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UCC to host international science conference
Cape Coast, Nov 13, Ghanadot/GNA - The
University of Cape Coast (UCC) would from November 19 to 28,
host an International Conference aimed at among others,
promoting international collaboration for Africans into
optics and laser in medical and environmental research in
tropical Africa.
About 70 scientists, physicians, engineers, technologists
and professionals operating in the field of modern optics,
lasers, medicine and environmental monitoring, as well as
graduate students from Africa, Europe, America, Asia and
Australia, are expected to attend the conference.
The theme for conference is "Optics and Lasers in Medicine
and Environmental Monitoring for Sustainable Development
(OPTOLASERMED 2007)".
They would be sharing common ideas and discussing new
developments in the area of lasers in medicine and
environmental monitoring, and on key topics like "optical
spectroscopic techniques and sensors in environmental
monitoring, medical diagnostics and therapeutics", "laser
technologies in medicine and biophotonics" and "laser
sources and techniques."
According to Professor Paul Buah-Bassuah, of the Laser and
Fibre Optics Centre (LAFOC) of the UCC, the local organizer
of the conference, the expected outputs of the conference
include fostering stronger cooperation among medical
practitioners, scientists and engineers in industry,
hospitals and universities in the use of laser equipment.
Ghana's Ministers of Health and Education, Science and
Sports are expected to address the conference, which is
being organized in collaboration with the International
Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the International
Commission for Optics (ICO), the International Society on
Optics within Life Sciences (OWLS), the Optical Society of
America (OSA) and the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).
GNA
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