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KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SPEAKERS
OPENING CEREMONY, Sept. 2
Paul C. Lauterbur, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate
2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Dr. Lauterbur, Distinguished
Professor, University
of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, is recognized as the father of MRI. He shares the 2003
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Peter Mansfield of the University
of Nottingham in England.
In his keynote speech, Dr. Lauterbur will share with us his experience of
inventing the imaging principles for MRI as well as his view on interdisciplinary
research.
Plenary
Session, Sept. 3, Savio L-Y. Woo, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Whiteford Professor and Director, Musculoskeletal Research
Center
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
"Contribution of Biomechanics to Clinical Practice in Orthopaedics"
Plenary
Session, Sept. 4, Douglas Lauffenburger, Ph.D.
Uncas and Helen Whitaker Professor of Bioengineering
Director, Biological Engineering Division, MIT
"Biological Engineering & Systems Biology - New Opportunities for
Engineers in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
Plenary
Session, Sept. 5, Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San
Diego
Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
"Bioinformatics and Computational Systems Biology: At the
Crossroads of Biology, Engineering, and Computation"
Awards Banquet, September 4, Peter G.
Katona, Sc.D.
President, CEO, The Whitaker Foundation
Dr.
Katona will discuss the Whitaker Foundation’s support of Biomedical
Engineering and its impact on the development of the field.
The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society will hold its annual
international conference at the historic St. Francis
Hotel in Union
Square in the center of San
Francisco in 2004. The conference will offer an
opportunity for professional interaction in all areas relevant to biomedical
engineering. In addition to the technical programs, both professional and
leisure tours will be available. Professional tours will afford attendees the
opportunity to visit local research facilities in both educational and
industrial settings. The social program for attendees and accompanying
individuals will include tours within San
Francisco as well as surrounding areas. Pre and post
conference extended tours will also be available.
About San Francisco
San Francisco is a city of 725,000, surrounded
by the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United
States. The physical surroundings make San
Francisco one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Local attractions
include favorite tourist destinations such as Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown,
and Bay cruises as well as a variety of cultural attractions including
museums, symphony, and opera. The Napa Valley Wine Country and the beautiful Monterey
Peninsula are within
easy reach. The San Francisco
International Airport
has daily flights to all major world cities and has a recently completed
rapid transit link to downtown. The famous cable car stops in front of the
conference hotel. The average high temperature for September is 69oF (21oC)
and the average low is 56oF (13oC) with an average monthly rainfall of 0.24
inches (0.61 cm). Mark your calendars now!
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