Event

Materialise Hip Forum

June 11 – 12, 2026

Leuven, Belgium

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About this event

From complex cases to success stories — we're bringing together leading hip experts from across Europe for the first-ever Materialise Hip Forum. Spend two days gaining in-depth knowledge and engaging in collaborative discussions.

The focus is exclusively on complex hip arthroplasties, from tackling massive bone loss and pelvic discontinuities to managing infections, fractures, and re-revisions. You'll take away insights from peer-reviewed evidence and real-world clinical outcomes.

The Hip Forum blends scientific sessions, immersive surgical case reviews, and interactive technology demos. Hosted at Materialise headquarters, you'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at how pioneering personalized implant solutions transition from virtual plan to patient care.

Program

Time (CEST) / Session

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Registration

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Welcome and opening keynote

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Networking lunch

Choosing the Right Reconstruction Path

1:00 – 1:15 pm

Acetabular Reconstruction: My Decision Tree

Mark Higgins, Spire Nottingham Hospital

1:15 – 1:30 pm

Femoral Reconstruction: My Decision Tree

Dr. Phillippe-Alexandre Faure, Hôpital Salengro

1:30 – 1:45 pm

Q&A

Bone Ingrowth and Stability in Complex Hip Revisions

1:45 – 2:00 pm

Achieving and Maintaining Stability with Personalized Implants

Dr. Anne Guro Vreim Holm, Oslo Universitetssykehus

2:00 – 2:15 pm

Osseointegration in aMace Implants

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Clauss, Universitätsspital Basel

2:15 – 2:30 pm

Q&A

Fracture Management in Hip Revision Surgery

2:30 – 2:45 pm

Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures: What to Fix, When to Revise?

Dr. Martin Lamm, Aarhus Universitetshospital

2:45 – 3:00 pm

Managing Acetabular Fractures in the Revision Setting

Mark Higgins, Spire Nottingham Hospital

3:00 – 3:15 pm

Q&A

3:15 – 3:45 pm

Coffee break

Large Patient Series: aMace Results Across Europe

3:45 – 4:00 pm

High-Volume Practice: 5-Year Functional and Clinical Results

Dr. Marc Nijhof, Sint Maartenskliniek

4:00 – 4:15 pm

Extensive Experience: Lessons from Over 40 Complex Hip Revisions

Prof. Jacek Gągała, Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny

4:15 – 4:30 pm

Q&A

Hip Revision After Infection

4:30 – 4:55 pm

One-Stage or Two-Stage? Which Path Would You Choose for Infected Hip Revisions?

Dr. Phillippe-Alexandre Faure, Hôpital Salengro; Tim Harrison, Northern General and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals

4:55 – 5:15 pm

The Unified PJI Definition

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Clauss, Universitätsspital Basel

5:15 – 5:30 pm

Q&A

7:00 pm

Networking dinner

Meet the speakers

Mark Higgins

Orthopaedic Consultant, Spire Nottingham Hospital, UK

Dr. Philippe-Alexandre Faure

Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Hôpital Salengro, CHU Lille, France

Tim Harrison

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northern General and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals, Sheffield, UK

MD PhD Marc Nijhof

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Prof. Jacek Gągała

Head of the Clinical Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny, Poland

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Clauss

Head of the Center for Musculoskeletal Infections, Universitätsspital Basel, Switzerland; President, European Bone and Joint Infection Society

Dr. Martin Lamm

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Denmark

Dr. Anne Guro Vreim Holm

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Norway

Dr. Simen Sellevold

Consultant; MD, PhD, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Prof. Douglas Dunlop

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Lead Orthopaedic Clinician for Research and Developmen, University Hospitals Southampton, UK; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton

Dr. Luk Verhelst

Orthopaedic Surgeon, AZ Sint Lucas, Ghent, Belgium

Event details

Exterior view of Materialise’s headquarters in Leuven, Belgium

June 11 & 12 — Day program

Materialise HQ
Technologielaan 15
3000 Leuven
Belgium 

The dimly lit brew hall in De Hoorn, Leuven.

June 11 — Evening program

De Hoorn
Sluisstraat 79
3000
Leuven

L-105017-01