IX ISBS INTERNATI0NAL SYMPOSIUM ON BLOOD SUBSTITUTE Tokyo, Japan, March 2–4, 2003. President of 2003 ISBS: Professor Koichi Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. Co‐president: Professor E. Tsuchida, Ph.D., Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Honorary President: Professor TMS Chang, O.C., M.D., Ph.D., McGill University. Details available from http://www2.convention.co.jp/9thisbs
This journal will publish a special issue based on selected papers from INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOENCAPSULATION, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. Birmingham, United Kingdom, August 30–September 1, 2002. Conference President: Dr. ZB Zhang, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Further information available at www.medicine.mcgill.ca/artcell/cost840meting-call-new.doc
Workshop on “BLOOD SUBSTITUTES: PRESENT AND FUTURE” to be held at the Joint Congress of the International Society for Artificial Organs/American Society for Artificial International Organs, Washington, D.C. 5–9 p.m. June 18, 2003. Workshop chairman: Professor TMS Chang. Further information will be available at www.artcell.mcgill.ca and www.asaio.com