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European Society for Biomaterials ESB

History of the European Society for Biomaterials

The European Society for Biomaterials was founded in March 1976, and became a member of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Sciences and Engineering (IUS-BSE) at its conception in 1979. The ESB today has approximately 600 members from 27 different countries worldwide.

The Society is non-profit making and its objectives are:

To encourage, foster, promote and develop research, progress and information concerning the science of biomaterials, as well as to promote, initiate, sustain and bring to a satisfactory conclusion research with others and programs of development and information in this particular field.
To collaborate with other associations and bodies whose efforts are directed at the same objectives and whose interest are allied with or are similar to those of the Society itself.
To promote the propagation of scientific information through publications and meetings.
To co-operate with other scientific organizations, governmental and private
bodies, both national and international, in order to establish specifications and standards for biomaterials in general.
To encourage progress in the field of biomaterials in all its aspects, including
research, teaching and clinical applications, as well as to foster any other activity pertinent thereto.

2009 ESB European Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7-11, 2009
2011 ESB 24th European Conference on Biomaterials ESB2011, September 4-9, 2011, Dublin, Ireland
2012 ESB European Society for Biomaterials 9th World Biomaterials Congress, Chengdu,China Jun 1 - 5 2012