The BIONECA Workshop, Working Group (WG) meeting and Management Committee (MC) meeting took place in Bucharest, Romania, at the Central Library of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, between 10-12 October 2017.

The event was organized in the framework of project ”Biomaterials and Advanced Physical Techniques for Regenerative Cardiology and Neurology – BIONECA” (CA 16122), implemented through the COST Action of the Horizon 2020 Program.

BIONECA aims to become the most effective instrument in coordination, harmonization and defragmentation of the stem cell research across Europe and world, bringing unification of protocols for application of stem cells for neurological and cardiovascular diseases.

The agenda included: self-presentations of the participants and networking sessions; workshops on the state-of-the-art in the fields of: regenerative cardiology and neurology, biomaterials, imaging technologies, and mathematical modelling of tissue structures; working groups where researchers from different labs had brainstorming sessions and established inter-lab collaborations; management committee to deal with the present and future of BIONECA.

The workshop was attended by approx. 50 participants from 33 countries