EMBC 2008 - IEEE EMBC08

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30th Annual International Conference of the

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

August 20-24, 2008

"Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Final Program

General Conference Information

Student and EMB Society Activities

NIH, NIBIB - Travel Grant Form

Certificate of Foreign Status (Form W-8)

Taxpayer Identification Number Request (Form W-9)

Keynote Speaker
Partnered by the University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering

Thursday, August 21, 8:00-8:50 am

Leroy Hood, (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA)

Title: Systems Biology and Systems Medicine: From reactive to predictive, personalized, preventive and participatory (P4) medicine

Plenary Speakers

Thursday, August 21, 1:00-1:50 pm

Tom Hudson (President and Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada)

Title: Genetic Variation and Cancer

Friday, August 22, 8:00-8:50 am

Kathie Olsen, (National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA)

Title: Neurotech at the Interface: Connecting the Engineering and Physical Sciences with Life Sciences

Friday, August 22, 1:00-1:50 pm

Leon Glass, (Isadore Rosenfeld Chair in Cardiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada)

Title: Understanding and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death

Saturday, August 23, 8:00-8:50 am

Sean Hill, (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Title: The Blue Brain Project

Sunday, August 24, 8:00-8:50 am

Ted Berger, (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Title: Biomimetic Micro-Electronic Systems as Neural Prostheses: Restoration of Lost Memory Function and Enhancement of Normal Memory Function with Implantable Spatio-Temporal Models of Hippocampal Input-Output Activity

Workshops and Symposia

See Technical Program

Important Dates

extended to April 4, 2008	Mini-Symposia/Special Session Request - Proposal Form
extended to April 16, 2008	Four Page Paper Submission
June 16, 2008	Notification of Acceptance
June 27, 2008	Author Final Submission and Payment
July 1, 2008	Exhibition Booth/Table Reservation
July 11, 2008	Final Program Available
July 18, 2008	Early Conference Registration
July 18, 2008	Hotel Reservation

Conference / Program Chairs

Conference Chair	Guy Dumont	Program Chair	Paolo Vicini
Conference Co-Chair	Henrietta Galiana	Program Co-Chair	Jose Principe

Contact Information

Jodi L. Janiszewski	EMBS Executive Office Email: emb-conferences@ieee.org Tel: 732 981-3451 Fax: 732 465-6435
Mailing address:	IEEE EMBS Conferences Attn: EMBC 2008 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway NJ 08854