The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence announces 2010 conference dates

Published: 03/08/2010

LONDON, UK - (HealthTech Wire / News) - The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence (VPH NoE) will hold the first of a series of VPH Conferences (VPH2010) from 30th September to 1st October, 2010. The first meeting will be held in Brussels, Belgium, and is supported by the European Commission ICT for Health / DG Information Society and Media.

The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence is an umbrella project representing the Virtual Physiological Human Initiative set up by the European Commission with a budget of approx. 350 million Euros for the Framework 7 Program. The VPH NoE is also responsible for producing a ' VPH Vision and Strategy Document' to inform the next calls for the VPH field for FP7, FP8 and for European large infrastructural actions.

The first meeting will be dedicated to the VPH initiative, bringing together key representatives from VPH groups, industry and clinics. It is designed to be a relatively small meeting of a maximum of 200 participants with high profile key speakers and will feature the very best of VPH research. Parallel sessions will be held on both days with proposed topics on four main themes: organ systems, modelling scales, research methodology, application domains and data access as well as information assurance. It is anticipated that the size and scope of the VPH conference will be increased in subsequent years.

Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis, unless applications exceed the meeting's capacity, in which case active participation (submitted abstract) will be considered. Please click here for online registration.

CONFERENCE WEB SITE 

www.vph-noe.eu/vph2010

KEY DATES 

Early Bird Registration of Euro 280 by 31st July!

Deadline for abstract submission: 1st May 2010

Authors Notifications: 30th June 2010

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

Professor Aleksander Popel, Johns Hopkins University

Professor Nadia Rosenthal, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Monterotondo

Professor Norbert Graf, University Hospital of the Saarland

Professor Janet Thornton, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge

###

Source: The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence