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Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Organizers & Sponsors 2

Committee 3

General Information 4

Maps 7

Scientific program 10

Bylaws of the Proposed Association

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY of Simulation in BIOMECHANICS

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Exhibition 19

Dear colleagues and friends, We are pleased to have the honor to organize the 4th International Symposium & Workshop on VIMS (Virtual Interactive Musculoskeletal System) at the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 28th-29th October, 2010. We expect the exchange of research idea and experience among the participants will stimulate the application of technology in musculoskeletal bioengineering. The conference has gained supports from several well-known scholars in USA and they will give keynote lectures in the conference. We anticipate that the keynote lectures and all the presentations will also promote close links among bioengineering communities in different countries. On behalf of organizing committee, we welcome you to join the 4th VIMS Conference & Workshop and visit the historical and cultural city of Tainan. Your participation will be a great honor to us. Wish you a nice journey to Taiwan.

Foreword

Sincerely yours,

Edmund YS Chao, Ph.D.,

Congress Chair, VIMS-4

Emeritus Professor

Mayo Clinic & Johns Hopkins University

USA

Fong-Chin Su, Ph.D.,

Congress Co-Chair, VIMS-4

Distinguished Professor

Institute of Biomedical Engineering

National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, TAIWAN

The 4th International Symposium & Workshop on VIMS Oct. 28-29, Tainan, Taiwan

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Organizers

Sponsors

http://www.uchanter.com.tw/

http://www.amplemed.com.tw/

http://www.you-shang.com.tw/

http://www.pitotech.com.tw/

http://www.qualisys.com/

http://www.instron.com.tw

http://www.ptiphoenix.com/

http://www.sinodynamics.com.tw/

http://www.memstec.com.tw/

http://www.cheminent.com.tw/origin/eng/

http://www.gatw.com/

http://www.ndigital.com/

http://www.sportsartfitness.com/

National Chung Kung University http://www.ncku.edu.tw/

Taiwanese Society of Biomechanics http://www.tsb-web.org.tw/

Taiwanese Society of Biomechanics in Sports http://sites.google.com/site/tsbsorg/

http://www.edu.tw/ http://www.nsc.gov.tw/


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Symposium Chair

Edmund YS Chao Fong-Chin Su

Committee

Secretary General

Hwai-Ting Lin Hung-Wen Wu

Facilities

Pi-Chen Hsu Cheng-Feng Lin

Social Program

Wen-Lan Wu Lan-Yuan Kuo

Scientific Program

Chih-Han Chang Tung-Wu Lu

Financial Manage

Li-Chieh Kuo

International Scientific Committee

Kai-Nan An, USA Cheng-Kung Cheng, Taiwan Nozomu Inoue, USA Ming-Shaung Ju, Taiwan Qin Liu, China Hong-bin Lu, China Yasuo Nakamura, Japan Lin-Hwa Wang, Taiwan Saiwei Yang, Taiwan


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Venue

General Information

The 4th International Symposium & Workshop on VIMS (Virtual Interactive Musculoskeletal System) will be held on October 28-29, 2010. The venue is Lecture room 3 in B1 floor of International Conference Hall at Kuang-Fu Campus in National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

Duration of 4th VIMS Conference & Workshop

October 28-29, 2010

Registration Desk & Time October 28-29, 2010 08:10am During the symposium, you can register and pick up your nametag and congress satchel and lunch ticket at the Registration Desk outside the Multifunctional Conference Room. Please wear nametag when you attend all the symposium events.

Information Desk The Information Desk is located near the Registration Desk, the Conference Services will be here.

Preparation Desk The Preparation Desk is located near the Lecture Room 3 and will be open at 08:00am – 17:00pm, 28 October and 08:00am – 10:20am, 29 October. All speakers can check their presentation materials in this area.

Guideline for Session Chairs Session chairpersons are requested to be available in the respective lecture

room 10 minutes before the beginning of the session in order to check the facilities with the responsible technician and AV staff.

The chairpersons are advised to strictly keep the schedule on time. If you have any problems, please contact the AV staff in your room immediately. In rare cases where the presenter does not show, please take a break for that 15 minute time period rather than move on to the next speaker.

For every speaker, we will allocate 25 minutes for lecture plus 5 minutes for discussions. In every lecture, we have first ringing at the 24th minute and in the 25th minute, there will twice ringing and the lamplight in the lecture room will be opened. For discussion time, there will first ringing at the 3rd minute and twice ringing at the 5th minute.

Cell phones must be in power-off mode in the lecture rooms at all times. Cell


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phones in the on-mode will noticeably disturb the acoustic reproduction in the lecture room. The chairmen are requested to check this before the beginning of the session.

Instructions for Presenters Oral Presentations Each oral presentation will be limited to 30 minutes, allowing 5 minutes for

questions and discussion (25 min + 5 min).We have first ringing at the 24th minute and in the 25th minute, there will twice ringing and the lamplight in the lecture room will be open. For discussion time, there will first ringing at the 3rd minute and twice ringing at the 5th minute.

Please visit the session room at least 10 minutes before the starting time of your session, and tell your name and paper title to the session chairperson.

Please adhere to the time limit in order that the subsequent presenters have an equal opportunity to present and discuss their work.

You have to upload your presentation files (CD or USB flash drive) to the computer in the speaker preparation desk at least 1 hour prior to your presentation.

The speakers preparation desk will be open 8:00 AM-17:00 PM, 28 October and 8:00 AM-10:20 AM, 29 October.

We strongly recommend checking your presentation in the speakers preparation desk for compatibility with our system before your presentation.

The equipments provided in the presentation room are i) laptop computer (Windows XP, Microsoft Powerpoint, Adobe Reader), ii) LCD project, and iii) laser pointer.

Poster Presentations We will provide mounting materials. The poster presenters will be required to stand at their poster from

10:40AM-12:00 NOON on 28 October. Presenters should have their posters up by no later than 10:00 AM on 28

October, and the poster should be taken down by 18:00PM on the same day. Any posters that are not removed by 18:00PM will be disposed of.

The number assigned to each poster will be in the upper left corner of the poster board.

Tea Break & Lunch Refreshments will be served during break time. Lunch will be prepared at the Multifunctional Conference Room of 1st floor of International Conference and lunch ticket is required.


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Lunch ticket Outdated lunch tickets are voided.

Lunch Ticket (Oct 28) Lunch is served during 12:10‐13:30 at Multifunctional Conference Room, National Cheng Kung University

Lunch Ticket (Oct 29) Lunch is served during 12:00‐13:00 at Multifunctional Conference Room, National Cheng Kung University

Baggage Storage Please contact the Information Desk. Please carry valuables with you; we are not responsible for any loss.

Need help? Every staff at the Information booth will be glad to assist you.

Effective Date


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Map of NCKU Campus

Zenda Suites

Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Tainan

Venue

Zenda Suites

NCKU Tzuchiang Campus stop

NCKU Kuangfu Campus(NCKU Hospital) Stop


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Map of Venue(1F)


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Map of Venue(B1)


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Scientific Program October 28 (Thursday) 08:10 Registration 08:30-08:40 Opening Remark

Fong- Chin Su, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Edmund YS Chao, Emeritus Professor, Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University

Session Chair: Fong-Chin Su

08:40-09:20 Simulation, the Vital Technology for Engineering & Biomechanics -Do We Need a Society for this Discipline? Edmund YS Chao, Emeritus Professor, Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University

09:20-09:50 Computational analysis of bone structure and remodeling under Surgical Operation and Disuse Conditions Masao Tanaka, Osaka University, Japan

Session Chair: Edmund YS Chao 09:50-10:20 Biomechanical Modeling of the Hand

Fong- Chin Su, Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 10:20-10:50 Determination of Facet Joint Contact Area and Pressure using

Simulation Techniques Nozomu Inoue, Rush University Medical Center, USA

10:50-12:00 Tea Break & Poster Exhibition 12:10-13:30 Lunch

Medical Devices & Health Technology Workshop: Nozomu Inoue 13:30-14:00 Computer-Aided Bone Fracture Reduction and Bone Deformity

Correction under External Fixation Isao Ohnishi, University of Tokyo, Japan

14:00-14:30 Characterising a Jount by Its Stiffness Invariants Neriman Ozada, Brunel University, London, UK

14:30-15:00 The Application of VIMS in Implant Design and Optimization: Experiences from Our Lab Qin Liu, Beijing Montagne Medical Device Co.Ltd., China

15:00-15:20 Tea Break Medical Devices & Health Technology Workshop: Chih-Han Chang

15:20-15:50 Biomechanical Consideration of Motion Preservation Implant in Spine Yoon Hyuk Kim, Kyung Hee Medical University, Korea

15:50-16:20 Multiobjective Optimization Study of Orthopedic Screws with


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Genetic Algorithm: Mathematical Models and Mechanical Validation Jinn Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

16:20-16:50 Pitfalls of Computer-aided Navigation Technology in Total Knee Replacement Surgery Robert Wen-Wei Hsu, Superintendent of Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

16:50-17:20 Development of Finite Element Submodeling Technique for Simulating Dental Micro Interfacial Mechanics Chun-Li Lin, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

October 29 (Friday) 08:10 Registration

Session Chair: Masao Tanaka 09:10-09:40 From Crash Dummy to Virtual Human Based Automotive Safety

King H. Yang, Wayne State University, USA 09:40-10:10 Applications of Finite Element Analysis in Orthopedic

Biomechanics -From Head to Toe Simulation Saiwei Yang, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

10:10-10:30 Tea Break Session Chair: Isao Ohnishi

10:30-11:00 Biomechanical simulation of various surface roughness and geometric designs on an immediately loaded dental implant Heng-Li Huang, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

11:00-11:30

Simulation of Chewing in Autonomous Jaw-Movement Robot JSN/3 Toyohiko Hayashi, Professor, Niigata University, Japan

11:30-12:00 The Hip Contact Pressure Distribution and Contact Area at Various Exercises Hwai-Ting Lin, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Session Chair: Edmund YS Chao 12:00-13:00 The Innovative Design Process in Medical Devices - The

Development of an Adjustable Neck Brace with Cervical Thoracic Orthosis, A Case Study Steve Burke, Director of R&D, Aspen Medical Inc., Irvine CA, USA

13:10-13:30 Closing Ceremony


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Bylaws of the Proposed Association INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY of Simulation in BIOMECHANICS

(ISSB)

§1: Name, domicile and scope of activities

1) The name of the Association shall be “INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY of SIMULATION in BIOMECHANICS (ISSB)”.

2) The association shall locate its headquarters at Tainan, Taiwan. It is domiciled in Taiwan and has worldwide activities.

§2: Purpose

1) The association is a non-profit organization. The purpose of the Association is to promote research, education and clinical application related to biomechanical analysis of musculoskeletal systems using the simulation technology and its foremost purpose is to improve patient care related to orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine and rehabilitation sciences. It also serves as a forum for intellectual exchange among engineers, scientists, allied health personnel, physicians and other persons interested in simulation technology, promotes advances in the field of biological structure, image and biomechanical analysis and ongoing education of persons engaged in the field of biomechanics and image analysis.

§3: Means for achieving the purpose of the Association

1) The purpose of the Association is to be achieved by both the intangible and tangible means as specified in paragraphs 2 and 3.

2) Intangible means are obtained by: a) organizing symposiums or conventions of engineers, physicians and scientists from different

countries and of multiple disciplines; b) publishing scientific papers in a number of media; c) creating and maintaining a web site; d) promoting cooperation among persons interested in simulation in biomechanics and promoting

exchange of information among them; e) prompting relationships with related fields of biomechanics and simulation technology and other

professional and scientific associations; f) producing guidelines.

3) The tangible means shall be raised through a) registration fees and membership dues; b) incidental profits resulting from organizing scientific conventions and other events and

undertakings of the association itself; c) grants awarded to the association by manufacturing industries or other entities; d) donations, fund raising drives, bequests and other contributions to the association.

§4: Categories of membership

1) There shall be three membership classifications as set forth below. 2) Regular members are assigned all membership rights and duties. 3) Honorary members are awarded this status based on a history of significant contributions to the

field of biomechanics & simulation technology. 4) Industrial membership has the same privilege and obligations as that for the general membership.


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§5: Becoming a member

1) Medical doctors, researchers, engineers and other persons with medically related qualifications, knowledge and expertise in musculoskeletal biomechanics and related simulation technology can apply for regular membership. The Board shall decide on admission of members. The application for regular membership is to be addressed to the Membership Chair of the Association and shall be accompanied by letters of recommendation from two regular members of the association. Admission may be refused without giving reason.

2) Honorary members are endorsed by the Membership Chair and the Board upon recommendation by the President, a member of the Board or a member of the society.

3) Industry involves the development and application of simulation software system and the users of this technology.

§6: Termination of membership

1) Membership shall terminate upon death, in the case of legal entities and partnerships with legal capacity whenever the legal personality ceases to exist, or by resignation or expulsion.

2) Resignation from the association is possible at any time by written notice given to the Board. 3) The Board may expel a member who in spite of two written reminders and a reasonable extension

of the term is in arrears with payment of membership dues. The obligation to pay any overdue membership dues is not affected by the aforesaid.

4) Expulsion of a member from the association may also be decided by the Board for gross violation of other membership duties and for dishonorable behavior.

5) Cancellation of honorary membership may be decided by the Board for the reasons specified in paragraph 4.

§7: Rights and duties of the members

1) Members have the right to attend all events of the Association and to make use of its facilities. Members may be required to pay a registration fee for some Association events. Regular Members have the right to vote in the General Meeting and run for an office. Regular members are required to pay an annual membership fee as determined by the General Meeting. The Board may elect to request payment of the annual membership fee on a biennial basis. Honorary members are not required to pay an annual membership fee.

2) Each member has the right to receive a copy of the Association bylaws. 3) A quorum (defined as least one tenth part of the members) may request the Board to convene a

General Meeting. 4) In each General Meeting the members shall be given information on the activities and the financial

situation of the Association. Whenever at least one out of ten members so requests and gives the reasons for such request, the Board shall give such information to the membership within four weeks of such a request.

5) The Board shall inform the members on the audited financial statements (rendering of accounts). 6) The members are obligated to promote the interests of the Association with their best efforts and to

refrain from anything, which might jeopardize the reputation and the purpose of the association. They shall comply with the Association’s bylaws and with the resolutions of the officers and legal bodies of the Association.

7) Each industrial member can assign one representative to attend the membership meeting in order to exercise their rights

§8: Officers and governing bodies

1) The officers and governing bodies of the association are the General Meeting, the Board, the Nominating Committee, the financial auditors and the panel of arbitration. Additional auditors can be appointed optionally.


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§9: The General Meeting

1) The General Meeting is the “meeting of the members” [Mitgliederversammlung] in terms of the Associations Act [Vereinsgesetz, VereinsG] 2002. A regular General Meeting shall take place every two years, to the extent possible on the occasion and at the place of the Symposium ON VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM, otherwise at the domicile of the association. In keeping with the international spirit of the organization, the location of the General Meeting may rotate among the regions of the world and the Board will approve a meeting location according to appropriate proposals presented by the ISSB members.

2) A special meeting shall take place upon a) a resolution of the Board or of the regular General Meeting, b) a motion filed in writing by at least one out of every ten members, c) upon request of the auditors (§ 21 (5) sentence one of VereinsG), d) a resolution of the (an) auditor(s) (§ 21 (5) second sentence of VereinsG, § 11 (2) third clause

of the subject bylaws), 3) An order of a court appointed guardian (§ 11 (2) last sentence of the subject bylaws) within a four

weeks’ period. 4) All members shall be invited to the regular and special General Meetings at least two weeks before

their scheduled date in writing, by telefax or by e-mail (to the fax number or e-mail address communicated to the association by the member). The invitation to attend a General Meeting shall contain the agenda. The meeting shall be convened by the Board (subparagraphs 1 and 2 lit a-c), by the/an auditor/s (subparagraph 2 lit d) or by a court appointed guardian (subparagraph 2 lit e)

5) Motions for the General Meeting shall be filed with the Board at least two days before the scheduled date in writing, by telefax or by e-mail.

6) Legally effective resolutions can be adopted only for items on the agenda – with the exception of resolutions on a motion to convene a special meeting. Motions from the floor can be added to the agenda upon resolution of the General Meeting. The addition of a new item to the agenda of the General Meeting requires a majority vote of the regular members present at the meeting.

7) All members are authorized to attend the General Meeting. Only regular members have the right to vote with each having one vote. Honorary members shall not have the right to vote. By way of a power of attorney issued in writing, members may appoint other members proxies for exercising their right to vote.

8) There shall be a quorum in the General Meeting irrespective of the number of members present. 9) In general, the elections shall be held and the resolutions adopted with a simple majority of the

valid votes cast. Resolutions modifying the bylaws of the Association or dissolving the Association shall be adopted with a qualified majority of two thirds of the votes cast and valid.

10) The President will preside over the General Meeting. If the President is prevented from attending, the President-elect shall preside over the General Meeting. If the latter one is also prevented from such activity, the Secretary followed by the most senior Board Member shall preside over the General Meeting. Before the office of the President-elect is installed the Secretary followed by the most senior Board Member shall preside over the General Meeting in case that the President is prevented from attending.

§10: Duties of the General Meeting

1) The following matters are reserved to the General Meeting: a) Adopting the resolution on the budget; b) Approval of the management report and the financial statements, in this act the financial

auditors shall be involved. c) Election and removal of the Members of the Board and of the auditors; d) Approval of transactions entered into between auditors and the associations; e) Formal approval of the conduct of business of the Board; f) Decision on the amount of the membership dues for regular members. g) Adopting resolutions modifying the bylaws and deciding on the voluntary dissolution of the

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h) Deliberations and adopting resolutions on other items of the agenda.

§11: Management Board

1) The Board consists of the President, President-elect, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Honorary President (for the first three years and then replaced by the immediate past President), and an additional six members for a total of 11 regular members. Board members shall serve without compensation and cannot receive any remuneration as employees of the Association.

2) The Board shall have geographic diversity. Of the 11 members of the Board, at least 3 shall reside in each of the following three regions: a) Europe b) North and South America c) Asia and Pan-Pacific

3) The Board shall be elected by the General Meeting upon proposal of the Nominating Committee. If an elected Board Member resigns or is removed from office, the Board has the right to appoint in his/her place another Member eligible to be elected, and for such appointment the approval of the General Meeting shall be obtained retroactively. If, without being completed by co-opting, the Board is not available at all or for an unpredictably long period of time, each auditor has the obligation to promptly convene a special General Meeting in order to elect a new Board. If also the auditors are not able to act, each regular member aware of the emergency shall request the court of law having jurisdiction to appoint a legal guardian who shall without delay convene a special General Meeting.

4) The term of office of the Board members shall be two years; re-election is admissible except the President. The maximum term of office shall be six years not including the secretary and the treasurer. Each office of the Board shall be performed in person.

5) The Board shall be convened by the President in writing or by word of mouth, and if he is prevented from attending, by the President-elect followed by the Secretary. If the latter are also prevented from attending for an unpredictably long period of time, any other Board member may convene the Board. Before the office of the President-elect is installed the Secretary followed by a Past-President shall convene the Board in case that the President is prevented from attending. If the latter are also prevented from attending for an unpredictably long period of time, any other Board member may convene the Board.

6) There shall be a quorum in the Board if all of its members have been invited and at least half of them are present.

7) The Board adopts resolutions with a simple majority of the votes; in case of a tie, the vote of the President shall be the casting vote.

8) The Board shall be chaired by the President, and if he or she is prevented from attending, by the President-elect followed by the Secretary. If the latter are also prevented from attending, such Board Member present who is oldest in seniority or who is appointed to do so by the majority of the remaining Board members shall preside over the meeting. Before the office of the President-elect is installed the Secretary followed by a Past-President shall convene the Board in case that the President is prevented from attending. If the latter are also prevented from attending, such Board Member present who is oldest in seniority or who is appointed to do so by the majority of the remaining Board members shall preside over the meeting.

9) Except by death and expiry of the term of office (para 3), the term of office of a Board member shall terminate by removal (para 9) and resignation (para 10).

10) Any Board member may resign at any time by notice to be given in writing. The declaration of resignation shall be addressed to the Board, or, in the case of resignation of the Board as a whole, to the General Meeting. Such resignation shall be effective only upon election or co-opting (para 2) of a successor.


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§12: Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee will serve to identify new Board members for approval at the following General Meeting. The Nominating Committee will be composed of 2 Board members elected by the board, the immediate Past President who shall serve as Chair of the Nominating Committee and 2 members elected from the membership during the General Meeting for a total of 5 members of the Nominating Committee. Individuals may serve on no more than two Nominating Committees. The President shall not serve on the Nominating Committee.

§13: Duties of the Board

1) The Board is responsible for the management of the association. It is the “managing body” (“Leitungsorgan”) in terms of the Associations Act 2002. The Board is conferred all duties not allocated to another body of the association by the bylaws. Its scope of powers comprises in particular the following matters: a) to organize an accounting system in compliance with the requirements of the association, with

cash inflow and cash outflow being recorded on an ongoing basis and with a register of assets to be kept, as the minimum requirement;

b) to prepare the annual budget, the management report and the financial statements; c) to plan and convene the General Meeting in the cases of § 9a (1) and (2) lit. a – c of the subject

bylaws; d) to inform the members of the association on the activities, the finances and the audited financial

statements of the association; e) to administrate the assets of the association; f) to admit and expel regular and special members of the association; g) to hire and terminate employment of staff of the association.

§14: Special duties of individual Board members

1) The President shall conduct the day-to-day business of the Association. The Secretary shall give support to the President in conducting the business of the association.

2) The President-elect is in charge of organizing the following INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA ON VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM in his or her terms.

3) The President represents the association vis a vis third parties and entities. In order to be legally effective, documents executed in writing by the association shall be signed by the President and the Secretary, documents regarding financial matters (dispositions regarding the value of asset items) shall be signed by the President and the Treasurer. Transactions between Board members and the association are subject to approval by another Board member.

4) Transactional powers of attorney to represent the company vis a vis third parties or entities or to sign on behalf of the association shall be issued exclusively by the Board members as specified in para 2.

5) In case of an emergency the President is authorized to issue instructions in matters falling within the powers of the General Meeting or of the Board, in his or her own discretion on a stand alone basis; such instructions, however, require notification of the entire Board in as immediate a manner as possible. The President presides over the General Meeting and the Board meeting.

6) The first Secretary keeps the minutes of the General Meeting and of the Board. 7) The Treasurer is responsible for proper management of the finances of the association. 8) In cases of their not being available, the President-elect shall substitute for the President, the past

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§15: Financial Auditors

1) The General Meeting shall elect two auditors for a term of two years. Re-election is admissible. The auditors must not be members of any executive body, which is the object of their audit – with the exception of the General Meeting.

2) The auditors are in charge of monitoring the business activities on an ongoing basis and of auditing the finances of the association with regard to the accounts being rendered properly and to the use of funds in accordance with the bylaws. The Board shall submit documentation and give information to the auditors as required. The auditors shall report to the Board the result of the audit.

3) Transactions between auditors and the association are subject to approval by the General Meeting. In addition, auditors are subject to the stipulations of § 11 (8) through (10) accordingly.

§16: Auditors

1) The Board may appoint, but is not required to appoint, one or two individuals to serve as auditors of the Association. The Auditor(s) may perform the duties prescribed in the following clauses with respect to the Association’s business affairs and assets.

2) Request the Management Board and employees to report on the business, or audit the state of the Association’s business and assets;

3) Audit the state of the Management Board’s execution of duties and prepare audit reports as stipulated in laws and regulations;

4) Attend the meetings of the Management Board and express opinions when necessary; 5) Report to the Management Board and the General Meeting when the Auditors deem that a Board

member has performed or is likely to be performing improprieties, or when the Auditors discover significant improprieties or facts contrary to laws and regulations or these Articles of Association;

6) Request that the President call a meeting of the Management Board, when the Auditors deem it necessary to report as provided in the preceding clause. Due to the international nature of the Association, if a timely face-to-face meeting is not possible then a telephone or internet-based meeting should be arranged. Such a meeting should be held within 4 weeks of the request of the Auditors.

7) Otherwise, exercise their authorization under laws and regulations

§17: Arbitration

1) The Association’s in-house panel of arbitration shall resolve any disputes resulting from relationships in the association. It is a “Reconciliation Institution” [“Schlichtungseinrichtung”] in terms of the Associations Act 2002 and not a court of arbitration in terms of §§ 577 ff Code of Civil Procedure.

2) The panel of arbitration is composed of three regular members of the Association. It is constituted by one party nominating to the Board in writing a member to be arbitrator. Upon request by the Board issued within a period of seven days, the other party shall nominate a member of the panel of arbitration within a period of 14 days. After being notified by the Board within seven days, the arbitrators nominated shall elect within another 14 days a third regular member to be the chairman of the panel of arbitration. In case of a tie, the appointee shall be decided by drawing lots. The members of the arbitration panel must not be members of any executive body, which is the object of the litigation – with the exception of the General Meeting.

3) The panel of arbitration renders its decision after having heard both parties, with all its members present, with a simple majority of the votes. It decides to its best knowledge and belief. Its decisions shall be final within the association.


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§18: Voluntary dissolution of the association

1) A resolution on a voluntary dissolution of the Association may only be adopted in a General Meeting and only with a majority of two thirds of the valid votes cast.

2) In addition, resolutions adopting a voluntary dissolution of the Association require a two-thirds majority of the valid votes cast in a resolution in writing of all members. Such resolution shall be adopted either in writing, by telefax or by e-mail.

3) Such General Meeting shall also decide on the liquidation – in case the association owns any assets. It shall appoint a liquidator and pass a resolution specifying to whom the assets remaining after payment of the liabilities shall be transferred. To the extent possible and admissible, these assets shall be transferred to an organization, which pursues the same or similar purpose as the subject association, otherwise to purposes of social welfare.


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Exhibition Exhibition Hours Thursday, October 28 09:00am – 17:30pm Friday, October 29 09:00am – 17:30pm Saturday, October 30 09:00am – 11:30am

Exhibition Companies 01. Instron Tool Works Inc. 02. Memstec Corp. 03. Northern Digital Inc. 04. Sinodynamies Enterprise Co., Ltd 05. SportsArt Fitness 06. Pitotech Co., Ltd 07. Phoenix Technologies Incorporated

08. Global Advanced Technology 09. You‐Shang Technical Corp 10. U‐Chanter Enterprise Co., Ltd 11. Ample Medical Insruments Co., Ltd 12. Polypact International Co., Ltd 13. Bestec Instruments Co., Ltd 14. Samwell Testing Inc.


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Program October 28 (Thursday) Room No. 08:10 Registration 08:30-08:40

Opening Remark Hwung-Hweng Hwung, President-Elect, National Cheng Kung University Fong-Chin Su, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Edmund YS Chao, Emeritus Professor, Mayo Clinic & Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University

Lecture Room 3

Session Chair: Fong-Chin Su 08:40-09:50

Edmund YS Chao, Emeritus Professor, Mayo Clinic & Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University Masao Tanaka, Osaka University, Japan

Lecture Room 3

Session Chair: Edmund YS Chao 09:50-10:50

Fong- Chin Su, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Nozomu Inoue, Rush University Medical Center, USA

Lecture Room 3

10:50-12:00

Tea Break & Poster Exhibition

12:10-13:30

Lunch Multifunctional Conference Room

Medical Devices Workshop - Session Chair: Nozomu Inoue 13:30-15:00

Isao Ohnishi, University of Tokyo, Japan Neriman Ozada, Brunel University, London, UK Qin Liu, Beijing Montagne Medical Device Co.Ltd., China

Lecture Room 3

15:00-15:20

Tea Break

Medical Devices Workshop - Session Chair: Chih-Han Chang 15:20-17:20

Yoon Hyuk Kim, Kyung Hee Medical University, Korea Jinn Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Robert Wen-Wei Hsu, Superintendent of Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan Chun-Li Lin, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Lecture Room 3

October 29 (Friday) 08:10 Registration

Session Chair: Masao Tanaka 09:10-10:10

King H. Yang, Wayne State University, USA Saiwei Yang, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Lecture Room 3

10:10-10:30

Tea Break

Session Chair: Isao Ohnishi 10:30-12:00

Heng-Li Huang, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Toyohiko Hayashi, Professor, Niigata University, Japan Hwai-Ting Lin, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Lecture Room 3

Session Chair: Edmund YS Chao 12:00-13:00

Lunch Steve Burke, Director of R&D, Aspen Medical Inc., Irvine CA, USA

Multifunctional Conference Room

13:10-13:30

Closing Ceremony Lecture Room 3

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