The Great Lakes Biomedical Conference is scheduled for June 4, 2004 at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. The theme of this year's conference is "From Vision to Reality", and will focus on emerging technologies under investigation at the major leading research institutions in the midwest, and strategies for driving these technologies to the marketplace most effectively.

Registration (includes lunch):

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Several major institutions have committed to participate by sending leading researchers and top technology transfer officials for presentations on specific new opportunities available in the areas of imaging/devices, nanotechnology, bioinformatics, and life sciences. These institutions include:

Argonne National Laboratory
Iowa State University
Marquette University
Marshfield Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Medical College of Wisconsin
Michigan State University
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Northwestern University

Purdue University
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois-Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Notre Dame
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wayne State University

In addition, VC and biomedical industry leaders will present strategies for financing spin-out technologies, protecting intellectual property, and approaching major corporate partners for collaborations and strategic alliances.

CALL FOR POSTERS

There will be poster presentations by faculty and graduate students. Download submission information. For more information, contact Larry Fennigkoh, at :
fennigko@msoe.edu

Among the keynote speakers is Dr. Richard Robb, Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program and Director of the Mayo Biomedical Imaging Resource at Mayo Foundation/Clinic.

Dr. Robb has directed development of comprehensive software packages, used worldwide, which provide advanced capabilities for multidimensional biomedical image visualization and analysis and also has developed several specific clinical applications, including 3D image-guided neurosurgery for brain cancer and epilepsy, prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, quantification and treatment of coronary artery disease, catheter-based myocardial ablation, radiation therapy planning, craniofacial reconstructive surgery and computerized histological analysis. He is principal investigator on several NIH research grants and has over 300 publications in the field of biomedical image processing, including 5 books and 30 book chapters and has patented several inventions related to display, manipulation and analysis of computer-generated medical images.

From Vision to Reality

Taking Emerging Technologies to the Marketplace

Taking Emerging Technologies to the Marketplace

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