LaserForum 2016

Medical Laser Applications
Nov 3, 2016
NIFE, Stadtfelddamm 34, 30625 Hanover
This year's LaserForum will deal with "Medical Laser Applications" at NIFE (Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development) in Hanover, on November 3, 2016. The focus is on the production of medical products, the applications of lasers in medicine and laser diagnostics.

The LaserForum regularly and comprehensively addresses selected questions, problems and trends in the application of laser technology along the entire value chain. The Forum offers a platform for discussion and exchange of ideas among experts. It is aimed at developers, manufacturers and users of laser technology.

The LaserForum is organized by the IVAM Microtechnology Network in cooperation with renowned partners Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. and Ruhr University Bochum (RUB).

The program

Business Partner


Thursday, November 3, 2016
09:30
Willkommenskaffee / Registrierung
10:00
Begrüßung
Dr. Manfred W. Elff
NIFE, Niedersächsisches Zentrum für Biomedizintechnik, Implantatforschung und Entwicklung, Hannover, DE
Dr. Dietmar Kracht
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, DE
Dr. Thomas R. Dietrich
IVAM Fachverband für Mikrotechnik, Hannover, DE
10:10
KEYNOTE: Laser in der Medizinischen Forschung: Von Mikro zu Makro
Prof. Dr. Alexander Heisterkamp
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, DE
10:40
KEYNOTE: Kontinuierliche Glucosemessungen mittels Quantenkaskadenlaser
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Ostendorf
Ruhr-Universität Bochum/LAT, Bochum, DE
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weigel
Ruhr-Universität Bochum/LAT, Bochum, DE
11:10
KEYNOTE: Künstliche Organe durch generative Fertigung mit Laserstrahlung - Fiktion oder Wirklichkeit?
Dr. Arnold Gillner
Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT, Aachen, DE
11:40
Kaffeepause & Networking
12:00
Vorstellung des NIFE
Dr. Manfred W. Elff
NIFE, Niedersächsisches Zentrum für Biomedizintechnik, Implantatforschung und Entwicklung, Hannover, DE
12:15
Biofabrication for NIFE
Nadine Kommerein
NIFE, Niedersächsisches Zentrum für Biomedizintechnik, Implantatforschung und Entwicklung, Hannover, DE
12:45
Mittagspause & Networking
13:45
Führung durch das NIFE
15:00
Von der Mikro- zur Makroskopie – Durchblick im Durchbruch!
Dr. Heinrich Spiecker
LaVision BioTec GmbH, Bielefeld, DE
15:30
Principles of Laser Use in Neurosurgery
Prof. Dr. med. Hans Christoph Ludwig
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, DE
16:00
Femto Applications in Ophthalmology - What tomorrow might bring
Dr. Holger Lubatschowski
ROWIAK GmbH, Hannover, DE
16:30
Abschlussdiskussion
17:00
Ende der Veranstaltung

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