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Upcoming
Biomedical Engineering
Events
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Dr. Gudrun Zahlmann

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| Invited
Talk |
Dr.
Gudrun Zahlmann
Manager Imaging Infrastructure
F. Hoffmann – La Roche |
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| Topic |
Technical aspects of translational imaging in pharma
drug development process
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, February 26, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: 604 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr. Urs Frey

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| Invited
Talk |
Prof. Dr.
Urs Frey (homepage)
Head of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonology
Professor of Paediatric Pulmonology
Department of Paediatrics
University of Bern |
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| Topic |
The
need for non-invasive tools in Pediatric Pulmonology
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
University of Bern
Institute for Pathology
Langhans Auditorium, Entrance 43A
Murtenstrasse 31, 3010 Bern
Directions |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter and ARTORG Center
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Past Biomedical Engineering Events

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Dr. Alejandro Hernandez Arieta

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| Invited
Talk |
Dr.
Alejandro Hernandez Arieta (homepage) Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics
University of Zurich |
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| Topic |
Sensory feedback for body awareness in prosthetic
applications
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Markus Hofbauer

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| Invited
Talk |
Dr. Markus Hofbauer (homepage)
Senior DSP Engineer,
Research & Development - Algorithm Concepts, Phonak AG |
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| Topic |
Modern Hearing Instrument Technology
with a Focus on Signal Processing
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, November 13, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Hunt

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| Invited
Talk |
Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Hunt
Director, Institute for Mechatronic Systems,
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf |
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| Topic |
Robotics-assisted treadmill technology:
feedback control methods for cardiopulmonary
rehabilitation after neurological injury
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Lecture Series (in German) |
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| Topic |
Medizintechnik - Ingenieure im Dienste des Menschen |
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Schedule |
PDF document,
Link |
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Date |
Wednesday,
November 4, 2009 |
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Time |
17:30 -
20:00 |
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Location |
Zurich; see PDF document for details |
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Registration |
Required |
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Organizer |
This FAEL event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Dr. Thomas Riedel

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| Invited
Talk |
Dr. Thomas
Riedel
Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care,
University Children’s Hospital,
Inselspital, 3010 Bern |
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| Topic |
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT):
assessment of lung physiology and clinical applications
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30
minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, October 9, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Justin Dauwels

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| Invited Talk |
Dr. Justin
H. G. Dauwels (homepage)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Topic |
Signal Processing for
Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Disorders (abstract
and biography,
presentation) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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| Excursion |
Ypsomed
AG, Burgdorf (homepage) |
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Topic |
Innovative Injection Systems |
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Schedule |
Talk (company, R&D)
Guided tour
Apéro and networking opportunities |
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Date |
August 20, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 19:00 |
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Location |
Ypsomed AG, Burgdorf |
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Registration |
Strictly limited to 30 participants, free
registration required, please register only if you actually plan to
attend, registration is final, please register
here; registration ends on
August 16. |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Biomedical Engineering Day |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering |
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Schedule |
Link |
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Date |
Wednesday,
June 3, 2009 |
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Time |
tba |
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Location |
Link |
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Registration |
Link |
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Organizer |
This University of Bern event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Dr. Jivko Stoyanov

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| Invited Talk |
Dr. Jivko Stoyanov
Project Leader Spinal Injury Research Swiss Paraplegic Research CH-6207 Nottwil |
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| Topic |
Intervertebral Disc Repair with Aging of Stem Cells -
What's the problem? (abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
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Date |
Monday, May 11, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Christoph Meier

Dr. Roland Michaely

Dr. Boris Považay

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| Invited Talks |
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
(abstracts
and biographies)
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- Greetings
(Prof. Dr. Volker M. Koch, Chair Swiss IEEE EMBS
Chapter)
- FD-OCT Introduction: basics, limiting factors,
dispersion
(Prof. Christoph Meier, Professor of Physics and Optics,
Bern University of Applied Sciences
- Doppler FD-OCT: emphasis on signal processing
(Dr. Roland Michaely, Helbling Technik Bern AG)
- Ultra High Speed OCT and 3D-teFD
(Dr. Boris Považay, School of Optometry and
Vision Sciences at Cardiff University in Wales/UK)
- Discussion and apéro with networking
opportunities
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Date |
Friday,
May 8, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 18:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: Aula |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Cindy Thamrin

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| Invited Talk |
Dr. Cindy Thamrin
Research Fellow, Dept. of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine,
Bern University Hospital and University of Bern |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering in Respiratory Medicine
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, April 24, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: 405 |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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General Assembly of the IEEE Switzerland Section |
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Date |
Thursday, April 9, 2009 |
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Time |
14:00 - 18:00 |
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Location |
Technorama, Winterthur |
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Registration |
Please register here:
http://www.ieee.ch/ |
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Organizer |
IEEE Switzerland Section |
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| Excursion |
ARTORG Center (homepage) |
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| Topics |
ARTORG Center, Computer Assisted Surgery, Master of
Science in Biomedical Engineering Program |
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Schedule |
If you are in Biel, take the S3 at 16:24 to Wankdorf |
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Date |
Friday, March 27, 2009 |
|
Time |
17:00 - 18:30 |
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Location |
University of Bern ARTORG Center Stauffacherstrasse 78, 3014 Bern (directions) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Face-to-Face Meeting Biomedical Engineering |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering |
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Schedule |
http://www.ti.bfh.ch/index.php?id=5854 |
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Date |
Thursday,
March 26, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 -
18:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf) |
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Registration |
See links above. |
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Organizer |
This BFH event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Rolf Vogel

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| Invited Talk |
Prof. Rolf Vogel, MD, PhD, MSEE
Cardiology and ARTORG Cardiovascular Engineering Inselspital, Bern University Hospital
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering in Cardiology: Applications and
Problems (abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday,
February 27, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Patrick Roth

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| Invited Talk |
Patrick Roth
CEO,
Competence Center for Medical Technology |
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| Topic |
Center for Medical Technology
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (75 min.) |
|
Date |
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 18:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter The apéro is sponsored by
Synthes. |
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber

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| Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber Co-Director of the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering
Research, University of Bern |
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| Topic |
Advances in Computer Aided Soft Tissue Surgery
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz-Peter Nolte

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| Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz-Peter Nolte Director of the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering
Research, University of Bern |
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| Topic |
Introduction to Smart Devices for Orthopaedic Surgery
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, January 9, 2009 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter The apéro is sponsored by
Synthes. |
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Dr. Michael Chorost

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| Video |
Authors@Google: Dr. Michael
Chorost |
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| Topic |
My Informated Body, and Yours |
|
Schedule |
Video (45 minutes) Short presentation by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber,
University of Bern, on
Advances in Computer Aided Soft Tissue Surgery (20
minutes) |
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Date |
Friday, December 19, 2008 |
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Time |
14:00 - 15:15 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Nicolas Bouduban

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| Invited Talk |
Nicolas Bouduban, MSc Biomedical Engineering
Synthes |
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| Topic |
Synthes Innovation Task Force
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, December 5, 2008 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf) Room: 408 in the main building
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Registration
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No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr. Peter A. Neukomm

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| Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr. Peter A. Neukomm Professor of Sensor Technology, Bern University of Applied
Sciences |
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| Topic |
Introduction to Passive Telemetry and its Most Important
Design Rules (abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, November 28, 2008 |
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Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration
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No registration required |
Organizer
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Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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PD Dr. Stephen Ferguson

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Invited Talk
|
PD Dr. Stephen Ferguson
Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics,
University of Bern |
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| Topic |
The Shift from Biomechanics to Mechanobiology
(abstract
and biography) Stephen Ferguson will also give information on
ARTORG and
how he as a Canadian ended up in Switzerland. |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes) Questions and discussion (15 minutes) Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, November 14, 2008 |
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Time |
14:15 - 15:45 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2501 Biel/Bienne (map.pdf)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration
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No registration required |
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Organizer
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Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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