KCCM 2025: Where AI Meets Medicine to Build Digital Humans
A three‑day journey into the future of healthcare, where algorithms, models, and human insight converge.
The Krakow Conference on Computational Medicine (KCCM 2025) took place on October 15–17 at the Faculty of Computer Science, AGH University of Krakow. The event gathered researchers, clinicians, and technology experts around this year’s theme — Enhancing Virtual Human Twin with AI Solutions. Sano was proud to serve as a co‑organizer of the conference, fostering dialogue at the intersection of medicine, computer science, and artificial intelligence.
Prestigious Support and Local Partnership
The conference operated under the distinguished honorary patronage of Marcin Kulasek, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, and Aleksander Miszalski, Mayor of the City of Kraków. The event also received support from Tygodnik Powszechny, reinforcing its significance within Poland’s scientific and cultural landscape.
KCCM 2025 was organized through the collaboration of three leading Kraków institutions: Sano Centre for Computational Medicine, Faculty of Computer Science AGH Krakow, and Academic Computer Center AGH Krakow. This partnership combined extensive expertise in biomedical research, computer science education, and high‑performance computing infrastructure.
Hands‑On Learning Through Expert Tutorials
The opening day on October 15 featured an intensive program of hands‑on tutorials designed to establish a shared methodological foundation for the computational medicine community. Participants engaged with six specialized workshops:
- BRAIN‑GUT: Brain–Gut Axis and How to Study It
- CACTUS: Explainable AI for Knowledge Discovery and Classification
- HPC: Your Journey to HPC and Beyond – A Guide to Research at Scale with the Model Execution Environment
- LEGAL: Implementing Intelligence – Legal Challenges in Creating AI Solutions, a platform for sharing experiences
- VR: Virtual Reality for Medical Data Visualisation and Interaction
- VVUQ: Scaling up your VVUQ Workflows – Practical Automation with EasyVVUQ and Dask on HPC
These workshops preceded two days of talks and discussions, creating a comprehensive learning experience that bridged theoretical knowledge with practical applications.
Advancing the Virtual Human Twin Vision
During the three‑day event, participants explored how the concept of the Virtual Human Twin could evolve through applying machine‑learning and data‑driven technologies to personalised medicine. The discussions highlighted the need to view artificial intelligence not as a competitor to existing modelling and simulation techniques but as a complementary, supportive framework for advancing in silico research.
Building upon Sano’s experience from organizing Sano Science Day (2023, 2024) and its long‑term involvement in the Life Science Open Space initiative, KCCM 2025 created an open platform for scientific exchange.
Distinguished Keynote Speakers
KCCM 2025 featured keynote lectures delivered by distinguished researchers:
- Ewa Deelman – University of Southern California
- Liesbet Geris – University of Liège, KU Leuven & VPH Institute
- Tomasz Gosiewski – Jagiellonian University Medical College
- Alfons Hoekstra – University of Amsterdam
- Joanna Jaworek‑Korjakowska – AGH University of Krakow
- Emiliano Ricciardi – IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
- Daniel Taylor – University of Sheffield
Their presentations, alongside numerous thematic sessions and poster discussions, provided an inspiring overview of state‑of‑the‑art research linking computational modelling, clinical needs, and technology transfer.
Experience KCCM 2025 Again
To relive the atmosphere of the conference, you can watch the event video below.
The film was produced by Jacek Przybylski from Studio Filmowe Media Lab 5.0 and captures the highlights, energy, and insights that defined KCCM 2025.
