Plenary and Keynote Speakers

We are delighted to announce our plenary and keynote speakers as:

Plenary Speakers

• Professor Dennis Noble, Department of Physiology, University of Oxford.
  "The Cardiome Project."
• Professor Viola Vogel, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich.
  "Biological Nanosystems."

Keynote Speakers

Imaging

• Professor Andy Welch, The John Mallard PET Centre, University of Aberdeen.
  "The role of PET in translational research".
• Dr Alessandro Olivo, Department of Medical Physics & Bioengineering, University College London.
  "Medical applications of a novel x-ray phase contrast imaging method working with conventional sources."

Rehabilitation and Neuroscience

• Professor Ian Swain, Clinical Science and Engineering, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
  "FES and other technologies in neurological rehabilitation."
• Professor Dan Bader, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
  "Biomechanical Factors Influencing the development of Deep Tissue Injury"

Biomechanics and Biofluids

• Professor Charles Michel, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial Colege London.
  "Inert gas clearance from tissues by the microcirculation: models and experiments."
• Dr Richard Clayton, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield.
  Talk to be confirmed.

Regenerative Medicine

• Dr Tony Poole, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand.
  "Primary Cilia And Functional Tissue Engineering: The Role Of The Matrix-Cilium-Golgi Continuum."

Instrumentation

• Professor Brian Davies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London.
  "Future Perspectives on Robotics in Surgery"
• Professor John Crowe, University of Nottingham. "Instrumentation for neonatal monitoring"

Biomaterials and Nanotechnology

• Dr Jason Burdick, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania.
  "Engineering Hydrogel Structure and Chemistry to Control Cellular Behavior".