Medical 3D Printing
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
Mohawk College educates and serves 30,000 full-time, part-time, apprenticeship and international students at three campuses and two City School locations at the Eva Rothwell Resource Centre and the Central Public Library in Hamilton, Ontario. Mohawk has ranked first among all Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area colleges in student satisfaction for seven consecutive years and first in graduate satisfaction for the past five years. Mohawk ranks 15th among all colleges in Canada for applied research activity and has been named among Canada’s greenest employers and the region’s top employers for the past three years.