BioEM 2026 Day 5: RF Studies, Future Networks and Guideline Revision

International scientists are gathered in Cairns, Australia this week for BioEM 2026, the world's largest conference on the biological effects of electromagnetic fields. Thursday begins with the D'Arsonval Lecture, followed by sessions on RF and microwave animal studies, risk assessment, standards, neuromodulation and biological mechanisms. The afternoon workshops address the transition from 5G to 6G and revision of ICNIRP's low-frequency guidelines.

Day 5 program:

09:00 — D'Arsonval Lecture (Micaela Liberti)
10:45 — RF and microwave animal studies (Michael Repacholi, Emma Sylvester); exposure, risk assessment and standards (Andrew Wood, Sachiko Yamaguchi-Sekino)
13:30 — Neuromodulation dosimetry (Young Hwan Ahn, Myles Capstick); mechanisms and methodologies (Florence Poulletier de Gannes, Andrei Pakhomov)
15:30 — Workshops on future mobile technology (Mike Wood) and ICNIRP low-frequency guideline revision (Ken Karipidis)

BioEM 2026

Day 5 — Thursday (June 25)

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09:00 Plenary 3 — D'Arsonval Lecture (Micaela Liberti)

10:45 OS 11 — In Vivo: RF and Microwave (Michael Repacholi, Emma Sylvester)

OS11-01 Emma Sylvester — CHRONIC WHOLE-BODY EXPOSURE TO 1.95 GHZ RADIOFREQUENCY FIELDS ON AMYLOID-BETA PATHOLOGY, COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND NEUROINFLAMMATION IN APPSWEPS1DE9 MICE
OS11-02 Nathan Bala — EFFECT OF 1950 MHZ WHOLE-BODY RADIOFREQUENCY-ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE ON BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE ACTIVITY IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS
OS11-03 Marco Zahner — EXPERIMENTAL SETUPS FOR POTENTIAL IMPACT OF 5G RF-EMF ON BIODIVERSITY AND BEE HEALTH RESEARCH (ETAIN PROJECT)
OS11-04 Li Zhao — EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION ON EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORS IN MICE OF DIFFERENT AGE
OS11-05 Christelle Lasbleiz — TRANSGENERATIONAL AND AGE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF CHRONIC 5G-NR RADIOFREQUENCY EXPOSURE AT 26 GHZ IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.
OS11-06 Young Hwan Ahn — THE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE ANIMAL STUDY ON THE CARCINOGENICITY AND GENOTOXICITY OF MOBILE PHONE RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION: THE KOREAN STUDY

10:45 OS 12 — RF and Microwave Exposure, Risk Assessment and Standards (Andrew Wood, Sachiko Yamaguchi-Sekino)

OS12-01 Ruohan Wen — EFFECTS OF RISK COMMUNICATION ON ANXIETY TOWARD RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND SOCIAL POLARIZATION
OS12-02 Sachiko Yamaguchi- Sekino — CHANGES IN ATTITUDES TOWARD RF-EMF THROUGH INFORMATION PROVISION BASED ON TARGET GROUPS AND INFORMATION TYPES
OS12-03 Dimitri Belenki — COST‑EFFICIENT LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL‑ASSISTED TITLE AND ABSTRACT SCREENING FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
OS12-04 Chung-Kwang Chou — ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURE LIMITS OF IEEE C95.1: EVOLVED FROM 1966 TO 2019 AND BEYOND
OS12-05 Andrew Wood — DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ICNIRP AND IEEE BASIC RESTRICTIONS: ARE THEY SERIOUS?
OS12-06 Mats-Olof Mattsson — RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE NEXTGEM PROJECT: A WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE QUALITATIVE APPROACH

13:30 OS 13 — Dosimetry and Development for Neuromodulation (Young Hwan Ahn, Myles Capstick)

OS13-01 Marta Bonato — MAGNETOELECTRIC CORE-SHELL NANORODS FOR WIRELESS BRAIN STIMULATION: A COMPUTATIONAL MODELING STUDY
OS13-02 Hye Min Kim — DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALIZED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION COIL: NOVEL FRAMEWORK COMBINING VECTOR SPHERICAL HARMONICS AND FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
OS13-03 Eikei Yamada — IMPROVING ELECTRIC FIELD ESTIMATION IN ANATOMICAL MODELS USING A TENSOR- BASED SPFD METHOD
OS13-04 Takeo Shiina — INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS IN HUMAN HEAD EXPOSED TO NON-UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE VICINITY OF POWER LINES WITH DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
OS13-05 Carolina Camacho Cadena — QUANTIFYING SUBTHRESHOLD EFFECTS OF LOW FREQUENCY UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD EXPOSURE FOR SAFETY GUIDELINES USING MORPHOLOGICALLY REALISTIC PYRAMIDAL CELL MODELS

13:30 OS 14 — Mechanisms and Methodologies (Florence Poulletier de Gannes, Andrei Pakhomov)

OS14-01 Yisong Yang — EFFECTS OF LONG-DURATION PULSED MICROWAVE EXPOSURE ON CELLULAR PROLIFERATION IN MOUSE BRAIN SLICE CULTURES BACKGROUND
OS14-02 Michal Cifra — VIBRATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUB‑TERAHERTZ DIELECTRIC RESPONSE OF KINESIN AND ITS HYDRATION SHELL
OS14-03 Michal Cifra — THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS ON PROTEINS
OS14-04 Francesca Apollonio — MOLECULAR DYNAMICS INVESTIGATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS ON THE A2A ADENOSINE RECEPTOR

15:30 WS4 — Future Mobile Technology Trends and Effective Risk Communication (Mike Wood)

WS4-1 Adriana Khoo — WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
WS4-2 Stephen Coffey — TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION FROM 5G TO 6G: IMPLICATIONS FOR EMF
WS4-3 Mike Wood — CASE STUDY – EMF EXPOSURES FROM 6GHZ TRIALS IN AUSTRALIA AND SATELLITE MOBILE SERVICES
WS4-4 Jack Rowley — GLOBAL VIEW OF 5G EMF EXPOSURES AND TRENDS
WS4-5 Lisa Kelly — THE DEPLOYMENT OF 5G IN AUSTRALIA. HOW SCIENCE IS EMBEDDED IN ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES
WS4-6 Matt Evans — 5G MISINFORMATION AND CONSPIRACY NARRATIVES: LESSON FOR RISK COMMUNICATION IN THE TRANSITION TO 6G
WS4-7 Beth Duncan — THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S EME COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM (FOCUSES ON HIGHLIGHTING THE RESEARCH, REGULATION, AND EME SAFETY FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPLOYMENTS)
WS4-8 Adriana Khoo — SUMMARY & WELCOMING ALL SPEAKERS FOR PANEL Q&A
WS4-9 Mike Wood & All Speakers — DISCUSSION/Q&A

15:30 WS5 — Revision of the ICNIRP Low-Frequency Guidelines (Ken Karipidis)

WS5-1 Ken Karipidis Akimasa Hirata — INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF THE ICNIRP LOW FREQUENCY (LF) GUIDELINES
WS5-2 Ilkka Laakso Sachiko Yamaguchi — SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL LF RESEARCH
WS5-3 Micaela Liberti Francesca Apollonio — SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF IN VIVO/IN VITRO/IN SILICO LF RESEARCH
WS5-4 Ken Karipidis — UMBRELLA REVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL LF RESEARCH
WS5-5 Akimasa Hirata Ilkka Laakso — LF DOSIMETRY REVIEW
WS5-6 C-K Chou — LF EXPOSURE LIMITS ISSUES FOR THE REVISION OF IEEE C95.1-2019
All speakers and audience — DISCUSSION/Q&A

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