09h00  Entrance & Posters set up

09h15 Welcome - Marc De Roeck

09h30 - 10h30  PLENARY SESSION I  Moderated by Bob Van Hee and Philip Van Kerrebroeck

  • 09h30  Latest Vesalian discoveries and development of the Fabrica - Vivian Nutton 
  • 10h00  Canani and Vesalian myology - Francis Van Glabbeek 

10h30 COFFEE BREAK

11h00 - 12h45  PLENARY SESSION II  Moderated by Vivian Nutton and Francis Van Glabbeek

  • 11h00  The activities of Vesalius in Padua: a paragon for the 21st century professor - Bob Van Hee
  • 11h30  The ‘consilium’ by Vesalius for a noble man with recurrent urinary problems - Philip Van Kerrebroeck
  • 12h00 My ouroboros journey in Art and Science - Pascale Pollier

12h45 LUNCH 

13h30 - 14h15  Afternoon concert by the pianist Elke Robersscheuten and Theo Dirix: ‘Vesalian landscapes in music, poetry and photographs’ (Grauwzusters Chapel, same building) - Book launch

14h15 - 16h00  PARALLEL SESSIONS  

  • 14h15  Life-casting demonstration "One hand of a surgeon, one hand of an artist" by Pascale Pollier - Moderated by Ray Evans
  • 14h15  AEIMS Poster presentations - Moderated by Ann Van de Velde 
  • 14h15  Medical Art & Book presentation - Moderated by Tom Quisenaerts

15h30 TEA BREAK

16h00 - 17h45  PLENARY SESSION III  Moderated by Bob Van Hee and Pascale Pollier

  • 16h00  Vesalius and anatomical megadrawings, a personal journey - Efrain A. Miranda
  • 16h30  How Andreas Vesalius inspired early veterinary authors - Peter Bols 
  • 17h00  The death and burial of Vesalius, and, incidentally, of Pierre-Augustin Guys - Theo Dirix

17h30 Closing remarks - Francis Van Glabbeek

17h45  End of the scientific programme

18h00  RECEPTION & WALKING DINNER in the Grauwzusters Chapel (same building) with visit exhibition 

ART EXHIBITION - VESALIAN LANDSCAPES