Scientific Program of The USERN Congress 2023

Main Hall ​(Hall A)

8:00 – 9:00 …Registration

9:00 – 9:10 … Opening Session 

Armenia Anthem, USERN Anthem

9:10 – 9:20 …  Edward Sandoyan, RAU Rector: Welcoming Message

9:20 – 9:30 … Arsen Arakelyan, Congress Local Chair(s): Organizing USERN2023 

9:30 – 9:35 … Messages from the Nobel Laureates

9:35 – 9:45 … Tommaso Dorigo, USERN President: USERN History and the Update

9:45-9:55 … Art Performance

Tommaso Dorigo

9:55 – 10:05 … Nima Rezaei, USERN Founder: USERN2023 Scientific Program

10:05 – 10:15 … Art Performance

Ariana Rezaei and Sardar Sarmast

10:15 – 10:35 … Keynote lecture: Challenges and gratification of and academic life 

Abass Alavi, USA

10:35-10:45 … Art Performance

Kalliopi Petrou and Tommaso Dorigo

10:45 – 11:00 … Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:05 … Art Performance

Arnika Rezaei and Saghar Rouzrokh

11:05 – 11:50 … IFPPP Awarding Session 

11:50 – 12:00 … Art Performance

Zalak Panchal

8:30-9:15 … Talk Theater

9:15-10:00 … USERN Prize Awarding Festival

10:00-11:00 … USERN Laureates’ Talk

11:00-11:30 … Coffee Break

11:30 – 11:35 … Art Performance

Milad Akbarzadeh

11:35-12:15 … Closing Ceremony (Concluding Remarks, Best Oral and Poster Presentations, Appreciations, and Announcement of the Host of USERN2024)

12:15-13:00 … Art Performance (Concert)

Senior Lectures and Junior Talks (Hall B)​

Oral Presentation 1 

Moderators: Tommaso Dorigo (Chair), Michael Schreiber, Ute Römling

13:00 – 13:20 … True or false, fact or fake? Can we believe what we see or hear? 

Michael Schreiber, Germany

13:20-13:40 … Benefits of Irreproducibility in Science

Ute Römling, Sweden

13:40-14:50 … Junior Talks 1: Formal and Physical Sciences: From Artificial Intelligences to Integrated Science 

Juries:  Nima Rezaei, Frank Sellke, Dragana Ciric, Rossella Castagna, Emilio Parisini, Maha Al-Khaduri,

14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break 

Oral Presentation 2

Moderators: Arsen Arakelyan (Chair), Artem Oganov, Dragana Ciric

15:10 – 15:30 … Evolutionary crystal structure prediction and computational materials discovery 

Artem Oganov, Russia

15:30 – 15:50 … Generative and AI methods in architecture and urbanism: urban networks, smart mobility, and movement path planning, design, and computation 

Dragana Ciric, Serbia

15:50-17:00 … Junior Talks 2: Chemical and Biological Sciences: From Nanomedicine and Vaccines to Pharmaceutics in Cancer

Juries:  Tommaso Dorigo, Alexander Leemans, Naveed Akhtar, Hans Binder, Jonathan Schug, Hailiang Wang, Amedeo Amedei, Jianing Fu, Prashant Kesharwani

Oral Presentation 3

Moderators: Abass Alavi (Chair), Alexander Leemans, Bruno Scarpa

8:30 – 8:50 … UR-Index and H-Index: An Example of Comparison

Bruno Scarpa, Italy

8:50 – 9:10 … Unparalleled Impact of PET-CT-MRI on the Day to Day Practice of Medicine

Abass Alavi, USA

9:10 -9:30 …  Mapping Brain Connections with Magnets and Diffusion of Water Molecules

Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands

9:30-10:20 … Junior Talks 3: Medical Sciences: From Animal Studies to Internal Medicine and Surgery

Roksana Zakharyan, Naveed Akhtar, Artem Oganov, Joseph Firth, Ute Römling, Simon Rosenbaum, Dragana Ciric, Iraj Mohammadzadeh

10:20 – 10:40 … Coffee Break 

Oral Presentation 4

Moderators: Frank Sellke (Chair), Emilio Parisini, Maha Al-Khaduri

10:40 – 11:00 … Tackling Future Pandemics Through International Collaborations

Emilio Parisini, Italy

11:00 – 11:20 … Effects of Anti-Diabetic Drugs in Myocardial Function and Perfusion

Frank Sellke, USA

11:20 – 11:40 … PCO: A Multidisciplinary Approach 

Maha Al-Khaduri, Oman

11:40 – 12:30 … Junior Talks 4: Public Health Sciences: COVID-19

Juries: Sevan Iritsyan, Amedeo Amedei, Rossella Castagna, Jianing Fu, Prashant Kesharwani, Michael Schreiber, Dragana Ciric, Hailiang Wang, Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh

Oral Presentation 5

Moderators: Rossella Castagna (chair), Jianing Fu, Amedeo Amedei

13:00-13:20 …  Immune Profiling of T Cells in Patients Receiving Lung Transplantation: Insights into Rejection Diagnosis and Tolerance Induction

Jianing Fu, USA

13:20-13:40 … The Microbiota-Immunity Interplay in Human Neuroinflammation

Amedeo Amedei, Italy

13:40-14:00 … Designing Ligands for Photopharmacology: a palette of Opportunities for Photoswitchable Molecules

Rossella Castagna, Latvia

14:00-14:50: Junior Talks 5: Immunological Sciences: From Bench to Bedside

Juries: Nima Rezaei, Naveed Akhtar, Hans Binder, Hailiang Wang, Maha Al-Khaduri, Prashant Kesharwani, Emilio Parisini

14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break 

Oral Presentation 6

Moderators: Joseph Firth (Chair), Simon Rosenbaum

15:10-15:30 … Tackling Health Inequalities in People with Mental Illnesses

Joseph Firth, UK

15:30-15:50 … Physical Activity and Mental Health Through the Lens of the Global Refugee Crises

Simon Rosenbaum, Australia

15:50-17:00 … Junior Talks 6: Social Sciences: From Psychology to General Socioeconomic Sciences 

Juries: Arsen Arakelyan, Jonathan Schug, Ute Römling, Bruno Scarpa, Artem Oganov, Michael Schreiber, Abass Alavi

Keynote Lectures and Workshops and Panels (Hall C)

Workshop 1 

13:00-14:30 … In vivo tracking of brain pathways with ExploreDTI Workshop

Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands

14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break 

Workshop 2

15:15-16:45 … Using Lifestyle Medicine to Promote Well-Being in Times of Stress and Trauma

Joseph Firth, UK; Simon Rosenbaum, Australia

Panel 1

Moderators: Sevan Iritsyan (Chair), Armenia; Armine Vahan Mukuchyan, Armine Hakobyan, Araks Davtyan, Armenia

Keynote Lecture: Vahan Mukuchyan, Armenia: FMF in Armenia

Keynote Lecture: Armine Hakobyan, Armenia: HAE Situation in Armenia

Keynote Lecture: Araks Davtyan, Armenia: Autoimmune Uveitis

8:30-9:20 … Immune Disorders Panel

Panel 2

Moderators: Arsen Arakelyan (Chair); Hans Binder, Germany; Jonathan Schug, USA

Keynote Lecture: Hans Binder, Germany

Keynote Lecture: Jonathan Schug, USA: The Human Pancreas Analysis Program – A Perspective on Multi-modal, Long-term, Cutting-edge Data Collection

9:30-10:20 … Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics Panel

10:20 – 10:40 … Coffee Break 

Panel 3

10:40 – 12:00 …  AI in drug discovery/development

Moderators: Roksana Zakharyan (Chair), Grigor Arakelov (Biosim), Nelly Babayan and Zaven Navoyan (Toxometris.ai), Hovakim Zakharyan (DeNovo Science), Narek Abelyan (Biocentric.ai)

Workshop 3

13:00-14:30 … Scientific Publication Workshop

Nima Rezaei, Iran; Gonzalo Cordova, the Netherlands

14:50-15:10 … Coffee Break

Workshop 4

15:15 – 16:45 … Artificial Intelligence Workshop: Consequences in Science and Society

Tommaso Dorigo, Italy

Meet The Expert (Library, D)

13:00 – 14:30 … Meet The Expert 1 

Joseph Firth, UK; Simon Rosenbaum, Australia

14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee Break 

15:15 – 16:45 … Meet The Expert 2 

Abass Alavi, USA

8:30 – 10:00 … Meet The Expert 3 

Tommaso Dorigo, Italy

10:20 – 10:40 … Coffee Break 

10:30-12:00 … Meet The Expert 4 

 Nima Rezaei, Iran

13:00 – 14:30 … Meet the Expert 5 

Alexander Leemans, the Netherlands

14:50 – 15:10 … Coffee break

15:15 – 16:45 … Meet the Expert 6 

Frank Sellke, USA

Poster Session (Hall G)

Poster Presentation 1: Biological Sciences

13:00 – 14:30 … Moderators: Arsen Arakelyan (Chair), Abass Alavi, Naveed Akhtar, Artem Oganov, Amedeo Amedei, Jianing Fu, Hans Binder, Hailiang Wang, Iraj Mohammadzadeh

Poster Presentation 2: Medical Sciences

8:30 – 10:00 … Moderators: Sevan Iritsyan (Chair), Amedeo Amedei, Maha Al-Khaduri, Rossella Castagna, Jianing Fu, Prashant Kesharwani, Nima Rezaei, Frank Sellke, Emilio Parisini, Michael Schreiber, Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh 

Poster Presentation 3: Formal, Physical, and Social Sciences 

13:00 – 14:30 … Moderators: Roksana Zakharyan (Chair), Tommaso Dorigo, Joseph Firth, Dragana Ciric, Jonathan Schug, Alexander Leemans, Ute Römling, Simon Rosenbaum, Bruno Scarpa

Virtual Session

17:00 – 17:20 … Sustainable energy transportation: enhancing efficiency and protecting the environment 

Salim Newaz Kazi, Malaysia

17:20 – 17:40 … An Insight into cryogenic treatment of lightweight magnesium based materials for a greener future 

Manoj Gupta, Singapore

17:40 – 18:00 … Olefin metathesis approach for synthesis of bio-based polyesters and efficient chemical recycling 

Kotohiro Nomura, Japan

18:00 – 18:20 … Understanding and applications of contact electrification 

Zong-Hong Lin, Taiwan

18:20 – 18:40 … Engineering at the nanoscale: a strategy for developing high performance functional materials from Agrowaste 

Sabu Thomas, India

18:40 – 19:00 … PNN-MABAC Strategy for Multiple Attribute Group Decision Making Under Pentapartitioned Neutrosophic Number Environment

Surapati Pramanik, India

19:00 – 19:20 … Physics Opportunities at the Future Circular Collider

Patrizia Azzi, Italy

19:20 – 19:40 …  Nanowires Towards Environmental Sustainability: Chemical Sensing and Renewable Energy

Elisabetta Comini, Italy

19:40 – 20:00 … The Birth of Modern Cosmology

Massimo Capaccioli, Italy

20:00 – 20:20 …  The Early Universe, About A Billionth of a Second After the Big Bang, As Seen by Particle Accelerators After Ten Years of the Higgs Boson Discovery

Alberto Ruiz, Spain

20:20 – 20:40 …  Advances in Quantum Electrochemistry

Paulo Roberto Bueno, Brazil

20:40 – 21:00 … Question and Answer

17:00 – 17:20 … Focus on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in cancer research 

Sara De Biasi, Italy

17:20 – 17:40 … Tumor metabolism as a target for drug development 

Godefridus Frits Peters, the Netherlands

17:40 – 18:00 … Nanomedicine: A new frontier in precision medicine

Moein Moghimi, UK

18:00 – 18:20 … Urinary TERT promoter mutations are detectable up to 10 years prior to clinical diagnosis of bladder cancer 

Reza Malekzadeh, Iran

18:20 – 18:40 … Cure of all chronic myelogenous leukemia patients 

Shinya Kimura, Japan

18:40 – 19:00 … Eco-friendly approaches to valorize olive oil waste 

Francisco J. Barba, Spain

Sergio Martínez-Terol, Spain

19:00 – 19:20 … Planetary population and personalized nutrition for precision health 

Alfredo Martínez Hernández, Spain

9:20 – 19:40 … Can neurotechnologies contribute to global peace 

Fabien Lotte, France

19:40 – 20:00 … Transdisciplinary scientific approaches to complex problems of earth 

Shuji Ogino, U.S.A

20:00 – 20:20 … Question and Answer 

17:00 – 17:20 … Immunity, inflammation and diseases: research and training based on international collaboration 

Diana Boraschi, Italy

17:20 – 17:40 … Challenges of functional confirmation in missense mutations: NFKB1 defects in antibody deficiencies

Hassan Abolhassani, Sweden

17:40 – 18:00 … Role of united science for rapid and proper diagnosis of infectious keratitis 

Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Iran

18:00 – 18:20 … Towards a conceptual framework for sustainable entrepreneurship: A theoretical approach 

Georgios Vousinas, Greece

18:20 – 18:40 … If we look after the mental health of mothers and fathers in perinatal period we will reduce violence and crime by their children 

Vivette Glover, UK

18:40 – 19:00 … Can we find peace inside the Skinner box 

Umberto Crisanti, UK

19:00 – 19:20 … Nature, evolution and obesity 

Richard Johnson, USA

19:20 – 19:40 … Selective IgM deficiency: a long ignored primary immunodeficiency 

Sudhir Gupta, USA

19:40 – 20:00 … The collective virtual mind 

Kenneth Kosik, USA

20:00 – 20:20 … Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome/Sluggish Cognitive Tempo among children, adolescents and young adults  

Serge Brand, Switzerland

Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, U.S.A

20:20 – 20:40 … Partisan Public Responsiveness to the News

Christopher Wlezien, USA

20:40 – 21:00 … Total Unity as a Saving Intention and/or Paradigm of Humanity

Natalya Shelkovaya, Ukraine

21:00 – 21:20 … Question and Answer 

IFPPP Exhibition (Hall F)

8:30 – 17:00 … IFPPP Exhibinition 

8:30 – 17:00 … IFPPP Exhibition 

9:00 – 13:00 … IFPPP Exhibition 

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