History
1980.
International Liaison Committee of Societies for Biomaterials (ILC) established. In order to promote the international communication and cooperation, four original constituent societies, Canadian Biomaterials Society, European Society for Biomaterials, Japanese Society for Biomaterials and Society For Biomaterials (USA), decided to organize World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) every four years.
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April, 1980
The 1st World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) was held in Baden, Vienna, Austria, in conjunction with the 12th International Biomaterials Symposium.
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1984
The 2nd World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) was held in Washington, U.S.A..
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1988
The 3rd World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) was held in Kyoto, Japan.
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1992
The 4th World Biomaterials Congress was held in Berlin, Germany. It is the beginning of the establishment of the honorary status of “Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering” (FBSE). The number of Constituent Societies had increased to seven, including four formal constituent societies (CSB, ESB, JSB and SFB.) and three observers (China, India and the South Korea).
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May 29th – June 2nd, 1996
The 5th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This Congress contained 1 plenary lecture, 5 keynote lectures, and 380 oral presentations and 612 posters. The plenary lecture and keynote lectures indicated six development tendencies of biomaterials in the next century.
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1997.
Constituent societies advised to rename “International Liaison Committee of Societies for Biomaterials (ILC)” to “International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE)”.
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1998.
In annual meeting, it passed the new regulations and officially registered "International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering" in the U.S.A..
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May 15th – May 20th, 2000
The 6th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC), hosted by the Society for Biomaterials, U.S.A., was held in Kamuela, Hawaii, U.S.A.. The goal of the Sixth World Biomaterials Congress was to provide an international forum for biomaterials professionals and students to present new educational and scientific information in the multidisciplinary area of biomaterials.
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May 17th – May 21st, 2004
The 7th World Biomaterial Congress (WBC) was held in Sydney, Australia. The Congress received about 2,000 abstracts, including 740 oral presentations and attracted over 1700 attendees from academia and industry.
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May 28th – June 4th, 2008
The 8th World Biomaterial Congress (WBC) was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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June 1st – June 5th, 2012
The 9th World Biomaterial Congress (WBC) was held in Chengdu, China. The theme of the Congress was “Innovative Biomaterials and Crossing Frontiers in Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine”. This Congress had received more than 3,000 abstracts from 57 countries and regions. This Congress arranged 8 plenary lectures, 1 special public lecture, 87 symposia with keynote presentations, 976 oral presentations, and 1,689 poster presentations.
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May 17th – 22nd, 2016
The 10th World Biomaterial Congress (WBC) was held in Montreal, Canada. This Congress received over 3,500 abstracts from more than 60 countries.
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May 19th – 24th, 2020
The 11th World Biomaterial Congress (WBC) will be held in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.
