9:00 Start Opening Sesion - Technical University Iasi – T1 Theatre (close to “Rectorat” in Romanian)
8:00 Registration - Technical University Iasi – T1 Theatre
Departure to this location will be by bus, on 22 July, 7:45 AM, in front of “Unirea” Hotel

Please reserve your calendar also for July 25, when we will tour the Monasteries of Northern Moldavia.

Aim and scope

    This Symposium will offer a forum to discuss assistive and recuperative technologies that will have the most impact on humans health and quality of life in the coming decade. 

The Symposium will offer to attendants the opportunity to participate in:

• overviews the state-of-the-art in selected disciplines (tutorials and keynotes)
• presentation of recent research results (oral and poster presentations)
• cross-disciplinary discussions, resulting in research ideas, techniques or collaboration initiatives (panels and break-off discussions on interdisciplinary topics, emerging technologies, new research initiatives).

The range of topics of interest is broad across diverse technologies, including the development and use of

• new materials and structures, procedures, robotics and prosthetic devices, information technologies supporting diagnostic and intervention, computerized diagnostic, monitoring and therapy, organ/tissue/blood/marrow preservation /banks;
• biotechnologies,  managed healthcare,  neuro-robotics,  biofeedback devices,  bioinformatics, human genetic engineering, genetic technologies for therapy and enhancement;
• new techniques and technologies in neurosurgery, brain implants, neuro/brain-machine interfaces  and control,  stem cells engineering, tissue engineering, artificial and bio-artificial organs,  novel medical devices and systems, etc.

Submissions are sought in all of the above areas. However, a special focus of the 2009 ARTIPED is on technologies benefiting from the revolution in robotics and prosthetic devices . Thus, special sessions will be organized on the following topics:

• Therapeutic and surgery robots for minimally invasive and remote operation procedures;
• Assistive and caregiving robotics and systems;
• Endoprosthetic devices, technologies and procedures for restoring functionality
• Exoprosthetic devices, technologies and procedures, exoskeletons and other systems for restoring mobility;
• Prosthetic technologies for systems for coping with perception, control and communication impairments (hearing, speech, and vision assistive systems, brain-machine interfaces  and control, neuro-robotics),
• Robotics and automation in genetic/stem cell/tissue engineering, intelligent information processing in new devices and robots ,
  

The Symposium will offer the attendents the opportunity to participate in:
(1) overviews the state-of-the-art in selected disciplines (tutorials and keynotes)
(2) presentation of recent research results (oral and poster presentations)
(3) cross-disciplinary discussions, resulting in research ideas, techniques or collaboration initiatives (panels and break-off discussions on interdisciplinary topics, emerging technologies, new research initiatives).

To set the framework the participants are invited to review roadmaps, such as the roadmap for robotics in medicine.

ARTIPED  2009 will take place in Iasi , Romania . The capital of the medieval principality of Moldavia , Iasi is a city immersed in history and culture, yet trendy and vibrant due to the tens of thousands of university students that live in Romania's oldest - and second largest  -university city.  The social program will include a tour to the famous painted monasteries of Northern Moldavia and Iasi sightseeing.
 ARTIPED 2009 is part of AT-EQUAL 2009 which also includes:

July 22-24, 2009
2nd ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behaviours in Robotic Systems .
An important theme in 2009 will be Learning and adaptation in robots robots
working within environments in close proximity to other robots and humans

ISRIS July 22-26, 2009 The International School on Robotics and Intelligent Systems , with the theme: Assistive robots and systems for healthcare and rehabilitation

Papers/contributions

We invite 6-page research papers for presentations, or 2-page position papers for panels and discussion, to be uploaded on the website.  The proceedings will be publised by IEEE.

Special Sessions

If you wish to organize/chair, or help in the organization of a special session on an emerging research topic   please contact Adrian.Stoica@jpl.nasa.gov.

Special sessions:

Tissue engineering and stem cells
Contact: Session Chair- Luminita Simion,  luminitasimion@yahoo.com

Robotics/prosthetics in neurosurgery
Contact: Session Chair-  Ion Poeata , ipoeata@gmail.com

Important Dates

Proposals for special sessions	March 9, 2009
Deadline for papers:	April 29, 2009
Late breaking papers (2 pages)	April 29, 2009
Author notification:	May 6, 2009
Camera ready:	May 15, 2009
Poster due	June 10, 2008
Poster acceptance	June 15, 2009
Author/Early registration:	May 30, 2009

Organisation

Symposium Chair

Paul Botez,„Gr. T. Popa”  University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania

Symposium Co-chairs

Adrian Lobontiu, Henri-Mondor Hospital, France
Paul Dan Sirbu,  „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania      

Advisory Committee

Vasile Astarastoae, „Gr. T. Popa”  University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Kayoko Ishii, NISTEP, Japan
Neville Marzwell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
Stan Smits, Philips Healthcare, The Netherlands

Steering Committee

Paul Botez, „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Dragos Pieptu, „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Ion Poeata,„Gr. T. Popa”  University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Mircea Slanina, ECSIS, Romania
Adrian Stoica, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu, Technical University "Gh Asachi", Iasi, Romania
Dan Zaharia, „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania       

Program Chair

Adrian Stoica, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA

Program Committee (to be completed)

Frederic Colledani, CEA, France
Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy
Ayanna Howard, Georgia Inst of Technology, USA
Daniel Howard, United Kingdom
Dirk Lefeber, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Alexandru Morega,Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Vasile Palade, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Jos Vander Sloten, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Paul S. Schenker, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
Abdel-Badeeh Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Luminita Simion, University Hospital Saint Spiridon Iasi, Romania
Dan Stoianovici, John Hopkins University, USA
Adriana Tapus, U. Southern California, USA
Jim Torresen, University of Oslo, Norway

Local Organizing Chairs

Radu Ciorap, „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy,  Iasi, Romania
Mircea Slanina, ECSIS, Romania

Local Organizing Committee

Florin Munteanu, „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Dragos Arotaritei„Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania    
Ioan Doroftei, TUI, Romania
Marius Hagan, TUI, Romania
Raluca Ganea, EPFL Switzerland and ECSIS
Ahmed El-Rayis, University of Edinburgh, UK