Medical 3D Printing event at Mohawk on October 27th
From printing prosthetics to printing synthetic body parts, 3D printing is beginning to capture the attention of Canadian medical and healthcare researchers and practitioners.
But what are the opportunities and limitations of the new technology?
On October 27, 2016, Mohawk College will be hosting 3D Printing for Health in Hamilton, Ontario, the only event in Canada that is exclusively designed to explore emerging trends in medical 3D Printing.
This half-day conference will showcase the wide variety of ways that additive manufacturing and 3D Printing can be included in a physician’s workflow.
Featured speakers are:
- Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, Founder, 3D4MD
- James Janeteas, CEO and President, Cimetrix Solutions Inc.
- David Holdsworth, Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
- Jeff Mason, Horizon Scanning Officer, CADTH
- Kathryn Chan, Medical Student, McMaster University & former research assistant, CSII
3D Printing for Health is supported by NSERC and organized by Mohawk College’s Additive Manufacturing Resource Centre.
Registration is open at www.3dprintingforhealth.ca. Early Bird registration pricing of $45 +HST is available until October 7.
For more information, visit www.3dprintingforhealth.ca or email 3Dprintingforhealth@mohawkcollege.ca
About Mohawk
Mohawk College educates and serves 30,000 students at three campuses and two City School locations in Hamilton, Ontario. Mohawk has ranked number one among all colleges in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area in student satisfaction for six consecutive years and number one for graduate satisfaction the past four years. Mohawk has also been named one of Canada’s greenest employers for three years in a row and is among the top 20 colleges in Canada for applied research activity.