S1395 - Incontinence: The Engineering Challenge VII

2 day Seminar | Completed
Wednesday 2 December 2009 - Thursday 3 December 2009

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1 Birdcage Walk
London
SW1H 9JJ United Kingdom


Overview

Opportunities for posters and delegate inserts on innovative ideas!
– For more information please scroll down!

The Engineering in Medicine and Health Division is pleased to announce the seventh ‘Incontinence: The Engineering Challenge’ seminar. This taboo subject is often not discussed openly, preventing engineers from hearing about real-life issues endured by sufferers and problems faced by carers and nurses. It is essential that engineers develop new and existing technologies that can help limit embarrassment, disguise conditions and allow sufferers to live normal lives.

This two-day seminar is the principal European meeting in this area, and brings engineers, clinicians, researchers, commercial designers and producers, nurses, carers and users together, to examine existing solutions and solve current problems. As well as invited state-of-the art lectures, experts from outside the incontinence world will present technologies with the potential to revolutionise current thinking. 

POSTER and INSERT OPPORTUNITIES
Do you have an exciting idea or innovation you want to present to industry?
There are ample opportunities at this event for both poster presentations during the refreshment breaks and inserts into the proceedings. These are ideal ways of communicating novel ideas and technology being developed in this area. To find out more about either option, please contact Jacqui Parker on medical@imeche.org or +44 (0)20 7304 6966

Poster and Insert Guidelines can be downloaded from the download documents section on the left hand menu.

(All poster presenters are expected to attend the seminar with your poster in order to feld any questions from
delegates. Registration can be made at the co-sponsor rate.)

ALL ACCOMMODATION, CAR PARK, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS
SECTION ON THE LEFT HAND MENU.


Attending this event will help you:

  • Update awareness of where the needs and business opportunities are
  • Get fresh insights into the aspects of product performance that users rate highest and those which need improvements
  • Make new contacts and form new collaborations
  • Be stimulated to think afresh about familiar topics and problems


Technical Advantages

  • Discover recent work on technology to diagnose, treat and manage incontinence
  • Understand the limitations of existing technology
  • Develop initiatives to devise brand new solutions
  • Increase awareness of innovations in the field, find inspiration for new ideas, and form new collaborations
  • Question researchers in the field
  • Highlight the problems to be solved
  • Participate in a uniquely open and honest discussion
  • Get renewed motivation to improve the quality of life of people with incontinence


Who should attend

Engineers, clinicians, researchers, commercial designers and producers, nurses, carers and users

Co-Sponsor

Health Technologies KTNInstitute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)Association for Continence Advice
BioMed CentreBristol Urological InstituteInstitute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
International Continence SocietyNHS National Institute for Health ResearchPromoCon
The Simon Foundation for ContinenceBladder and Bowel Foundation

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

If you have a product or service to promote you can enhance brand awareness through our range of exciting sponsorship / exhibition opportunities.

For details of how we can tailor a package to suit your needs, contact Aman Duggal on:

telephone: +44 (0)20 7973 1309
email: sponsorship@imeche.org
or complete the online form

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