PIPPI 2026 Schedule

Central European Summer Time
27th September 2026, Strasbourg Convertion Center, France


13:30 - 13:40 Welcome & Introduction
13:40 - 14:30 PIPPI Keynote Prof Thomas Küstner , University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany
14:30 - 15:00 Introduction to Poster session and 2min Power Pitch Poster Presentations

15:00 - 16:00 Break & Poster Session
16:00 - 17:00 Oral Session (8min presentation + 2min Q&A each)

17:00 - 17:50 PIPPI Circle Discussion Group - Where will our field be in 5 years time?
17:50 - 18:00 PIPPI Best Paper Award & Close

PIPPI 2026 Keynote Talk
Prof Thomas Küstner , University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany
From raw data to biomarkers: Learning-Based Methods for Motion-Robust MRI




Thomas Küstner



Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Küstner (Member, IEEE; Junior Fellow, ISMRM) is Chair of the Medical Imaging and Data Analysis (MIDAS.lab) at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany. He received his PhD from the University of Stuttgart in 2017 and subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London (2018–2021). He chairs the Artificial Intelligence Expert Group of the German National Cohort (NAKO) and is a member of the governing committee of the ISMRM Motion Detection and Correction Study Group. He is also among the organizers of the autoPET challenge series. His research focuses on AI-driven data processing for multimodal medical imaging (MRI, PET, CT), spanning acquisition, reconstruction, and analysis, as well as the development of interpretable AI methods for clinical and population-scale studies. His particular interest include MR-based motion imaging, motion correction, and advanced reconstruction methods.

PIPPI Circle


Where will our field be in 5 years time? What challenges are we facing moving forward?

Come and join us at the 2026 PIPPI Circle to discuss the future of early-life imaging!