Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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