The European Society of Biomechanics

The ESB is involved in the running, sponsoring, or the organisation of various events, which fall broadly speaking in 3 categories:

1. disseminated events
2. endorsed events
3. ESB-organised events

If you would like to know the procedures related to these, and how you go about getting involved, please read this extract from the rules book here.

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ESB Congress

The European Society of Biomechanics holds an international scientific congress every two years to provide the most up to date research in biomechanics and to provide a forum of discussion.

Previous biennial congresses

>> Future ESB Conferences (2014 and beyond) <<

The ESB invites proposals for its future ESB conferences for 2014 and beyond.
Interested members can informally contact or send a proposal/bid to Dr Peter Zioupos, Chair of the Meetings Committee ( p.zioupos@cranfield.ac.uk )

If you plan to participate in the bidding process, you may like to read the attached procedural notes.

17th Congress of the ESB

The 17th Congress of the ESB in 2010 will take place in Edinburgh Scotland, UK. 5-8 July.

KEY DATES:

Deadline for abstracts: Monday 30 November 2009
Registration opens: January 2010
Notification of acceptance: February 2010
Provisional programme available: Friday 26 February 2010
Early registration closes: Friday 30 April 2010
Registration closes: Friday 18 June 2010

The 2010 meeting will cover the ESB’s traditional core topics while including emerging research areas in which much new and exciting biomechanics research is taking place.
A pre-course will draw on the experience of experts in their field to provide state of the art knowledge in an area general biomechanics interest.
Plenary sessions are planned to address current “hot topics” in biomechanics research, and to provide valuable insight into the ever-increasing importance of collaborative research, interdisciplinary programs, EU funding opportunities and biomechanical education programmes.

Local Organising Committee
European Society of Biomechanics Conference Secretariat
Office of Lifelong Learning - CPD Unit
The University of Edinburgh
11 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9LW
Scotland, UKEmail: esb2010@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 651 1819
Fax: +44 (0) 131 651 1746

For questions relating to the programme please contact Mark Taylor.

16th Congress of the ESB

The 16th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics took place in Lucerne (Switzerland) on July 6 - 9, 2008, and was a resounding success. The meeting was organised by the MEM Research Center - ISTB at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and attracted more than 600 abstracts on diverse topics spanning the whole spectrum of the biomechanics field. You can find a report and pictures from the meeting here.

ESB-2009 Workshop: Movement Biomechanics and Sport

The ESB-2009 Workshop took place on 7-9 June 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland, on the topic of Movement Biomechanics and Sport.

The workshop was structured into the following themes:

Introduction to the movement of the human body: Movement and loading during activities and the consequences on the musculoskeletal system, with a focus on soft tissue.
Material response – mechanical effects of loading: The effects of movement and loading on the entire musculoskeletal system, with a focus on soft tissue. What causes health problems, what can be tolerated?
System adaptation – long term effects of loading: Longterm effects of load, adaptation of material (micro), development of injury, interventions and therapies (macro).

A report on the presentations and awards that took place at the workshop is contained in the Autumn 2009 newsletter: http://www.esbiomech.org/Section/newsletter