November 17th, 2025
Amphithéâtre Buffon – Université Paris Cité
15 rue Hélène Brion – 75013 Paris
The annual symposium of the ROAD to 2030 Inserm network will be held on November 17th, 2025 in Buffon amphithéâtre (Université Paris Cité - Paris 13).
By integrating cell biology, tissue engineering, advanced imaging, biomechanics and public health, the musculoskeletal community is uniting to reinvent how we prevent and treat rheumatism and musculoskeletal diseases. The ROAD to 2030 network invites participants to a one-day symposium which unites clinicians with biologists and epidemiologists and engineers to speed up discoveries that will revolutionize patient care by 2030.
The symposium will feature four visionary keynote speakers Franziska Denk (Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre, King's Collège London, UK), Sestina Falcone (Centre de recherche en myologie, Paris), Nicholas Fuggle (Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, UK) and Jean-Philippe Pradère (RESTORE lab, Toulouse), who will present their recent discoveries about neuro-inflammation, musculoskeletal ageing, population health and mitochondrial metabolism.
Rapid-fire talk sessions and an interactive poster walk will provide numerous chances to test ideas and spark collaborations and showcase the French community work.
Call for communication:
The call for rapid-fire talks is reserved for young scientists (Students, Post docs, early-career Scientists). The Poster session is open to all.
Applicants are invited to submit an abstract (English language, max 400 words) by September 15th. Applicants will be informed of their selection in mid-October.
The one-day meeting is intended for all research actors. It serves as an entry point to connect with a dynamic community dedicated to solving musculoskeletal disorders whether working on basic mechanisms or testing new interventions.
It is free of charge but registration is mandatory.
>>>> Registration (before October 31st)
Organizing committee
Francis Berenbaum, Roland Chapurlat, Nathalie Grivel, Jérôme Guicheux, David Moulin, France Pietri-Rouxel and Claire Vinatier
Program
8h45-9h15 Welcome coffee
9h15-9h20 Introduction
9h20-9h30 ROAD to 2030 network - Francis Berenbaum, Jérôme Guicheux, Nathalie Grivel, coordinators of the network
9h30-10h45 Session1 Pain and inflammation in musculoskeletal disorders
Chairs: Alice Courties & David Moulin
9h30-10h10 Stromal cells – critical drivers of pain in arthritis? - Franziska DENK - King's College London (UK)
10h10-10h45 Selected talks
10h45-11h00 Coffee break
11h00-11h10 Being patient in 2030 - Françoise Alliot Launois, President AFLAR
11h10-12h25 Session 2 Aging of the locomotor system
Chairs: Bénédicte Chazaud & France Pietri-Rouxel
11h10-11h50 Therapeutic landscape of strategies targeting age-related sarcopenia and the potential of GDF5-based treatments
Sestina Falcone - Centre de recherche en myologie (Paris)
11h50-12h25 Selected talks
12h25-13h30 Lunch break
13h30-13h50 European Calls - Cluster Health - Aude Raimbault, Inserm European Affairs Officer
13h50-14h00 Arthritis, empowering tomorrow’s scientific leaders - Lionel Comole, Chief Executive Fondation Arthritis
14h00-15h15 Session 3 Epidemiology: the burden of musculoskeletal disorders
Chairs: Roland Chapurlat & Francis Guillemin
14h00- 14h40 The developing epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders - Nicholas Fuggle - University of Southampton (UK)
14h40-15h15 Selected talks
15h15-16h00 Posters and Coffee break
16h00-17h15 Session 4 Metabolism in musculoskeletal disorders
Chairs: Claudine Blin & Claire Vinatier
16h00-16h40 The mitochondria heterogeneity upon aging - Jean-Philippe Pradère - RESTORE lab (Toulouse)
16h40-17h15 Selected talks
17h15-17h30 Conclusion