32nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society
Wednesday, May 27th to Saturday, May 30th, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario
The 2015 Canadian Biomaterials Society Annual Meeting was held May 27-30, 2015 on the campus of the University of Toronto, with the theme "Next Generation Biomaterials".
See the final Program-at-a-Glance and the Full Technical Program
Guidelines for Oral and Poster Presenters
The conference featured the latest biomaterials research from across Canada and around the world as well as outstanding keynote speakers, including:
Kinam Park (Purdue University) - Editor of the Journal of Controlled Release - Hydrogels and Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Michael Sefton (University of Toronto) - Alternative foreign body responses and regeneration inducing biomaterials
Daniel Kohane (Harvard University) - Remote-Controlled Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
Julia Babensee (Georgia Tech) - Understanding Immune Responses to Biomaterials
Todd McDevitt (Gladstone Institutes) - Engineering Stem Cell Niches for Tissue Engineering
Konrad Walus (University of British Columbia) - 3D Printing of Engineered Tissues
Nico Sommerdijk (Eindhoven University of Technology) - Bio-inspired Hybrid Materials through Biomimetic Mineralization and Self-Organization
In addition to the technical program, CBS 2015 attendees also enjoyed the following benefits:
- Free access to the May 27 (Wednesday) program of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences/Canadian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society Annual Symposium (blocks away from the CBS conference site), including sessions on mucosal drug delivery and antibody-based therapeutics (limited free seats are available - sign up early to ensure your spot!)
- Limited access to a CREATE Tissue Engineering workshop on May 27 (sign up at registration, first-come, first-served)
- Outstanding networking opportunities, including lunch-and-learn events, speed networking, and the usual CBS collegiality!
