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Scientific Meetings of Interest
February 2008
Cardiac Device Development
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard B. Simches Research Center
185 Cambridge Street, Room 3110
Boston, MA 02114
(Located in the Charles River Plaza next to Whole Foods Market and
CVS)
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Forum Moderator: James E. Muller, MD, CEO, InfraReDx, Inc
4:00PM Convergence in Health Care Technology: Devices, Biologics, Pharma, IT, Communications and Imaging:
Stephen N. Oesterle, MD,
Senior Vice President, Medicine & Technology, Medtronic, Inc.
5:00PM Challenges in Cardiac Device Development: Donald S. Baim, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and
Scientific Officer, Boston Scientific
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Plastics Historical
Society PHS Lecture: Plastics and Medical Practice
February 5, London, UK, 2008
organization: Plastics Historical Society (PHS)
contact:
jen.cruse@eggconnect.net
MEDTEC-Medical Device Technology Show 2008
February 13-14, Birmingham, UK , 2008
organization: Canon Communications LLC
contact:
medtecshowuk@perform.ie
The Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering ~BioMED
2008
February 13-15, Innsbruck, Austria, 2008
organization: IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology
Development)
contact: calgary@iasted.org
3rd International Conference
on Structure, Processing, and Properties of Materials
February 14-16, Dhaka, Bangladesh , 2008
organization: Dept. of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh
University of Engineering and Technology
contact:
sppm2008@mme.buet.ac.bd
Design Control for Medical Device Professionals
February 14-15, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, 2008
organization: The Center for Professional Innovation & Education
contact: info@cfpie.com
Stability Programs for Product Shelf Life-From Development to Approval
February 14-15, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
organization: The Center for Professional Innovation & Education
contact: info@cfpie.com
Biologic
Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine: Fifth Symposium
February 15-16, Phoenix, AZ 2008
contact: biologics_symposium@upmc.edu
International
Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
February 25-29, Melbourne, Australia, 2008
organization: Event Planners Australia
contact:
ICONN08@eventplanners.com.au
Smart Coatings 2008
February 27-29, Orlando, USA , 2008
organization: The Coatings Research Institute
contact: jamil.baghdachi@emich.edu
March 2008
Natural
Materials
March 7, London, UK, 2008
organization: IOM Communications Ltd
contact: dawn.bonfield@iom3.org
SPIE
Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring
March 9-13, San Diego, California, USA, 2008
organization: SPIE
contact: MeetingInfo@SPIE.org
12th Annual
Hilton Head Workshop
March 12-16, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA, 2008
organization: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience and GTEC
contact: mcdevitt@ibb.gatech.edu
The CIMIT Forum
March 18-MGH Simches Research Center
Medical Device Design, Clive Dym, Harvey Mudd College
Medical Device Projects, Bill Wiesmann, Biostar and Rajiv Gupta, MGH
contact: DeAnna Grosbaum,
617-726-0797
The CIMIT Forum
March 25-BIDMC, Simulation and Skills Center
Intraoperative Programmable Autologous Stem Cell Therapy, Jeffrey
Karp, MGH
contact: DeAnna Grosbaum,
617-726-0797
2008 MRS Spring Meeting
March 24-28, San Francisco, California, USA, 2008
organization: MRS-Materials Research Society
contact: info@mrs.org
Faraday Discussion 139: The Importance of Polymer Science for Biological Systems
March 26-28, York, UK, 2008
organization: Royal Society of Chemistry
contact:
conferences@rsc.org
PharmaMedDevice
2008
March 26-28, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Third Annual THE STEM CELLS CONGRESS
March 26-28, San Francisco, CA, 2008
Organization: Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Contact: chi@healthtech.com
April 2008
10th European
Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery
April 2-4, Noordwijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, 2008
organization: BioMedical Engineering Department of the University of
Twente
contact: M.A.G.Wiehink@utwente.nl
AIChE Spring Meeting 2008
April 6-10, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2008
organization: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
contact: jdavis@ats.ucla.edu
The CIMIT Forum
April 8- MGH Simches Research Center
Characterization of Biological Process Using Images, David Hawkes,
University College London and Polina Golland, MIT
contact: DeAnna Grosbaum,
617-726-0797
Developments
in Ceramic Science and Engineering: the last 50 years
April 10-11, London, UK, 2008
organization: Centre for Materials Research, University College London
contact: e.leighton@ucl.ac.uk
Cell Culture
Engineering XI
April 13-18, Coolum, Australia, 2008
organization: Engineering Conferences International
contact: info@eci.poly.edu
The CIMIT Forum
April 15-MGH Simches Research Center
Stroke Imaging, Michael Lev, MGH
Carotid Artery Disease, Javier Romero, MGH
contact: DeAnna Grosbaum,
617-726-0797
5th Tissue Engineering Symposium
April 23-25, Tampere, Finland, 2008
Organization: Tampere University of Technology & Institute of
Regenerative Medicine, Regea
Contact: soile.lonnqvist@tut.fi
May 2008
3rd Biennial
Heart Valve Biology and Tissue Engineering
May 4-7, London 2008
18th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Injectable
Biomaterials/Biomechanics for Minimally Invasive Clinical
Applications-GRIBOI 2008
May 5-6, Montreal, Canada, 2008
organization: Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Reconstruction, Universit
de Sherbrooke, Biomechanics Laboratory
contact:
Griboi2008@USherbrooke.ca
5th Marie Curie
Cutting Edge Conference-Synthesis and applications of self-assembling materials
at nano-scale
May 5-9, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 2008
organization: 3B´s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
contact: inventscience@dep.uminho.pt
14th Swiss Conference
on Biomaterials
May 8, Basel, Switzerland, 2008
organization: Swiss Society for Biomaterials
contact: tobias.brunner@chem.ethz.ch
HPSM
2008-Fourth International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials
May 13-15, Algarve, Portugal , 2008
organization: Wessex Institute of Technology
contact:
krobberts@wessex.ac.uk
Materials
Congress 2008
May 13-15, Grantham, UK , 2008
organization: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
contact: congress2008@iom3.org
3rd Annual European Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress
May 13-15, London, UK, 2008
Organization: terrapin
Contact:
Bianca.geldenhuys@terrapinn.com
7th
International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics: From Laboratory to Clinical
Practice
May 26-28, Valencia, Spain, 2008
organization: Centro de Investigacin Prncipe Felipe
contact:
mjvicent@cipf.es
Symposium Implant Infection vs Healing
May 26-27, Thesinge, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2008
organization: The Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Groningen
contact: j.a.heidema-kol@med.umcg.nl
BIOMED 2008
- The International Stem Cell Meeting: Stem Cells &
their Microenvironment
May 27-29, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2008
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Contact: Iskorak@kenes.com
8th World Biomaterials
Congress
May 28-1 June, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008
organization: International Conference Services and Lidy Groot Congress
Events
contact: expo.wbc2008@lgce.nl
June 2008
Biomedical Applications on Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Micro/Nano Engineering
June 8-13, Acireale, Sicily, Italy, 2008
organization: Techna Group
contact:
congress@technagroup.it
CIMTEC
2008 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems
June 8-13, Acireale, Sicily, Italy, 2008
organization: CIMTEC
contact:
congress@technagroup.it
MRS International Materials Research Conference
June 9-12, Chongqing, China, 2008
organization: The Materials Research Society (MRS) and
Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS)
contact:
hastings@mrs.org
ISSCR, International
Society for Stem Cell Research, 6th Annual Meeting
June 11-14, Philadephia, PA, 2008
Organization: ISSCR
Contact: isscr@isscr.org
24th Annual Meeting of
the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-24)
June 15-19, Salerno, Italy, 2008
organization: University of Salerno and the Polymer Processing Society
contact: secretariat@pps-24.com
9th Advanced
Summer Course in Cell-Materials Interactions-Bioinspired Matrices for Tissue
Regeneration
June 16-20, Porto, Portugal, 2008
organization: INEB, University of Porto
contact: info@ineb.up.pt
ECM IX Fifty Years of AO: Internal Fixation: From Research to the Clinics
June 16-19, Davos, Switzerland, 2008
organization: European Cells & Materials and AO Research Institute
contact: sonia.wahl@aofoundation.org
BIO International Convention
June 17-20, San Diego, CA, USA, 2008
organization: BIO
V Congress
of the Latin-American Society for Artificial Organs and Biomaterials-COLAOB
2008
endorsed by biomat
June 22-25, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2008
organization: SLABO
contact:
colaob2008@demec.ufmg.br
2008 TERMIS-EU (The European Chapter of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative
Medicine International Society) Meeting
June 23-27, Porto, Portugal, 2008
organization: TERMIS-EU and 3B´s Research Group, University of Minho,
Portugal
contact:
inventscience@dep.uminho.pt
ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 2008 (SBC 2008)
June 25-29 , Marco Island, FL, USA , 2008
organization: The Bioengineering Division of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
contact:
sbc2008@ecn.purdue.edu
July 2008
2nd International Congress of Stem Cells and Tissue Formation
July 6-9, Dresden, Germany, 2008
Organization: DFG-Research Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden & the
Collaborative Research Center "Cells into Tissues"
Contact: info2008@stemcellcongress-dresden.org
European Society of Biomechanics
Conference Dates: July 6-9, 2008
Conference Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
XX International
Fibrinogen Workshop
Conference Dates: 10-13 July 2008
Conference Location: Venice, Italy
SBE's 4th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
July 22-24 , Dublin, Ireland , 2008
organization: Society for Biological Engineering
contact: bio@aiche.org
August 2008
Advances in Tissue Engineering
2008-16th Annual Short Course
August 13-16, Houston, Texas, USA, 2008
organization: Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering, Rice University
contact: cdl@rice.edu
The 10th
International Symposium on Biomineralization
August Aug 31- Sep 4, Lianyunkang City, Jiangsu Province, China, 2008
September 2008
European Society for Artificial Organs 2008 Annual Meeting
September 3-6, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
Organization: European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)
Contact: beat.walpoth@hcuge.ch
MEDi 2008
September 9-10, Hartford, CT, USA, 2008
organization: BEACON
contact:
info@beaconalliance.org
2008 E-MRS Fall Meeting
September 15-19, Warsaw, Poland, 2008
Organization: European Materials Research Society
Contact: emrs.exhibit@gmail.com
3rd International Conference on Tissue Engineering
September 16-21, Rhodes, Greece, 2008
Organization: Aegean Conferences
Contact:
3rdTissueEngineering@aegeanconferences.org
NANOMEDICINE 2008
September 19-24, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 2008
organization: European Science Foundation
contact:
rgaspar@ff.ul.pt
October 2008
Materials Science & Technology 2008 Conference and Exhibition
October 5-9, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008
Organization: ACerS, AIST, ASM International, and TMS
Contact: mmerwin@uss.com
6th Marie Curie
Cutting Edge Conference-Stem cells from the Petri dish to the clinical application
October 6-10, Porto, Portugal, 2008
organization: 3B´s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
contact: inventscience@dep.uminho.pt
21st International Symposium of Ceramics in Medicine-Bioceramics 21
October 21-24, Bzios, Brazil, 2008
organization: Interevent
contact: bioceramics21@interevent.com.br
Ischemia and Tissue
Regeneration
Oct 24-25, Leipzig, Germany, 2008
Organization: Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology
Contact: info@fs-leipzig.com
November 2008
TERMIS-AP:
Chinese Taipei
November 6-8, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
Organization: Termis-AP
Contact: hwsung@che.nthu.edu.tw
bone-tec 2008-International
Bone Tissue Congress
November 7-9, Hanover, Germany 2008
December 2008
TERMIS-NA:
San Diego, California
December 6-10
Organization: In conjunction with the California Tissue Engineering Meeting
(CTEM)
February 2009
5th International
Technology Transfer Day Biomaterials
February 19-20, Erfurt, Germany, 2009
organization: SSA INCOMAT
contact:
gerhard.hildebrand@iba-heiligenstadt.de
May 2009
1st Marie Curie
Cutting Edge Practical Training Course – Fabrication and characterisation
of tissue engineering scaffolds
May 25-5 June, Braga, Minho, Portugal, 2009
organization: 3B´s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
contact: inventscience@dep.uminho.pt
September 2009
2nd Marie Curie
Cutting Edge Practical Training Course – Tissue engineering, stem cells and
biocompatibility testing of biomaterials
September 7-18, Aachen, Germany, 2009
organization: 3B´s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
contact: inventscience@dep.uminho.pt
ESB2009-22nd European
Conference on Biomaterials
September 8-12, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
organization: Swiss Society for Biomaterials and the European Society
for Biomaterials
contact:
geoff.richards@aofoundation.org
November 2009
3rd Marie Curie
Cutting Edge Practical Training Course – Polymer chemistry and controlled
drug delivery
November 2-13, Madrid, Spain, 2009
organization: 3B´s Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal
contact: inventscience@dep.uminho.pt
June 2009
ECM XI: Cartilage Ligaments and Tendons
June 1, Davos, Switzerland, 2010
organization: European Cells & Materials and AO Research Institute
contact: sonia.wahl@aofoundation.org
August 2009
2nd TERMIS World
Congress-Daejeon, Korea
August 31-September 3, Daejeon, Korea, 2009
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