ESM2008 Program flyer is online

the following topics will be addressed:
• handling of basic patient data in databases,
• predefined schemes for analysis of pedographic data in daily
routine,
• user defined data evaluation,
• linking to additional information (pictures, documents) in the
databases,
• interfaces to other data evaluation software

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Workshop III
Implementation of Pedography in existing gait labs

Accommodation booking link (09.04.2008)

The Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau have reserved an allocation of rooms in the hotels listed on the accommodation booking link on ESM webpage (www.ESM2008.info). These rooms are available at preferred rates and can be booked through the web link until Thursday 17 July 2008.

If you would like to book your room from the allocation we would advise you make the reservation before this date.

After Friday 18 July 2008 it will not be possible to book accommodation through the web link, however you will be able to download a PDF accommodation booking form to complete and return to the Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau who will assist with your accommodation request (subject to availability).

Should you have any enquiries for accommodation, please call Tracy Duncan on +44(0) 1382 527541 or email tracy.duncan@conventiondundeeandangus.co.uk for processing your accommodation requirements.

Arrival coaches will depart from the Coach Park outside UK Arrivals at Edinburgh Airport at designated times with the principal drop-off points being : Invercarse Hotel; West Park ; Travelodge Dundee Central; Hilton Dundee and Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa and return coaches from Dundee will drop
delegates off at Edinburgh Airport.

The estimated travel time is approximately 70 minutes.

Please book your free airport coach transfers on the coach transfer booking link :

http://www.conventiondundeeandangus.co.uk/
coachTransferSelect.cfm?id=122



ESM 2008 Invitation

Dear ESM 2008 participant,

On behalf of the Institute of Motion Analysis & Research (IMAR) at the University of Dundee, Scotland, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate at the 11th ESM from July 28th until July 31st, 2008.

The scientific committee aims to prepare an exciting program that will cover the full range of interests of dynamic load distribution in biomechanics. In addition to keynote addresses given by invited speakers, participants are invited to submit abstracts for presentation as talks or as posters.

Besides the first class scientific program, we are planning an exciting social program that will include a welcome reception and banquet with the awards ceremony. We also have a full program of day-long tours and activities during the outdoor day that will give the opportunity to enjoy Scotland.

Please visit the official website at http://www.ESM 2008.de/
timetable.htm for deadlines and continuous updates on the meeting. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at imar@dundee.ac.uk (Karla Fretwell; for inquiries on accommodation, transportation and tourist information) or at danielajirova@novel.de (for questions regarding the registration process and submission of abstracts).

We trust that you will enjoy an excellent meeting at which international speakers will be presenting the most up-to-date scientific discoveries in the field dynamic load distribution. The ESM congress has always been very efficient to provide an opportunity for all delegates to discuss and share the knowledge with experts and colleagues.

We look forward to seeing you in Dundee!

Sincerely,
Professor R. J. Abboud
University of Dundee

First announcement online

The first ESM 2008 brochure is out.
Please have a look at/ download it here in a pdf format



Welcome note


Professor R J Abboud Dear Colleagues

I am pleased to announce that the Institute of Motion Analysis &
Research (IMAR) at the University of Dundee will be hosting the next International ESM2008 Conference on Dynamic Load Distribution in Biomechanics (http://www.novel.de/ESM2008/) in Dundee, Scotland. This could not have come at a better time as the University is celebrating its 40th Anniversary and having received many Awards over the last two years; 1st in the United Kingdom for Teaching Quality, Best Scientific Workplace in Europe, awarded Excellent by the International Student
Barometer survey in the UK and many more accolades.

The ESM2008 Conference will take place from 29 - 31 July 2008 with a workshop on the latest developments in foot and other pressure analysis systems occurring a day earlier on the 28 July 2008. There are limited places for this workshop so delegates are strongly encouraged to register as early as possible.

The conference theme will be based on a multidisciplinary approach with at least four keynote speakers:


1) Professor Sue Black, OBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSE:
Professor Black is head of the Centre for Anatomy and Human
Identification at the University of Dundee. She is a founding director of the Centre for International Forensic Assistance and a founder of the British Association for Human Identification. She has more than 20 years of experience in forensic investigations and has given evidence in criminal and coroner's courts throughout the UK, Europe and the US. In her capacity as a forensic anthropologist she has worked for the UK government in Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Iraq and Thailand. She is an assessor for the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners and a registered expert with the National Police Improvements Agency.
She has won awards for her text books and is currently the course director for the national UK Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) police response capability and a member of the Interpol subcommittee for training and education in DVI.


2) Professor Mark Taylor, B Eng, MSc, PhD:
Professor Taylor is currently the Professor of Bioengineering Science within the School of Engineering Sciences at Southampton University and leads the Bioengineering Sciences Research Group. His principal research interests are computational analysis of total joint replacements. In particular: implicit finite element analysis of total hip and knee replacement, explicit finite element analysis of the intact and replaced knee joint, adaptive modelling techniques and the application of
probabilistic and stochastic techniques to orthopaedic biomechanics problems. More recently, in collaboration with the school of Medicine and the School of Mathematics, he has begun to apply computational tools to regenerative medicine problems. He has published his work widely in premier Biomechanics literature, resulting in 50 peer reviewed journal papers to date. He was awarded the Gisela Sturm Award for Innovation in Total Joint Replacement in 1996. Funding for his research comes from a
variety of sources including EPSRC, BBSRC, Action Medical Research, Arthritis Research Campaign and industry (including DePuy International, Finsbury Orthopaedics and JRI). To date, he has been involved in grants totally approx. £6.8 million. Professor Taylor leads the Southampton arm of the DePuy Technology Partnership (£0.9M since 2000) and is also the coordinator of the EU STREP program entitled “Decision support software for orthopaedic surgery (DeSSOS)”, which consists of nine
academic and industrial partners (£2.4M).


3) Professor Mark Cornwall, PT, MSc, PhD, CPeD:
Professor Cornwall received his bachelor degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1977. He then practised as a physical therapist for several years before returning to school to receive a Master of Science degree in Biomechanics from the University of North Carolina in 1981 and then a PhD in Biomechanics from Indiana University in 1986. His research activities have been primarily in the foot, especially the kinematics of the normal foot during walking. Professor Cornwall has published over 85 research articles and book chapters dealing with the function, evaluation, or treatment of the foot
and ankle. In addition, he has lectured and presented his research throughout the United States, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, and Great Britain. He is currently Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training as well as Co-Director, along with Professor Tom McPoil, of the Gait Research Laboratory.


4) Professor James (Jim) Woodburn, Dip Pod, PhD:
Professor Woodburn is Professor of Rehabilitation Studies in the School of Health and Social Care at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). With a background in Podiatry, Jim joined GCU in November 2005 from the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds where his research work was funded by two prestigious Medical Research Council Fellowships. He has previously studied the biomechanics of the foot in rheumatoid arthritis and 3D imaging analysis to quantify foot joint structures, tendon disease and inflamed synovia. This work was partly conducted at the
National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennsylvania. He is widely published in the leading academic rheumatology journals including Arthritis and Rheumatism. He currently leads the musculoskeletal research programme for the HealthQWest research consortium, a multidisciplinary research group for the West of Scotland. His main area of research is in the rheumatic foot diseases, primarily inflammatory joint disease including rheumatoid, psoriatic and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Work funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign and EULAR is enabling his team to investigate the pathways leading from impairment of
structure and function to disability and to develop and test novel
interventions. He employs gait analysis, including plantar pressure measurement and medical imaging (MRI and ultrasound) as routine techniques in both research and clinical practice.

5) Professer Charles McKean
Architecture, towns and building are some of man's most expensive activities, and have always been powerfully symbolic and towns, buildings and architecture reveal much about the priorities, culture, politics and living conditions of the past. Professor McKean current research varies from Scottish culture during the Renaissance to a re-examination of the 'British' agenda of Scotland in the later eighteenth /early nineteenth century. His teaching focuses on the interaction between towns, architecture and history, with Scotland as a focus but with comparisons taken from Europe and America. and to examine the evolution of Scottish architecture. Before joining the University of Dundee as Professor of Scottish Architectural History, Professor McKean was the Chief Executive to the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

As is usual, the best scientific manuscript in the field of dynamic
pressure distribution analysis will receive the Novel 2008 Award with a prize of € 5,000.00. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 28 February 2008. For submission of papers and all other information please visit http://www.ESM2008.info.

Tayside Tourist Board has kindly offered to collect and return
delegates, free of charge, from both Edinburgh and Glasgow International Airports, so please ensure booking your flights to coincide with the pick-up timetable provided when booking your accommodation.

I hope I will be able to welcome you to Dundee next year and would like to wish you a successful year until we meet.

Kind regards.

Professor R J Abboud,
B Eng, MSc, PhD, ILTM SMIEEE
Director, Institute of Motion Analysis & Research (IMAR)
Head of Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery
University of Dundee