The 1st International Online Conference on Diagnostics
23–24 September 2026
22 May 2026
22 June 2026
16 September 2026
Medical Imaging, Pathology Diagnosis, Molecular Diagnosis, Laboratory Medicine, Point-of-Care Diagnosis, Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics
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Welcome from the Chair
The goal of this conference is to enable scientists to present their latest research in the field of diagnostics and engage in discussions with the scientific community worldwide. We invite scientists, researchers, and healthcare professionals to contribute and share their findings in the following areas, including but not limited to:
– Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics
– Laboratory medicine
– Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis
– Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Other Diagnostic Procedures
– Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Treglia
Conference Chair
1. Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland
2. Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland
Event Chair
1. Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland,
2. Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Treglia graduated (cum laude) in medicine at the Università Cattolica of Rome (2003) and he achieved post-graduation in nuclear medicine (2007), attended an advanced course on systematic reviews and meta-analysis (2010) and achieved a master in health technology assessment and management - HTA (2011) at the same university. After the post-graduation in nuclear medicine, he worked as consultant in Italy until 2012, at Maggiore Hospital in Bologna (until 2009) and at Gemelli University Hospital in Rome (until 2012). From 2013 he is nuclear physician at Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) with the currrent role of senior consultant. From 2017 he is also collaborator of the General directorate of Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) with the current role of head of research and innovation service of the academic education, research and innovation area (AFRI). From 2017 Prof. Dr. Treglia is also associate physician at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) and from 2018 he is associate collaborator of Cochrane Switzerland as expert systematic reviewer and meta-analyst. About his academic roles, he achieved the title of Private Docent (PD) in 2018 at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and in 2020 he achieved the title of Titular Professor at the Faculty of Biomedical sciences of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). He is also docent for the annual courses on systematic reviews and meta-analyses organized by the Clinical Trial Unit of Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (CTU-EOC) and docent for the European School of Molecular Imaging and Therapy (ESMIT). From 2017 he is officer of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). The research activity of Prof. Dr. Treglia is intense. His main research interests are focused on evidence-based imaging, positron emission tomography (PET) and hybrid imaging, and more in general on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Marijn M. Speeckaert
Department of Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Marijn M. Speeckaert is a Professor of Internal Diseases at Ghent University, Head of the Clinic Nephrology Department at Ghent University Hospital, Associate Editor of ACB, Section Editor-in-Chief of JPM, and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Immunology. He is an Experienced Medical Doctor with a Ph.D. and a demonstrated history of working in the medical practice industry. He is skilled in Translational Research, Clinical Research, Medical Education, Protein Chemistry, and Epidemiology. Also, he is a strong healthcare services professional with an MD and PhD focused in Nephrology from Ghent University.
Prof. Dr. Elad Asher
Jesselson Integrated Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Eisenberg R&D Authority and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Dr. Elad Asher is the director of the Intensive Cardiovascular Care Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center and in charge of the research unit as well. He has achieved his MD and MHA degrees at the Ben-Gurion University and did his interventional fellowship at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center OH. His research focuses on myocardial infarction, platelets reactivity and atherosclerosis and he finds special interest in intra-vascular imaging with OCT.
Dr. Fabiano Bini
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Dr. Fabiano Bini is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Sapienza University of Rome, where he teaches Medical Imaging, Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Prosthetic Devices, and Testing of Biomedical Technologies. He is an Associate Editor of the international journals Nature Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and Bioengineering. Together with Franco Marinozzi, he designed the 3D reconstruction of the hologram of Jacopa da Cencelle.
Dr. Alessandro Stefano
Institute of Bioimaging and Complex Biological Systems, National Research Council (IBSBC-CNR), Cefalù, Italy
Alessandro Stefano is a software engineering researcher at the CNR of Italy. His research is focussed on the development and application of non-invasive imaging techniques, such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Computerized Tomography (CT), and Magnetic Resonance (MR). His work extensively explores the integration of Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence in clinical healthcare applications. Additionally, he specializes in the processing, quantification, and correction of both ex vivo and in vivo medical images, aiming to advance diagnostic and therapeutic practices through innovative imaging methodologies.
Dr. Gerald J. Kost
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Dr. Kost studied Engineering at Stanford University and in Venezuela, then received the Master's degree in Engineering-Economic Systems (EEP) from Stanford prior to entering the Medical Scientist MD-PhD program at the University of California. He received his PhD in Bioengineering (NIH Traineeship) from UC San Diego and his MD from UC San Francisco in a Medical Scientist program. He was elected to Mu Alpha Theta (mathematics), Phi Kappa Phi (scholarship), and Sigma Xi (science) honor societies. His clinical residency comprised Internal Medicine/Neurology at UCLA and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is boarded in Clinical Pathology (ABP), was elected to the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB, AACC Academy), served on its Board of Directors, and is licensed to practice medicine in California. For over three decades, he was Director of POCT/Clinical Chemistry for UC Davis Health. In 1995, he founded the POCT-CTRTM, and in 2016, the POC Institute. He held an Edward A. Dickson Endowed Emeritus Professor Award in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine.
Prof. Dr. Cesar A. Moran
Department of Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Prof. Dr. Cesar A. Moran is a thoracic pathologist and have practice diagnostic surgical pathology for over 25 years. His interest is in all aspects of thoracic pathology -lung, pleura, and mediastinum. During my career, he has participated in numerous publications focusing in thoracic pathology. In addition, he has directed numerous national and international courses in general surgical pathology as well as thoracic pathology.
Prof. Dr. Zhongheng Zhang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China
Dr Zhongheng Zhang is a fellow physician of the Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital. He graduated from school of medicine, Zhejiang University in 2009, receiving Master Degree. He has published more than 35 academic papers (science citation indexed) that have been cited for over 200 times. He has been appointed as reviewer for 10 journals, including Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hemodialysis international, Journal of Translational Medicine, Critical care, International Journal of Clinical Practice, Journal of Critical Care. His major research interests include hemodynamic monitoring in sepsis and septic shock, delirium, and outcome study for critically ill patients. He is experienced in data management and statistical analysis by using R and stata, big data exploration, systematic review and meta-analysis.
Event Committee
Department of Life Science, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University of Rome School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
Department of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy
Registration
Instructions for Authors
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 22 June 2026. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We strongly recommend the presentations not to exceed 20 slides to avoid any delays. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session. Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Authors who wish to present a poster are invited to send it to the conference email at iocdi2026@mdpi.com. All posters will be permanently exhibited online in the Poster Gallery.
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue (will be announced soon), published in Diagnostics (ISSN: 2075-4418, Impact Factor: 3.3). Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
If you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to journal Medical Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9992) please submit it to the journal after the conference. There will be no additional fees.
Proceedings submission deadline: 6 October 2026.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
- Title;
- Full author names;
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
- Abstract;
- Keywords;
- Introduction;
- Methods;
- Results and Discussion;
- Conclusions;
- Acknowledgements;
- References.
Event Awards

The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation.
Criteria: Evaluation based on content quality, delivery clarity, audience interaction, and overall impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
2. Best Poster Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters.
Criteria: Evaluation based on scientific merit, creativity, and ability to attract and engage viewers.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
Sponsors and Partners
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Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Mrs. Ana-Maria Prodan
Mr. Russell Wang
Mr. Ionut Spatar
Email: iocdi2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
