There’s still time to submit an abstract for the second annual Medical Silicone Conference (MSC) Minneapolis, March 22 and 23, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis.  Abstracts of 250 words or less are being accepted through Friday, Jan. 21, on these topics:
• Regulatory issues
• Future of device innovation
• Silicones for non-implantables and short-term implantables
• Silicones for long-term implantables
• Antimicrobial silicones
• Micromolding
• Inspection techniques/equipment
• Testing & Quality
• Topical drug delivery
• Rapid prototyping
• Tooling challenges
• Surface modification
• Two-shot molding/Adhesion Bonding/Overmolding
• Emerging trends & developments

Abstracts will be evaluated according to content, clarity, and uniqueness, and should be sent as Word docs to bill.rodman@penton.com.  Those abstracts only promoting specific companies and their products will be disqualified.