EAMBES Niilo Saranummi ProTem Group

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EAMBESNiilo SaranummiProTem Group

• STATUS REPORT

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MEMBERSProTem GROUP

• Joe Barbanel, UK
• Marcello Bracale, Italy
• Enrique Gomez, Spain
• Helmut Hutten, Austria
• Dov Jaron, IFMBE
• Ratko Magjarevic, Croatia
• Joachim Nagel, Germany
• Christian Roux, France, IEEE-EMBS
• Niilo Saranummi, Finland (chair)
• Jos vander Sloten, Belgium, ESEM
• Jan Wojcicki, Poland

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ACTIVITIES
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CONTENTS

• 1st EMBEC, creation of ad-hoc committee by IFMBE,
  Dec 1999
• Endorsement, Vienna, August 2000 creation of
  the ProTem group
• THE WHY
• Status (December 2002)
• Logo Web site
• Constitution and Bylaws
• Recruitment of members
• MBE programs in Europe
• MBES Forum
• Business plan
• After Vienna

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Why create EAMBES?

• Because of
• MBE education
• Research funding
• Professional standing

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WHAT IS MBE(IFMBE definition)
Medical and Biological Engineering integrates
physical, mathematical and life sciences and
engineering principles for the study of biology,
medicine and health systems and for the
application of technology to improving health and
quality of life. It creates knowledge from the
molecular to organ systems levels, develops
materials, devices, systems, information
approaches, technology management, and methods
for assessment and evaluation of technology, for
the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of
disease, for health care delivery and for patient
care and rehabilitation.
An interdisciplinary field of science recognised
by ICSU
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MAIN CONSIDERATIONSEAMBES

• Its objective is to promote medical and
  biological engineering in Europe
• It must add value and not compete with or try to
  replace existing mechanisms
• Member of IFMBE
• Setting it up is a process that must be carried
  out in a dialogue with the representatives of the
  European MBE community
• Vienna resolution from August 2001 has been
  endorsed by all
• An inclusive alliance of all MBE actors in Europe
• societies (individuals)
• academic programs and institutions research
  institutes
• industry
• others

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OBJECTIVESEAMBES

• Serve and promote MBES at European and
  International levels
• Foster and co-ordinate the activities of member
  organisations in MBES and collaborate, where
  appropriate, with national and international
  organisations, particularly the IFMBE
• Serve and promote MBES education, training and
  accreditation programmes
• Establish recommendations for the appropriate
  general responsibilities organisational
  relationships and roles of those engaged in the
  field of MBES
• Establish and maintain liaison with national and
  European governments and agencies
• Promote public awareness of MBES
• Improve intersociety relations and co-operation
  in Europe within MBES and related fields
• Encourage and assist in the formation of
  organisations in MBES where such organisations do
  not exist
• Recognise individual and group achievements and
  contributions to the field of MBES

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EUROPE and MBE
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CREATION OF THEEUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA

• Sorbonne 1998 ? Bologna 1999 ? Salamanca 2001 ?
  Prague 2001 identified themes
• Freedom with responsibility Empowering the
  universities
• Employability in the European labour market
• Mobility in the European higher education area
• Compatibility a common but flexible
  qualifications framework
• Quality assurance and accreditation
• Competitiveness at home and in the world

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CREATION OF THEEUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA

• Objective Better co-ordination of research
  across Europe
• Create teams with critical mass
• Focus on themes of importance (i.e. establish
  priorities)
• Rearrangement of physical resources networking
  of teams
• Means
• Collaboration of national funding agencies
• bi- and multinational RD programs
• ESF, EUREKA, COST
• possibly a European Research Council
• Commissions Framework Programs
• New Instruments in 6th FP
• Networks of Excellence
• Integrated Projects

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CREATION OF THEEUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA
European Research Area
National programmes
European research policy
Open Coordination
Framework programme
European organisations
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USE OF HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY

• EU Directives
• Medical devices
• Implantable medical devices
• In vitro diagnostics
• Hazard reporting
• Safe use of medical devices
• Periodic inspections of X-ray machines
• Clinical engineering as a profession
• Management of health technology investment

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THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
Co-ordination of research priorities across
Europe
Creation of a European Higher Educational Area
Creation of a European Research Area (ERA)
Framework programs for RD of the EU
Sorbonne ? Bologna ? Prague declarations
Innovation
Networks of Excellence
Projects
universities
students
Infrastructure
Industry
Healthcare
Certification of Professions
MBE
Expanding EU Central Eastern Europe
HCT management
Directives CE mark
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LOGO WEB SITE

• www.eambes.org
• Prof. Enrique Gomez, GBT, UPM, Madrid, Spain

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CONSTITUTION BYLAWS

• A draft was sent out on November 11th and also
  uploaded to the EAMBES web site
• The ProTem group met Tuesday, December 3rd and
  decided to propose a much simpler and more
  streamlined Constitution and Bylaws for EAMBES
• The major changes to the November 11th version
  are the following (next slide)

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MAJOR CHANGES

• Only one single Division of Societies with two
  sections one for the national and one for the
  transeuropean societies
• Flattened hierarchy
• The Divisions elect the members of the Council.
  There are 22 members in total on the Council.
  Society Division elects 10 members. The other
  Divisions each elect four members.
• The Council governs EAMBES and among other things
  elects the Board.
• The running of the daily activities is carried
  out by a Board of five officers.
• The terms
• Council members 2 years ( 1 additional term)
• Board
• President 1 year
• Secretary Treasurer 2 years ( 2 additional
  terms)

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STRUCTURE
Board (5 officers)
Council (22 members)
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Division of Societies
Division of Acad. Programs
Division of Industry
Division of Fellows
National societies
Research institutes
Academic programs
Academic institutes
Industry associations
Trans- eureuropean societies
Companies
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RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERSDUES

• Societies
• 2 Euro / member
• proportioned to GDP / capita for non-EU member
  countries
• Academic programs
• Open (200 Euro?)
• Industry
• Open
• Fellows
• Open (50 Euro ?)
• A simple calculation gt Total 20 - 30 kEuro /
  year
• 4000 members gt 8 000 Euro
• 50 academic programs gt 10 000 Euro
• Industry ?
• 100 Fellows gt 5 000 Euro

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RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERSVOTING

• Societies
• 10 seats on the Council
• 5 for national societies
• 5 for transeuropean societies
• Voting for delegates
• logarithmic scale
• 1 vote 1-35 members
• 2 votes 36 - 299 members
• 3 votes 300 - 2999 members
• 4 vote 3000 - members
• Academic programs (Four seats on the Council)
• Open
• Industry (Four seats on the Council)
• Open
• Fellows (Four seats on the Council)
• Open

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RECRUITMENT OF MEMBERS

• Societies
• Those who endorsed the Vienna resolution
• all European IFMBE -affiliated national societies
  ESEM EMBS
• Additionally interest
• European Society on Artifical Organs, European
  Society for Biomechanics and European Association
  for Clinical Engineering
• Additionally a full list of societies
• National and Transeuropean
• Academic programs and institutions and research
  institutes
• Industry

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BUSINESS PLAN

• The dues paid by EAMBES members will not be able
  to support the level of required activity gt
• EAMBES has to access other sources of income
• Additionally EAMBES will have to rely on its
  membership volunteering time for the good of all
• We have today 100 kEuro from the EU Commission to
  do a cartography of MBE resources in Europe
  (CHART) in 12 months
• Expected outcomes
• a web-based directory of who is who in MBE in
  Europe
• catalysing the creation of Networks of Excellence
  in MBE
• Additional projects to be identified and
  submitted for funding in 2003

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MBE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN EUROPE

• Our response to the Bologna Declaration and the
  process
• Accreditation guidelines (Joachim Nagel)
• MBE programs (eg. Fridays sessions)
• Mobility of students and teachers
• Recognition of qualifications across Europe
• gt Come tomorrow to the sessions on MBE education

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MBES FORUM

• Taking place now
• Organised by the ProTem group
• An annual event in the future
• Organised by EAMBES
• Focus on policy making policy makers across
  Europe
• Not to compete with scientific conferences

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AFTER VIENNNA

• Finalise the Constitution and Bylaws based on
  inputs from Vienna and send them for comments and
  conditional approval to ALL
• Deadline for receipt of comments
• Provisional ProTem group meeting to finalise the
  CB and prepare for the meeting to establish
  EAMBES
• Meeting of Founding Members of EAMBES to create
  the organisation and to elect its initial Board
  (officers)

• December 15
• April 15
• April 27-28
• in June (date to be announced)

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WHY BECOME A MEMBERWhat services will EAMBES
provide

• Europe is changing. EAMBES is our vehicle to be a
  participant in that process by providing inputs
  to
• Education
• Research funding
• Professional standing
• BUT
• It will not work unless everyone participates and
  enables EAMBES to represent the European MBE
  community
• inclusiveness (weight)
• proactive

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DISCUSSION Q A