Dedication for Professors Allan Hoffman and Raphael (Ray) Ottenbrite
The 12th Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers Conference Series (FBPS) International Conference was held on 11–14 July 2017 in Seoul at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), with the participation of around 350 delegates and the presentation of 48 of plenary lectures, 20 students rapid fire presentations and 93 posters.
This conference was dedicated to Prof. Allan Hoffman (Figure ) and Prof. Ray Ottenbrite (Figure ), in recognition of their pioneering work in the field of biomedical polymers and drug release, and their role in disseminating for over 50 years the biomedical polymers science with publications, conferences’ organization and lectures.
Figure 1. Prof. Allan Hoffman.
Figure 2. Prof. Raphael M. Ottenbrite.
Besides the scientific program, the 12th FBPS symposium gave the opportunity to observe Korean culture, with a traditional music performance during the social dinner. A visit to the DMZ (Military Demarcation Zone) at the boarder with North Korea was also organized.
I wish to thank all the participants, the members of the scientific and local organizing committee, the FBPS committee members (Claudio Migliaresi, Teruo Okano, Daniel Cohn, Ray Ottenbrite, Rui Reis, Julio San Roman) for the opportunity to organize this symposium in Seoul. We are especially pleased to dedicate the FBPS2017 to Professors Allan Hoffman and Ray Ottenbrite.
The next FBPS conference will be held in the Canary Islands, and will be chaired by Professor Julio San Roman.
Professor Gilson Khang on behalf of the Organizing Committee
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