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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