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MedIT Timeline

2003

Foundation of the Philips Chair for Medical Information Technology (MedIT)

2003

Appointment of Prof. Leonhardt

2007

Organisation of the 4th Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Conference in Aachen (Body Sensor Networks, March 27th - 28th, 2007, 200 participants)

2007

Organisation of the 41st annual conference of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Technik (DGBMT in VDE) by the Helmholtz-Institut (BMT 2007, 26th - 29th September 2007, about 700 participants) 

2009

Leasing of external laboratory spaces in a container building close to the Helmholtz Institute

2010

Prof. Leonhardt on sabbatical at Imperial College London, UK

2011

Visiting professor Prof. Tarun Singh from the University of Buffalo, NY, USA

2011

Visiting professor Prof. Dr. Kumar, IITM, Chennai, India

2012

Leasing of office space in Schurzelter Str. 570

2012

Organisation of the 10th AUTOMED Conference (AUTOMED 2012, 29th and 30th March 2012) VDE

2014

Visiting professor Prof. Jaakko Malmivuo (Theodore von Kármán Fellow)

2015

Organisation of the 11th German Russian Conference (formerly Russian Bavarian Conference) on Biomedical Engineering (Aachen, June 17th - 19th, 2015, 70 participants)

2018

Organisation of the 11th International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism & 13th Russian-German Conference on Biomedical Engineering (Aachen, May 23 – 25th, 2018)

2020

Extension of office space in Schurzelter Str. 570 and giving up the external laboratory spaces in the container building