Outreach

DZHK Retreat Heidelberg/Mannheim 2026

• The evolution of AI in cardiovascular imaging: from specialized models to foundation models and agentic systemsSalman Dar

ISHR-ES 2026 – 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart Research, European Section

• How AI & bioinformatics can help in cardiovascular researchChristoph Dieterich

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AI and Scientific Computing in Medicine (AISCM) Seminar, Medical University of Innsbruck

• Image synthesis, federated learning, and vision-LLMs in cardiovascular medicine: emerging paradigms for precision careSandy Engelhardt

Researchers and students of the University of Innsbruck

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92nd Annual Meeting of the German Cardiac Society (DGK 2026)

• Keynote: State-of-the-Art Künstliche Intelligenz (9 Apr 2026)Sandy Engelhardt
• Talk in the eCardiology@DGK 2026 track (digital cardiology)Benjamin Meder

Cardiologists, researchers and other healthcare professionals · more than 8,700 participants

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ESC Spring Summit 2026 – “Towards a global cardiovascular health plan: tackling obesity, ageing and environment”

• AI and beyond in cardiologySandy Engelhardt

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ESC Digital & AI Summit 2025

• Medical data annotation practices: pitfalls and best practicesSandy Engelhardt
• Interactive assessment of data – What is the correct diagnosis? Assessment of variability (interactive live demonstration)Sarah Kaye Müller
• Dos and don'ts implementing and using generative AISalman Dar
• Who breaks the AI? Quiz: AI vs. expert ↗Benjamin Meder
• How to break the AI with prompt attacks ↗Christoph Dieterich
• Deep phenotyping and digital twins in the design of clinical trials ↗Philipp Wild

Sandy Engelhardt was Scientific Programme Chair of the summit

Zentrum für kardiovaskuläre Akutmedizin Mannheim (ZKAM) Meeting 2025

• Was bringt die nahe Zukunft? Vielversprechende KI-Ansätze in der BildgebungSalman Dar

Cardiologists

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6th DGK Translational Workshop, DGK Herztage 2025

• Invited talk: Generative AI in cardiovascular medicineMarvin Seyfarth

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MICCAI 2025

• Keynote at the MICCAI CLIP Workshop: Multimodal AI meets engineering – precision medicine for interventional planning and surgical support (23 Sep 2025)Sandy Engelhardt
• Co-organisation of DGM4MICCAI 2025, the 5th MICCAI workshop on deep generative models (23 Sep 2025, approx. 50–60 participants) ↗Sandy Engelhardt
• Hands-on workshop “CLIP It Right” (see learning materials below)Salman Dar, Sarah Kaye Müller

DZHK Retreat 2025 and Young DZHK Retreat

• Targeted plasma profiling of the proteomic response to physical activity in HFpEF (Young DZHK Retreat, 10 Sep)Anna Kerber
• A multi-cohort approach to understanding HFpEF (11 Sep)Philipp Wild
• Understanding autonomic dysfunction in HFpEF with longitudinal high-dimensional data (12 Sep)Philipp Wild

DZHK scientists and early-career researchers

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Fondazione Menarini

• Multimodal federated learning & image synthesis for cardiovascular medicineSandy Engelhardt

Talks were recorded and made available online

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Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim – visit of the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg and the Minister of Science

• Künstliche Intelligenz in der kardiovaskulären MedizinSandy Engelhardt

ESC Congress 2025 – National Cardiac Societies Presidential Meeting

• Presentation of the ESC Digital and AI SummitSandy Engelhardt

ESC Masterclass AI in Cardiovascular Health

Lectures and hands-on sessions on Multi-dimension^AI topics for cardiologists and doctoral researchers

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Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism – 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions

• AI & bioinformatics in cardiovascular research: present impact and future opportunitiesChristoph Dieterich

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RehabWeek 2025 – workshop “Are usable rehabilitation robots a trade-off between complexity and intelligence?”

• Invited speakerEnrica Tricomi

Presentation of the research group and its exosuits, including Multi-dimension^AI

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RIG Workshop “Robotic Augmentation of the Human Body”, Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen

• PresentationEnrica Tricomi, Nathalie Gierden

Presentation of the research group and its exosuits, including Multi-dimension^AI

DGK Annual Meeting 2025 – eCardiology session

• WoMan vs Machine – will artificial intelligence outperform human expertise?Steffen Roßkopf, Ali Amr

Interactive workshop demonstration