TERMIS 2nd World Congress
August 31 - September 3, 2009
Daejeon Convention Center
Daejeon, South Korea
In Conjunction With: the 2009 Seoul Stem Cell Symposium
Science and Technology for Patients!
Welcome to Korea! Hankuke osimeul hwanyoung hapnida!
It is my deep pleasure to invite you to the 2nd World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) in conjunction with 2009 Seoul Stem Cell Symposium in Daejeon, Korea. The first TERMIS World Congress was held in Pittsburgh in 2006, and following congresses are to be held every third year. The Seoul Symposium organized by Stem Cell Research Center was started in 2002, and has been held every year. This upcoming meeting will surely fulfill its brilliant achievement by synergizing the two renowned societies' experience and potentials.
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is an emerging multifaceted field involving biology, medicine, engineering and many other related disciplines. It can revolutionize the ways that we improve the health and quality of life by replacement, repair, maintenance and enhancement of tissue function for either therapeutic or diagnostic applications. It is no doubt that tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, being one of the most outstanding and greatest progresses of the last decades, will be the novel innovation of the future.
The main slogan of this congress is entitled "Science and Technology for Patients". The program of this meeting will be stimulating with a focus on breaking scientific developments and current issues from foremost opinion leaders. I am confident that not only outstanding scientific and educational programs, but also an opportunity to enjoy the friendship and expertise of your colleagues will make this a most valuable and memorable meeting for you and your companions. Finally, I sincerely hope that each and every one of you has a wonderful time in Korea, enjoying the harmony of traditional and modern cutting-edge Korean science and culture, as well as warmest welcome from nice Korean hospitality.
Thank you very much.
Shin-Yong Moon, MD, PhD
President
The 2009 2nd TERMIS World Congress 2009
Welcome to the Second World Conference in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Korea!
The continuous rise in life expectancy will increase the need for tissue and organ treatment. Tissue engineering and Regenerative Medicine, being one of the most remarkable and exciting innovations of the last decades, provide solutions to this with immense potential to change the face of healthcare and biomedicine. This field creates possible solutions to some of the most intractable, socially damaging and costly diseases (chronic, age-related and traumatic), from diabetes and Parkinson's to arthritis and skin ulcers.
The special nature of this field must be emphasized. It comprises the overlap between Cell Biology, Materials Science, Surgery, Pharmacology, Clinics and others, yet these disciplines have in the past been fragmentary and poorly connected. TERMIS brings these disciplines together at yearly scientific meetings with a world wide meeting every third year. This time the World Meeting will be held in Daejeon, Korea promising an outstanding event.
We look forward to seeing you in Korea!
Jöns Hilborn
TERMIS President 2008-2009