GRIBOI 2004

GRIBOI 2004

Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Biomatériaux Ostéo-articulaires Injectables

14^thInterdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials

March 25-26, 2004
Limoges, France

Scope
The meeting will address recent advances in the field of injectable bone and joint substitution materials.
It is intended to bring together scientists, engineer and clinicians interested in new scientific,
technological and medical developments and prospects brought about by injectable biomaterials
in the field of bone and joint therapies.

Conference Topics
Orthopaedic tissue engineering (bone, cartilage, intervertebral disc, ligament)
Biomaterials and advanced technologies : gene therapy, cell therapy, molecular biology
Injectable bone cements
Hybrid materials –drug delivery systems
New processing methods : prototyping, ink jet printing

Scientific Committee
C. Baquey (Bordeaux)
S. Belkoff (Baltimore)
D. Bernache-Assollant (Limoges)
E. F. Brès (Lille)
C. Chaput (Montréal)
K. Day (Shanghai, Chine)
J.P. Delagoutte, (Nancy)
H. Deramond (Amiens)
L. Guo (Sichuan)
P.Hardouin (Berck Sur Mer)
H. F. Hildebrand (Lille)
J. Jeanfils (Boulogne)
J. L. Lacout (Toulouse)
A.P. Legrand (Paris)
J.Lemaître (Lausanne)
G. Leroy (Lille)
J. Lu (Berck/Mer, Shanghai)
D. Mainard (Nancy)
J. J. Railhac (Toulouse)
P.Sharrock (Toulouse
L. D.T. Topoleski (Baltimore)
J. T. Triffitt (Oxford)

Languages
The official languages of the conference are English and French.

Local Organizing Committee
D. Bernache-Assollant, E. Champion

Call for Papers
Both oral and poster presentations are invited.
If you wish to present a communication, please submit a one-page abstract to the Conference Secretary by November 15^th, 2003.
Eventual decisions about the format of presentations (oral or poster) will be made by the Scientific Committee
on the basis of the number of proposed communications.
Authors will be informed of the decision of the Scientific Committee by December 31^st, 2003.

Proceedings
Abstracts will be published in a proceedings brochure which will be available at the meeting.
Please read the authors recommendations!
They should be submitted by post-mail or e-mail (as attached document) in a professional camera-ready style:
one A4 page ; 2.5 cm top and bottom margins, 2.5 cm left and right margins.
12 pt Times Roman, single space. Type title in bold, author(s) name(s) in standard,
affiliation in italics, on separate lines separated by a blank line.

Preliminary Registration
Please fill in the attached preliminary registration form and mail or fax it to the Conference Secretariat as soon as possible,
but not later than November 15^th, 2003.

Registration Fees
Before January 31^st, 2004 : 220 Euros (graduate students 110 Euros)
After January 31^st, 2004 : 250 Euros (graduate students 125 Euros)
The fees cover the inscription to the meeting, proceedings, lunches and coffee-breaks, conference dinner.

Payments
Cheques or money orders made payable to "GRIBOI"
Please pay in Euros only.
Payments at the time of the conference may be made in cash or check. No credit cards can be accepted.

Provisional Conference Programme
Invited speakers :
C. Chaput, M. Lejeune
CTTC, SPCTS Limoges
"New processing methods for bioceramic components"

M. Cima
MIT Cambridge
"Micro system for drug release"

Session 1: Orthopaedic tissue engineering
Session 2: Surface characterization
                   Surface modification
Session 3: Poster session
Session 4: New processing methods
                   Drug delevery sytems
Session 5: Biomaterials
                   Injectable biomaterials
                   Cell therapy
                   Clinical aspects

Conference secretary
Professor Eric Champion
SPCTS – Faculté des Sciences
123 Avenue Albert Thomas
87060 Limoges Cedex (France)
Phone : + 33 (0)5 55 45 74 61
Fax : +33 (0)5 55 45 75 86
E-mail : champion@unilim.fr

Links
The Biomaterials Federation

The 14^th GRIBOI meeting is endorsed by: Biomat.net

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