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The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), one of the world's leading conferences in artificial intelligence, will take place from August 15 to 21, 2026, in Bremen, Germany, jointly with the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI). Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS look forward to welcoming you at our booth in the Congress Centrum Bremen from August 18 to 21 and discussing our latest research in trustworthy and application-oriented artificial intelligence for medical imaging and digital healthcare.

A recent study led by Max de Grauw from the team of Alessa Hering at Radboud University Medical Center investigated the impact of AI support developed by Fraunhofer MEVIS on RECIST assessment in follow-up CT scans of 212 cancer patients. Across 23 readers from 11 institutions, the AI assistance reduced assessment time per patient by about one third compared with manual reading and increased inter-reader agreement of RECIST outcomes by 7.7%.

Fraunhofer MEVIS is participating in the “AI x Open Lab – in Summer of AI,” a program in Bremen focused on artificial intelligence, taking place in summer 2026 alongside the international conference IJCAI-ECAI. With interactive stations for young adults and a public dialogue event, the institute demonstrates how AI opens up new possibilities in healthcare and invites experts from science and medicine, as well as interested members of the public, to discuss these developments together using concrete examples.

On June 29, 2026, the Fraunhofer MEVIS Advisory Board convened in Bremen for its 18th meeting, chaired by Prof. Hans Maier.