BEMA Meetings and Workshops

The BEMA roundtable held its first official meeting in July 2000. Over the past seven years, the BEMA roundtable has met 22 times to address a wide variety of topics of interest to its members (see table below). Over 200 individuals representing over 100 organizations have thus far participated in BEMA meetings.

Meetings of the BEMA Roundtable, 2000-2007

Date	Description	Topic	Location
February 2, 2000	Preliminary Planning Workshop	R&D of Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications and Devices Transition of Laboratory Developments to Clinical Applications	Washington, DC
July 20–21, 2000	1st BEMA Meeting	Appropriate Determination of Biocompatibility Improving the Scientific Basis for Regulatory and Decision Making Supply and Access of Biomaterials	Washington, DC
December 5–6, 2000	2nd BEMA Meeting	Advanced Biometallic Materials Innovation Biomedical Device Innovation and Risk	Washington, DC
June 11, 2001	3rd BEMA Meeting	Influence of Materials Access and Testing on Device Innovation	Washington, DC
February 7–8, 2002	4th BEMA Meeting: Workshop on Biomaterials Availability	Biomaterials Access Assurance Act Forging Relationships Barriers to Availability	Washington, DC
July 22–23, 2002	5th BEMA Meeting	Science-Based Testing Implant Retrieval Materials, Medicine, Devices, and Bioterrorism	Woods Hole, MA
December 19–20, 2002	6th BEMA Meeting	Reimbursement Policies and Practices	Washington, DC
February 11, 2003	7th BEMA Meeting	Science-Based Assessment Workshop Planning	Washington, DC
April 22–23, 2003	8th BEMA Meeting: Workshop on Science-Based Assessment	Accelerating Product Development of Combination Medical Devices Experimental Design Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Drug-Eluting Stents Cell-Matrix Cartilage Implants	Washington, DC
July 14–15, 2003	9th BEMA Meeting	Perspectives on the Value of Medical Devices and Biomaterials	Woods Hole, MA
Oct. 28–29, 2003	10th BEMA Meeting	Improved Animal Model Development and Characterization	Washington, DC
April 8 – 9, 2004	11th BEMA Meeting	Chips & Arrays: Bio-Based Arrays, Genomics and Proteomics Technologies	Washington, DC
July 15–16, 2004	12th BEMA Meeting	Regulatory Pathway of Emerging Biomaterials Technologies	Woods Hole, MA
September 30–October 1, 2004	13th BEMA Meeting Workshop on Biomedical Materials on the Edge	Convergence of New Biomedical Materials Technologies Stem Cells Biomolecular Materials Composites Supramolecular Biomaterials Engineering and Design	Washington, DC
April 26, 2005	14th BEMA Meeting	Biomaterials Performance in Diabetic Patients	Washington, DC
July 28–29, 2005	15th BEMA Meeting	Small Diameter Vascular Grafts	Woods Hole, MA
October 6–7, 2005	16th BEMA Meeting	Long-Term Performance of Biomaterials	Washington, DC
May 31–June 1, 2006	17th BEMA Meeting Workshop on Biomaterials and the Baby Boomers: Preclinical Testing for Our Lifetime	Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Applications Biomaterials for Ophthalmic Applications Biomaterials for Orthopaedic Applications Future Policy Directions	Washington, DC
July 20–21, 2006	18th BEMA Meeting	Artificially Conducting the Symphony of Neurons	Woods Hole, MA
November 3, 2006	19th BEMA Meeting	Biosensors – A Discussion	Washington, DC
May 16–17, 2007	20th BEMA Meeting	Device-Centered Infection	Washington, DC
July 12–13, 2007	21st BEMA Meeting	Polymer Therapeutics	Woods Hole, MA
October 3, 2007	22nd BEMA Meeting	Novel Imaging Technologies	Washington, DC