30 April – 2 May 2009, The Royal College of Surgeons of England
imeche.org/events/c683

The next in the series of this popular and truly international event takes place in London from 30 April – 2 May 2009.  This event will discuss the latest technology in knee arthroplasty, explore the issues related to the development of radical new designs and innovative new materials, as well as looking at advanced minimal invasive techniques and computer-assisted surgery.

This conference will bring together surgeons, engineers and industry to address these issues and to act as a platform for the future development of knee arthroplasty and its alternatives. The programme will consist of invited lectures and submitted papers. We are looking for presentations on the following topics:

• Indications and contra-indications (from repairing focal cartilage defects through to revision)
• Computer-aided surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery
• UKR (in conjunction with ligament reconstruction and mosaicplasty)
• Patella-femoral replacement
• Total knee replacement
• Revision knee arthroplasty (surgical technique and biomechanics)
• Functional assessment of knee arthroplasty • Surveillance of implant performance
• Wear
• Polyethylene
• Ceramics in knee arthroplasty
• Experimental testing (wear simulations, cadaveric testing)
• Computer simulation (pre-clinical testing, intra-operative planning, surgeon training, probabilistic analyses)
• New materials
• Biomechanics of the intact and implanted knee
• Musculoskeletal modelling

Offers of Papers Abstracts are now invited. These should be no longer than 500 words and submitted electronically to a_hurlstone@imeche.org on or before Monday 3 November 2008 with full contact details.

Authors will be advised of provisional acceptance of their abstracts by 30 November 2008 and will be invited to submit extended abstracts of up to 4 pages in length for publication in the conference proceedings. For further details, please see the event website: www.imeche.org/events/c683

To register an interest in presenting or attending this conference, or for any queries, please contact Amy Hurlstone on:
tel: + 44 (0)20 7304 6829
email: a_hurlstone@imeche.org

Exhibition and Sponsorship: Promotional Opportunities

This event will provide exhibition opportunities for companies to promote their latest products and services to a targeted audience of delegates. There is also the opportunity to further enhance your company profile by supporting one of many aspects of the event available for sponsorship. For further information on how your organisation can benefit, please contact Aman Duggal on tel: +44 (0)207 973 1309 or email: sponsorship@imeche.org .