ESB 2016 will take place at the Cité des Congrès of Lyon, France, from the 10th to the 13th of July 2016 and is jointly organized by the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) and the Société de Biomécanique (SB).

Two anniversaries will be celebrated at the occasion of ESB 2016.
The ESB is a European society founded in 1976 and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016.
The SB is an international society which organizes a congress every year gathering delegates mostly from French speaking countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland…).
The first conference was organized in Lyon in 1976. So the SB will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its annual conference in 2016.

Please find out more information about the congress and scientific programme at:


You are invited to submit abstracts for this conference before the 29th of January.
You will be notified about the status of your submission by the 29th of April.
We look forward to welcome you in Lyon in July 2016!

On the behalf of the organising committee,
Raphaël Dumas