Delayed bone healing is still an unsolved clinical problem as confirmed by interviewing orthopaedic clinicians from Charité’s orthopaedic and trauma department. These clinicians state that further therapeutic options to treat complex bone healing scenarios would be highly desirable. These challenging healing scenarios are encountered when treating multi-fragmentary open fractures of long bones prone to infection.

Which city would be a better place to arrange a final Meeting for the European Union-funded project “HipGen” than Brussels?

Since there is none, the final HipGen meeting took place in the artsiest, most impressive, and most elaborate building with a beautiful panorama over Brussels and an ounce of scientific reference and spice: The Atomium.

Progress comes from innovation. But innovation requires the right environment – creative (and hard-working) people; room for experiments and failure; and not least the expectation that success can lead to rewards in the end. The larger the investment is – in terms of money, time or manpower – the more important this chance for reward becomes.

The 1st ATiO Conference, hosted at the Hotel de Rome in Berlin, has come to an end and set the beginning of a fruitful joint endeavour to accelerate the progress in the field of advanced therapies in orthopaedics - from bench to bedside.

Here you find all pictures and impressions taken throughout the course of the ATiO Conference 2022.

The field of advanced therapies is more exciting and promising than ever – we see more and more advancement in research concerning oncology, cardiology - and orthopaedics to name a few. Years ago, we identified the need of a dedicated group and conference for advanced therapies with musculoskeletal indications.