2010 ETRS Congress PDF Print E-mail
The 2010 ETRS Congress will be held from 15-17 September 2010 in Gent, a beautiful medieval city in Belgium. The location of the congress is “Het Pand”, a former abbey in the historical center of the city.

The congress will comprise plenary sessions with renowned experts on:
  • Burns
  • Fibrosis and Scar formation
  • Infection
  • Stem cells
  • Tissue regeneration
  • Wound debridement

In addition to free presentations, there will be a number of workshops on eg. Smart dressings and Wound Photography.

There will be exciting competition for the congress prizes, which will be awarded for best poster and best presentation and there will also be, for the first time, an ETRS 2020 session, organised with and for young scientists, by a newly established ETRS Junior Committee.

Moreover there will be a parallel day for clinicians on Friday 17 September, to be held in cooperation with the Belgian wound healing organisations AfiScep, CNC and WCS.

 
Last Updated on Monday, 01 March 2010 12:08
 
2nd International Workshop on Wound Technology PDF Print E-mail

17-18 January 2010
Palais des Congrès de Paris, Porte Maillot

The International Workshop on Wound Technology (IWWT) is the English-language component of the FrenchCPC, the biggest annual wound healing congress in the world. Held in Paris and attracting approximately 4000 attendees, the CPC is now in its 14th year.

In 2010, for the 2nd year, the IWWT will feature international perspectives on wound technology, in parallel with the CPC. The main objective of this event is to reduce the learning curve of new technologies by facilitating the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experiences.Wound care practitioners and experts in new technologies are invited to participate in this transfer of information and expertise.

The program for IWWT has been developed in conjunction with ETRS. Several ETRS-led symposia will be held on Monday 18 January 2010.

For information about the program, click here.

Download a PDF version of the program here.
 
Mission PDF Print E-mail

The European Tissue Repair Society, a non-profit making organisation founded in 1988, aims to promote knowledge and interchange between scientists, healthcare professionals, industry and other individuals that have an interest in tissue repair of all organs. The Society has an annual meeting and a number of focus meetings each year concentrating on different aspects of tissue repair, ranging from basic science to clinical aspects of healing.

The improvement of tissue repair as well as prevention of injury will be major challenges in the 21st Century and the European Tissue Repair Society has as its continued objective to contribute to these challenges.

The benefits of membership include a reduction in the annual subscription price of the Society's journal 'Wound Repair and Regeneration', receiving the ETRS Bulletin which highlights the Society's activities as well as an annual certificate of membership.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 09:55