AIMBE Annual Event 2012
February 19 - 21, 2012
Washington DC , USA
Building a new economy through Medical and Biological Engineering: Improving Health and Creating Jobs in the Coming Decade
As our country continues to face a crisis impacting financial institutions and markets it is important for AIMBE to promulgate a vision for how medical and biological engineering will be part of the solutions. The 2012 Annual event will focus on the next crucial step, applied biological sciences, where the real future jobs and economic rewards lie for our people, economy, and public health. The 2012 annual event will be positioned as the launching pad for the development of a national strategy.
Topics
-Manufacturing therapies that cure versus treat symptoms, with a particular focus on regenerative medicine and the challenges surrounding manufacturing tissue.
-Agricultural bioengineering (biological engineering) and what will need to happen in order to feed a planet with 12 billion people.
-Bioenvironmental engineering and how the power of biology can be harnessed to reverse the damage that we are doing to the planet.
-US Government’s new $2 billion strategy to enhance manufacturing innovation for biodefense.
Meeting Features
-A debate style meeting featuring interactive discussion and programs
-Media education
-Consensus from today’s leading engineers, inventors and innovators on how to improve the US economy and solve major societal challenges
-Data that can be used to educate the public about the value of MBE
-Announcements about new and change-making discoveries
As our country continues to face a crisis impacting financial institutions and markets it is important for AIMBE to promulgate a vision for how medical and biological engineering will be part of the solutions. The 2012 Annual event will focus on the next crucial step, applied biological sciences, where the real future jobs and economic rewards lie for our people, economy, and public health. The 2012 annual event will be positioned as the launching pad for the development of a national strategy.
Topics
-Manufacturing therapies that cure versus treat symptoms, with a particular focus on regenerative medicine and the challenges surrounding manufacturing tissue.
-Agricultural bioengineering (biological engineering) and what will need to happen in order to feed a planet with 12 billion people.
-Bioenvironmental engineering and how the power of biology can be harnessed to reverse the damage that we are doing to the planet.
-US Government’s new $2 billion strategy to enhance manufacturing innovation for biodefense.
Meeting Features
-A debate style meeting featuring interactive discussion and programs
-Media education
-Consensus from today’s leading engineers, inventors and innovators on how to improve the US economy and solve major societal challenges
-Data that can be used to educate the public about the value of MBE
-Announcements about new and change-making discoveries
Venue
Location: Grand Hyatt Washington
Escape to extraordinary elegance at Grand Hyatt Washington. Centrally located in trendy Penn Quarter – with convenient in-lobby Metro Center access – this downtown Washington DC hotel is an ideal spot..
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