Symposium
Bringing Academia and Industry Together for Medical Device Innovation
NOTICE: EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2016
Date To Be Determined
VOLUNTEERS:
- Symposium webmaster, publicity and promotion agent (Must be internet savvy and have the ability to use or learn how to use WordPress)
- Day of event volunteers – Miscellaneous duties (registration, set up, clean up)
To ensure you are notified of updates, please register via the link above.
Planning Committee (MDS2016 Organization Committee Info Page – Password Protected)
- Diane Rutherford – Symposium Chair and Symposium Program Lead
- Allison Case PhD – Chapter Chair, Symposium Co-Chair
- Todd Polk, PhD – Symposium Treasurer
- Louis Percoco – Symposium Industry Liaison Officer / Sponsorship Lead
- Vinay Abhyankar – Sponsorship
- Daniel Plymire – Poster Competition Lead
- Ashwin Mohan Nair – Poster Competition
- Danieli Rodrigues – Poster Competition – Judging and Day of Event Activities
- H. Fred Tibbels – Poster Competition
- Iram Hassan – Symposium Facility Lead
- Dinesh Bahtia – Liaison to Erik Jonsson School of Engineering at UT Dallas
- Daniel Lee – Webmaster
Technical Program …….To be announced
Symposium Contact
- Diane Rutherford, rutherford.d.us@ieee.org
Student Poster – (Project Abstract Template)
Contacts:
Daniel Plymire, daniel.plymire@utsouthwestern.edu
Ashwin Mohan Nair, anair@uta.edu
Deadlines:
TBD
Three Prizes to be awarded: (in form of VISA gift card or equivalent)
– First Place $100
– Second Place $50
– People’s Choice $25
Driving and Parking Directions…….To be announced
Symposium Registration Rates
Pre-Registration (Through TBD)
- Students $25
- IEEE/EMBS Conference Attendees $75
- Conference Attendee (non-member) $100
Regular Registration (After TBD)
- Students $50
- Conference Attendee $150
Registration will be available closer to the event
Exhibit and Supporter (Sponsorship) Levels
A link will be provided soon for the Spring Event
- Platinum – $1200
- First priority exhibit location* of one twelve foot exhibit space (two six foot spaces)
- Four complimentary symposium Attendee registrations
- Two complimentary symposium Exhibitor Only registrations
- Additional Exhibitors will be charged a nominal fee to offset the cost of food
- Supporter name to be advertised during breaks and lunch
- Acknowledgement on announcement and website
- Gold – $600
- Second priority exhibit location* of one six foot exhibit space
- Two complimentary symposium Attendee registrations
- Two complimentary symposium Exhibitor Only registrations
- Additional Exhibitors will be charged a nominal fee to offset the cost of food
- Acknowledgement on announcement and website
- Titanium – $300
- Exhibit location of one six foot exhibit space
- One complimentary symposium Attendee registration
- Two complimentary symposium Exhibitor Only registrations
- Additional Exhibitors will be charged a nominal fee to offset the cost of food
- Acknowledgement on announcement and website
*NOTE: Regarding Priority Selection of Exhibit Spaces (Booth Locations)
- Priority space selection for Platinum Supporters is available through Jan 31, 2016.
- Priority space selection for Gold Supporters is available from Feb 1, 2016 through Feb 29, 2016.
- After Feb 29, 2016, space selection will be on the day of the event on a first-come, first-choice basis.
For further inquiries regarding being a supporter/sponsor, please contact:
- Louis Percoco, louis.percoco.us@ieee.org
- Diane Rutherford, rutherford.d.us@ieee.org
The IEEE MDS is “paperless”
This symposium is “paperless” and environmentally friendly. We will only be using PDF programs and publishing the final symposium packets online. Symposium participants are encouraged to access symposium content through tablets and mobile devices. Name badges will still be provided at registration.