Conferences

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC 2025), previously hosted by the SB3C Foundation, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, on 22–25 June 2025. We hope to provide an in-person conference with outstanding scientific dissemination and discussion, diversity/mentoring, and student-centered activities.

Tracks and Topics:

Biotransport
    Biotechnology applications
    Diagnostics
    Drug delivery
    Nano and microfluidics
    Therapeutics

Design, Dynamics and Rehabilitation
    Biomechanics of human motion
    Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal device design
    Design of medical technologies and global health solutions
    Design of digital health solutions
    Mechanotherapeutics
    Rehabilitative and assistive technologies

Education
    Active learning
    Best practices for teaching assistants and mentoring
    Computational tools
    Inclusive classrooms and research environments
    Instilling creativity, innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurship
    Online learning
    Outreach and community based teaching
    Teaching biomechanical design
    Teaching mechanobiology

Fluid Mechanics
    AI and machine learning
    Bioprinting and biomanufacturing
    Cardiovascular design and devices
    Emerging in vitro, experimental, computational and visualization methods
    Growth, remodeling and repair
    Heart valves and ventricular flow
    Image-based patient-specific flow and physiology
    Mechanobiology and pathology
    Thrombosis, hemolysis and mechanical circulatory support
    Translational diagnosis and treatment

Solid Mechanics
    Cardiovascular
    Growth, remodeling and repair
    Head and injury
    Joint and spine
    Lung
    Mineralized tissues
    Musculoskeletal
    Nano, micro, tissue and multiscale mechanics
    Ocular
    Other emerging topics in biomechanics and mechanobiology
    Reproductive

Tissue & Cellular Engineering
    Bioprinting and biomanufacturing
    Tissue and cellular Engineering: Development and morphogenesis
    Tissue and cellular engineering: Engineering in vitro models
    Tissue and cellular engineering: Mechanobiology
    Tissue and cellular engineering: Other emerging topics in cell and tissue engineering
    Tissue and cellular engineering: Tissue engineering and regeneration

https://sb3c.org/

Welcome to the 3rd Biomechanics in Sport and Ageing Symposium: Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, organised by the Hungarian University of Sports Science and the Department of Kinesiology, Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 14 October 2025!

The aim of the symposium is to provide a scientific platform for the exchange of knowledge regarding the state-of-the-art advancements in injury prevention and rehabilitation, with respect to sport biomechanics and ageing.

Sport and ageing might appear unrelated; however, we consider sport and ageing to be complementary. The assessment and training methods developed in sports science can aid in the diagnosis and treatment of ageing-related impairments.

The symposium will begin with two keynote presentations, which will be free of charge and open to the public. First, Professor Anthony Blazevich (Edith Cowan University, Australia) will focus on muscle function and injury prevention in sports. Then, Associate Professor Jason Franz (UNC Chapel Hill & NC State University, USA) will provide an overview of how age affects the biomechanics of tendons in the lower extremities.

Next, all registered individuals will have the opportunity to attend two sessions of invited presentations on the biomechanics of the ageing musculoskeletal system, as well as two sessions of invited presentations on injury prevention and rehabilitation for muscle and tendon injuries.

Session 1 will address a significant disease of the 21st century—muscle wasting or sarcopenia. Recent epidemiological studies and meta-reviews suggest that low skeletal muscle quantity and quality are associated with and can, if left untreated, exacerbate various clinical conditions. The prevention of skeletal muscle loss and the rehabilitation of dysfunctional muscles are thus at the pinnacle of experimental research. This is particularly true in the context of ageing, given the global expansion of the senior population. Furthermore, because Parkinson’s disease often evolves in conjunction with ageing, it is relevant to minimize muscle loss in this debilitating condition.

Session 2 will also feature an international array of distinguished researchers, addressing the exciting hypothesis that long-term sport participation protects against age-related decline in musculoskeletal health. While this expectation is attractive, the data extracted from expert athletes can be contradictory. Therefore, it is timely to provide an update on the role that lifelong physical activity plays in joint, bone, and muscle–tendon function.

Session 3 will kick off the second day of the symposium, with a focus on significant developments in the understanding of hamstring muscle structure and function. Experts will discuss how novel data from the level of motor units and sarcomeres to whole-body kinematics can be integrated into the practice of hamstring strain injury prevention.

Session 4 will provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the management of Achilles tendon injuries. The presentations will provide fresh perspectives on how injuries modify the structure and function of the Achilles tendon. The session will conclude with groundbreaking insights into the optimal exercise selection for the rehabilitation of Achilles tendinopathy.

The symposium will conclude on a practical note, as the local biomechanics group has organised multiple workshops.

The workshops will demonstrate new methods that will allow coaches and sport scientists to view and receive feedback on movement kinematics in real time. Additional workshops will feature innovative technology that can be used to examine the architecture and function of muscles and tendons.

Special thanks goes to our sponsors! Without their support, the 3rd Biomechanics in Sport and Ageing Symposium would not be possible.

Once again, we would like to extend a warm welcome to all attendees! Network, learn, and enjoy the symposium!

https://tf.hu/en/about-us/events/biomechanics-in-sport-and-ageing-symposium