Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

Compliance Conference to Highlight Global Challenges for Medical Technology Industry

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

A medical device industry compliance conference taking place next week in Stockholm will feature speakers from medtech companies, organisations and government agencies. The 2012 International Medical Device Industry Compliance Conference is organised by Advamed and will take place 9 to 11 May at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel. Conference sponsors include ...

Objet Provides 3-D Printing Insights at Materialise World Conference in Belgium

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

3-D printing specialist for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, Objet Ltd (Rehovot, Israel) is presenting two sessions to provide a better understanding of the advantages of 3-D printing at the Materialise World Conference in Leuven, Belgium, this week. In a presentation titled ‘Insiders Vision’ as a part of the Additive Manufacturing ...

Medtech Week Recap: TEDMED Conference Emphasises Thinking Outside the Box

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Last week, TEDMED 2012 took place in Washington DC. The four-day conference emphasised thinking outside the box, writes MD+DI Associate Editor Jamie Hartford in this article.

Speaker Line-up for MEDTEC Europe Conference Includes Abbott, Baxter, B.Braun, Covidien, J&J and Teleflex

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

In less than three weeks time over 200 senior medical device professionals from Europe and overseas will be gathering at Messe Stuttgart for the MEDTEC Europe Conference 2012. A speaker line-up including Abbott Vascular, Baxter Healthcare, B.Braun, Covidien, Johnson & Johnson and Teleflex will be on hand offering their expertise. ...

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 ...