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Former iSMIT conferences

  • 2024

    35th conference
    Caceres / Spain 

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  • 2023

    34th conference
    Lukang / Taiwan

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  • 2022

    33rd conference
    Oslo

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  • 2020

    32nd conference
    Chicago

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  • 2019

    31st conference
    Heilbronn
    Peter Alken

    John Wickham Memorial Lecture:
    … and John was right.

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  • 2018

    30th conference
    Seoul
    Jun-Gi Kim

    2nd John Wickham Memorial Lecture:
    30 years of the journey for laparoscopic surgery

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  • 2017

    29th conference
    Torino
    Alberto Arezzo / A. Menciassi, G. Ciardelli

    1st John Wickham Memorial Lecture:
    Biorobotics and Bionics – Science, Technology and Social Challenges

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  • 2016

    28th conference
    Delft
    Jenny Dankelman /John van den Dobbelsteen

    24. Wickham-Lecture:
    Evolution of Radioembolization for treatment of liver cancer

  • 2015

    27th conference
    Brno
    Marek Orban / Pavel Leinweber

    23. Wickham-Lecture:
    The next big Wave of Medical Innovation: “SMAPPS”

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  • 2014

    26th conference
    Shanghai
    Chengli Song / W. Meng

    22. Wickham-Lecture:
    Objective Assessment of the Quality of Laparoscopic Surgical Performance

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  • 2013

    25th conference
    Baden-Baden
    Uwe Spetzger / R. Dillmann

    21. Wickham-Lecture:
    Cerebral Revascularization: Simulations and measurements in the pursuit of perfection

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  • 2012

    24th conference
    Barcelona
    Enric Laporte

    20. Wickham-Lecture:
    Advances in Robotic Assisted Surgery

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  • 2011

    23rd conference
    Tel Aviv
    Amir Szold / Moshe Shoham

    19. Wickham-Lecture:
    Integrating MRgFUS into clinical practise – The future is here

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  • 2010

    22nd conference
    Trondheim
    Brynjulf Ystgaard / Toril Nagelhus Hernes

    18. Wickham-Lecture:
    Surgical aid in areas of armed conflict

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  • 2009

    21st conference
    Sinaia
    Calin Tiu / Dan Stoianovici

    17. Wickham-Lecture:
    Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Progress in Nanotechnologies for healthcare

  • 2008

    20th conference
    Vienna
    Joachim Kettenbach / Gernot Kronreif

    16. Wickham-Lecture:
    M. Flugelman, Engineering blood vessels by gene and cell therapy

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  • 2007

    19th conference
    Sendai
    Eiji Kanehira / Yoshimoshi Kurokawa

    15. Wickham-lecture:
    Akiko Uchida, Evolution of the human mind – beyond bones and stones

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  • 2006

    18th conference
    Asilomar
    Rick Satava / Andreas Melzer

    14. Wickham-lecture:
    Dieter Stöckel, Nitinol in Medicine

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  • 2005

    17th conference
    Neapel
    Nicola Di Lorenzo / Antonio Tornambè

    13. Wickham-lecture:
    Achille L. Gaspari, Has technology always been here?

  • 2004

    16th conference
    Rome
    Marco M.Lirici / Cristiano Hülscher

    12. Wickham-lecture:
    Jacques Marescaux, The future of robotics: The reality beyond fiction

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  • 2003

    15th conference
    Amsterdam
    Kees Grimbergen / Willem Bemelman

    11. Wickham-lecture:
    N. Bom (Engineer), Early, present and future applications of Echocardiography

  • 2002

    14th conference
    Oslo
    Erik Fosse / Toril Nagelhues-Hernes

    10. Wickham-lecture:
    R. Wolf, Cardiac Surgery in the past present and future

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  • 2001

    13th conference
    Berlin
    Marc O. Schurr / Harald Fischer

    9. Wickham-lecture:
    E. Owen, Microsurgery and beyond – miniaturisation in progress

  • 2000

    12th conference
    Gelsenkirchen
    Andreas Melzer / Rainer Seibel

    . Wickham-lecture:
    D. Birkett, Impact of innovative medical technologies on MIT
    R. Satava, The Biointelligence Age: Medicine after the Information Age

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  • 1999

    11th conference
    Boston
    Stephen Dawson

    7. Wickham-lecture:
    J. Burke, Innovation serendipity and healing

  • 1998

    10th conference
    London
    John Wickham / Gerhard Buess

    6. Wickham-lecture:
    A. Adam, Interventional Radiology in patients with cancer

  • 1997

    9th conference
    Kyoto
    Yoshida / John Wickham

    5. Wickham-lecture:
    S. Tachi, Tele-existence and Virtual Reality

  • 1996

    8th conference
    Milan
    Pisani / John Wickham

    4. Wickham-lecture:
    J. Rizzo, Development of electronic eye for blindness

  • 1995

    7th conference
    Portland
    Josef Rösch

    3. Wickham-lecture:
    G. Buess, Development of future systems for endoscopic surgery

  • 1994

    6th conference
    Berlin
    Gerhard Buess

    2. Wickham-lecture:
    T. Leber, “The Louvre” 3D video presentation

  • 1993

    5th conference
    Orlando
    Peter Mueller

    1. Wickham-lecture:
    R. Satava, The visionary’s approach to surgery in the 21st century

  • 1992

    4th conference
    Dublin
    John Fitzpatrick / Noel Williams

  • 1991

    3rd conference
    Boston
    Bruce McLucas

  • 1990

    2nd conference
    Vienna
    Michael Marberger

  • 1989

    1st conference
    London
    John Wickham / John Fitzpatrick (Foundation of the Society)