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The
Simon Foundation for Continence |
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Conference Endorsers Institution of Mechanical Engineers International Continence Society Society of Urologic Nurses & Associates Women's Health Foundation Platinum Sponsors
Workshop Sponsors
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2009 Conference: Innovating for Continence: The Engineering Challenge |
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APRIL 7-8, 2009 MARRIOTT
LINCOLNSHIRE RESORT A ground-breaking conference sponsored by The Simon Foundation for Continence aimed at stimulating fresh thinking on improving technologies for continence care.
A warm welcome, whether you are returning
for the Simon Foundation for Continence's second Innovating for
Continence conference, or joining us for the first time.
The feedback from delegates at the 2007
conference was so positive that we decided to stay with a similar format
for 2009. There are pre-conference workshops and a conference
program we are confident you will find rich and full while still
providing plenty of opportunities for networking. Once again, we
have panels of consumers and caregivers ready to share their experiences
and insights, and suggest to those of us trying to develop more
effective continence technology where we should focus our efforts.
As before, there are papers reporting on the latest work in the
continence field, complemented by lectures from eminent scientists and
engineers in other fields whose expertise we strongly suspect may have
applications in the continence world.
There are some changes and innovations in the
program too. In 2007 we largely avoided the topic of managing
faecal incontinence in order to keep a tight focus on urinary
incontinence, but this time we have a keynote lecture on this important
topic, designed to inform and to challenge. We are also
experimenting with break-out groups: we hope that tackling these
topics in a smaller group will facilitate interaction and debate.
The session entitled: "From Good Ideas to Great Products" is
another innovation in which we will be examining the development process
for new technology, using a live case study. The whole motivation
for running these conferences is to stimulate fresh thinking and new
initiatives, and so another new feature of the program will be to report
on new activities inspired by the 2007 meeting.
I was enormously encouraged by the creative
energy and enthusiasm generated in 2007 and it continues to be my hope
and dream that, before long, a company will launch a wonderfully
effective new product, and that the accompanying literature will declare
that it all began from an idea conceived at a Simon Foundation Innovating
for Continence Conference.
Have an enjoyable and productive conference
and please take the time to give us your feedback. We are
determined to serve the incontinence community well through these
conferences and your considered comments will be invaluable in helping
us in that endeavour.
Alan Cottenden
Chair Planning Committee
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