European Society for Biomaterials

European Society for Biomaterials

The European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) was established in March 1976, thanks to the efforts of the scientists interested in this very novel, at that time, discipline – biomaterials science. Today, the ESB is a modern thriving organization gathering over 750 members from 33 different countries. The Statutes says that its objectives are:

• To encourage, foster, promote and develop research, progress and information concerning the science of biomaterials, as well as to promote, initiate, sustain and bring to a satisfactory conclusion research with others and programs of development and information in this particular field.
• To collaborate with other associations and bodies whose efforts are directed at the same objectives and whose interests are allied with or are similar to those of the Society itself.
• To promote the propagation of scientific information through publications and meetings.
• To co-operate with other scientific organizations, governmental and private bodies, both national and international, in order to establish regulations and standards for biomaterials in general.
• To encourage progress in the field of biomaterials in all its aspects, including research, teaching and clinical applications, as well as to foster any other activity pertinent thereto.

The Polish Society for Biomaterials, due to the agreement of the statutes objectives, has been collaborating with the ESB for many years now, proudly bearing the title of an ‘Affiliated Society’. Cooperation between PSB and ESB has also expressed in the presence of the ESB Council members and other ESB scientists as plenary lecturers at the "Biomaterials in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine” conferences, organized in Rytro, Poland. For some years now, one of the important elements of the conference has been the Best Poster and Rapid-Fire competition organized under the auspices of the Young Scientists Forum of the ESB. The Springer publishing house, thanks to the efforts of YSF, sponsored book vouchers as prizes for the winners of the competition. In addition, the jubilee of the 25^th anniversary of the PSB conferences coincided with the 40^th anniversary of the European Society for Biomaterials and ESB funded a special "Best Poster" award. Of course, the cooperation between the associations has intensified when the 27^th European Conference on Biomaterials was awarded to the Polish Society for Biomaterials. Recently, ESB has endorsed another initiative of PSB – the organization of the 4^th International Conference on Biomedical Polymers & Polymeric Biomaterials. We hope that, in the years to come, partnership between European and Polish Societies for Biomaterials will remain as valuable as it has been.