Hot-Links
- New Tissue & Cell Engineering Society launched in UK! www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/tissue-eng/TCES
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Centre for Scientific Research
‘Demokritos’, Greece – partner in European Biomaterials Network project
BE-3621 ‘MODELS’ (new drug delivery methods) http://macedonia.nrcps.aridane-t.gr
- Swiss Foundation for Research in Microtechnology – runs training courses in
microtechnology including biomedical engineering and molecular biotechnology www.fsrm.ch
- Information on the External Advisory Groups for the Fifth Framework Programme can be
found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/fp5/eag.html
- The European Science Foundation approves scientific programme into complex polymer
structures. Further information can be obtained from www.esf.org
- Details of the Official Launch Conference for FP5 from http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/fp5/conference.html
- Keep abreast of FP5 through Cordis: www.cordis.lu/fifth/home.html
- Do you need advice on intellectual property issues that arise as a result of innovation?
The EU has established a help-desk to assist: www.cordis.lu/innovation/home.html
- Want to know what’s happening at the IBME, University of Toronto, one of North
America’s foremost research centres for biomaterials and biomechanical engineering?
This may be even more relevant now that Canada and the EC have signed an agreement to
allow Canadian participants in FP5 projects. Go to www.ibme.toronto.edu
- Keep in touch with the European Parliament at http://www.europarl.eu.int
and the Economic and Social Committee at http://www.esc.eu.int,
both bodies that review medical progress, ethical and legal issues, consumer impacts of
many new developments.
- Do you still need to find ecu rates? Use the following html to get these: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg02/xecum.htm
- For euro rates, go to http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg19/inforeuro/en/catalog.htm,
which provides an alphabetic way into the country of your choice. Do not ask for the
monthly euro spreadsheet to be downloaded – it takes over 5 minutes and has all
conceivable countries on it. It does however provide a basis for betting on which will be
the country with the largest number of national currency to the euro.
- If you need a hotel in Brussels, use http://www.hotels-belgium.com
- Note that the Metropole in de Brouckere has a single room rate of 10,000 BEF but if you
specify you will be attending an EC/EU meeting when you book and bring your invitation to
show at the check-in, the rate is reduced to 5,000 BEF per night - Hotel
"METROPOLE", Place de Brouckere 31, B-1000 Brussels, tel.: +32.2.217 2300, fax:
+32.2.218 0220. There are cheaper hotels (e.g. the Ibis at 3,600 BEF per night) but these
are generally less convenient for the EC premises.
  
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