The European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) was founded in March 1976, and became a member of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Sciences and Engineering (IUS-BSE) at its conception, in 1979.

The ESB today has approximately 1,000 from over 30 countries worldwide

 
History of the European Society for Biomaterials, published in celebration of its 25th anniversary (PDF)

ESB Officers (history of ESB Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers)

Year	President	Vice-President	Secretary	Treasurer
1976	G.D. Winter	J.L. Leray	S. Sandolini-Cortesi	A. Pizzoferrato
1976-1977	G.D. Winter	J.L. Leray	F. Burny	G. Heimke
1977-1978	G.D. Winter	J.L. Leray	F. Burny	G. Heimke
1978-1979	G.D. Winter	J.L. Leray	F. Burny	G. Heimke
1979-1980	G.D. Winter	J.L. Leray	F. Burny	G. Heimke
1980-1981	J.L. Leray	P.van Mullem	P. Ducheyne	G. Heimke
1981-1982	G. Heimke	A.J.C. Lee	P. Ducheyne	P.van Mullem
1982-1983	G. Heimke	A.J.C. Lee	P. Ducheyne	P.van Mullem
1983-1984	A.J.C. Lee	B. Rahn	P. Christel	P.van Mullem
1984-1985	A.J.C. Lee	B. Rahn	P. Christel	P.van Mullem
1985-1986	A.J.C. Lee	B. Rahn	P. Christel	P.van Mullem
1986-1987	A.J.C. Lee	B. Rahn	P. Christel	P.van Mullem
1987-1988	P. Christel	B. Rahn	U. Gross	P.van Mullem
1988-1989	P. Christel	B. Rahn	U. Gross	P.van Mullem
1989-1990	P. Christel	B. Rahn	U. Gross	G.de Lange
1990-1991	P. Christel	B. Rahn	U. Gross	G.de Lange
1991-1992	U. Gross	M. Jozefowicz	S. Downes	C. van Blitterswijk
1992-1993	U. Gross	M. Jozefowicz	S. Downes	C. van Blitterswijk
1993-1994	P. Tranquilli-Leali	U. Soltész	S. Downes	C. van Blitterswijk
1994-1995	P. Tranquilli-Leali	U. Soltész	S. Downes	C. van Blitterswijk
1995-1996	P. Tranquilli-Leali	U. Soltész	P. Thomsen	Ch. Baquey
1996-1997	P. Tranquilli-Leali	U. Soltész	P. Thomsen	Ch. Baquey
1997-1998	P. Revell	H. Koerten	P. Thomsen	Ch. Baquey
1998-1999	P. Revell	H. Koerten	P. Thomsen	Ch. Baquey
1999-2000	P. Revell	H. Koerten	P. Thomsen	L. Ambrosio
2000-2001	P. Revell	Ch. Baquey	P. Thomsen	L. Ambrosio
2001-2002	C.J. Kirkpatrick	Ch. Baquey	J.D. de Bruijn	L. Ambrosio
2002-2003	C.J. Kirkpatrick	Ch. Baquey	J.D. de Bruijn	L. Ambrosio
2003-2004	C.J. Kirkpatrick	Ch. Baquey	J.D. de Bruijn	L. Ambrosio
2004-2005	C.J. Kirkpatrick	J.A. Planell	J.D. de Bruijn	L. Ambrosio
2005-2006	L. Ambrosio	J.A. Planell	K.E. Tanner	A. Merolli
2006-2007	L. Ambrosio	J.A. Planell	K.E. Tanner	A. Merolli
2007-2008	L. Ambrosio	J.A. Planell	K.E. Tanner	A. Merolli
2008-2009	L. Ambrosio	J.A. Planell	K.E. Tanner	P. Granja
2009-2010	L. Ambrosio	E. Schacht	L. Di Silvio	P. Granja
2010-2011	L. Ambrosio	E. Schacht	L. Di Silvio	P. Granja
2011-2012	L. Ambrosio	M. Doser	L. Di Silvio	P. Granja
2012-2013	L. Ambrosio	M. Doser	L. Di Silvio	P. Granja
2013-2014	M. Santin	M. Doser	M. Bohner	P. Dubruel
2014-2015	M. Santin	M. Doser	M. Bohner	P. Dubruel
2015-2016	M. Santin	J. Amédée	M. Bohner	P. Dubruel
2016-2017	M. Santin	J. Amédée	M. Bohner	P. Dubruel
2017-2018	P. Habibovic	J. Amédée	A.P. Pêgo	M. Bohner
2018-2019	P. Habibovic	J. Amédée	A.P. Pêgo	M. Bohner
2019-2020	P. Habibovic	Aldo Boccacini	A.P. Pêgo	M. Bohner

 

ESB Honorary Members

Within parenthesis: nomination year

Adam Curtis, UK (2006; †)

Alain Leray, France

Arthur J. Coury, USA

Berton Rahn, Switzerland (2003; †)

Charles Baquey, France (2006)

David Williams, UK (2008)

Etienne Schacht, Belgium (2013; †)

Günther Heimke, Germany (1989; †)

Hanns Plenk, Austria (2006; †)

Heinrich Plank, Germany (2013)

J Lawrence Katz, USA (†)

J. Upton, UK (1981)

Jacqueline Jozefowicz, France (2003)

James Kirkpatrick, Germany (2016)

Jan Feijen, The Netherlands (2018)

Josep A. Planell, Spain (2018)

Klaas de Groot, The Netherlands (2006)

Luigi Ambrosio, Italy (2018)

Luigi Nicolais, Italy (2010)

Marcel Jozefowicz, France (2003)

Marcus Textor, Switzerland (2010)

Michel Doser, Germany (2018)

Nesrin Hasirci, Turkey (2018)

Paolo Giusti, Italy (2007; † 2016)

Peter J. van Mullem, The Netherlands (1989)

Peter Revell, UK (2006)

Sergio Sandrolini Cortesi, Italy (1982)

Ulrich Gross, Germany (2003)

Uta Faure, Belgium (< 2001)

Uwe Soltész, Germany (2007)

Vasif Hasirci, Turkey (2018)

William Bonfield, UK (2006)

Yannis Missirlis, Greece (2014)

The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Sciences and Engineering (IUS-BSE)

List of ESB ex-officio members (from Sept 7, 2015)

  

World Biomaterials Societies

The European Society for Biomaterials became a member of The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Sciences and Engineering (IUS-BSE) at its conception in 1979.
The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE) is a body that brings together national and multi-national groups dedicated to the advancement of biomaterials, surgical implants, prosthetics, artificial organs, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
The other member societies of IUS-BSE, are:

• Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE)
• Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS)
• Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSB)
• Chinese Taipei Society for Biomaterials and Controlled Release
• Japanese Society for Biomaterials (JSB)
• Korean Society for Biomaterials (KSB)
• Latin American Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (SLABO)
• Society for Biomaterials USA (SFB)
• Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs - India

Affiliated Societies

National biomaterial societies are officially affiliated to the European Society, namely:

• BIOMAT (French Society for Biomaterials)
• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Society (Turkey)
• German Society for Biomaterials
• Hellenic Society for Biomaterials
• Iberian Society for Biomaterials & Biomechanics
• Italian Society for Biomaterials
• Netherlands Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (NBTE)
• Polish Society for Biomaterials
• Romanian Society for Biomaterials
• Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials
• UK Society for Biomaterials
• Swiss Society for Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine

Benefits to national societies:

• The ESB website has links to the websites of all the affiliated national societies.
• ESB affiliated societies have priority over other non-affiliated national societies in the organisation of the ESB conferences.
• ESB affiliated national societies have access to a booth at the ESB Conference to improve their communication with their members and others.
• ESB affiliated national societies get the endorsement of ESB for their activities, which may help with acquiring funding and sponsorship for their meetings.

Sister Societies

The ESB integrates scientific knowledge by coordinated relations with other European Societies, namely:

• European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS-EU)
• The European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO)
• European Society of Biomechanics (ESB)
• European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS)

Members of these societies may be eligible for discounted ESB conference rates. This is at the discretion of local ESB conference organizing committee or following specific agreements (e.g., joint scientific sessions) between the ESB and sister societies.

In addition the ESB has relations with:

• European Federation of National Association of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (EFORT)
• European Federation on Regenerative Medicine (EFRG)

ESB Byelaws - 2017 - signed.pdf 

ESB Statutes - 2017 - signed.pdf

   

The voting for the five seats that will become available in the council starting from September 2021 will take place between March 3 and 31, 2021.

This year candidates are:

• Cristina Barrias
• Håvard Haugen
• João Mano
• Julien Gautrot
• Maria Grazia Raucci
• Matteo D'Este
• Matthew Baker
• Miguel Castilho
• Miguel Oliveira
• Sandra Van Vlierberghe
• Silvia Farè

You can have access to their CV and letter of application in the link above.
To vote please log in to your account and click on Election & vote tab. You can select up to 5 candidates. If you have any question please contact us via secretary@esbiomaterials.eu.

ESB Membership Subscription Guidelines

(or "How to become a member") 

Ordinary, Junior and Retired Membership

Becoming a member by attending an ESB Conference

Since 2018, ESB membership becomes a benefit for any officially registered person attending the corresponding ESB annual conference. Just by registering for that Conference, your membership is automatically granted for the next period from the day that you register, as described in the ESB bylaws. Please, be aware that the membership holds for the years that no ESB conference is organized because a World Biomaterials Congress is taking place. In this particular case, your membership spans for a two-year period between the two ESB conferences with a World Congress in between without the need to be renewed yearly.

Becoming a member by registering in our Web page

If you were unable to attend a given ESB conference and still wish to be an ESB member, you can register any time through our web page. Your membership will be valid from the day your proof-of-payment is received for the rest of the current period. In the case the following year no ESB conference is organized because a World Biomaterials Congress is taking place, your membership spans until the end of that two-year period.

Corporate Membership

Any commercial institution or organization whose activities are in the field of biomaterials can apply for Corporate Membership. Any commercial institution or organization accepted as a corporate member must nominate a representative

Using our website to become a member? please register as it follows:

1. You can become an individual member by choosing among the different options for individual subscriptions the one that matches you.

2. In all cases, upon completion of the registration, you will have the option to pay online through PayPal gateway that gives you the option to pay either by direct/credit card or by PayPal payments. The system also allows you payment by bank transfer. In the latter case, the system will automatically release an invoice for you to pay.

3. Once proof of payment has been received by the society, your registration will be approved and your account activated. Please be aware that payment made by bank transfer will experience longer waiting times for approval as they will be manually verified and approved. 

Please note that bank transfer registrations expire after 30 days if payment is not received. If you cancel a Paypal payment, it will automatically expire after 15 minutes, from then you will be able to retry your payment or choose another means of payment.

4. You will be then able to access your account and create your profile.

Membership fees

(updated on the 30/10/2017)
  

   

Membership benefits

Check subscription guidelines (on the left) to know how to enrol.

The European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) is a leading scientific association, which aims to encourage research and information dissemination in the field of Biomaterials.

ESB members gain the following benefits:

Networking Facilities at the password-protected, member-only, area of ESB's website, to allow ESB members to find other members and share information through the Members Directory.

Worldwide networking since the ESB is a founding member of The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Sciences and Engineering (IUS-BSE), which brings together the major international biomaterials societies and organizes the World Biomaterials Congress once every four years.

Reduced Rates at many IUS-BSE conferences such as the Society for Biomaterials (USA) Annual Conference and the World Biomaterials Congress.

Professional recognition through the prestigious ESB Awards and FBSE status recognition (through IUS-BSE).

Membership of the ESB is open to any person irrespective of nationality, who has an interest in biomaterials and is accepted for membership by the council.

To all subscribers, Please note that :

A support email (support@pixens.fr) is available to you all for technical matters. You can find the link at the bottom of the ESB homepage.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any issue related to the website functionalities. For other matters, please contact either the Secretary (Secretary@esbiomaterials.eu) or the Treasurer (Treasurer@esbiomaterials.eu) of our society

ESB Awards Dates & Deadlines

Date	Subject	Who
Jan 31	Deadline for “Racquel Z. LeGeros Award” applications	PhD students who are members of ESB
	Deadline for “Julia Polak European Doctoral Award” applications	ESB members
Mar 31*	Application deadline for best oral and poster presentation (upon abstract submission)	PhD students intending to attend ESB congress
	Application deadline for the ESB translational research award (upon abstract submission)	Post-doctoral researchers intending to attend ESB congress
May 31*	Application deadline for Rudolf Cimdins scholarship (“travel award”)	Students from academic or research centers of poorly funded countries with a Human Development Index (HDI) <0.850.
Nov 30	Deadline for Jean Leray, George Winter, Klaas de Groot and International Award	ESB members

*This date is suggested by the council, but might vary according to the preferences of the local ESB congress organizers

ESB Dates & Deadlines for ESB members

Date	Subject	Who
Oct 31	Resignation deadline for members	ESB Members
Jan 31	Bidding deadline for the organization of the annual ESB Congress (Jan 31)	ESB affiliated societies and ESB members
Feb 28	Deadline for ESB Council Nominations	ESB members
March 31	Deadline for online membership fee payment	ESB members
April 30	Deadline for ESB Council Election	ESB members
Aug 15	Deadline to request a change of the GA agenda by ESB members	ESB members

GA = General Assembly

 

ESB Congress Dates & Deadlines (suggested by the council)

Date	Subject	Who
Dec 1*	Opening of the abstract submission process	ESB congress organizers
Feb 28*	Start of online registration for ESB congress	ESB congress organizers
March 31*	Abstract submission deadline for ESB conference	ESB congress participants
Jan 31*	Application deadline for best oral and poster presentation  (upon abstract submission)	PhD students intending to attend ESB congress
Jan31*	Application deadline for the ESB translational research award (upon abstract submission)	Post-doctoral researchers intending to attend ESB congress
April 10*	Start of abstract reviewing process	ESB congress organizers
May 10*	End of abstract reviewing process	Members of the scientific committee of ESB congress
May 20*	Deadline for abstract notification	ESB congress organizers
May 31*	Invitations sent for the RSC Biomaterials Science special issue	ESB congress organizers
May 31*	End of early registration fee for ESB congress	ESB congress organizers
May 31*	Application deadline for Rudolf Cimdins scholarship (“travel award”)	Students from third world countries with an accepted abstract at ESB annual congress
June 30*	Deadline for last-minute poster submission	ESB congress participants
June 30*	Submission deadline for the articles of the RSC Biomaterials Science special issue	Authors of manuscripts for the RSC Biomaterials Science special issue
July 31*	Deadline for ESB congress fee payment	ESB congress participants
July 15*	Notification to authors for last-minute poster abstracts	ESB congress organizers
Aug 15*	Publication of the final program of the ESB congress	ESB congress organizers

*This date is suggested by the council, but might vary according to the preferences of the local ESB congress organizers

1975 - Decision to start ESB

Meeting Instituto Ortopedica Rizzoli 1975.pdf 

1976 - Founding of the Society

Draft Statutes of ESB 1976.pdf 

Inaugural Meeting 1976 12th-13th March.pdf 

Statute of ESB 1976.pdf 

Statutes of ESB 1976.pdf 

1977

Invitation to the 1977 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1977 GA.pdf 

1978

1977-1979/Invitation to the 1978 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1978 GA.pdf 

1980

Minutes of the 1980 GA.pdf

Invitation to the 1980 GA.pdf 

1981

Minutes of the 1981 GA.pdf 

Overview 1981 September.pdf

Announcement of the 1981 ESB congress.pdf 

1982

Invitation to the 1982 GA.pdf

Minutes of the 1982 GA.pdf 

1983

Invitation to the 1983 GA.pdf 

ESB Conference Topics 1983 31 August - 2 September.pdf 

Minutes of the 1983 GA.pdf 

1985

General Meeting Presidents Report 1985 5th September.pdf 

Minutes of the 1985 GA.pdf 

Treasurers report Period July 23 1985 - July 26 1987.pdf 

1986

Invitation to the 1986 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1986 GA.pdf

1987

Invitation to the 1987 GA.pdf

Minutes of the 1987 GA.pdf 

1989

General Assembly Agenda 1989 8th September.pdf

General Assembly Minutes  1989 8th September.pdf 

1991

Invitation to the 1991 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1991 GA.pdf 

Newsletter 1991.pdf

1993

Invitation to the 1993 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1993 GA.pdf 

1995

Minutes of the 1995 GA.pdf 

1997

ESB news Dec 1997.pdf 

Invitation to the 1997 GA.pdf 

1998

Invitation to the 1998 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1998 GA.pdf 

1999

Invitation to the 1999 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 1999 GA.pdf 

2001

Anniversary Conference 2001 12th - 14th September.pdf 

Invitation to the 2001 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 2001 GA.pdf  

2002

Minutes of the 2002 GA.pdf 

2003

Invitation to the 2003 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 2003 GA.pdf

2005

Minutes of the 2005 GA.pdf 

2006

Minutes of the 2006 GA.pdf 

2007

Minutes of the 2007 GA.pdf 

2009

Minutes of the 2009 GA.pdf 

2010

Invitation to the 2010 GA.pdf

Minutes of the 2010 GA.pdf 

2011

Minutes of the 2011 GA.pdf 

2013

Invitation to the 2013 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 2013 GA.pdf 

2014

ESB General Assembly Presentation 2014.pdf

Invitation to the 2014 GA.pdf 

Minutes of the 2014 ESB GA.pdf 

2015

Invitation to the 2015 GA

Minutes of the 2015 GA

Presentation of the 2015 GA

2017

Invitation to the 2017 GA

Minutes of the 2017 GA

Presentation of the 2017 GA

2018

Invitation to the 2018 General Assembly

2018 General Assembly Minutes

Presentation of the 2018 General Assembly

2019

Invitation to the 2019 General Assembly

2019 General Assembly Minutes

Presentation of the 2019 General Assembly

2021

Invitation to the 2021 General Assembly

2021 General Assembly Minutes

Presentation of the 2021 General Assembly

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