Preliminary Programme: ISMS XXVIII August 2023 Updated on 31/08/2022

Saturday 05/08/2023
10h00: Registration opens with tea / coffee available

11h30-13h30: ICSMS & ASSA Council meetings

13h30: Delegates attending workshops fetch lunch packs (nominal charge of R125) and go to
respective venues.

14h00-16h30: Parallel sessions of workshops (face-to-face and no live streaming)

• Education – Topic to be announced
• Technical – Topic to be announced; possibly 3-D printing
• Forensic Anthropology – Dry bone taphonomy - Prof James Pokines (guest speaker, USA)
• Clinical Anatomy – Imaging specialities: Dr Asif Bagadia (RSA)
o Imaging in Interventional Radiology - Navigating the challenging and variant Anatomy
o Presentation of personal real live cases
o Real time 3D vascular imaging
o Ultrasound guided biopsies – live demonstrations

17h00-18h15: Welcoming and Opening address (face-to-face and online)

Opening Ceremony:
Official opening by ISMS Executive.
The President of ICSMS and the Secretary General will give a short welcome address.
Guest speaker: Dr Itumeleng Molefe (RSA)

18h30 onwards: Cocktail function at Two Oceans Aquarium

Sunday 06/08/2023
Note: Parallel sessions will be added as required.

Neurosciences:
08h00-09h00: Keynote speaker – Dr Iben Lundgaard (Sweden)
09h00-10h00: Oral presentations by delegates + Q&A
10h00-10h30: Flash talks

10h30-11h00: Teatime, exhibitors, networking

Clinical Anatomy:
11h00-11h30: Keynote speaker – Dr Rohen Harrichandparsad (RSA)
11h30-12h30: Oral presentations by delegates + Q&A
12h30-13h00: Flash talks

13h00-14h00: Lunchtime, exhibitors, networking

Forensic Anthropology:
14h00 – 15h00: Keynote speaker - Prof James Pokines (USA)
15h00-16h00: Oral presentations & flash talks by delegates + Q&A

16h00-16h30: Teatime, exhibitors, networking

16h30-17h00: Posters

17h00-18h30: IFAA President’s Emergent Anatomist Programme event

18h30 onwards: Students’ social event

Monday 07/08/2023
Note: Parallel sessions will be added as required.

08h00-08h30: Poster session

Art in Anatomy:
08h30-09h30: Keynote speaker - Dr Natashia Muna (RSA)
09h30-10h30: Oral presentations by delegates, including Dr Caroline Erolin (UK) + Q&A

10h30-11h00: Teatime, exhibitors, networking

Art in Anatomy workshop from 11h00-13h00 (parallel session with Education)

Please read the workshop details here. 5-minute flash talks by delegates attending the workshop –
bring a piece of educational material and present to the workshop. Group discussion.

Education:
11h00-12h00: Keynote speaker - Prof Sabine Hildebrandt (USA)
Topic: Beyond the body: Humanities in Anatomical Sciences Education
12h00-13h00: Oral presentations by delegates + Q&A

13h00-14h00: Lunchtime, exhibitors, networking

Education: parallel session with Forensic Anthropology

14h00-15h30: Oral presentations by delegates
Topic: Excellence in education - Innovations in teaching, assessment, and curriculum
design

Forensic Anthropology: parallel session with Education

14h00-15h00: Oral presentations by delegates + Q&A
15h00-15h30: Flash talks
15h30-16h00: Teatime, exhibitors, networking

16h00-17h30: Poster session

18h30 onwards: Gala dinner in Green Point

Traditional "passage of the Medal and the Flag" during the gala dinner or a handover ceremony
scheduled during the Closing Ceremony [TBC].

Tuesday 08/08/2023
Note: Parallel sessions will be added as required.

Evolutionary Biology & Comparative Anatomy

08h00-09h00: Keynote speaker - Assistant Professor Sayaka Tojima (Japan)
09h00-10h00: Oral presentations by delegates + Q&A
10h00-10h30: Flash talks

10h30-11h00: Teatime, exhibitors, networking

Developmental Biology, Developmental Anatomy and Embryology:

11h00-12h00: Keynote speaker - Dr Joy Richman (Canada)
12h00-13h00: Oral presentations by delegates + Q&A

13h00-14h00: Lunchtime, exhibitors, networking

Special session:
14h00-15h00: African Wild Dogs – A Survival Story (details to follow)

15h00-16h00: teatime, conference wrap-up, prize giving, official closure by ICSMS, general closure &
farewell from ASSA
Official Closing Ceremony: ICSMS
The next Symposium is announced during Closing Ceremony; the President elected of the incoming
Symposium may wish to introduce the event. Traditional "passage of the Medal and the Flag" during
the gala dinner or a handover ceremony scheduled during the Closing Ceremony [TBC].