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Friday 15 May<br />
8:00-9:30<br />
Platinum 6<br />
EBA<br />
About EBA:<br />
The European Burns Association was founded in 1981 by leading burn specialists in<br />
Europe, in order to encourage co-operation in the field of burn care throughout the<br />
continent.<br />
The EBA serves as a forum through which medical specialists, researchers, professions<br />
allied to medicine (PAM), and other workers come together to discuss aspects of burn<br />
treatment and research. In this way, expertise and knowledge are spread throughout the<br />
countries of Europe.<br />
The EBA has been established as a non-profit making organisation for the benefit of the<br />
public, to promote burn prevention, to study the prevention of burn injury and all other<br />
aspects of burn treatment, and, in <strong>part</strong>icular:<br />
• To disseminate knowledge of and to stimulate prevention in the field of burn injury<br />
• To encourage and co-ordinate research into the scientific, clinical, and social aspects<br />
of burn injury<br />
• To promote education in all aspects of burns, including first aid, nursing, and rehabilitation<br />
• To co-operate in international disaster planning<br />
• To facilitate the exchange of personnel<br />
• To co-ordinate and to publicise congresses relating to burn care throughout Europe<br />
Title: EBA guest session<br />
The session will cover the following topics:<br />
• Comparison between current German, European, and US burn treatment guidelines<br />
• Technological advancement: shaping the future of burn treatment<br />
• Possibilities of skin replacement with biotechnology-derived materials: state-of-the-art<br />
advances in cell therapy and skin substitutes<br />
• One goal – many paths: role of PAM in burns treatment - the importance of the team<br />
approach<br />
Find more information about EBA on www.euroburn.org<br />
GUEST SESSION DESCRIPTIONS<br />
Friday 15 May<br />
10:15-11:15<br />
South Gallery 15-16<br />
European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS)<br />
About ETRS:<br />
The European Tissue Repair Society, a non-profit organisation founded in 1988, aims to<br />
promote knowledge and interchange between scientists, healthcare professionals, industry<br />
and other individuals that have an interest in tissue repair of all organs. The Society has<br />
an annual meeting and a number of focus meetings each year concentrating on different<br />
aspects of tissue repair, ranging from basic science to the clinical aspects of healing.<br />
Title: Regeneration and Infection<br />
The session will cover the following topics<br />
• Infected wounds in trauma patients: how to treat<br />
• Mesenchymal stem cells in the scar environment<br />
• Oral progenitors and their immunosuppressive and antibacterial capacities<br />
Find more information about ETRS on www.etrs.org<br />
EWMA 2015<br />
IN COOPERATION WITH THE TISSUE VIABILITY SOCIETY<br />
LONDON · UK<br />
13-15 MAY 2015<br />
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