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session 2

Title: Human Physiology in Space
type: oral
Description: This session focuses on physiological effects of short- and long-duration spaceflight, and how this affects general health. Research into mitigation (countermeasures) of space effects are also included.
Date: 2026-10-06
Time: 10:15
Room: Hall 7

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Elena Fomina, State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation;
Co-Chair: Dr. Jens Jordan, Institute of Aerospace Medicine (DLR), Germany;
Rapporteur: Dr. Alain Maillet, MEDES - IMPS, France;
Rapporteur: Dr. Angelique Van Ombergen, European Space Agency (ESA), Netherlands (Kingdom of the);

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	Neural correlates of vestibular adaptation in cosmonauts after long duration spaceflight	12	confirmed	Prof.Dr. Floris Wuyts	University of Antwerp	Belgium
2	10:27	Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Sensorimotor Adaptation to Altered Gravity: From Model Experiments to Spaceflights	12	confirmed	Ms. Svetlana Glagoleva	Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)	Russian Federation
3	10:39	Dynamics of operator success after space flights of various duration	12	confirmed	Prof. Elena Fomina	State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences	Russian Federation
4	10:51	Change of grip force control parameters in simulated microgravity conditions (Dry Immersion)	12	confirmed	Ms. Olga Kurbanova	Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)	Russian Federation
5	11:03	Electromechanical Cardiac Alterations during Long-Term Head Down Bed Rest: an ECG-SCG study	12	confirmed	Ms. Maddalena Lovotti	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
6	11:15	Gender-specific autonomic responses to gravitational reinstatement after 21-day head-down tilt bed rest	12	confirmed	Ms. Sarah Solbiati	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
7	11:27	Postural parameters revealed by plantar pressure mapping during 7-day Dry Immersion	12	confirmed	Ms. Maria Bekreneva	Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)	Russian Federation
8	11:39	Locomotion pattern development treadmill training in semi-annual space flight based of Ground Reaction Forces	12	confirmed	Ms. Anna Burakova	FSC RF-IMBP	Russian Federation
9	11:51	Autonomic and Hemodynamic Responses to Posture and Sensory Conflict in VR	12		Dr. Malik Nasir Afzal Khan	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	United Arab Emirates
10	12:03	Behavioral, Affective, Cognitive and Neurophysiological Responses to Suborbital Spaceflight (BEACON)	12	confirmed	Dr. Vladimir Ivkovic	Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School	United States
11	12:15	Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Manual External Chest Compression on the CMRS/ARS Platform Performed in Neutral Buoyancy and Human Training Centrifuge (Zero-G) Conditions	12	confirmed	Dr. Arkadiusz Trzos	Jagiellonian University	Poland