VPH - Industry Meeting 2010
The 2nd VPH Industry Day 2010 will be held from 8-9 September 2010 in Barcelona (Spain), at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Meeting venue: Auditorium Communication Campus, Building nº 52, floor -1, University Pompeu Fabra, 138 Roc Boronat Street, E08018 Barcelona, Spain
The event is organised by the European Network of Excellence for the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) and aims to increase the awareness amongst European Industry of the vision, the concepts, and the concrete technological achievements of VPH-related research.
This year the program revolves around three themes:
- Research to Business (R2B): VPH research projects (Scoliosis, @neurIST, Living Human Digital Library, IMPPACT, COAST, preDICT, HC, PredictAD, VPHOP) are presented to industry experts both in terms of vision and of exploitable results.
- Business to Business (B2B): Companies (Biopresent, BioComputing Compentence Centre, Ansys, NUMA, Insigneo, ALMA 3D, MAATG, Medtronic, NUUBO, ATOS Research, Transmural Biotech)
- to other companies concepts, products and services that can be used to develop VPH-related products.
- Regulatory to Business (G2B): Regulators (United States FDA, COCIR, DICOM Working Group 23) discuss standardisation and regulatory affairs in Europe and the USA relevant for VPH-based technology
The event is an excellent opportunity for technical and managerial staff in small and large biomedical companies to learn and prepare for developments in personalised and predictive medicine in the short and medium terms.
Please see the programme. For a list of accomodation in the area please click here.
The event is open and free to all. However, since the number of seats available is limited please ensure that you register online to the event in advance.
Organising Committee – The VPH Network of Excellence
Event Chair: Alejandro Frangi Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Program Chair: Marco Viceconti Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Local organisation: Barbara Vallespin Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Industrial participation: Elena Villalba Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial
Research participation: Vanessa Diaz University College London
Regulatory program: Patricia Lawford University of Sheffield
Communication: Tara Chapman Université Libre de Bruxelles
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