In March the Sonopill team organised the first Future of Capsule Endoscopy workshop in the Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh with support from the Impact Acceleration Account at Heriot Watt University. Professor Paul Swain, a pioneer in the field of capsule endoscopy, gave the keynote speech and was given a quaich to thank him for his contribution to this area of medicine.

 

Drawing on the expertise of an international committee, the workshop covered three themes; Positioning & Localisation, Medical Uses, and Sensing & Actuators, with speakers from across Europe, the US and beyond.

The committee comprised:

Prof Mark Bradley, University of Edinburgh
Dr Gastone Ciuti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Prof Sandy Cochran, University of Glasgow
Dr Ben Cox, University of Dundee
Dr Gerard Cummins, Heriot Watt University
Dr Anastasios Koulaouzidis, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Dr Holly Lay, University of Glasgow
Dr Mark McAlindon, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Dr Emanuele Rondonotti, Ospedale Valduce-Como
Dr Dan Stoyanov, University College London
Dr Maya Thanou, King's College London
Dr Ervin Toth, Skåne University Hospital
Prof Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds
Dr Anne VanHoestenberghe, University College London

 

First published: 5 June 2017

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