Lovran / Laurana, Croatia, October 22-24, 2026
Hotel Excelsior 4*

Breast Imaging - dedicated to twentieth anniversary of National Breast Cancer Screening in Croatia
Vascular Imaging – Dedicated to >22 years of Adriatic Vascular Symposia AVUS
Future of Imaging, Artificial Intelligence and Imaging Research

Co-Organizers:
Croatian Society for Radiology of Croatian Medical Association,
Croatian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology of Croatian Medical Association,
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Endorsed by: Academia Europaea Basic and Clinical Translational Sciences Section

Symposia co-chairs:
Boris Brkljačić, MD, MAE, Zagreb, HR
Christiane K. Kuhl, MD, MAE Aachen, DE

Thursday, October 22

20 YEARS OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING IN CROATIA; BREAST IMAGING SESSION I
Chairs: Gordana Ivanac, HR and Maja Mušič-Marolt, SLO

17.00-17.05 Boris Brkljačić, HR: Opening remarks
17.05-17.20 Andrea Šupe, HR: Epidemiology of breast cancer and organization of screening program
17.20-17.40 Boris Brkljačić, HR: Twenty years of breast cancer screening in Croatia
17.40-18.00 Tamar Sella, IL: High Risk Screening - Experience of Israel
18.00-18.30 Christiane K. Kuhl, DE: MRI of the Breast 2026
18.30-18.50 Maja Mušič-Marolt, SLO: Emerging technologies- Contrast Enhanced Mammography
18.50-19.00 Questions

19.00-20.00 Welcome reception in the hotel 

Friday, October 23

BREAST IMAGING SESSION II
Chairs: Petra Valković-Zujić, HR and Emina Grgurević-Dujmić, HR

8.00-8.15 Eugen Divjak, HR: RadioVal – International Clinical Validation or Radiomics AI for Breast Cancer Treatment Planning - Project Update
8.15-8.35 Emina Grgurević-Dujmić, HR: Practical experience with CEM
8.35-8.55 Boris Brkljačić, HR: Breast Ultrasound 2026
8.55-9.10 Gordana Ivanac, HR: Is there a place for CEUS in breast?
9.10-9.30 Petra Valković-Zujić, HR: Ultrasound and mammo guided breast biopsies
9.30-9.50 Dragana Đilas, RS: Breast imaging in young women
9.50-10.05 Maja Prutki, HR: Imaging of the breast for neoadjuvant chemotherapy
10.05-10.25 Dana Stoian, RO: Imaging of the male breast
10.25-10.40 Tade Tadić, HR: MRI guided biopsies

10.40-11.10 Coffee Break

ACADEMIA EUROPAEA SESSION ON FUTURE OF IMAGING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EUROPEAN IMAGING RESEARCH

Chairs: Christiane Kuhl, DE and Boris Brkljačić, HR

11.10-11.30 Boris Brkljačić, HR: Future of Radiology- Challenges
11.30-12.00 Christiane K. Kuhl, DE: Future of Breast Cancer Screening and of Breast Imaging
12.00-12.25 Jacob Sosna, IL: AI in Radiology – Now and in Future
12.25-12.55 Monika Hierath, AT: ESR EU affairs and European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research Activities and Achievements
12.55-13.25 Torbjörn Kronander, SE: Future of Imaging Industry
13.25-13.35 EC High Representative, European Commission Health Initiatives

13.35-14.30 Panel with speakers about the Future of Imaging, EU Research and AI, with discussion and questions

14.30-16.00 Lunch

VASCULAR IMAGING – SESSION I
Chairs: Aleš Blinc, SLO, Michele Bertolotto, IT

16.00-16.05 Boris Brkljačić, HR: 22 years of AVUS
16.05-16.25 Boris Brkljačić, HR: Basic principles of Doppler and interpretation of spectra
16.25-16.45 Aleksandar Manolev, NMK: Diagnosis and follow-up of peripheral arterial disease by CDUS.
16.45.-17.05 Aleš Blinc, SLO:, US evaluation of arterial function
17.05-17.25 Hrvoje Brajčić, HR:Ultrasound of veins
17.25.-17.45 Stipe Radoš, HR: CTA and MRA
17.45-18.05 Antonio Bulum, HR: Cardiac imaging 2026
18.05-18.30 Michele Bertolotto, IT: US of scrotum and penis

18.30- 18.50 Questions and Answers

19.30 – 22.00 Symposium networking dinner 

Saturday, October 24

VASCULAR IMAGING - SESSION II
Chairs: Ivica Grgurević, HR, Slavica Kovačić, HR

9.00-9.20 Slavica Kovačić, HR: Diagnostic and interventional methods in Peripheral arterial disease
9.20-9.40 Danijel Cvetko, HR: US in IR and management of vascular anomalies
9.40-10.00 Ivica Grgurević, HR: Doppler in portal hypertension and vascular liver disease
10.00-10.30 Ivica Sjekavica, HR: Doppler in transplanted liver and kidneys
10.30-10.50 Dorotea Božić, HR: Doppler in mesenteric ischemia and intestinal disease
10.50-11.10 Gordana Ivanac, HR: Doppler of carotid and vertebral arteries
11.10-11.30 Andrej Šikovec, SLO: Ultrasound in endovenous procedures

11.30-12.00 Coffee Break

VASCULAR IMAGING - SESSION III
Chairs: Eugen Divjak, HR, Goran Roić, HR

12.00- 12.15 Gordana Ivanac, HR: Basis of CEUS
12.15-12.35 Sanja Stojsavljević Shapeski, HR: CEUS in focal liver disease
12.35-12.55 Eugen Divjak, HR:CEUS in arterial pathology
12.55-13.15 Goran Roić, HR: Doppler and CEUS in pediatric imaging
13.15-13.35 Michele Bertolotto, IT: Doppler and CEUS in urogenital imaging
13.35-13.55 Dragan Vasin, RS: Doppler in abdominal emergencies

14.00 HANDS-ON AND ADJOURN at 15.00h
 

FACULTY

Michele Bertolotto, Trieste, IT, radiologist, past-president, European Society of Urogenital Radiology; president, Italian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Aleš Blinc, Ljubljana, SLO, angiologist
Dorotea Božić, Split, HR, gastroenterologist
Hrvoje Brajčić, Dubrovnik, HR, nephrologist
Boris Brkljačić, Zagreb, HR, MAE, radiologist, past-president ESR, president-elect ISR
Antonio Bulum, Zagreb, HR, radiologist
Danijel Cvetko, Zagreb, HR, interventional radiologist
Eugen Divjak, Zagreb, HR, radiologist
Dragana Đilas, Novi Sad, RS, radiologist, President, Serbian Senology Society
Emina Grgurević-Dujmić, Rijeka, HR, radiologist
Ivica Grgurević, Zagreb, HR, gastroenterologist, past-president, Croatian Gastroenterology Society
Monika Hierath, Vienna, AT, mag, Director of European and International Affairs, ESR, Executive Manager of European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research
Gordana Ivanac, Zagreb, HR, radiologist, president, Croatian Society of Radiology
Christiane K. Kuhl, Aachen, DE, MAE, radiologist, president, German Radiology Society, president, European Society of Breast Imaging
Slavica Kovačić, Rijeka, HR, interventional radiologist, chair, Section of IR of Croatian Society of Radiology
Torbjörn Kronander, Linköping/SE, PhD, MBA, President and CEO, Sectra AB
Aleksandar Manolev, Skopje, NMK, internist, president, Macedonian Association of Internal Medicine
Maja Mušič-Marolt, Ljubljana, SLO, radiologist, past-president, Slovenian Society of Radiology
Maja Prutki, Zagreb, HR, radiologist
Stipe Radoš, Zagreb, HR, interventional radiologist
Goran Roić, Zagreb, HR, pediatric radiologist, past president, Croatian Society of Radiology
Tamar Sella, Jeursalem, IL, radiologist, past-president Breast Section, Israel Radiology Association
Jacob Sosna, Jerusalem, IL, MAE, radiologist, president, Israely Academy of Medical Sciences, past president, Israel Radiology Association
Ivica Sjekavica, Zagreb, HR, radiologist
Dana Stoian, Timisoara, RO, endocrinologist, president, Endocrinology chapter college of Romanian Physician Society
Sanja Stojsavljević-Shapeski, Zagreb, HR, gastroenterologist
Andrej Šikovec, Otočec, SLO, vascular surgeon
Andrea Šupe Parun, Zagreb, HR, epidemiologist, national coordinator for Breast Cancer Screening Program
Tade Tadić, Split, HR, radiologist
Petra Valković-Zujić, Rijeka, HR, radiologist
Dragan Vasin, Belgrade, RS, radiologist, president of Serbian Society of Ultrasound

*This is preliminary programme which is subject to change.