Successful European Surgical Robotics Demonstration Day

The European Surgical Robotics Demonstration Day held on 27 March 2014 was a great success!  In total 115 participants registered to the demonstration day (and more participated). In accordance to its name it was a true European event, with participants from most EU countries:

The Demonstration also received considerable coverage by print and visual media.

• National television - vrt
• Regional television - ROB
• National newspaper - Het Belang Van Limburg. 
• Online newspaper - Apache.be

The agenda of the demonstration day - including presentations provided by the speakers is listed below

10.00 – Opening of Demonstration Day – Prof. J. Vander Sloten, Dr. E. Vander Poorten, KU Leuven, Prof. K. Althoefer, Dr. H. Würdemann, King’s College London, Leonardo Mattos, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
10.30 – Demonstrations of STIFF-FLOP - µRALP - CASCADE -
11.15 – Demonstrations of STIFF-FLOP - µRALP - CASCADE –
12.00 – Demonstrations of STIFF-FLOP - µRALP - CASCADE –
13.00 – Lunch
14.00 – The Future of Robotics from a Clinical Standpoint – Dr. Alexandre Mottrie, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
14.30 – Design and Implementation of a Medical Robot System – Dr. Gernot Kronreif, Area Manager Medical Robotics, Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology
15.00 – Horizon2020 and Robotics in the Work Programme – Dr. Christoph Klein - Research Programme Officer, Robotics, EU, DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology
15.30 – Coffee Break
15.50 – Notified Bodies and the CE certification Process for Medical Devices – Ir. Bart Mersseman, Product Manager Medical Devices, Notified Body, SGS
16.20 – The Past and Future of Patents: How did we get into the current mess and how could we get out again? – Prof. Dr. Herman Bruyninckx, KU Leuven, Belgium
17.00 – Reception offered by LMTC