Amsterdam

Eindhoven

Den Bosch

ESB 2004 conference: 4-7 July

• Location:

Den Bosch, the Netherlands

Mediaeval city (1200)

Easily accessible by train (60 min from Amsterdam)

• Organising group:

Division of Biomechanics & Tissue Engineering

Department BioMedical Engineering

Eindhoven University of Technology

Conference city

Conference venue

‘Theater aan de Parade’

• Theater

• Large auditorium (>500 p)

• 6 parallel sessions

• Excellent past experience:

Venue of 1999 annual PPS meeting (450 p)

• Price range: 50-125 Euro/per night

Hotels

Biomedical Engineering• Biomechanics & Tissue Engineering

• Molecular Bioengineering

• Biomedical Imaging & Informatics

• Cardiovascular Biomechanics

• Prof. Frans van de Vosse

• Dr. Peter Bovendeerd

• Dr. Marcel Rutten

• Soft Tissue Biomechanics & Tissue Engineering

• Prof. Frank Baaijens

• Dr. Carlijn Bouten

• Dr. Cees Oomens

• Dr. Jacques Huyghe

• Bone Biomechanics

• Prof. Rik Huiskes

• Dr. Bert van Rietbergen

• Dr. Rene van Donkelaar

Chairman: Frank Baaijens

Secretary General: Cees Oomens

Treasurer: Rene van Donkelaar

Secretary: Marleen Rieken, Yvon Biemans, Alice van Litsenberg

Members: Carlijn Bouten

Peter Bovendeerd

Rik Huiskes

Jacques Huyghe

Marcel Rutten

Bert van Rietbergen

Frans v.d. Vosse

Organisation committee

Conference themes

Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics Frans van de Vosse

Tissue and Cellular Engineering Frank Baaijens

Soft Tissue Biomechanics Jacques Huyghe

Bone Biomechanics Bert van Rietbergen

Orthopaedic and Dental Biomechanics Rik Huiskes

Musculo-Skeletal Dynamics Frans van der Helm

Themes are split into mini-symposia:• n-sessions of 5 papers

• each session:

• 1 keynote paper (opening keynote: symposium organiser)

• 4 invited/contributed papers

Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics

Cardiac Mechanics Andrew McCulloch

Biofluid Mechanics

Arterial Wall Mechanics Gerhard Holzapfel

Coronary Circulation Nico Westerhof

Heart Valve Biomechanics

Fluid Structure Interaction Frans van de Vosse

Clinical Applications Nico Pijls

Microcirculation

Functional Imganing Bart ter Haar Romeny

Tissue and Cellular Engineering

Cartilage Gerjo van Osch

Tendon and Ligaments Dan Bader

Heart Valves Carlijn Bouten

Vascular Grafts Simon Hoerstrup

Cell Biomechanics Farshid Guilak

Bone Jenneke Klein Nulend

Muscle & Cardiomyocytes Doris Taylor

Mechanical Signals for Tissue Differentiation Mark Post

Bladder Jens Hilborn

Soft Tissue Biomechanics

Cartilage Biomechanics Gerard Atesian

Intervertebral Disk Lori Setton

Multi-phase Modeling Wolfgang Ehlers

Synthetic cartilage Substitutes Jacques Huyghe

Damage and Adaptation Cees Oomens

Growth

Bone Biomechanics

Osteoporosis and bone strength Felix Eckstein

Mechanobiology of bone Harrie Weinans

Bone remodeling and adaptation Rik Huiskes

Bone imaging Ralf Muller

Micro damage Patrick Prendergast & Clive Lee

Growth, healing and tissue differentiation Rene van Donkelaar & Keita Ito

Bone structure and strength Bert van Rietbergen &

Marie-Christine Ho Ba To

Ortopaedic and Dental Biomechanics

Joint, motion, stability, load transfer George Duda

Hip implants Nico Verdonschot

Knee implants Peter Walker

Spinal orthopedic biomechanics

Cartilage and arthrosis Sjoerd Bulstra

Fracture fixation and healing Lutz Claes

Biomaterials Leif Ryd

Teeth and jaw Jos van der Sloten

Dental reconstruction John Middleton

Musculo-Skeletal Dynamics

Sports biomechanics Roger Bartlett

Proprioceptive relexes in motor control Thomas Sinkjaer

Human gait Volker Dietz

Shoulder biomechanics Dirkjan Veeger

Computer simulation in biomechanics Bart Koopman

Balance control Herman van der Kooij

Spinal biomechanics Jaan van Dieen

Force transfer in muscles Peter Huijing

Mandibular joint models Harm Koolstra

Conference layout

9:00

12:00

15:00

18:00

21:00

24:00

Registration &

Reception

Banquet

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Pre-conference

Course

Happy Hour Happy Hour

Sessions Sessions Sessions

8:30

9:00

9:309:45

11:00

11:30

12:45

14:00

14:30

15:0015:15

16:15

16:45

17:45

Plenary

Coffee

Sessions

Sessions

Sessions

Sessions

Break

Lunch

Plenary

Break

Tea Break

Conference schedule

Pre-conference courses

Bone Biomechanics

Cardiovascular Biomechanics

Tissue Engineering

International known guest lectures