Biomedical engineering is one of the most dynamic and innovative industries. In terms of patents and of its share of the world market, Germany is in second place after the USA. According to the data of the European Patent Office in Munich, biomedical engineering is at the top of the list of registered inventions with 14,700. Altogether, 11.4 percent of all newly registered patents are from the biomedical engineering industry.

All proposals for the Call for Papers must be submitted online by Thursday, 31 January, at 17:00 CET (Central Europe Time). This unique event is designed to connect leading health information and communication technology experts from Europe and beyond in educational sessions, vendor exhibitions, interoperability demonstrations, exchange of experiences and networking sessions, and other professional development opportunities.

CEN, CENELEC, ETSI and ANSI have combined to organise a conference on Interoperability, to be held in Warsaw (Poland) on 6-7 February 2008. The Conference will provide an international platform for business and technical decision makers and other stakeholders to exchange views and anticipate necessary interoperability developments in standardization that will help market-driven solutions.

Management in Radiology, a subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), has started registration for its next Winter Course, the Society announced Wednesday. Aimed at administrators of radiology departments, the event will be held from 10-12 January 2008 in Bad Gastein, Austria. Around 60 participants are expected from all over the world.

For the 5th consecutive year, the ICMCC Event 2008 will take place from June 9-11, 2008 at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, London, UK.
The ICMCC Event is an international event dealing with patient-related ICT, focusing in 2008 on information related aspects, patient record access, electronic health records and behavioral compunetics.

A new, technologically innovative CT system, the SOMATOM Definition AS from Siemens Medical Solutions, is being put into operation for the first time worldwide in the surgical trauma center at the Erlangen University Hospital. Seriously injured patients can be comprehensively examined, and life-saving treatment is initiated faster than ever before.

IV International Conference "Telemedicine - Experience@Prospects" is supported by International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) and Association for Ukrainian Telemedicine and eHealth Development (AfUTeHD)
March 25-27, 2008, Donetsk (Ukraine)
Abstracts and articles will be published in the "Ukrainian Journal of Telemedicine and Medical Telematics".