FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
8TH E.S.B. MEETING, ROME/Italy, 21 - 24 June 1992
LOCATION
Scuola dello Sport - Coni, Centro Sportivo "Guilio Onesti",
Via dei Campi Sportivi 48, I - 00 197 ROMA, Italy
TIME SCHEDULE
1 December 1991 - Deadline for submission of manuscripts for the ESB
Research Award
31 January 1992 - Deadline for submission of both long and short abstracts
31 January 1992 - Guest Studentship application
10 March 1992 - Notification of paper acceptance
21 June 1992 - Instructional courses
22 - 24 June 92 - 8th E.S.B. Biannual Meeting
The 8th Biannual Meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics is
organized by
- Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Universita` degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
- Scuola dello Sport, Divisione Ricerca e Sperimentazione - Coni, Rome
- Istituto di Scienza dello Sport - Coni, Rome
in collaboration with
- the European Society for Biomaterials
under the Patronage of
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- E.N.E.A.
- Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegnerio del C.N.R.
- Societa` Italiana di Biomeccanica Ortopedica e Traumatologia
- Societa` Italiana di Neurologia
- Societa` Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia
- Societa` Italiana di Traumatologia dello Sport
- Universita` degli Studi di Roma La Sapenza
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC BOARD
W. Baumann (D) - Applications in Sports
N. Berme (USA) - Human Articulating Joints
S. Bouisset (F) - Posture and Movement
R. Brand (USA) - Human Locomotion
B.L. Day (UK) - Applications in Neurology
C.J. de Luca (USA) - Muscle, Neuromuscular Interaction
M. Gagnon (CDN) - Applications in Ergonomics
Y.C. Fung (USA) - Soft Tissues
R. Huiskes (NL) - Applications in Orthopaedics I
I. Hvid (DK) - Applications in Orthopaedics II
M. Jaffrin (F) - Fluids, Cardiovascular System
L.J. Katz (USA) - Hard Tissues
M. Kumamoto (JPN) - Bi-articular Muscles
R. McNeal Alexander (UK) - Animal Locomotion
R. Norman (CDN) - Spine
M. Peters (NL) - Masticatory Mechanics
H. Plenk (AT) - Biomaterials
P. Rabischong (F) - Applications in Rehabilitation
G. Wood (AUS) - Techniques
PLENARY SESSION LECTURERS
A. Ascenzi (I)
G. Marotte (I)
J.P. Paul (UK)
P.S. Walker (UK)
SYMPOSIUM ON BI-ARTICULAR MUSCLES, CO-ORDINATORS AND SPEAKERS
G. Loeb (CDN)
M. Kumamoto (JPN)
G. van Ingen Schenau (NL)
F. Zajak (USA)
MEETING CHAIRPERSON
Aurelio Cappozzo, Universita` degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT (to which all correspondence should be addressed)
ESB92
Scuola dello Sport - Coni
Divisione Ricerca e Sperimentazione
Via dei Campi Sportivi, 48
I - 00 197 ROMA, Italy
Tel. +39(6)3685 9124 or 3685 9178
FAX +39(6)3685 9242
No email address available (yet)
The conference booklet with submission and registration details can be ordered
from the ESB92 secretariat . A social programme
and a post-congress tour are provided.
REGISTRATION AND FEES
Participation is open to all persons interested in Biomechanics; members of
the ESB, of its affiliated societies (ESBmat, ISB, ISEK, ISBS), and patroni-
zing Society Members are eligible for reduced fees
Instructional course (120,000 Lit / reduced 100,000 Lit.)
(student with letter of certification 50,000 Lit.)
8th ESB Meeting (350,000 Lit. / reduced 300,000 Lit.)
(student with letter of certification 120,000 Lit.)
Day participant (130,000 Lit.)
Accompanying person (150,000 Lit.)
Extra banquet ticket ( 50,000 Lit.)
Remittance procedure: see conference booklet, obtainable from the ESB92
secretariat
BANKING MATTERS BEFORE AND DURING THE MEETING
BANCA NAZIONALE delle COMMUNICAZIONE
Via Abruzzi, 12
I - 00 187 ROMA, Italy
FAX +39(6)4676 3073
TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION
CIT VIAGGI srl
Viale Tiziano, c/o Coni
I - 00 196 ROMA, Italy
Tel. +39(6)396 6128 or 396 5898
FAX +39(6)3685 8282, TELEX 621610 CIT CONI
The conference booklet recommends a number of hotels; CIT VIAGGI srl have
reserved a block of rooms in these hotels, and a free bus shuttle service
is planned to and from the conference location.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (Univ. La Sapienza, Roma, unless specified)
Secretary: Giovanna Proja
Neri Accornero
Antonio Ascenzi
Roberto Burratini (Univ. degli Studi di Ancona/I)
Antonio dal Monte (Ist. di Scienza dello Sport, Coni, Roma/I)
Tommaso Leo (Univ. degli Studi di Ancona/I)
Giovanni Lorini (Univ. Cattolica, Roma/I)
Marco Marchetti
Antonio Pedotti (Politecnico, Milano/I)
Paolo Tranquilli-Leali (Uni. Cattolica, Roma/I; ESBmat.)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (Univ. La Sapienza, Roma, unless specified)
Secretary: Romilda Soccodato (Scuola dello Sport, Coni, Roma/I)
Chairperson: Pasquale Belotti ( ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, )
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Marco Bernardi
Giuseppe de Vito
Francesco Felici
Leo Marini
Piera Marchettoni
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Domenico Vari` ( ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, )
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF BIOMECHANICS
Peter S. Walker (UK), President
Ivan Hvid (DK), Vice-President
Erich Schneider (D/CH), Secretary General
Maurice G. Hinsenkamp (B), Treasurer
Georg Bergmann (D), Newsletter Editor
Lutz Claes (D), Meeting Committee
Leif Ryd (S), Membership Committee
Michel Jaffrin (F), Member
Alain Meunier (F), Member
Peter F. Niederer (CH), Member
During June and July 1991, there are many related meetings in Southern Europe:
15 - 19 June - Xth Int. Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, Milano/I
21 - 24 June - 8th ESB Meeting, Roma/I
24 - 26 June - 2nd Int. Congress of Movement Disorders, Munich/D
28 June - 2 July - 9th Int. Congress of the ISEL, Florence/Firenze, I
5 - 10 July - MEDICON '92, 6th Medit. Conf. on Med. & Biol. Engng
Capri/Italy