Biomedicine Miniaturization to join forces with short courses in April


The ASME Nanotechnology Institute will present Biomedicine Miniaturization 2005 Ñ an expanded training program to be offered April 5-8 at the Hilton Irvine Orange County Airport Hotel.

The 2005 program will build on the success of the 2004 Nanotechnology Growth Opportunites for the Biotech and Medical Device Sectors Impact Forum, which attracted engineers, researchers, business, legal and finance professionals from NASA Ames Research Center, Nanosciences, Medtronic, AMI Semiconductor and Bioforce Nanoscience, among others.

Featured speakers will include Carlo Montemagno, who is a UCLA professor and chair of bioengineering. He is also the co-director of the UCLA Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration. Montemagno received the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (experimental), and holds the Roy and Carol Doumani Chair in biomedical engineering.

Erkki Rouslahti, a distinguished professor and former president of the Burnham Institute, will also speak. Rouslahti is an Honorary Doctor of Medicine from the University of Lund, a Nobel Fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and a Knight of the Order of the White Rose in Finland.

A speaker from the National Cancer Institute is expected to make a presentation as well as experts in biotechnology and biomedical device miniaturization from academia and business.

This year, participants will benefit from the co-location of ASME's 3rd Bioengineering Technology Seminar. Several solutions-oriented short courses will be offered by ASME's Continuing Education Institute.

The courses will include Biomaterials in the Design of Medical Devices; Bionanotechnology: The Use of Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications; Cardiovascular Systems; Mechanics and Protection for Head-Related Sports Injuries; Neuro-rehabilitation: Measurement and Control; and Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management.

Established firms and start-ups are invited to participate in the exhibition. For more, contact Brandes Smith at smithb@asme.org.

Rates for conference registration prior to March 1 are: $395 for general audience; $295 for academia, nonprofit, government and ASME members; $125 for early-career engineers; and $45 for students.

After March 1, it will be $425 for general audience; $325 for academia, nonprofit, government and ASME members; $135 for early-career engineers; and $55 for students.

The short-course registration rates before March 1 will be $850 for ASME members, $950 for nonmembers. After March 1, the rates will be $895 for ASME members, $995 for nonmembers.

Full-conference registration is not required to register for the courses. However, there is a 10 percent discount on the total price if you register for both the Biomedicine Miniaturization conference and a course.

For details, or to register, visit www.asmeconferences.org/nanobio05. Or call (973) 882-1167 or (800) 843-2763 and mention program code MB5.

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