Preliminary program
Conference APP
Keynote and invited speakers
A/Prof Anne Silverman
Dr. Silverman is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO, USA. Her research program centers on understanding musculoskeletal biomechanics and movement coordination to develop effective training interventions, prevent injury, and improve mobility. As director of the Functional Biomechanics Laboratory, she uses experimental movement analysis and computational whole-body modeling techniques to evaluate muscle action, joint loading, and device function during movement. Recent projects have evaluated military service members, people with lower-limb amputations, and older adults. Her work has been funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense.
Prof Jess Gerrit Snedeker
Jess Snedeker is a Full Professor of Orthopaedic Biomechanics, holding joint appointments at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, where he also serves as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Orthopaedics. Since 2015, he has been the Chief Scientific Officer at Balgrist Campus, a nationally recognised center for musculoskeletal research. Prof Snedeker's own research is at the forefront of tendon mechanobiology and regenerative orthopaedic surgery research. His group is committed to both basic scientific discovery and the clinical translation of innovative orthopaedic devices.
Prof Kay Crossley
Professor Kay Crossley is the Director of the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre. Her main research focus is on preventing and managing knee and hip pain and injuries, and early-onset osteoarthritis after sports-related injuries. Kay maintains a strong research interest in enhancing treatments for knee conditions (injuries, pain and osteoarthritis). She also focuses on preventing osteoarthritis following sports-related injuries, with fields in patellofemoral osteoarthritis following patellofemoral pain, knee osteoarthritis following ACL reconstruction, and hip osteoarthritis following hip-related injuries. She is passionate about promoting the health of women and girls participating in sport and physical activity (including injury prevention) and the careers and opportunities for women working in sport and exercise physiotherapy/medicine.
Prof Richard Page
Professor Richard Page is an orthopaedic shoulder and upper limb surgeon. He was appointed as Foundation St John of God and Barwon Health Chair of Orthopaedics at Deakin University in 2014. He is Director of Orthopaedic Research at Barwon Health, the Barwon Centre of Orthopaedic Research and Education (B-CORE) and Medical Director of the Barwon Health Bone Bank. His research interests include outcomes of shoulder and wrist surgery, upper limb osteoarthritis and joint replacement surgery, biomechanics and a range of trauma and fragility fracture outcome topics. He manages two lab-based research programmes, the first investigating biofilms and biomarkers in prosthetic joint infections in orthopaedics, the second focussed on the genetics and potential intervention biomarkers in painful musculoskeletal conditions in a human shoulder model.
A/Prof Laura Diamond
Dr Laura Diamond is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Associate Professor, and Research Lead at Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering, Griffith University. She is a trained biomedical engineer (Dalhousie U, Canada) with a PhD in biomechanics (U of Melbourne) leading a research program focused on development and application of novel technologies to understand and treat the biomechanical mechanisms of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. Laura has attracted >AU$14M in grant funding, invented 1 National Phase patent, and published >80 scientific papers/book chapters. She is incoming Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Precision Health and Technology (PRECISE), has an extensive community engagement portfolio, and is an advocate for participation of schoolgirls/women in STEM.
Dr Bart Bolsterlee
Dr Bart Bolsterlee is a mechanical (BSc) and biomedical engineer (MSc, PhD) who holds positions as a Senior Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (Sydney) and as Adjunct Senior Lecturer at UNSW. His research spans the fields of biomechanics and medical imaging, with applications in the study of muscle adaptation with neuromuscular disease. His specific expertise is in quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of skeletal muscle. Dr Bolsterlee developed diffusion tensor imaging methods to reconstruct and quantify the three-dimensional architecture of living human skeletal muscles. His recent work includes the use of artificial intelligence to automate the analysis of MRI scans, facilitating the use of detailed MRI-based measures in large-scale research. He currently leads the MUGgLE study – a large-scale, longitudinal imaging study into childhood muscle growth which includes 200 typically developing children and 80 children with cerebral palsy.
Conference social events
Welcome event and light entertainment
Swinburne University
Come join us for drinks and canapes to launch the start of the conference and catch up with friends, old and new.
Student and early career researcher social event
Holey Moley Golf, Melbourne CBD
This year the student and ECR event will be hosted at Holey Moley golf. Join fellow students and early career researchers for a round of minigolf, nibbles and drinks.
Networking event & Conference dinne
Networking event 5:00pm - 7:00pm Rosina Courtyard
Conference dinner 7:00pm - 10:00pm Rosina Function Space
Tuesday 3rd December
Abbotsford Convent
Abbotsford
Convent – Rosina Function Space &Courtyard
1 St Heliers st, Abbotsford
Spread over 16 acres, the National Heritage listed Abbotsford Convent is Australia’s largest multi-arts precinct, a place of art, culture and learning. Join us networking in the beautiful, heritage listed Rosina Function Space and private courtyard. This will be followed by the conference dinner, a 3-course meal
Bus transport will be provided from Swinburne University to the Abbotsford Convent. Buses will depart at 4:30pm.
Bus transport either back to Swinburne University or Melbourne CBD will also be provided, departing at 10:30pm.
Materialise workshop
Engineering
on Anatomy with Materialise Mimics, 8:30am - 10:30am
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll gain the skills you need to perform image
segmentation and design of 3D anatomical models.
The key
learning points are:
• Different
approaches to segmenting medical images using Materialise Mimics, including
practical examples for various anatomies
• How to
design 3D models for use in downstream applications such as Anatomical
analysis, finite element analysis (FEA) in biomechanical analysis/ modelling
simulation
• Why and how
to post-process 3D models
Track Lab
10:30am-11:30pm
Beyond EMG: Connecting the Physiological, Neural, and Biomechanical Systems with Delsys Trigno
As we learn more about human movement, it’s becoming increasingly important to take a multimodal approach to data collection, to understand how the many complex systems of the body interact. Delsys provides cutting-edge solutions that enable researchers in biomechanics to investigate these systems simultaneously, to understand “why” humans are capable of complex movements.
This workshop will showcase the latest advancements offered by Delsys, including dynamic motor unit detection and physiological sensor integration, which researchers can leverage to gain new insights into biomechanics.
Agenda:
- Intro to Delsys – who we are, our mission, and our motivations
- Delsys EMG in biomechanics through the years
- Introducing tools that allow exploration beyond standard sEMG
- Trigno NeuroMap – providing insight into how the neural system controls muscular output during dynamic movements
- Trigno Link – incorporating physiological metrics into biomechanical studies, for a comprehensive understanding of human performance
- Live data acquisition and analysis of Trigno NeuroMap + physiological metrics
- Looking ahead – upcoming technology developments that will define the future of biomechanics
Lunch break, 12:00pm-12:30pm
Qualisys
Presentation
and hand-on demo in the biomechanics lab, 12:30pm-2:00pm
Facilitators: Nils Betzler (PhD), Qualisys Product
Manager Life Sciences & Pavel Bogachko, Qualisys Market Director APAC
Part
1: Presentation (45 min)
•Who is Qualisys? Company heritage and mission
•How Qualisys technology helps biomechanists to gain new insights: use cases from applied sports biomechanics
•Qualisys MoCap ecosystem
o
Hardware
o
Tracking
(marker-based/markerless)
o
Processing
(local/cloud-based)
•What’s next? Challenges when using motion capture to get even bigger datasets than today
•Q&A
Part 2:
Hands-on demos (45 min)
· Flexible data capture and processing with custom markersets (Visual3D with local processing)
· Streamlined processing (Functional Assessment Module with cloud-based processing)
· Q&A
Women in biomechanics wikibomb
Wikibomb intro and hands-on workshop, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Celeste Coltman
The Women in biomechanics Wikibomb event is
supported by ANZSB and is an initiative of the International Society of Biomechanics
(ISB).
Wikipedia is the world’s most highly read knowledge reposition,
but Wikipedia is seriously lacking in pages for Women in Biomechanics.
We want the next generation of female scientists to be able to
imagine a future in biomechanics and a key part of that is
ensuring women in biomechanics are visible to the scientists of the future. Our
first call out for the Women in Biomechanics Wikibomb imitative has seen
15 profiles created (which are currently being uploaded by our editorial team)
– the first profile was
uploaded just this week.
What this session includes
This session will be a face-to-face Wiki-thon, providing an introduction highlighting the importance of the initiative and then giving attendees resources and time to spend working on new profiles. A selection of notable women in biomechanics will be provided to get you started. This event will help contribute to the development of more profiles of women in biomechanics!