Tissue Differentiation Towards Intelligent Laser Surgery
11:45 – 12:00	Christian Müller, trinamiX GmbH, Germany Making Miniaturized NIR Spectroscopy Accessible for Everybody
Session II, 13:30 – 15:30
13:30 – 13:45	Giuseppe Trusso, University of Catania, Italy Smart Detection of Human Stress Biomarkers by Fluorescent Sensor Array
13:45 – 14:00	Lukas Scherrer, GlucoSet, Norway Medical Applications of Optical Sensing Technologies
14:00 – 14:15	Patricia Ramírez Priego, Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotec, Spain The Future of Point-of-Care Biosensors in Healthcare Applications
14:15 – 14:30	Jingjing Jiang, Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland SPAD Sensor Based Near Infrared Optical Tomography for Clinical Applications
14:30 – 14:45	Samantha Grist, University of British Columbia, Canada Challenges and Outlook for Biosensing Using Silicon Photonic Resonators
14:45 – 15:00	Benjamin Burgat, CSEM Basel, Switzerland A New Era in Healthcare: Continuous Biomarkers Monitoring with Photoplethysmography
15:00 – 15:30	Discussion and Conclusion