Report by the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing and Select Biosciences South East Asia Pte Ltd on the 3rd Annual Bioprinting and 3D Printing in the Life Sciences Conference, Singapore, 21-22 July 2016

The meeting included scientific presentations from leading international experts covering the latest advances, developments and techniques within these allied fields, plus a pre-event tour of the facilities at the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing.

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The Singapore Centre for 3D Printing and Select Biosciences South East Asia Pte Ltd are pleased to report on the 3rd Annual Bioprinting and 3D Printing in the Life Sciences, which took place on the 21-22 July 2016 at Academia, within the Singapore General Hospital Campus.

The meeting included scientific presentations from the leading international experts covering the latest advances, developments and techniques within these allied fields, plus a pre-event tour of the facilities at the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, hosted by Conference Chairman Professor Chua Chee Kai, Executive Director for the facilities.

Guests also took advantage of the Pre-Event Training Course on the 20th July, entitled Technologies, Applications and Regulatory Barriers for Bioprinting and 3D printing in the Life Sciences" hosted by Professor Wai Yee Yeong, Programme Director SC3DP & Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University.

With Keynote Presentations from the following distinguished experts

Wai Yee Yeong, Programme Director SC3DP, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- The State of the Art and Trends of Bioprinting

Roger Narayan, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, United States of America
- 3D Printing for Medical Device Applications

Marcy Zenobi-Wong, Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Cartilage Bioprinting: Paving the way to the clinic

Some of the excellent feedback received is shown below.

“Well organised, good variety of presentations and participants”
Technical University Berlin

“Good clinical and non-clinical mix, good range of PI’s and students, friendly and approachable atmosphere”
UCL

“Good networking with others in the field”
ETH Zurich

“Speakers are experienced and knowledgeable about their subjects”
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore

“Information presented was new and novel”
GE Healthcare

“The topics and applications shown were very good”
China Medical University Hospital

Dates for next year 19, 20 and 21 July 2017 at Academia, Singapore General Hospital Campus

Media Contact:
Paul Raggett, CEO [email protected]
Select Biosciences South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
16 Raffles Quay, #33-03 Hong Leong Building,
Singapore 048581

Published: 28 Jul 2016

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