THE BIOELECTROMAGNETICS
SOCIETY
7519 RIDGE ROAD FREDERICK, MD 21702-3519,
USA A Publication of The
Bioelectromagnetics Society
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org JANUARY/FEBRUARY
1999 IN THIS
ISSUE...
Indira Nair
Appointed Vice Provost Summary of
Meeting # 72 of Board of Directors REPORT FROM THE
PRESIDENT
By Betty
Sisken Greetings: The 21st Annual Meeting of The
Bioelectromagnetics Society to be held in Long Beach, California June 20-24 is
fast-approaching, and I am pleased to note that in addition to over 230
scientists who have submitted abstracts, there are 30 students who will be
presenting their work. Funds are available to help students attend this
meeting. Some of the student travel funds were provided by attendees who
purchased t-shirts with a BEMS logo at the last annual BEMS meeting in St. Pete
Beach, Florida. You will note that this Newsletter
contains a copy of a letter (see page 6) to Dr. Kenneth Olden, Director of the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), from the Executive
Committee and sent by Martin Blank, Immediate Past President, and myself to:
(1) assure Dr. Olden of our interest as a community of biomedical scientists in
the health effects of environ-mental EMF; (2) point out that a draft presented
by NIEHS in December did not contain all the summary information obtained by
various NIEHS Working Groups; and (3) provide him with specific data not
covered in the NIEHS draft summary. A Workshop on Therapeutic Applications of EMF
organized by Ewa Czerska and Lee Rosen was held at Catholic University on
February 12, 1999. The program included 9 speakers who presented examples of
ongoing research on healing of hard (bone) and soft (nerve) tissue, and recent
advances using imaging, and gene transfer techniques. The BEMS Winter Board Meeting was held in
Washington DC on Saturday, February 13th at the Hotel Lombardy. Important
items covered included my report on the status of the NIEHS Working Group
Report, the problems with the draft report presented in December, and Dr.
Olden's response to our letters. The Board reviewed The Strategic Plan, prepared
by Greg Lotz and his committee, that stressed present and future goals
including an increased membership, expansion of educational outreach at our
annual meetings, such as the opportunity for physicians to earn CME credit,
provision of more support for student participation in BEMS, and improvement of
the quality of the Society's journal, Newsletter and Internet Web site.
Betty Sisken,
Ph.D.
President
1998-1999 INDIRA NAIR
NAMED VICE PROVOST FOR EDUCATION AT CARNEGIE MELLON
Indira Nair, long term member of BEMS and former
member of the Board of Directors has been named as Vice Provost of Education at
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Prior to taking this post
she was Associate Head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.
Dr. Nair has been awarded the University's
Doherty Prize for Excellence in Education and the University Advising Award.
In her research, Dr. Nair has addressed a variety of problems in environmental
risk and green design. She was one of the contributors to the report from the
Office of Technology Assessment (1) that originally recommended prudent
avoidance. In addition to her research interests in bioelectromagnetics, Dr.
Nair has also developed a large program of research on educational issues that
range from the elementary to the post graduate level. (1) Biological effects of power frequency
electric and magnetic fields, background paper. Office of Technology
Assessment, OTA-BP-E-53, US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment,
Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, 1989. AWARD
WINNING STUDENT PRESENTATIONS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT TUESDAY NIGHT SOCIAL EVENT AT
ANNUAL MEETING IN LONG BEACH
By Larry
Anderson Chairman, Awards
Committee A valuable contribution to bioelectromagnetics
is made each year by students who perform significant research in the course of
their education. An important element in a student's experience is the
opportunity to present and discuss their work. To this end, students this
year, are being asked to prepare and present the results of their research in
the Monday and Tuesday afternoon poster sessions. This format will allow
interaction and beneficial discussion between the students and other meeting
attendees. The Society desires to recognize outstanding
research performed by students at the annual meeting of the Society and first,
second, and third place awards will be given. Monetary awards associated with
the winning poster presentations will be $100 (1st), $75 (2nd), and $35 (3rd).
Student awards will be judged based on 1) Quality of research, 2) Innovation
and creativity, 3) Quality of presentation, 4) Usefulness and importance of
results, and 5) Student's command of the subject
matter. The recognition of winning student presentations
will be made at the Tuesday evening social event rather than at the end of the
meeting (as in past years). The Society is appreciative of the significant
efforts of student participants and their preceptors. MASTHEAD
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http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org BEMS 1999 - LONG
BEACH, CALIFORNIA
— MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW —
The 21st Annual Meeting of The
Bioelectromagnetics Society will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Long
Beach, California, 20-24 June, 1999. The Program Committee is busy completing
their part of the effort and program and registration information should be
mailed in mid-March. Long Beach is on the Pacific Coast of the United
States about 20 miles south of Los Angles International Airport. Historically,
shipbuilding and sea port activities were the major industries with the typical
associated sleazy characters. But all that has changed. Today Long Beach offers all the amenities of a
sophisticated cosmopolitan urban city while retaining the charm and tranquility
of a seaside community. There are unique neighborhoods - the two most popular
for visitors are Downtown and the Belmont Shore/Naples area - and an eclectic
mix of cultures. Downtown there is international dining and a
variety of night life and shopping in the heart of the financial district.
Pine Avenue, downtown's primary retail and dining thoroughfare, features many
shops, tantalizing cuisine and a variety of night life. The Hyatt
Regency is on Pine Avenue in the heart of this area so meeting participants
will be centrally located to many of the available activities.
About a mile and a half down Ocean Boulevard is
bustling Belmont Shore, a 15 block-long seaside area for shoppers, strollers
and sightseers. People watching is a popular pastime. Tucked just behind
Belmont Shore is Naples Island, where Italian-style gondolas cruise the narrow
canals in the backyards of picturesque, affluent homes. Recently opened, the Long Beach Aquarium of the
Pacific, near the Hyatt Regency, is one of the biggest and most technologically
advanced marine exhibitions in the world. Across the harbor from the aquarium
is the historic Queen Mary where we will have our Tuesday evening social
activities. An added feature at this year's social event will be the
presentation of the awards for best student papers. According to the Convention and Business Bureau,
no other community in Southern California is as visitor friendly as Long
Beach. The Passport shuttle service, which passes close by the Hyatt Regency,
features complimentary transportation to all the downtown attractions and a
ride to Belmont shore is just 90 cents. Friendly downtown guides patrol a 40
square block area and help visitors find restaurants, shops, and attractions.
The Passport shuttle is recommended for quick transportation to Pine Avenue
eateries at noon during BEMS 1999. LAMBROZO
REPLIES TO SANTINI
I read with interest and surprise the short
paper of Mr. R. Santini (BEMS Newsletter 144), which states after a brief
review of the literature that "in women with estrogen receptor - positive
breast cancer, the specific decrease of melatonin in those subjects is a
supplementary factor which can have a synergistic action with the melatonin
decrease with electromagnetic fields." These conclusions must be based on a deliberate
ignorance of the reality of the scientific data that have been published on
this still controversial issue. The relationship between breast cancer and
exposure to magnetic fields has been examined in studies other than
Feychting's, in which the results are limited by the size of the population.
Comprehensive analyses of the published studies (such as Mr. Santini ought to
have performed before such a statement) have concluded differently. Recently
the NIEHS panel of experts stated that "In the Finnish and Taiwanese studies,
no association was seen between exposure to magnetic fields and risk for breast
cancer. In the Swedish study, although no association was seen overall,
nonsignificant increases were observed in the highest cumulative exposure
category among young women, particularly those who were estrogen
receptor-positive (based on very small numbers)." Had this statement been read
by Mr. Santini, surely his conclusions would have been quite different.
Another point taken for granted is that there is
a "melatonin decrease due to electromagnetic fields". Currently, although a
decrease of melatonin production has been observed for rodents exposed to
electric or magnetic fields (50, 60Hz), the experiments focusing on mammals,
baboons, and humans have not shown a decrease of melatonin production.
Furthermore, the NRC report stated that "Despite the observed reduction in
pineal blood melatonin concentrations in animals as a consequence of magnetic
field exposure, no evidence to date shows that melatonin concentrations in
humans are affected similarly. In animals in which melatonin changes were
seen, no adverse health effects have been found to be associated with electric-
or magnetic-field-related depression in melatonin." These carefully-considered conclusions
demonstrate that the experimental facts do not bear out the author's assertion
about potential breast cancer development in women living near high-voltage
power lines. Mr. Santini would be well advised to rethink his conclusions to
avoid confounding his hypothesis for well established fact. Jacques Lambrozo M.D. Medical Studies Department Electricité de France. SUMMARY OF
MEETING 72 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
BIOELECTROMAGNETICS SOCIETY
(BEMS) Saturday, February 13,
1999 Hotel Lombardy, Washington,
DC. Officers and Board Members
Present: President Betty Sisken, Past President Martin
Blank, Vice President Ken McLeod, Treasurer Paul Gailey, Secretary Ewa Czerska,
Editor-in-Chief Ben Greenebaum, Larry Anderson, Frank Barnes, Henry Lai,
Rosemonde Mandeville, Frank Prato, Alan Preece, Joe Salvatore. Absent
Members: Greg Lotz, Ken Joyner, Niels Kuster, Steven Miller, Asher Sheppard.
Ex-Officio Attending: William Wisecup (Executive Director), Gloria
Parsley (Vice President, W/L Associates). Liaison: Damijan Miklavcic
(EBEA). Report of the President President Sisken commented on the draft report
released by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
In the name of the Society, President Sisken and the Executive Committee,
authored and issued a letter to Dr. Kenneth Olden requesting changes in the
report and pointing out that certain research results were not mentioned. (See
letter on p. 6). The final report issued by NIEHS will go to the US
Congress. The First International Symposium on Nonthermal
Medical/Biological Treatments using Electromagnetic Fields and Ionized Gases
will be held on April 12-14, 1999 in Norfolk, Virginia. The meeting will be
physics oriented and BEMS will be a co-sponsor. Report of 1999 Annual
Meeting Vice President and Technical Program Chairman,
Ken McLeod, reported that 261 abstracts were received. The program will be
broken into 12 sessions with three plenary sessions of invited speakers,
platform and poster sessions. The Board approved more student awards for 1999
and all student papers will be given as posters. Student awards will be
announced at the Tuesday evening social event. There will be an IEEE SCC34 meeting on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 16, 17 and 18, and an SCC28 meeting on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 18, 19 and 20, before the opening of the
Annual Meeting. Wireless Technology Research also is planning a two-day
session on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20. The Board of Directors will
meet on Sunday, June 20, beginning at 8:00 AM and Wednesday, June 23, beginning
at 7:00 PM. Report of Upcoming
Meetings Bill Wisecup reported that the Annual Meeting
for June 9-16, 2000 is developing well in Munich, Germany. BEMS will be
responsible for a special session for local area participation on current
status of research on Friday, June 16. Alan Preece will organize the special
session. Bill Wisecup reported that the regional Australasian meeting for
mid-October of 2000 in Christchurch, New Zealand, also is developing well.
Both meetings now have contracts and bank accounts in place. Report of Website
(http:/
/www.bioelectromagnetics.org) Richard Luben provided a written report stating
that the Web has been averaging 700-1000 hits per month. The discussion forum
has been getting sporadic use. Luben suggested that the Board consider an
interactive directory with member phone numbers, addresses and the ability to
e-mail one another on line. He also recommended the Board explore the
possibility for on-line payment of dues, registration for meetings and journal
fees. Report of Journal
Editor-in-Chief
Ben Greenebaum reported that Associate Editors,
Larry Anderson and Alessandro Chiabrera, resigned. The special issue in honor
of the retirement of Carl Durney is in press and will appear in March.
Report of the Standing
Committees
Larry Anderson reported for the Awards
Committee. The Board voted to present the d'Arsonval Award to Dr. Nancy
Wertheimer. Joe Salvatore, Chair for Continuing Medical
Education proposed including a session on magnetic resonance and imaging
in treatment for CME credits. Henry Lai reported that the Development
Committee asked Bill Gates for support for the students to attend the
Annual Meeting. Martin Blank presented a report submitted by
Publications Committee Chair, Asher Sheppard. The Journal Committee recommends that the
Board adopt the policy that the term of office for Editor-in-Chief shall be
three years beginning June 1st of the year in which the Editor-in-Chief is
selected except that in 1999 the term shall begin on January 1. The Journal
Committee nomination for Ben Greenebaum to serve as Editor-in-Chief for the
term from January 1, 1999 to May 31, 2002 was approved. The Society for Physical Regulation in Biology
and Medicine (SPRBM) is interested in the sense of the Board concerning
amendments to the journal name and mission statement. Frank Prato, Chair of the Membership
Committee reported that BEMS had 715 dues paid members for 1998. BEMS lost
72 members in 1998. The applications of Joan Abbott, John Alan Beech, Michael
Bornhausen, James Lords, and Paul Rosch, were approved for emeritus
status. Martin Blank reported that the Nominating
Committee has prepared a slate of candidates for the upcoming
election. Martin Blank reported for the Public Affairs
Committee. Publication of the NAS and NIEHS reports should be
forthcoming. The NAS report will be released before the NIEHS report.
A written report from the Election
Committee was submitted by Greg Lotz and approved by the Board. The
results of the recent election were tallied and certified by Greg Lotz, Dave
Conover and Joe Bowman in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 8, 1998.
Information regarding the Inter-Society
Affairs Committee was provided by several board member liaisons. Henry Lai
reported that there will be an URSI meeting in Toronto, Canada on August 12,
1999. Frank Barnes reported that there will be a US-URSI regional meeting in
January. Ben Greenebaum reported that SPRBM met in October in Long Beach, CA
on the Queen Mary. The meeting had about 50 participants and the focus was on
orthopedics and related issues. Larry Anderson reported for NCRP and ICNIRP.
NCRP continues to prepare the report on ELF with Ross Adey as the chair.
Martin Blank reported that BES is de-emphasizing the area of
bioelectromagnetics. The next meeting is in September in
Strasbourg. Miklavcic reported for EBEA that the complete
new slate of officers is still under consideration but Rene deSeze is the new
Secretary. Miklavcic suggested reduced membership fees for joint EBEA and BEMS
members. The Board recommended that Frank Prato and the Membership Committee
investigate this suggestion. Task Force/Ad Hoc Committee
Reports
Ewa Czerska reported that the workshop entitled
“Therapeutic Benefits of Electromagnetic Fields" took place on Friday,
February 12, 1999 at Catholic University in Washington, DC. About 50 people
attended. Betty Sisken reported that Damijan Miklavcic,
Richard Luben and Mats-Olof Mattsson agreed in St. Pete to meet in Zagreb
during the EBEA meeting and begin organization of the Third World
Congress. Sisken will investigate the status of the World Congress and
convene a meeting in Long Beach in June. Alan Preece reported for the International
Advisory Task Force. Preece suggested identifying all meetings involving
bioelectromagnetics and market the Munich meeting and try to increase non-US
membership of BEMS. Preece suggested BEMS provide publicity materials to
organizers with information about BEMS. Preece suggested that BEMS enforce a
peer review of abstracts for the Annual Meeting. Rosemonde Mandeville as chair of Educational
Outreach reported there is a new research area using infrared radiation in
communication between cells. Joe Salvatore reported for Greg Lotz, chair of
the Strategic Planning Committee. Lotz's written report stated that the
Society had adhered to the plan in several areas and that other areas need
development. ERRATUM
In Newsletter No. 145 (November/December
1998) there was an error in the printing of the Associate Editors and Editorial
Board for Volume 19 (#s 2-8). There was a change in Associate Editors and
Editorial Board between Volume 19 (1) and Volume 19 (2). The correct editorial
personnel beginning with Volume 19 (2) are printed below: EDITOR-IN -CHIEF
Ben Greenebaum ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Larry E. Anderson, Alessandro Chiabrera,
C.-K. Chou, Jukka Juutilainen,
Raphael C. Lee EDITORIAL BOARD Suzanne Bawin, Janie P.
Blanchard, Michael Bornhausen, Ruggero
Cadossi, Mary R. Cook, Birgitta Floderus,
Sheila Galt, Niels Kuster, Richard A. Luben,
Mats-Olof Mattsson, Kjell
Hansson Mild, Russel Reiter, Janet Rubin,
Asher R. Sheppard, Betty F. Sisken, Maria A.
Stuchly, Mays L. Swicord, Shoogo Ueno,
Jan Wallczek, Marvin C.
Ziskin PRESIDENT SISKEN'S LETTER TO OLDEN (NIEHS)
February 5, 1999 Kenneth Olden, Ph.D. Director National Institute Environmental Health Sciences
MD B2-01 P.O. BOX 12233 RTP, NC
27709-2233
Dear Dr. Olden: As President of The Bioelectromagnetics Society
(BEMS), I would like to express a concern of our members who are scientists
from the U.S.A. and 24 other countries. Most of our members conduct basic and
applied research on both the beneficial and the potentially-harmful effects of
non-ionizing radiation. I wish to outline a number of areas where we disagree
with the draft EMF RAPID Program Report of December 15, 1998 released by NIEHS
in December at the meeting of the EMF Advisory Committee. Although the program report was ostensibly
intended to provide summaries of RAPID program EMF research, it very clearly
establishes the NIEHS position on possible health effects of EMF exposure while
completely disregarding much of the key research in this area.
The draft failed to report the persistent, and
multiply-reported finding that human populations, particularly children, or
people in occupational settings exposed in their normal environments to power
lines or equipment emitting roughly similar levels of fields, have an elevated
risk of cancer. Not only did the draft fail to mention (or at best mentioned
superficially) the 20 years of peer-reviewed reports by basic and clinical
scientists, it did not include the findings of three NIEHS-sponsored science
review symposia, sponsored by the NIEHS Working Group during 1997 and 1998, and
summarized at the final Working Group meeting held in Minneapolis in June of
1998 (NIEHS Working Group Report, published August, 1998). Moreover the draft did not include the findings
of at least two recent expert panels in the U.S. (National Institute of
Science, NAS, and the NIEHS Working Group, 1998). Both concluded that people
who live or work in environments where there is evidence related to elevated
exposure to electromagnetic fields do have a statistically significant increase
in the risk of some cancers. The draft report thus not only ignored the
conclusions of its own carefully constructed series of working groups, but also
misinterpreted the conclusions of the NAS panel. The report also did not
mention the World Health Organization's (WHO) conclusions that further research
is needed before a more definitive health statement can be made, even though
NIEHS as well as FDA-CDRH and NIOSH are collaborating institutions in WHO's
International EMF program. For these reasons, many scientists working on the
issues of EMF health effects question the impartiality and scientific judgement
of the writers of the RAPID Program report. I am requesting that you delay your final report
until you see a document on EMF research to be provided to you by BEMS
scientists who served on one or both of the NIEHS and NAS panels. This
document to be sent by March 1, 1999, will specifically address evidence
obtained in the EMF RAPID program that was not included in the December draft
report. We believe it is essential for you to consider the BEMS experts'
document prior to your final report to Congress. Thank you for your attention. Please feel free
to call me for further discussion. Sincerely yours, Betty F. Sisken, Ph.D. President of The Bioelectromagnetics
Society Center for Biomedical
Engineering and Dept. of Anatomy and
Neurobiology University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
40506 SANTINI
RESPONDS TO LAMBROZO
In Feychting et al. (1), the authors observed
that in estrogen receptor-positive young women living near high voltage power
lines and exposed to a very weak ELF magnetic field (> 0.1 uT), the relative
risk for breast cancer increased to 7.4 (95% CI = 1.0 - 178.1). One hypothesis
(not "my hypothesis" as stated by Mr. Lambrozo), which is supported by numerous
scientists and to which I agree, is that ELF electromagnetic fields may enhance
cancer development by way of a melatonin decrease (2). When Mr. J. Lambrozo states that "experiments
focusing on mammals, baboons and humans have not shown a decrease of melatonin
production," he does not state (by courtesy I shall not speak of a "deliberate
ignorance") that: Rogers et al. (3) observed a
marked suppression in nighttime melatonin levels in baboons exposed to 60 Hz
electric and magnetic fields when fields are turned on and off rapidly,
Wilson et al. (4) reported a
significant decrease of urinary excretion of a melatonin metabolite (6
hydroxy-melatonin sulfate) in women exposed to ELF electric and magnetic
fields, Pfluger et al. (5) found a
reduced level of the same melatonin metabolite in railway workers exposed to
ELF magnetic field, Wood et al. (6) observed that, in
humans, a 20 mT, 50 Hz magnetic field caused a delay in the time of onset of
rise of plasma melatonin, associated in some individuals, with a diminution in
the maximum value of melatonin concentration attained during the night.
ELF electric and magnetic fields have a
melatonin suppressing effect (in baboons and humans) with subchronic or chronic
exposure conditions (3, 4, 5), or with exposures of sufficient intensity (6).
The results of Mr. Lambrozo's team probably show no effect on human melatonin
(7) because duration of exposure (9 hours) and intensity of magnetic field (10
uT) are not judicious. The NRC report cited by Mr. Lambrozo in his
letter has been discussed and criticized by many scientists. For example, in a
letter sent to the Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Subcommittee,
Dr. Kjell Hansson Mild (Past President of the BEMS Society) states concerning
the NRC report: "How can it be that the report has turned out to be so biased
in the selection of papers included"; and also "I find it is rather strange
that the selection of papers quoted in the report includes mainly those showing
no effect, but leaving out the ones showing that magnetic field exposure, in
fact, did have a biological effect (8)." From this, I am not sure that
reference to the NRC report by Mr. Lambrozo is a good argument for the position
of no adverse health effects associated with electric and magnetic field
exposure. It is important to remember that more than one
out of two publications shows a carcinogenic effect of electromagnetic fields
for children and electrical workers (9). We should not forget that scientists
from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
recently have reported that electromagnetic fields, like those surrounding
electric power lines, should be regarded as a "possible human carcinogen (10)."
1. Feychting M, Forssen U, Rutquist LE, Ahlbom
A (1998): Magnetic fields and breast cancer in Swedish adults residing near
high-voltage power lines. Epidemiology 9: 392-397. 2. Reiter RJ (1994): Melatonin suppression by
static and extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields: relationship to the
reported increased incidence of cancer. Rev Environ Health 10:
171-186. 3. Rogers WR, Reiter RJ, Smith HD,
Barlow-Walden L (1995): Rapid-onset/offset, variably scheduled 60 Hz electric
and magnetic field exposure reduces nocturnal serum melatonin concentration in
non-human primates. Bioelectromagnetics Supplement 3: 119-122.
4. Wilson BW, Anderson LE (1990): ELF
electromagnetic field effects in the pineal gland. In Wilson B (Ed):
"Extremely low frequency electromagnetic field: The question of cancer,"
Battelle Press, pp. 159-186. 5. Pfluger DH, Minder CE (1996): Effects of
exposure to 16.7 Hz magnetic field on urinary 6-hydroxy melatonin sulfate
excretion of Swiss railway workers. J Pineal Res 21: 91-100.
6. Wood AW, Armstrong SM, Sait ML, Devine L,
Martin MJ (1998): Changes on human plasma melatonin profils in response to 50
Hz magnetic field exposure. J Pineal Res 25: 116-127.
7. Selmaoui B, Lambrozo J, Touitou Y (1996):
Magnetic fields and pineal functions in humans: Evaluation of nocturnal acute
exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields on serum melatonin and
urinary 6-sulfatoxy-melatonin circadian rhythms. Life Sciences 58:
1539-1549. 8. Bioelectromagnetics Newsletter (1996): Kjell
Hansson Mild raises questions about NAS coverage of Swedish research. 133:
8-9. 9. Bonneville Power Administration (1994):
Electric power lines. Questions and answers on research into health effects.
49 pages. 10. Rutter T (1998): Electromagnetic fields
may be carcinogenic. BMJ 317: 12. CALENDAR
March 28-31, 1999. 1999 EPRI EMF Science
Seminar, "20 Years Back to Denver," Hyatt Regency
Denver Downtown, Denver, CO. Electrical utility industry attendance is limited
to those supporting EPRI's EMF Program. Contact: Robert S. Banks Associates,
Inc., PO Box 141049, Minneapolis, MN, USA. (Tel: 612-623-4600, Fax:
612-623-3645, e-mail: vlprock@rsba.com). April 7-8, 1999. 1999 Annual Meeting of the
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA USA.
Contact: William Beckner, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD
20814-3095 USA. (Tel: 301-657-2652, Fax: 301-907-8768, e-mail:
ncrp@ncrp.com) April 12-14, 1999. First International
Symposium on Nonthermal Medical/Biological Treatments Using Electromagnetic
Fields and Ionized Gases, Norfolk, VA USA. Sponsored
by US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Bioelectromagnetics Society, Old Dominion University,
College of William and Mary, and Eastern Virginia Medical School. Contact:
Marcie Blanchard, Symposium Administrator, KDH 231, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, VA 23529 USA. (Tel: 757-647-6497, Fax: 757-588-3527, e-mail:
electromed99@ece.odu.edu, Web Site: www.ece.odu.edu/~emed99).
May 20-23, 1999. 18th Southern Biomedical
Engineering Conference & 2nd International Conference on Ethical Issues in
Biomedical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson,
SC, USA. Contact: Subrata Saha, Director, Bioengineering Alliance of South
Carolina, 313 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
29634-0906, or R. Larry Dooley, Chairman, Dept. of Bioengineering, 401 Rhodes
Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0905 (Tel:
864-656-7603, 864-656-5561, Fax: 864-656-4466, e-mail: amarand@clemson.edu,
Websites: http://sbec.abe.msstate.edu, http://www.techexpo.com/).
June 19-20, 1999. Wireless Technology
Research Second State of the Science Colloquium,
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Long Beach, California. Contact: George Carlo, 1711 N
Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC, USA 20036-2811. (Tel: 202-785-3939,
Fax: 202-833-2801, e-mail: wtr@hesgroup.com, Web Site:
http://www.wtrllc.com) June 20-24, 1999. Twenty-first Annual
Meeting of The Bioelectromagnetics Society, Hyatt
Regency Hotel, Long Beach, CA, USA. Contact: W/L Associates, 7519 Ridge Road,
Frederick, MD 21702-3519, USA. (Tel: 301-663-4252, Fax: 301-371-8955,
e-mail: 75230.1222@compuserve.com, Website:
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org). July 11-16, 1999. 1999 IEEE AP-S
International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science
Meeting, Renaissance Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL.
For general information contact: Christos Christodoulou, Conference Chair.
(Tel: 407-823-5831, Fax: 407-823-5835, e-mail: cgc@ece.engr.ucf.edu). For
technical program inquiries contact: William Croswell, Technical Program
Chair (Tel: 407-729-3110) or Parveen Wahid, Technical Program Co-Chair (Tel:
407-823-2610, Fax: 407-823-5835, e-mail: eetpc99@mail.ucf.edu). Submission
deadline is January 13, 1999 for hard copies or electronic copies (.pdf, .ps,
.doc). FAX submissions will not be accepted. Address to: Parveen Wahid,
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida,
4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816 or eetpc99@mail.ucf.edu.
Suggested topics and general information can be found in
http://www-ece.engr.ucf.edu/apsursi99. April 9-14, 2000. Millennium Conference on
Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland.
Deadline for abstracts July 1, 1999. Contact: ESTEC Conference Bureau, PO Box
299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands. (Tel: +31 71 5655005, Fax: +31 71
5655658, e-mail: confburo@estec.esa.nl, Web Site:
http://www.estec.esa.nl/AP2000) October 29-November 3, 2000. The First
Australasian Conference on Bioelectromagnetics,
Convention Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand. Contact: W/L Associates, 7519
Ridge Road, Frederick, MD 21702-3519, USA. (Tel: 301-663-4252, Fax:
301-371-8955, e-mail: 75230.1222@compuserve.com. Website:
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org).
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