WELCOME MESSAGE
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to announce that the 3rd Annual Conference in Sports Medicine will be held on November 16, 2018 at Bab Al Qasr Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This year’s conference under the theme of “Robotic Rehabilitation in Sports Medicine” is in collaboration with the Health Engineering and Innovation Center (HEIC) at Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Abu Dhabi Sports Council.
The conference aims to provide a platform to bring together multidisciplinary international and national research scholars, clinical practitioners and industry innovators to share their knowledge and experiences. The scientific program (attached here) focuses on disseminating advancement in research, clinical practice and industry, as well as, interactive exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge towards innovation and technology-driven initiatives in Rehabilitative Sports Medicine.
This year we are also proud to host several prominent international speakers including Professor Paolo Dario, director, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy, Professor Massimiliano Zecca, director of the Sports Technology Institute at Loughborough University, UK, and Dr. Tala Khalaf, senior physical therapist and lecturer at Stanford University, USA.
We hope that you can join us and look forward to seeing you in November!
Dr. Kinda Khalaf
Conference Chair Associate Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Theme Leader, HEIC
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
kinda.khalaf@ku.ac.ae
