18 th Annual Conference of the
German-Chinese and the Chinese-German Societies for Medicine in Jena, September
25-27, 2003
    
    Dear
Colleague, Professor Jiang Dazong,
    

    based on the successful biomedical engineering (BME)
programs of previous
    meetings in Beijing (1994), in
Berlin (1995), in Chengdu (1996), in Lueb
    (1997), in
Guangzhou (1998), in Heidelberg (1999), in Xi"an (2000), in

    Regensburg (2001), and in Hangzhou (2002), the Board
of Directors of the
    Chinese-German and the
German-Chinese Societies for Medicine decided to

    implement again a BME Track into the program of the
upcoming meeting in
    Jena. We were asked to organize
the BME portion of this meeting.
    

    Main topics of the medically oriented part of the
meeting will comprise
    endoscopy including
ear-nose-throat applications, transplantation (liver and

    other organs), and medical ethics. The biomedical
engineering program will
    contribute new developments
in endoscopical methodologies, biomaterials,

    biosensors, and imaging methods for diagnostics and
therapy. The BME
    Technical Committee consists of:
BME-Co-Chairs Prof. Jochen EDRICH (Ulm), PD
    A.
HORSCH (Munich), Prof. H.G. APPEL (Wilhelmshaven), Prof. ZHENG Xiaoxiang

    (Hangzhou), Prof. BAI Jing (Beijing), Prof. ZHANG
Zhenxi (Xi"an), and Prof.
    JIANG Dazong (Xi"an).

    
    It is our pleasure to
invite you to submit as soon as possible summaries of

    papers for oral presentation of 15 minutes duration.
Each paper should
    describe devlopment and/or
research results in one of your BME specialties,
    and
it should clearly point out the novelty of your approach. The summaries

    (in English only) should have a length of 1/2 to 3
pages, and be submitted
    as email attachment in Word
format (without macros) to one or more of the

    chairs. Figures and graphics are also wellcome since
the summaries will
    again be published in our home
page (www.dcgm.de ).
    Acceptance letters will be sent
out around the middle of June.
    

     In addition to our regular sessions there will be a
Panel on Chinese-German
    BME collaborations. Topics
in this panel will include discussions regarding
    the
BME impact of the new exchange program, recently signed in Beijing by

    the Chinese and the German Governments. You are
invited to give a short
    presentation of a few
minutes during this panel about your ongoing and/or

    planned BME collaborations. Please, provide a title
of your panel
    presentation together with your
summary submission.
    

    Furthermore we are planning excursions to
medical/pharmaceutical/technical
    companies, as well
as visits of several modern and well equipped clinics of

    the University Hospital.

    
     Your air
transportation should be arranged and paid for by your

    own Chinese sources. For authors of accepted papers
the transportation in
    Germany, meals, conference
fees, as well as lodging during your stay in Jena

    from September 22 to September 28, 2003 will be paid
for / reimbursed by the
    German-Chinese Society for
Medicine.
    
    Dear
colleague, I hope that you can come to Jena, since this would provide

    an excellent opportunity for continuing or starting
a new professional
    relationship, and, perhaps, for
planning a collaborative joint venture on a
    BME
project of mutual interest that might be fundable by one of the new

    Scientific Collaboration Programs of the Chinese and
German governments.
    
    We
look forward to hearing from you very soon, and receiving your summaries

    as soon possible in order to accomplish a timely
preparation of the program..
    

    Sincerely
    

    Prof. Jochen EDRICH, M.D.

    Co-Chair, BME-Program,

    Secretary Co-Chair,

    German-Chinese Society for Medicine jochen@edrich.de