Dear Ms Kaune,

Elsevier is proud to announce the Biomaterials Asia 2009 conference, which will be held between 5-8 April 2009 at Regal Airport Hotel, Hong International Airport, Hong Kong. The conference programme is now available and we are also taking registrations for the conference.

Conference programme - featured speakers

The Biomaterials Asia 2009 conference is different; it is highly structured in order to maximise the benefits of attendees and speakers. View the full conference programme here. You can also register by clicking on the button below to secure your place.

The Conference Chair and one of the plenary speakers is Professor David Williams, Editor-in-Chief of Biomaterials, world renowned biomaterials scientist, former head of clinical engineering at the University of Liverpool, UK and now Director of International Affairs, Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, USA and Visiting Professor in Cape Town, Sydney and Beijing.

The Opening Ceremony will be addressed by YS Chi, Vice President of Elsevier and Seeram Ramakrishnan, Vice  President of the National University of Singapore.

From Asia, keynote speakers in the plenary sessions will include Teruo Okano, from Tokyo, who will discuss his ground breaking work on cell sheet engineering,  Yilin Cao,  who will present aspects of the clinical innovations in regenerative medicine undertaken in the Shanghai Tissue Engineering Research Centre, Si-Shen Feng of the National University of Singapore who will present the latest work on chemotherapeutic nanotechnology , from Taiwan, Kien Wen Sun will discuss molecular self assembly and Byung Soo Kim from Seoul will describe latest developments in therapeutic angiogenesis.

Speakers from outside of Asia will include Sam Stupp, (Chicago) a world authority on self assembly, Andres Zisch (Zurich) who will discuss fibrin matrices for tissue engineering, Tony Weiss, (Sydney), another world authority on fibrous proteins, and Howard Greisler (also Chicago) who will entertain the audience on the importance of endothelialisation of intravascular devices.

Do not be surprised to see several of these speakers in the running for Nobel Prizes in the future.

Register now to secure your place

Accommodation

We have negotiated special rated with the Regal Airport Hotel - for more information, please visit our accommodation page where you can view prices and download booking form.

Sponsorship packages available

We are delighted to offer your company the opportunity to be part of this exciting event at which you can showcase your own technologies and developments, through sponsorship. We wish to attract the attention of the established major players who have a serious interest in Asia, as well as young start-up companies. We must stress that all commercial opportunities are offered on a strictly "first come, first served" basis so please do not hesitate to contact us to ensure your participation at the world's foremost biomaterials event in 2009.

For more details please contact Michael Lloyd McCarthy at mi.mccarthy@elsevier.com