Call for ESB Awards 2013

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Maria Angeles

One way in which ESB promotes excellence in Biomechanics is by recognition of outstanding members with prestigious awards given at the ESB Congress. Further information is available at: http://esbiomech.org?page_id=31. For enquiries and award submission contact the chair of the Awards Committee: Dr. P. Zioupos: award.chair@esbiomech.org

All awards have a deadline of January 31st, 2013, unless otherwise stated.

Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics: The most prestigious award of the ESB, given to senior researchers, who have contributed significantly to biomechanics throughout their careers, nominated by at least two ESB members. The awardee will be presented with a medal and requested to provide an award keynote lecture at the ESB Congress.

ESB Clinical Biomechanics Award: Established by the ESB with the purpose of fostering the application of biomechanics to clinically oriented problems. Four award finalists will be selected from abstracts submitted to the 19^th Congress and asked to present in a special session at the ESB Congress. The first author of the winning paper will receive a certificate and €1000 donated by Elsevier Science Ltd.

Best Doctoral Thesis in Biomechanics: Candidates who have had their Ph.D. defence between December 1st 2011 and January 31st 2013 can submit an application. Candidates are requested to fill and submit a 2-page application template and an accompanying letter by their supervisor outlining their achievements and what they think makes the candidate stand out. The winner is selected from the list of 3-4 finalists on assessment of both a strong PhD dissertation (written in English) and the CV. The winner will present a keynote lecture at the ESB Congress and receive an honorarium of €2,000.

ESB Student Awards: One first prize and three runner-up awards will be given to students selected from eligible submitted abstracts. The award consists of a certificate for each winner, €1000 for the first prize and €250 for the runners-up donated by Elsevier Science Ltd.

ESB Poster Award: All the original paper submitted and accepted for poster presentation at an ESB Congress are eligible. The award consists of a certificate for the winner and an amount of 300 € donated by Bertec Corporation.

ESB Travel Awards: For ESB student members or who have not more than 5 years post doctoral experience and have a paper accepted for the ESB Congress. The award consists of a certificate and an amount of 400 € to be used for travel to attend the ESB Congress. Deadline: April 14th 2013.

11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Maria Angeles

Dear ESB member,

I should like to attract your attention to the upcoming ESB-endorsed event:

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2^nd Call for Abstracts

11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu

April 3-6, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Chair: Jeffrey Weiss, University of Utah

Co-Chair: Gerard Ateshian, Columbia University

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS – December 14^th, 2012

ACCEPTANCE OF ABSTRACTS – January 14^th, 2013

Abstracts will be reviewed on a continuous basis to speed up the acceptance process.

We invite both new and previous participants of the CMBBE Symposia series to submit abstracts to the 2013 Symposium, which will be held in the United States for the first time! We welcome submissions that focus on the topics listed below, as well as innovative developments in both theoretical and applied biosimulation.

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR GENERAL SUBMISSIONS:

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu/topics.html

SPECIAL SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS:

We have programmed 14 Special Sessions and 3 Workshops as part of the Symposium.

http://cmbbe13.sci.utah.edu/sessions.html

SYMPOSIUM FORMAT:

3 Plenary Talks and 27 Invited Talks by renowned international speakers
Oral and poster presentations by Contributing Authors
Special Sessions on emerging topics
Workshops
Software and medical technology exhibits by leading organizations
Substantial cash prizes for overall best research papers and posters
Students are strongly encouraged to attend, with a reduced student fee and 6 cash prizes for best student posters and presentations.
Free time in schedule on Thursday April 4 for skiing or to enjoy other local attractions.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

We are pleased to announce that Professors Scott Delp from Stanford University, Suvranu De from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Andrew McCulloch from UC San Diego will be giving Plenary Talks at the Symposium.

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS:

Don Anderson (USA), Lynne E. Bilston (Australia), Tom Brown (USA), Estevam de las Casas (Brazil), Tim David (New Zealand), Suvranu De (Plenary Speaker, USA), Scott Delp (Plenary Speaker, USA), Manuel Doblare (Spain), Gabriele Dubini (Italy), Ahmet Erdemir (USA), Sam Evans (U.K.), Paulo R. Fernandes (Portugal), Thomas Franz (South Africa), Amit Gefen (Israel), Weiyong Gu (USA), Edward Guo (USA), Chris Jacobs (USA), Ellen Kuhl (USA), Jia Lu (USA), Andrew McCulloch (Plenary Speaker, USA), John Middleton (U.K.), James Moore (UK), Ralph Mueller (Switzerland), Glen Niebur (USA), Cees Oomens (Netherlands), Chris Peters (USA), Dominque P. Pioletti (Switzerland), Nigel Shrive (Canada), Wafa Skalli (France), Jos van der Sloten (Belgium), Marc Thiriet (France), Jonathan Vande Geest (USA), Pascal Verdonck (Belgium), Philippe K. Zysset (Switzerland)

VENUE:

The meeting will be held at the Marriott City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/slccc-salt-lake-city-marriott-city-center

We have negotiated substantially reduced rates for the symposium participants. Rates for both single and double rooms are $139/night.

SYMPOSIUM FEES:

Student: $350

Regular/Presenter: $500

Late Fee (after February 17, 2013): $80

Accompanying person fee for Wednesday Reception and Friday Banquet: $250 total

There will be a discount of 10% on the registration fee for students and regular ESB members.

The symposium fees include admission to all sessions, Buffet Reception on the evening of April 3rd, the Symposium Banquet on the evening of April 6^th, breakfast and lunch on 3 days and coffee breaks on 4 days, and an electronic copy of the Proceedings.

PREVIOUS PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of the previous symposium can be found here: http://www.cmbbe2012.cf.ac.uk/.

ESB call for Bids 2016

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Maria Angeles

The ESB invites proposals for the organization of its annual congress in 2016.

The European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) holds an Annual international scientific congress to provide the most up to date research in biomechanics and to provide a forum of discussion. (ESB congresses).

If you would like to host and organize the 2016 main ESB congress and wish to prepare and submit a bid, please read the conference rules following the link Conferences-Bid Rules General 2013 in the ESB website.

Interested members can contact or send a proposal/bid to Prof. Paulo Fernandes, Chair of the meetings Committee (prfernan@dem.ist.utl.pt)

The deadline for bid submission to organize the ESB2016 is 31^st March 2013.

19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Gwen Reilly

ESB Congress in Patras 2013

On behalf of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB), we are pleased to announce that the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB2013) will be held at the Conference and Cultural Centre of the University of Patras, Greece, between 25-28 August 2013. The main objective of the congress is to bring together researchers and practitioners in biomechanics to stimulate and promote research on all core topics of biomechanics, including emerging research areas. Based on the previous Congresses, we believe that ESB2013 will have a strong impact on the development of biomechanics research work, identifying emerging areas of research and promoting the collaboration between its participants.

We would like to invite you to attend the congress in Patras and participate in its scientific activities. We look forward to welcome you at the ESB2013.

Yours Sincerely, Prof. Yannis Missirlis, Conference Chairman

All up-to-date information can be obtained at the congress website: www.erasmus.gr/en/congresses/athens/2013/esb2013/welcome/

Organizing Committee:

Yannis Missirlis (chairman) (UPAT-BEL)

George Athanassiou (UPAT-BEL)

Despina Deligianni (UPAT-BEL)

Dimosthenis Mavrilas (UPAT-BEL)

Georgios Michanetzis (UPAT-BEL)

Elissavet Rousanoglou (HSB representative)

Peter Zioupos (ESB Council representative)

5th Congress of the Hellenic (Greek) Society of Biomechanics

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Gwen Reilly

The Hellenic (Greek) Society of Biomechanics will have its 5^th Congress at 28-29 September 2012, in Thessaloniki. The invited plenary speakers at our 5^th Congress are:

Professor Thomas Buchanan, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, USA

Lecture title: “Neuromusculoskeletal models to estimate knee joint contact forces” and

Professor Nick Stergiou, Biomechanics – Health, Physical Education & Recreation, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

Lecture title: “A perspective on human movement variability: Implications for health and pathology“

The Congress website is at http://elembio2012.web.auth.gr/web/

On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the HSB Council, I invite you to present your work at our Congress. The official language is Greek but English presentations are also welcomed.

The deadline for submitting your abstract has been extended to July 6, 2012.

My best regards

Elissavet Rousanoglou – HSB president

European Society of Biomechanics General Assembly 2012

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Gwen Reilly

The European Society of Biomechanics General Assembly will be held at 17:00 on Tuesday 3rd July at the 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics in Lisbon. Members in good standing should have received the Agenda for the GA by e-mail if you did not receive the agenda and would like a copy please contact us. You may wish to check that the option to allow e-mails from us has been clicked in the ‘Receive newsletters and other communications’ section in your personal account overview. Council election will be held during the GA, see the Spring newsletter for a short cv of all the candidates.

25th October: 2nd Meeting of the Spanish National Chapter

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Barry

Second meeting of the Spanish National Chapter

The second Meeting of the Spanish National Chapter will be held in Seville on 25th October 2012 at the ETS Ingenieros. The meeting will gather the Spanish members of the ESB who will have the opportunity to present their research. Moreover, two special sessions will be held: – A special session about technology transfer in biomechanics, in which companies and centers of technology are invited to present their work. – A round table involving clinicians and engineers/researchers in Biomechanics Both sessions aim at supporting technology transfer activities as a response to previous discussions at General Assembly of the Chapter in Zaragoza. More information about the second Meeting of the ESB Spanish National Chapter is available at:www.capituloesb.us.es

International Conference of the Polish Society of Biomechanics 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Barry

Polish biomechanics meeting 2012

16th-19th September 2012, Bialystok, Poland

The main objective of the 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Polish Biomechanics is to create an opportunity for researchers and practitioners engaged in the fields of biomechanics and biomedical engineering to meet, present the latest scientific achievements and discuss the actual problems. Taking into account the specific localization of Bialystok, situated close to the eastern boundary of the European Union, we hope that BIOMECHANICS 2012 will be a special occasion for promoting collaboration between researchers from eastern and western European countries.

Lectures presented by invited speakers, oral and poster sessions, exhibition of laboratory and clinical equipment, as well as a special workshop will be good opportunities for presenting the participants’ research, as well as for providing new stimuli for further activity. It is worth mentioning that the best papers presented during the conference will be published in the Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics (Indexed in: Current Contents, Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Index Copernicus, Thomson Reuters: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Journal Citation Reports).

Conference website: www.biomechanics2012.pb.edu.pl/

3rd Virtual Physiological Human study group on VPH Toolkit

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Barry

VPH toolkit meeting 2012

7th – 11th May 2012, Barcelona, Spain

The third VPH NoE study group (SG3) will be held in Barcelona in May 2012. The event, organised by the University of Sheffield, Super Computing Solutions, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, will take place at UPF premises the week after the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2012).

Following the success of previous study groups organised by the VPH NoE Consortium, the format of SG3 will be quite similar to that of SG1 and SG21. The organisers invited three groups of world-recognised experts, typically leading large VPH Projects, to submit a proposal for a grand challenge in the area of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and oncology research. The organisers requested that these grand challenges would identify each a challenging modelling workflow, a minimum list of “essential” tools known to be necessary, and a list of European research groups that are known to be active in research topics that could benefit from the complete realisation of such workflow.

Norbert Graf, USAAR – University Hospital of Saarland, coordinator of the P-medicine project, and Georgios Stamatakos, ICCS – National Technical University of Athens, coordinator of the Oncosimulator Project proposed “Multiscale cancer models and oncosimulators for clinical use”;

Fulvia Taddei, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, co-coordinator of the VPHOP project, and Damien Lacroix, IBEC Barcelona, coordinator of the MYSPINE project proposed “Multiscale models of the skeleton for clinical use”;

Blanca Rodriguez, University of Oxford, Pras Pathmanathan, University of Oxford, Pablo Lamata, Kings College London/University of Oxford and Mariano Vazquez, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre proposed “Multiscale multiphysics modelling and simulation of the cardiovascular system”.

Please note: Registration for this event is now closed.

Study group website: www.cistib.upf.edu/vphnoe-sg3/index.php/3rd-vph-study-group

ESB Council Elections 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Barry

During the next General Assembly that will be held during our upcoming 18th Conference of the ESB in Lisbon, we shall have to elect a number of new members to the Council.

Gabriele Dubini, Dominique Pioletti, Gwendolen Reilly and William R. Taylor completed their first term. Gwendolen Reilly and William R. Taylor intend to stand for re-election. José Manuel Garcia-Aznar and I have served two full terms, and thus must step down.

Hence, six Council seats in total are up for election. The Council thus invites any regular member in good standing to present himself or herself as a candidate to serve on the Council of our Society.

Our Society considers gender equality as an important aspect in the life of our community; we would particularly encourage female candidates for this position.

Those who are interested should send their full length CV, a 200-word CV, and a small picture all in electronic format to the Secretary General before 1 May 2012. All candidates will be posted on the Society web site so that all members can consult them. Candidates will also be presented by the President right before the election ballot at the forthcoming General Assembly held in Lisbon on July 2, 2012.

The President of the European Society of Biomechanics
Damien Lacroix

Corporate members of the ESB: