Congress Workshops
Join us for specialized workshops focused on advancing your expertise in autoimmune diseases. These interactive sessions are designed to provide practical, hands-on learning experiences with expert guidance. Registration is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration for these workshops is available through the registration form.
SATURDAY, 16 MAY 2026 | 10:30 – 12:30
AI in Autoimmunity: From Diagnosis to Treatment
SPEAKERS: YOAD DVIR, OR DEGANY, DAPHNA IDAN AND ITAMAR BEN SHITRIT
Overview
This interactive workshop will explore how artificial intelligence can support and challenge clinical decision-making in autoimmune diseases. Rather than focusing on theory or hype, the session is built around real clinical scenarios, examining how AI tools influence clinical reasoning, evidence interpretation, and patient-specific decisions.
Key Topics
- Using AI-supported information to interpret evidence and guide decisions in real clinical contexts
- Recognizing risks and biases,including automation bias, overconfidence, anchoring, and uncritical acceptance of AI outputs
- Understanding the current tool landscape, including general-purpose models, medical AI tools, and evidence platforms
What to Expect
- Live demonstrations of selected AI tools
- Hands-on group work with real autoimmune clinical cases
- Direct comparison of decisions made with and without AI tools
- Evaluation of accuracy, reasoning quality, and confidence
- Practical frameworks for safe and effective use of AI in clinical practice
- No prior technical experience required
Open to participants from all professional backgrounds.
SATURDAY, 16 MAY 2026 | 14:00-16:00
Full-immersion Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
SPEAKERS: CARLO PERRICONE AND ALEXANDRA BALBIR-GURMAN
Objectives:
Discover how musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) can transform the way you diagnose and manage autoimmune rheumatic diseases in this 2-hour full-immersion, hands-on experience.
This highly interactive session goes beyond theory:
- Live demonstration of scanning techniques and image interpretation, guided by expert faculty
- Real-time discussion of differential diagnoses in inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, crystal arthropathies, connective tissue diseases, and giant cell arteritis
- Engaging quiz sessions with representative pathological images, tested at the start and end of the course to track your progress.
With no radiation, real-time visualization, and immediate clinical applicability, MSUS provides physicians with the tools for faster, more accurate decision-making.
Join us for this dynamic course, sharpen your sonographic skills, and leave ready to integrate MSUS confidently into your daily clinical practice.
Workshops must be selected within the main registration form and are booked as part of the congress registration process.
If you have already completed your registration and would like to add a workshop to your ticket, please contact the Registration Team at reg_auto26@kenes.com