The European Society of Biomechanics

Materialise Biomedical Summit & Innovation course

23-25 May, 2011, Minneapolis, USA

www.materialise.com/mic2011

Materialise, in conjunction with the RAPID Additive Manufacturing Expo, organizes

Materialise Biomedical Summit 2011

On May 23-25, 2011, Minneapolis, USA

Dear ESB Members,

As you know, 3D imaging is playing a critical role in research and development in areas from anthropology to patient-specific medical device design. Materialise, corporate ESB member since the start, is hosting a Biomedical Summit Monday, May 23 – Wednesday, May 25 in conjunction with the RAPID Additive Manufacturing Expo in Minneapolis, Minnesota! The summit includes

· a two-day Innovation Course

· 5^th edition of the Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum (RIMF)

· 8^th edition of the Medical Innovation Conference (MIC)

During the Innovation Course, you will learn how to use Materialise’s Mimics and 3-matic software efficiently and how to take advantage of the latest functionalities. The course features demos and hands-on training to maximize your knowledge about these

During the parallel MIC and RIMF sessions we will cover a variety of topics, including:

· Finite element analysis in the orthopedic and dental fields

· Computational fluid dynamics in the cardiovascular and pulmonary fields

· Virtual prototyping for custom implant design

· Computer aided tissue engineering

· Additive manufacturing in medicine

· Cranio-maxillo-facial engineering

· Clinical biomechanics

Location: Hyatt Regency Minneapolis - 1300 Nicollet Mall - Minneapolis, MN 55403 – USA

Date: May 23-25, 2011

Price: Only $399 for customers with maintenance and $499 for all others.

Places are limited, so hurry to register on the website: http://www.materialise.com/mic2011

The summit wraps-up with a dinner reception and tour of the King Tutankhamunexhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota where you can see the only replica of Tut's mummy. The mummy was produced on Materialise’s mammoth Stereolithography machine.

Innovation Course

Experts stand out in the crowd

We at Materialise believe that engineering directly on 3D anatomical data is the way to go. And in order to support our belief, we want to show to as many people in the biomedical field worldwide that it isn't even that hard.

That is why we developed the Innovation Courses. This is a two-day program of hands-on training sessions and demos, during which we show and explain how to engineer on anatomy with our Mimics Innovation Suite. During these courses, you also have the chance to meet our team of engineers and ask your questions directly to them.

We organize these courses all year long all around the world. For all information, please have a look at http://www.materialise.com/innovationcourse