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Welcome to Tampere, Finland, the host of the 23rd European Conference on Biomaterials, the Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials.
ESB 2010, September 11 – 15, 2010
Dear all
Located in Central Finland between two beautiful lakes, Lake Näsijärvi and Lake Pyhäjärvi with population of 210 000, Tampere is big enough to be able to offer a variety of activities and cultural events and still being small enough to feel like home. In the city centre, nearby the national landscape of the rapids Tammerkoski, the red brick buildings remind the history of being the first industrial town in Finland. Tampere region is the birthplace of Nokia, the world’s leading mobile technology provider, as well as many companies and research institutes in the field of BME. These provide students in two universities and two polytechnics excellent opportunities for internships, theses and employment.
We proudly announce that the ESB 2010 Annual Conference will be organised by the Finnish Society for Biomaterials in collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Tampere University of Technology. BME has strong background in biomaterials research and implant development, thus BME is specialized in biomaterials, tissue engineering, biomedical measurements, imaging, and modeling. Biomaterials and tissue engineering research in Tampere is done under an umbrella organization BioneXt in two local universities, BME at Tampere University of Technology and at the Regea, Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated to the University of Tampere. BioneXt Tampere is an investment and development programme that focuses on biotechnological education, top-level research, product development, clinical application and possibilities in international commercialization. The programme unites the strong technological expertise in the Tampere region with new biological and medical research in three areas of focus: biomaterials and tissue technology, Bio-ICT and immunology. The BME organization comprises altogether about 200 people working within biomaterials and tissue engineering in the two universities.
Traditionally ESB conferences attract scientists, medical professionals, manufactures and marketing professionals from the biomaterials, medical device and pharmaceutical industry. The scientific content of the ESB 2010 conference will be designed to fill the requirements created by the diversity of the participants.
The organization committee welcomes all the professionals and friends in the research field of biomaterials and regenerative medicine to Tampere to participate in the ESB 2010 Annual Meeting on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.
Professor Heimo Ylänen, Ph.D., FBSE
President FSB
Tampere University of Technology
BME |
Professor Ilkka Kiviranta, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President FSB
University of Helsinki
Department of Orthopaedics and
Traumatology |
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Dr. Tech. Lila Nikkola
Secretary General, ESB 2010
Tampere University of Technology
BME |
Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tampere University of Technology has wide collaboration with Zhongshan hospital of Fudan university in Shanghai China. One of the main research activities of Zhongshan hospital is extensive research in the area of biomaterials and tissue engineering. One of the Plenary Speakers of ESB 2010 is Professor Xiangdong Wang, director of Biomedical Research Center, Fudan University, Zhongshan Hospital. He is organizing the First Symposium on Advanced Biotechnologies and Instrumentations (SABI), held on Oct. 23 ~ 24, 2010, Shanghai, China www.sabish.org
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