Where Alignment Meets Cartilage Innovation
Program subject to change.
Thursday, September 9, 2027
12:00 – Registration
13:00–13:15 – Welcome & Introduction – Murat Bozkurt (TR) & Christian Lattermann (US)
13:15–13:45 – Microbiota and Cartilage
13:45–15:45 | Session 1: Alignment and Biological Multiplier
– Coronal Alignment and Cartilage Load Distribution
– Kinematic vs. Mechanical Alignment: Biological Consequences
– Sagittal Alignment, Slope and ACL-Cartilage Interaction
– Meniscus, Alignment and Cartilage: The Functional Unit
– Joint Preservation: Long-Term Survivorship and What It Takes
15:45–16:30 – Coffee Break & Exhibition
16:30–18:30 | Session 2: Techniques & Decision-Making
– Indications for HTO/DFO in Complex Ligament Instabilities
– Patellofemoral Alignment and Realignment Strategies
– Double-Level Osteotomy & Planning Strategies
– Slope-Modifying Osteotomies
– Rotational Deformities and Overlooked Malalignment
18:30–19:30 – Welcome Reception
Friday, September 10, 2027
08:30–10:30 | Session 3: Cartilage Restoration Toolbox
– Biologics in Cartilage Repair
– ACI/MACI: State of the Art
– Osteochondral Allograft vs. Autograft
– Osteochondral Bioimplants with Stem Cells
– Combined Procedures: Alignment + Cartilage
10:30–11:00 – Coffee Break & Exhibition
11:00–12:00 | Session 4: The Forgotten Half of Joint Preservation – Rehabilitation, Recovery and Return to Sport
– Rehabilitation After Cartilage Restoration: What Really Matters
– Evaluating Success After Cartilage Repair
– Return to Sport After Combined Joint Preservation Procedures
– Managing Expectations: The Art of Postoperative Patient Education
12:00–13:30 – Lunch Break & Industry Symposium
13:30–15:30 | Session 5: Biologics & Translational Orthobiologics – From Bench to Clinical Reality
– PRP vs. BMAC vs. Cell-Based Therapies: Current Evidence
– Exosomes & Next-Generation Biologics
– Regulatory Challenges & Clinical Translation
– New Horizons in Cartilage Therapeutics: Biologics/Osteotomy/Cartilage
– From Concept to Clinic: How Innovations Become Real Treatments
15:30–16:00 – Coffee Break & Exhibition
16:00–18:00 | Session 6: Radiology to Surgical Precision
– Advanced MRI in Cartilage & Osteochondral Lesions
– Patient-Specific Planning and Instrumentation in Joint Preservation Surgery
– From 3D Imaging to Personalized Deformity Correction
– Alignment Quantification: Beyond HKA (Joint Line Obliquity, JLCA)
– Predictive Analytics for Outcomes in Joint Preservation