The 30th anniversary edition of the Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine was held in Nagoya from October 26 to 29, 2018. The scope of Bioceramics30 is to bring together researchers, clinicians, engineers and students from all over the world to discuss recent scientific developments and applications of ceramics in medicine. Our partner Michele Iafisco from CNR-ISTEC was there to present the latest results from CUPIDO.