First Announcement and Call for Papers

ENGINEERING WITH MEMBRANES: MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Cenobio dei Dogi Hotel
Camogli - Portofino Coast, Italy
16-19 May 2005

The Conference
Following on the success of the previous conferences in the series "Engineering with Membranes" (Il Ciocco, Italy 1994; Granada, Spain 2001), we are pleased to announce that "Engineering with Membranes 2005" will be held on 16-19 May 2005 at Camogli - Portofino Coast, Italy. This conference particularly focuses on "Medical and Biological Applications" viewing the growing role that membrane technology plays in healthcare and biotechnological industries.

Topics
The conference will cover the following topics and related fundamental engineering aspects of membrane processes:

Medical applications:
Artificial kidney and dialysis
Artificial pancreas
Biocompatibility
Biosensors and online analytical applications
Blood detoxification
Blood fractionation
Dental applications
Drug delivery and controlled release
Gas exchange and artificial lung
Liver assist devices
Medical membrane preparation
Regenerative medicine
Tissue engineering

Biological Applications:
Bio-interactions at membrane surfaces
Biosensors and analytical applications
Cell encapsulation
Downstream bioprocessing
Extractive enzyme membrane reactors
Functional membrane preparation
Membrane affinity chromatography
Membrane fermentation
Membrane validation processes
Protein fractionation
Separation of antibiotics
Sterile gas filtration
Sterile liquid filtration

Organising Committee

Advisory Committee
R Ben Aim (Toulouse, France)
A G Fane (New South Wales, Australia,
and Nanyang, Singapore)
J A Howell (Bath, England)

Organisers of the Conference Series
V Chen (New South Wales, Australia)
Z F Cui (Oxford, England)
S Luque (Oviedo, Spain)

Local Organising Committee
J R Álvarez (Oviedo,EMS repr.)
A Bottino (Genova, Italy)
G Capannelli (Genova, Italy)
G Catapano (Calabria, Italy)
D B Das (Oxford, UK)

Scientific Committee:
K Abhinava, (Avecia, Scotland)
G Belfort (Rensselaer, USA)
G. Catapano (Rende, Italy)
J Chaudhuri (Bath, England)
V Chen (New South Wales, Australia)
R Child (MacMaster, Canada)
J Crespo (Lisbon, Portugal)
Z F Cui (Oxford, UK), Chair
P Czermak (Giessen, Germany)
R W Field (Oxford, UK)
J C Gerlach (Berlin, Germany)
A Higuchi (Tokyo, Japan)
G Iorio (Rende, Italy)
M Jaffrin (Compiegne, France)
S Luque (Oviedo, Spain)
M Nystrom (Lappeenranta, Finland)
R van Reis (Genentech, USA)
C Ronco (Vicenza, Italy)
G C Sarti (Bologna, Italy)
P Vadgama (Queen Mary, UK)
R Wickramasinghe (Colorado, USA)
A Zidney (Pennsylvania, USA)

Important Dates
Submission of abstract (200 words) and pre-registration forms: 15 October 2004
Abstract acceptance notification: 1
December 2004
Registration at reduced rates: 1 March 2005

http://www.uniovi.es/EWM2005
Abstract submission:
EWM2005@eng.ox.ac.uk
Contact: Susana Luque (sluque@uniovi.es)