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1st Focus Meeting in a Planned Series of EPUAP Bi-Annual Focus Meetings
- April 16-17, 2012
- Engineering Auditorium, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Local Organizer: Prof. Amit Gefen
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Download the Scientific Programme (Final).
This first EPUAP Focus Meeting is a 2-day meeting aimed at exchanging knowledge between scientists, clinicians and R&D as well as marketing personnel in companies in regard to the latest technologies for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. This focus meeting is also intended to identify technological gaps and clinical needs, and will lead to the establishment of a long-lasting, EPUAP-supported academia-industry network in the pressure ulcer field.
Presentations in this focus meeting will be by invitation from the EPUAP Scientific Committee. This will be an open meeting however, to which participants from academia, health services and industry can register via the EPUAP business office (see meeting pamphlet for information on how to register).
Particular benefits for participants from the industry would be:
- Receiving an overview of current research and development trends in academia in regard to a spectrum of technologies in the pressure ulcer field.
- Identifying potential opportunities for commercialization of inventions and technologies that are still at the research lab phase.
- Opportunities to network with scientists who can later become ad-hoc consultants to companies on specific projects according to the individual specialization.
Benefits for the participating scientists and clinicians would be:
- Receiving an overview of current trends in commercialized technology in the pressure ulcer field as well as of needs and technological gaps identified by the industry.
- Opportunities for commercialization of inventions and technologies which are still at the research lab phase.
Hence, this is a unique opportunity, meeting the interests of scientists/clinicians and companies alike.
Specific aims of the 1st EPUAP focus meeting are to:
- Provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment technology which is currently being developed at research labs internationally in the academia.
- Provide opportunities for scientists and companies to work together towards commercialization of technologies – starting at an early stage of development of the technology – and in particular, to jointly shape the course of R&D so that it meets true clinical needs and bridges actual gaps which have been identified by the industry.
- Provide a nice atmosphere and sufficient time for informal discussions, and encourage follow-up contacts between scientists and companies such as for commercialization of technologies, consultation projects for companies etc.
Overall, in this 1st EPUAP Focus Meeting we aim at starting a close and long-lasting dialogue between scientists and companies who are active in the pressure ulcer field, which will ultimately lead to improvements in the technologies developed at the academia – through feedback from industry at an early stage of the R&D process. The present focus meeting will therefore create a win-win situation for the invited scientists and companies alike, as it is designed to meet the needs of both.
Delegates will be clinicians involved in chronic wounds and particularly pressure ulcer care, who would like to learn about the most recent technologies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment – most of which is still at the research lab phase, as well as scientists who are actively researching these topics and R&D as well as marketing personnel from relevant companies. Opinion leaders and senior clinicians in the Israeli medical community should attend as well.
Some example topics to be covered on the program of the 1st Focus Meeting are:
- Biomarkers for pressure ulcers
- Technologies for wound measurements
- Technologies and devices for preventing pressure ulcers
- Sensors and fabrics for pressure ulcer prevention
- Cushioning and support surface technology
- Technologies to protect amputation patients from pressure ulcers
- Smart dressing materials
- Electrical stimulation and electromagnetic therapies
- Imaging of deep pressure ulcers
- Tissue engineering based treatments of pressure ulcers
- High-throughput screening of wound therapies
- Design of clinical trials for testing medical devices in the field of pressure ulcers
- Transfer of medical device technology from the academia to the industry
Poster Session
At this time, we would like to invite submissions of abstracts for poster presentations at the 1st EPUAP Focus Meeting. Abstracts should be formatted using the EPUAP Abstract Template made for this meeting and be submitted via e-mail to the EPUAP Business Office with a CC to the Local Organizer, Prof. Amit Gefen.
Presentation of an abstract at the Focus Meeting is only possible for duly registered authors, though the process of registration could be completed once a decision regarding acceptance has been made and communicated to the corresponding author.
Please be aware that submissions which do not demonstrate a strong element of either basic science or development of technologies in the pressure ulcer arena, or regarding chronic wounds at large, are unlikely to be accepted for presentation. A submitted abstract should therefore state clearly how the reported work concerns basic science work or development of technologies to prevent, diagnose or treat pressure ulcers (or chronic wounds in general).
- Deadline for Abstract Submission to the 1st Focus Meeting: January 31st 2012.
- Decision notifications will be sent to authors by February 15th 2012.
Technical queries regarding the submission of abstracts should be sent to the EPUAP Business Office, and questions regarding contents should be addressed to Prof. Gefen.
Contacts:
- EPUAP Business Office:
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Dr. George Cherry
14 Aston Street,
Oxford OX4 1EP, UK
E-mail: epuap@aol.com
Tel / Fax: +44 (0)1865 791725
- Local organizer:
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Prof. Amit Gefen
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
E-mail: gefen@eng.tau.ac.il
Tel +972-3-6408093, Fax. +972-3-6405845
Download the Scientific Programme (Final).
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