EAMBES NEWS – March 2012

  • Event European Parliament – March 27th 2012
  • The European Commission and the Council of the European Union have launched a consultation on “input to the Chronic Diseases reflection process”.
  • EAMBES and IFMBE join forces
  • Results of the 2012 Council elections
  • EAMBES General Council March 12th, 2012
  • Fellows symposium – March 14th 2012

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- March issue -

EAMBES News

Event European Parliament – March 27th 2012

Together with Dr. Thomas Ulmer MEP, EAMBES is organising a Policy Workshop on Biomedical engineering at the European Parliament in Brussels, on 27 March 2012.

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The European Commission and the Council of the European Union have launched a consultation on “input to the Chronic Diseases reflection process”.

The purpose of the consultation is to gain input from stakeholders on the main issues to be addressed in relation to combating chronic diseases in Europe. Their input will then be used to guide the forthcoming reflection paper on chronic diseases which the Council is currently working on and is expected to be published in 2013.

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EAMBES and IFMBE join forces

The relationship between EAMBES and IFMBE (International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering) has now been formally established.

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Results of the 2012 Council elections

Four additional members of the EAMBES Council were recently elected by the EAMBES delegates through a secret ballot and they were officially presented at the General Assembly held on March 13, 2012 in Brussels.

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EAMBES General Council March 12th, 2012

On 12 March, 2012, EAMBES Council met in Brussels, in its new full composition, including the newly elected Councillors. The previous Council meeting was held as a Teleconference in December, and prior to that it met during the 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) in Budapest, in September.

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Fellows symposium – March 14th 2012

On March 14th the first EAMBES Fellows Symposium took place at the ROYAL FLEMISH ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, BRUSSELS. The Central theme of the symposium was: 'biomedical engineering as a driving motor for development, innovation and success in improving health and healthcare'.

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EAMBES General Assembly March 13th, 2012

The General Assembly of EAMBES was held on 13 March, 2012, in Brussels the day after the Council meeting. The meeting was very productive an well attended with 18 representatives of societies and institutions present. Here it is a short report by the Secretary General.

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The Fellows Committee of EAMBES elects its founding Fellows

The EAMBES Fellow's Committee composed by Jos AE Spaan (chair), Niilo Saranummi, Sergio Cerutti and Ákos Jobbágy, nominated its first cohort of fellows whose induction took place during a ceremony on March 13th, 2012.

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Forthcoming Events

XXXIX ESAO Congress (September 26th-29th, 2012)

European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO) Congress, Rostock (Germany), 26/29 September, 2012, preceded by the yESAO-meeting on 25 September, 2012.

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EAMBES Expert meeting at the Euro-parliament

On March 27th, 2012 the EC Parliamentarian Thomas Ulmer will host an Expert Policy Workshop organized with the collaboration of EAMBES. This will be a great opportunity for the Alliance to increase the European Union’s support on the need to promote MBE.

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IMA Conference on Mathematics of Medical Devices and Surgical Procedures (Sept. 17/19, 2012)

Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 September 2012 at University College London

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Invited Session Summary: Knowledge Engineering Advances for Biomedical Applications (San Sebastian, Sept. 10-12 2012)

16th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES-2012): 10, 11 ,12 September 2012, San Sebastian, Spain

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