Day 1: Foundations: Governance, Ethics & Translation
Thursday, 22. October, 2026
10:00 - Opening
Vice Rector Michaela Fritz
10:30 - Session 1
- Keynote: Regulation of Medical AI: Current Trends in the EU
Prof. Dr. Karl Stöger
Professor of Medical Law and Director of the Institute of Ethics and Law in Medicine
University of Vienna - AI and Religion(s) — Current Initiatives and Perspectives
Prof. Dr. Sigrid Müller
Professor of Theological Ethics and Deputy Director of the Institute of Ethics and Law in Medicine
University of Vienna - When Patients Turn to AI: Ethical Perspectives on Patient-Initiated Use of GenAI in Healthcare
Dr. Elisabeth Langmann
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Ethics and History of Health in Society (IEHHS),
University of Augsburg
12:15 - Poster Session Lightening Talks
13:00 - Lunch Break and Networking
14:00 - Session 2
- Keynote: "How to Get Your Algorithm to Market”
Georg Langs
Head of the Comprehensive Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (CAIM),
Medical University of Vienna - Injury Reduction and Performance Optimization
Dr. Dario Cazzola
CEO & Co-Founder, Forceteck
15:00 - Coffee Break
15:30 - AI Act Implementation – What Works, What Does Not Work - Opinionated perspective
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matthias Samwald
Associate Professor, Institute of Artificial Intelligence
Medical University of Vienna
16:00 - 17:30 - Agentic Session
- Prof. Dr. Maria Brbić
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Life Sciences, EPFL;
Affiliate of the EPFL AI Center; CIFAR Fellow - Prof. Dr. Charlotte Bunne
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Life Sciences, EPFL - Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis
Director of the Computational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich; Chair of Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
17:30 - Wrap Up by AIM