European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
Sponsored Sessions
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Room: Sala d’Assaig
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Symposium GliMR 2nd Congress
Ana Matoso, Nuria Arias Ramos
Quantitative neuroimaging of brain tumors
Kathleen Schmainda
Imaging Biometrics, Elm Grove, WI, USA
Kathleen Schmainda
Imaging Biometrics, Elm Grove, WI, USA
New Advances in Neuroimaging
Gerard Blasco
Philips, Barcelona, ES
Gerard Blasco
Philips, Barcelona, ES
Making the Most of Advanced Brain Tumor MR Imaging:
APT, pCASL, DTI, and fMRI in Clinical Practice
Stefano Casagranda
Olea Medical, La Ciotat, FR
Stefano Casagranda
Olea Medical, La Ciotat, FR
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of
Imaging Biometrics
,
Philips Healthcare
,
Olea Medical
,
and
The Brain Tumour Charity
,
whose partnership helps make this event possible.
Room: Sala Simfonica
12:30 – 12:40
Lunch Symposium Olea Medical
Cleaning the Noise, Finding the Fibers:
Microstructural based Spherical Deconvolution Tractography
Stefano Casagranda
Olea Medical
Stefano Casagranda
Olea Medical
Room: Sala de Cambra
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Symposium Bruker
Innovation with Impact in Preclinical Imaging
Dr. Tim Workrina
Dr. Peter Ullmann
Dr. Tim Workrina
Dr. Peter Ullmann
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Room: Sala de Cambra
12:00 – 13:00
Philips Lunch Symposium
Turning Vision into Reality:
Autonomous MRI and the Future of Quantified Care
Moderator / Introduction speaker:
Kim van de Ven
Elevating the Future of MRI through Partnership and Collaboration
Ioannis Panagiotelis, PhD.
Business Leader MR, Philips, The Netherlands
Ioannis Panagiotelis, PhD.
Business Leader MR, Philips, The Netherlands
From Quantitative MRI to Actionable MRI
Josep Munuera del Cerro, MD PhD. Director of the Radiology Department
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain
Josep Munuera del Cerro, MD PhD. Director of the Radiology Department
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain
Strong Gradients in Diffusion MRI: From Methodological Advances to New Opportunities
Chantal Tax, PhD. Associate Professor
University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Chantal Tax, PhD. Associate Professor
University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Room: Sala de Cambra
15:00 – 15:15
QuiBim Session
QP-Prostate®: Optimizing Cancer Detection with AI –
Clinical Case Review and Expert Perspectives
Dr. Kai Vilanova
Director MRI Clínica Girona, Hospital Dr. J. Trueta. University of Girona, Spain
Director MRI Clínica Girona, Hospital Dr. J. Trueta. University of Girona, Spain
Friday, October 2, 2026
Room: Sala de Cambra
12:00 – 13:00
Siemens Healthcare Lunch Symposium
Using MRI to probe beyond morphology
Using MRI to probe beyond morphology
André Fischer
Siemens Healthineers, Germany
André Fischer
Siemens Healthineers, Germany
Beyond the Visible: Mapping Gray Matter Microstructure In Vivo with Ultra-High-Performance Gradients
Marco Palombo
CUBRIC Cardiff, United Kingdom
Marco Palombo
CUBRIC Cardiff, United Kingdom
The case for quantitative susceptibility mapping
Christian Langkammer
Medical University of Graz, Austria
Christian Langkammer
Medical University of Graz, Austria
Room: Sala de Cambra
15:00 – 15:15
Esaote Session
Redefining Imaging at Low-Field MR: AI e-SPADES Technology
Maël Floc’h
MRI Application Engineer & Product Manager, Esaote
MRI Application Engineer & Product Manager, Esaote
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Room: Sala de Cambra
12:00 – 13:00
GE HealthCare Lunch Symposium
Stronger together: co-innovating the future of MRI
Welcome and introduction
Pablo García Polo
Regional Research Manager, GE HealthCare
Pablo García Polo
Regional Research Manager, GE HealthCare
Lecture from Prof. Luis Martí Bonmatí
Hospital La Fé, Spain
Hospital La Fé, Spain
12:25 – Lecture from Laura Carretero Gomez
MR Scientist, GE HealthCare
MR Scientist, GE HealthCare
Lecture from Prof. Hubert Raeymaekers
UZ Brussels, Belgium
UZ Brussels, Belgium
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