Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee it is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 3rd International Congress "Biotechnologies for Spinal Surgery – BIOSPINE 3". The congress will be held September 1^st–4^th, 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

By joining the European Network for Regenerative Medicine, the Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam (STEGA) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has formed a Dutch country chapter of REGENERATE to intensify the scientific exchange between the clinical partners being active in the field of musculo-skeletal diseases in the Regenerate network. To intensify the scientific joint venture STEGA will organize this congress on behalf of REGENERATE.

Call for Papers (Deadline: April 18^th, 2010)
The Scientific Committee invites all participants to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations concerning the following topics:

– Embryonic, pluripotent and adult stem cells
– Skeletal applications of polymers
– Spinal cord repair
– Regeneration and degeneration of intervertebral disc
– Smart scaffolds
– Cellular therapies
– Application of growth factors
– Nanoparticles for visualisation
– Minimal invasive surgical procedures
– Risk profile for modern therapies/decision making
– Regulatory issues and ethical problems
– Clinical evaluation of innovative spinal therapies
– Opportunities for conservative therapies
– Prevalidation and balance of therapeutical approaches
– Spine biomechanics
– Other

For abstract submissions, you may only use the online abstract form at www.biospine.org.

Registration Fees The early registration fee until May 31^st, 2010 is 495 EUR.
For members of the following societies there is a special reduced registration fee: REGENERATE, TERMIS, European Society of Biomechanics, ICRS

Important Deadlines
Deadline Abstract Submission: April 18^th, 2010
Deadline Early Registration: May 31^st, 2010

Website
At www.biospine.org you will find all available information concerning congress venue, keynote speakers, programme, abstract submission and registration.

Organization/Information/Registration/Exhibition/Sponsoring
Congrex Deutschland GmbH
Potsdamer Platz 11
10785 Berlin, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 30 – 25 89 46 28

Fax: +49 (0) 30 – 25 89 41 00

E-mail: biospine@congrex.com

Website: www.congrex.com