The Course
A unique opportunity for healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, and managers to deepen their expertise in strategic medical technology management. The course combines theory, practical cases, and interactive sessions.
📅 December 1–5, 2025
đź“Ť Via dell'UniversitĂ 50, Cesena, Italy
An intensive week dedicated to healthcare technology management and innovation.
Learn to lead the digital transformation in the healthcare sector.
A unique opportunity for healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, and managers to deepen their expertise in strategic medical technology management. The course combines theory, practical cases, and interactive sessions.
The Advanced Skill Course is part of the broader framework of the Afya Moja Project. Afya Moja (Swahili for “One Health”) aims to strengthen African capacities in the design, assessment, maintenance, commercialization, and disposal of health technologies.
At least six short-term training programs will be organized both in Italy and Africa:
Both the scientific and organizing committees will include Italian and African scholars.
Afya Moja will support the participation of associate members in:
Select a day to view the detailed program.
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | Registration | Room 2.8 | |
| 09:30–10:00 | Opening | Leandro Pecchia – Coordinator Afya Moja Project, UCBM Rome Mirko Viroli – President Cesena Campus Board Giorgia Macrelli – Councilor for University and Research, Municipality of Cesena | Room 2.8 |
| 10:00–10:30 | School Overview | Stefano Severi – Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Bologna | Room 2.8 |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | BAR VOLUME | |
| 11:00–12:00 | Lifecycle of Medical Devices and Role of Clinical Engineers | Massimo Garagnani – Clinical engineer, Former director of the Clinical Engineering Dept. of AUSL Modena & Modena University Hospital | Room 2.7 |
| 12:00–13:00 | HTM at Bufalini Hospital | Stefano Sanniti – Director of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Dept. of AUSL Romagna | Room 2.7 |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | BAR VOLUME | |
| 14:00–15:00 | Visit to the Bufalini Hospital: Clinical Engineering workshop & 3D Lab | Stefano Sanniti – Director of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Dept. of AUSL Romagna | Bufalini Hospital |
| 15:00–17:00 | Visit to the Bufalini Hospital: Department Visits | Stefano Sanniti – Director of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Dept. of AUSL Romagna | Bufalini Hospital |
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Health Technology Assessment | Giovanni Arcuri – General Manager, Isola Tiberina Hospital, Roma Claudio Conti - Head of HTA and Technology Innovation Unit at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma | Room 2.6 |
| 10:00-10.30 | Participants’ Pitches | Room 2.6 | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | BAR VOLUME | |
| 11:00–11:30 | Participants’ Pitches | Room 2.4 | |
| 11:30–12:00 | Oxygen Alliance: An Initiative to Strengthen Healthcare Systems in LMICs | Phoebe Khagame - Oxygen Alliance Director, Nairobi (R) | Room 2.4 |
| 12:00–13:00 | Design and maintainance of a high flow generator: the case of Biorespira (IBD) | Alan Fabbri - Researcher, University of Bologna, Cesena Campus | Room 2.4 |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | BAR VOLUME | |
| 14:00–15:00 | Oxygen Concentrators | Amarpreet Rai - Managing Director at Sanrai International (R) | LIB-I |
| 15:00–17:30 | Workshop on oxygen concentrators | Sanrai International Technical Team (R) | LIB-I |
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | Inventory and maintenance management overview: practical approaches | Francesco Amelia - Clinical Engineer at AUSL Bologna | Room 2.10 |
| 09:30–10:30 | Xray and TC site preparation and implementation | Fabio Valvano - President of Medtech ODV Valerio Petrunti Sisto - Technical Manager Medtech ODV | Room 2.10 |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | BAR VOLUME | |
| 11:00–11:30 | Testing tools | Fabio Valentini - CEO Service1 srl (R) | Room 2.10 |
| 11:30–12:30 | Global Health Telemedicine | Maria Tappatà - Neurologist at AUSL Bologna | Room 2.10 |
| 12:30–13:00 | Participants’ Pitches | Room 2.10 | |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | BAR VOLUME | |
| 14:00–18:00 | Company Visit: Service 1 and IBD | Service 1 & IBD technical staff | Forlì |
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:45 | Standards and regulations | Vincenzo Ventimiglia – President SLT srl | Aula Magna |
| 09:45–10:30 | Medical Equipments in maternity: BAMBI (Balloon Against Mathernal BleedIng) | Francesco De Gaetano - Researcher, Politecnico di Milano | Aula Magna |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | BAR VOLUME | |
| 11:00–12:00 | HTM in complex contexts: the experience of Emergency NGO | Lorenzo Fasciani - Biomedical Manager Emergency NGO Enrico Sponziello - Biomedical Coordinator Emergency NGO | Aula Magna |
| 12:00–13:00 | Phototherapy and Infant Incubators | Massimo Zini – R&D Manager, COBAMS srl | Aula Magna |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | BAR VOLUME | |
| 14:00–17:00 | Workshop on Maintenance Lab | Rino Pugliano – Director of ITS Nuove Tecnologie della Vita Academy, Addis Abeba | LIB-I |
| 17:00–18:00 | Global Health | Angelo Stefanini - Co-founder of the Centre for International and Intercultural Health - CSI, University of Bologna | Aula Magna |
| 18:00–19:00 | Social Dinner | BAR VOLUME |
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | The Right to Repair in the Medical Device Industry | Carmelo De Maria – Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pisa | Aula Magna |
| 10:00–10:30 | Ultrasound | Simone Scarlata - Director of the Graduate School in Emergency and Urgency Medicine, Università Campus Biomedico, Roma (R) | Aula Magna |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | BAR VOLUME | |
| 11:00–13:00 | Participants’ Pitches | Aula Magna | |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | BAR VOLUME | |
| 14:00–14:30 | Development of a centralized ECG management system: the case of AUSL Romagna | Claudia Valentini - Clinical Engineer, ASL Romagna | Aula Magna |
| 14:30–16:30 | Workshop on a Computerized Maintenance Management System | Elena Palmia - Afya Moja Project Tutor | LIB |
| 16:30–17:30 | Closing & Awards | Aula Magna |
