Thursday April 09 2026
| Morning session, moderation by Alain Chédotal & Frédéric Clarençon | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Introduction and welcome coffee Frédéric Clarençon |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Pharyngeal Arches Across Phylogeny and Ontogeny Andrew Gillis (University of Chicago, USA) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Embryology of human pharyngeal arch arteries and their remodeling: modal anatomy and anatomical variants of the aortic arch Robert H. Anderson (Newcastle University, GB) |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Human embryology of the internal carotid, external carotid and vertebral arteries explored by 3D microscopic imaging of cleared embryos Eimad Shotar (Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, IDV, Paris, France) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break – SyGlass interactive VR embryo demonstration Eimad Shotar, Alain Chédotal |
| Afternoon session, moderation by Eytan Raz & Joseph Gabrieli | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Biology of atherosclerosis and its variability across the vasculature Alain Tedgui (The Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, Paris, France) |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Managing « hostile » supra-aortic arteries: from navigation to therapeutics Adnan Siddiqui (Buffalo University, USA) |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Interactive case presentations session (5-7 min per participant) Moderation by Arturo Consoli & E. Shotar |
Friday April 10 2026
| Morning session, moderation by Eytan Raz & Frédéric Clarençon | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Anatomy of the vertebral artery Philippe Gailloud (John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Interactive case presentations session (5-7 min per participant) |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Supra-aortic arteries geometry and tortuosity: implication for catheters and implantable devices in interventional neuroradiology: the engineer’s point of view Matt Gounis (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA) |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Steerable catheters and endovascular devices Raphael Blanc (Rothschild Foundation, Paris) |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break – SyGlass interactive VR embryo demonstration Eimad Shotar, Alain Chédotal |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Dissection and surgical videos Moncef Berhouma & Eric STEINMETZ: Live session from the Dijon anatomy laboratory Registered surgical cases: Julien Gaudric |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Comparative anatomy – Closing session Frédéric Clarençon (Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France) |