5^th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2012

London, Royal Geographical Society
1^st - 2^nd July 2012

Download the Hamlyn Symposium 2012 Call for Papers

The 5^th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2012, to be held at Royal Geographical Society in London on 1^st and 2^nd of July 2012.

Topics to be addressed by the symposium include, but are not limited to:

• Clinical highlights in Urology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Gynaecology, ENT, Orthopaedic, and Paediatric Surgery
• Flexible Robotics
• Emerging, multi-specialty applications of robotic technology
• Medical robotics for NOTES
• Mechatronic designs for medical robotics
• Microbot design and applications
• Surgical simulation, training and skills assessment
• Human robot interaction and ergonomics
• Surgical navigation and augmented reality systems
• Intra-operative imaging and biophotonics for robotic surgery
• Medical image computing and computer assisted intervention
• Economic and general consideration of robotic surgery

Important Dates

• 28 March 2012 Paper Submission Deadline
• 07 May 2012 Acceptance of Papers Announced
• 31 May 2012 Camera Ready Copy Deadline
• 01-02 July 2012 Hamlyn Symposium

Submission of Papers

Submissions are accepted on Clinical and Technical topics. The paper submission site is accessible at https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/HSMR2012/Default.aspx .

Plenary speakers include

• Keynote: Professor Shigeo Hirose, Hirose Fukushima Lab
• Professor Pierre DuPont, Children’s Hospital Boston,
• Professor Howie Choset, Carnegie Melon University,
• Professor Rick Satava, University of Washington.

More information can be found on the Hamlyn Symposium Website at http://www.hamlyn-robotics.org/.

Workshops

As part of the Hamlyn Symposium 2012, there will be interactive and hands-on half day workshops/tutorials organised at the Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London on Saturday, 30th of June and on Tuesday, 3^rd of July. The workshops will provide a great forum for academia, industries and governing bodies to exchange ideas, promote emerging research directions and present novel technologies in engineering and medicine. To find out more information about workshops, the provisional themes and to register for workshops, please visit http://www.hamlyn-robotics.org/.

Accommodation for Symposium Delegates

We have provisionally held a number of rooms from 30^th of June to 2^nd of July 2012 in The Kensington Hotel on 109-113 Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5LR.  In order to confirm individual reservations, it is expected that delegates contact the hotel directly (Tel: +44 (0)207 969 3913; Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) by quoting the reference number IMPE300612 and make individual bookings by providing their card details as a guarantee.  The rooms are subject to availability and any unsold rooms will be released after 1^st June 2012.