Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

Public Service Events to Hold Conference in London on Collaboration in Medical Science

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Public Service Events, a producer of conferences focusing on issues facing the public sector, will hold the conference "Advances in Medical Science: Collaboration for Growth" on 29 February 2012. The conference will be held at Central Hall Westminster in London. The conference is designed to offer an opportunity for the science ...

Medinireland Makes Its Mark

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

“I can remember coming here and counting noses,” Richard Satava, MD, told medinireland 2011 attendees. “Now, this is progress,” he added, scanning a crowd of several hundred people. Organised every other year by Enterprise Ireland, medinireland brings together medtech stakeholders from around the world with Ireland-based companies in a spirit of ...

Europe’s Policymakers Lack Vision. Exhibit One: Cataract Surgery

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Patients are waiting up to two years for cataract surgery in Ireland, reports the Irish Times, and that is not unique to Ireland. To eke out savings in a precarious economy, governments are leaving no stone unturned, including discouraging noncritical interventions. Catherine Mazzacco, Vice President, Global Commercial Operations, Abbott Medical ...

Eucomed MedTech Forum Introduces Contract for a Healthy Future

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

The lights dim and the video starts. The visuals go from zero to 100 in under a second. Jumpy cinematography and a metallic colour palette underlined by an insistent score give the film a Mission Impossible flavour. You glimpse medical personnel and some frantic activity, and, all too soon, it ...

Imec Technology Forum: Hyperspectral Imaging from a Medical Perspective

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_25212" align="alignleft" width="167" caption="Francesco Pessolano is Manager of the NVision programme at imec."][/caption] Hyperspectral imaging separates visible and invisible light into a series of small bands. This data can then be processed to identify materials based on their spectral fingerprints. The technology has many applications in mineralogy (to help find ...

EMDT Launches Conference on Managing Regulatory Change for Medical Devices

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

EMDT has announced the launch of a new conference titled "Managing Regulatory Change for Medical Devices," a conference providing practical guidance to help senior executives navigate through the uncertainty of medical device regulation in Europe, the United States and emerging markets. The conference will take place on 30 November–1 December ...

Medical Textiles as Device Design Enablers

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

From the wire: Jeff Koslosky, Vice President of Advanced Technologies, Secant Medical LLC, will speak at the New Biomaterials and Design Trends session on 5 October 2011 at the Biomaterials Europe Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Koslosky will discuss the advantages of blending the technologies of resorbable and nonabsorbable biomaterials with ...

OrthoTec Europe Page Can Help You Prepare for Next Week’s Show

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

OrthoTec Europe is returning to Switzerland on 28 and 29 September 2011 after a successful launch last year. The event will be held at the Mövenpick Hotel Zürich-Regensdorf. Whether you attended OrthoTec Europe last year or are attending the show for the first time, a new page on the EMDT ...

MEDTEC Ireland: Conference and Workshops Cover Device Design, Regulatory Matters and More

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_24622" align="alignleft" width="315" caption="Nicholas Duggan, Innovation Expert at Viadynamic, is chairing the MEDTEC Ireland conference on day two."][/caption] MEDTEC Ireland has moved to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cork for 2011. Organised by UBM Canon, Ireland’s premier trade fair for the medical device manufacturing industry will now alternate on an annual ...

European Nanomedicine Community to Meet in Barcelona

Monday, August 29th, 2011

The ETPN General Assembly & Annual Forum 2011 will yet again bring together the European Nanomedicine Community. As nanomedicine is experiencing continued and increased interest, this event will strongly focus on discussing strategic opportunities for the nanomedicine stakeholders coming from industry, academia and clinics. A key target of this forum ...

Ceram Hosts Conference on Bioceramics in Healthcare

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Nanoscale Bioceramics in Healthcare, reportedly the first conference of its kind, will take place on 12 and 13 October 2011 at the Ceram Materials Technology Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Organised by Ceram, the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN) and Materials KTN, the conference includes a full programme of internationally recognised speakers ...

Eucomed Forum Addresses Sustainability of Western European Healthcare Systems

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Even during a busy autumn events schedule—and the 2011 season promises an exceptional harvest of shows and conferences—I always make an effort to attend the annual Eucomed Forum. The organisers generally do an excellent job of lining up topics and speakers that address industry's concerns while placing the issues in a pan-European ...