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This is the first time the ISBF Conference has been held in Australia, and we’re excited to showcase global advances in bioprinting along one of the most crackerjack coastlines in the world.

Our conference theme – Collaborate and Celebrate – will highlight the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to research featuring different scientific and engineering skills to solve clinical challenges, coupled with critical examination of impact on ethics, regulations and the development of appropriate commercialisation models to ensure translation. The conference will feature a number of special sessions that emphasise the emerging commercial opportunities arising in 3D bioprinting and the role Australia can play in this industry, with strong engagement from local and global clinical networks.

The ‘Gong has a proven track-record of hosting events of this calibre, and Biofabrication 2020 will let you enjoy the best of what our scientific community has to offer, while exploring our beautiful coastline, national parks, spectacular escarpment, and bustling city centre. Our Biofab by the Beach conference will be held in September, Australia’s springtime, at the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach on the water’s edge, just a stone’s throw away from the sands of one of our 17 surf beaches.

Wollongong is also home to a sophisticated and well developed eco-system that supports industry collaboration and excellence, including the University of Wollongong which has earned its place among the top universities in the world through its world-class research and teaching.

Pack your swimmers, a hat and some sunscreen, and we’ll see you in Wollongong in September 2020!

Professor Gordon Wallace
On behalf of co-chairs Prof Mia Woodruff and Prof Tim Woodfield