ESF-UB Conference
NANOMEDICINE - A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT FOR DISEASE
Organising Committee
Ruth Duncan, Cardiff University, United Kingdom - Julie Deacon, Micro & Nanotechnology Network, United Kingdom - Alberto Gabizon, Hebrew University, Israel - Rogério Gaspar, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Wolfgang Kreyling, GSF National Centre for Environment & Health, Germany - Josep Samitier, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
ESF Coordinators
Carole Moquin-Pattey & Nathalie Geyer, MED (formerly EMRC) Unit - Corinne Wininger, Research Conferences Unit
Dates
15-20 September 2006
Location
Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
The conference will take place in Sant Feliu de Guixols, on the Spanish Costa Brava, 120 km north of Barcelona and 30 km south of Girona. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Barcelona airport, on arrival and departure days.
Final Programme & List of Accepted Participants
The 2006 Nanomedicine Conference is the first in a series of biannual in-depth meetings that will bring together academic and industrial scientists, regulators and policy makers to foster cross-fertilisation in this emerging multi-disciplinary field.
Sessions will cover the following topics:
- Molecular & Patient Imaging
- Regulatory of Medicines, Diagnostics & Devices
- Innovation in Materials Science
- Nanotoxicology & Cellular Fate
- Characterisation of Nanostructures & Surfaces
- Nanopharmaceuticals in Research & Development
- Diagnostics, Biosensors & Surgical Tools
- Ethical Issues
- Clinical Applications.
This meeting series has been established to encourage interdisciplinary exchange at the leading edge of all aspects of nanomedicine research and its development into clinical practice. Participation is limited to 150 delegates and applications to attend are particularly welcome from academic and industrialist working in or wishing to enter this new and exciting field. Participation of those interested in the regulation of nanomedicine development and use, and the ethical and societal issues, are also welcome. To ensure lively discussion cross-discipline all delegates and speakers are requested to attend the whole meeting. There will be no publication of abstracts to enable exchange of the very latest data.
Final Programme PDF (677 KB) Last Updated 13-September-2006 |
Abstracts, Posters & Short Talks
- All abstracts are accepted to be presented as posters. Posters will be up for the whole duration of the conference.
| List of Accepted Posters PDF (37 KB) Last Updated 19-September-2006 |
- 18 short talks have been selected amongst the accepted posters. Short talks are only 5 minutes in length and will serve to highlight the research activities displayed on the poster. The invitation to give the talk is conditional on also presenting a poster. Each presentation should comprise of a maximum of three slides, with very simple graphics (no videos):
- the first being a general introduction to the topic area and also presented in a way that is accessible to this very interdisciplinary audience
- one slide showing some of the highlights from your poster (encouraging people to come and talk to you if they want to know more details... there will not be enough time to go through all the topics and scientific data)
- and the third slide showing how this work fits into the area of nanomedicine and where you see it going in the future.
Participants selected for short oral presentations are kindly requested to give their slides to Dr. Julie Deacon on the Saturday (16 September).
List of Short Talks PDF (29 KB) Last Updated 12-September-2006 |
Practical Information Guide
Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, guidelines for travel reimbursement, registration & fee payments, accommodation...) is available from the Practical Information Guide. Please read this guide fully and carefully...
| Practical Information Guide PDF (130 KB) Last Updated 29-August-2006 |
Group Transportation
Friday 15 September: group transportation has been arranged from Barcelona airport to Hotel Eden Roc (the coaches will make a short stop at Hotel Bellevue for those of you who are not accommodated at Hotel Eden Roc). Bus departure times will be as follows: 11.30 - 14.30 - 16.30.
Journey time to Sant Feliu de Guixols is about an hour and a half.
Airport departure point: the buses will wait in the special bus parking area located just before the A terminal. Please refer to the conference Practical Information Guide for further information (see above).Wednesday 20 September: bus transportation back to Barcelona airport has been organised in a similar way, with buses departing from Hotel Eden Roc at: 07.00 - 09.00 - 11.00.
Conference Fees
Fees (1) | What the fees cover |
EUR 830 | conference, meals and single room (2) |
EUR 740 | conference, meals and twin OR double room (3) |
EUR 510 | non-resident: conference, meals (no room) |
(1) A 100 EUR supplement is charged on any payment received after the closing date for registration. | |
Registration Form
All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 25 August 2006 
ESF Contact
Phone: +33 (0)3 88762150
Fax: +33 (0)3 88767180
Please quote 06-218 in any correspondence.
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the University of Barcelona.
With Support from
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