Conference with Presentations by Prof Francis Ring




1966 1st Congress of Thermography, Strasbourg

1969 European Congress of Rheumatology, Prague
Institute of Physics London - Applications of Thermal Imaging

1974 1st Congress of The European Association of Thermography, Amsterdam

1975 European Congress of Rheumatology, Helsinki

1976 Italian Congress of Thermology, Trieste
Czechoslovak Congress of Radiology, Bratislava

1977 Symposium of Medical Thermography, Rome
French Club of Medical Thermography Meeting, Marseille

1978 Slovak Congress of Rheumatology, Piestany
Calcitonin and Bone Disease Symposium, Guernsey, Channel Islands
2nd Congress of Medical Thermography, Barcelona
German Swiss Austrian Combined Congress on Rheumatology, Vienna

American Thermographic Society, Toronto

1979 European Congress of Rheumatology, Wiesbaden
SPIE Congress Photonics applied to Medicine, Strasbourg
Italian Congress of Medical Thermography, Brindisi

1980 French Club of Thermography, Lyon
European Association of Thermology, Paris
German Society for Thermology, Berlin
Conference on Beta Blockade, Berlin

1981 European Congress of Rheumatology, Paris
European Association of Thermology, Bad Schallerbad
Conference on Biomedical Thermology, Strasbourg

1982 3rd International Congress of Thermology, Bath
International Congress of Dermatology, Tokyo
Japanese Society of Biomedical Thermography, Tokyo
German Society for Thermology, Basel

1983 European Congress of Rheumatology, Moscow
Hungarian Congress of Thermogrammetry Budapest
Conference on Breast Health, Washington
World Congress of Medical Physics, Hamburg
German Society for Thermology, Berlin

1984 International Society for Bioengineering & the skin, Besancon
SPIE Optical Engineering, Geneva
Temperature Measurement in Medicine, ( organsier and chairman) Paris

1985 Recent Advances in Medical Imaging, London
Conference of the Tissue Viability Society, Edinburgh
New Developments in Thermal Sensors, Neuchatel
International Congress of Rheumatology, Sydney
American Academy of Thermology, Washington
German Society for Thermology, Celle
Annual Congress of Medical Physics, Southampton
Conference of the Tissue Viability Society, Bath
1st International Congress on Back Pain, Vienna

1986 Angiological Research, Grasmere, UK
Thermomedica 86 Graz
International Congress of Rheumatology, Piestany, CSSR
Bone Mineral Measurement, Bath (organiser)
Advances in Inflammation Research, Basel
New Diagnostic Technique in Pathology of The Locomotor System, Madrid

1987 11th European Rheumatology Congress, Athens
Optics in Medicine -Imperial College, London
1st European Workshop on Microwave Thermography in Medicine, London
4th National Congress of the Italian Society for Thermography, Siena
Institute of Medical & Biological Illustration, Bath
2nd International Workshop on Non Invasive Bone Mineral Measurements,
University of Brussels -Leuven
Anglo Dutch Thermographic Society, London

1988 Osteoporosis -Bone Mineral Measurement, Bath (organiser)
Recent Advances in Medical Imaging, Bath (organiser)
Conference on Neurovascular thermography, New Orleans
British Institute of Radiology, Annual Congress, Glasgow

1989 Institute of Physics, Bristol
International Conference of The American Academy of Thermology,
Georgetown University, Washington
New Developments in Medical Thermography, Vienna, Austria
Italian Congress of Thermography, Sicily
Thermogrammetry Conference, Budapest
Quantitation in Medical Imaging, Royal Society of Edinburgh
European Workshop on Microwave Detection, Lille
Annual meeting of The Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Thermology, Dusseldorf ? Medika Kongress

1990 Thermography Seminar Tampa, Florida
Inaugural Meeting of Australian Society for Thermology
19th Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Thermology, New York
Second Bath Conference on Osteoporosis & Bone Mineral Measurement,
Bath, UK. (organiser)
5th European Congress of Medical Thermology, Cesena, Italy
Annual Conference of The Rheumatology Society of GDR, Gera
Annual Conference of the British Society for Sports Medicine
1990 European Conference of Medical Physics, Oxford, UK
Third International Symposium on Osteoporosis, Copenhagen
South West Endocrinological Society, Exeter
Imaging Science and The Visual Arts (Organiser), Bath

1991 January Osteoporosis Study Course, Bath
April 8th International Workshop on Bone Densitometry, Bad Reichenhall
May Med Tech Conference, Infra Red Seminar, Berlin
Thermal Imaging, Vienna
Osteoporosis & Bone Measurement Seminar, Piestany, Czechoslovakia
June Electrotherapy Conference, Bath (Organiser)
12th European Congress of Rheumatology, Budapest
July Infra Red Applications Course, Bristol
September EULAR Workshop on Bone and Cartilage Research, Leuven
October South West Rheumatology Club/French Association of Rheumatology Portsmouth
November Hologic Bone Densitometry Meeting, British Institute of Radiology, London

1992 January Lunar User's Group Seminar on Bone Densitometry Seminar, Birmingham
February Image Manipulation in the Graphic Arts, RPS and Institute of Printing,Bath (Organiser)
Osteoporosis Seminar, Bristol
March Non Invasive Imaging of the Skin, London
Lectures on Thermal Imaging, Sydney Melbourne
Osteoporosis, Wiltshire Health Authority Conference, Devizes
April 12th Annual Meeting of Australasian College of Rehabilitation, Melbourne
Postgraduate Seminar, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Postgraduate Seminar Concord Hospital, Sydney
May John Herschel Bicentenary, The Royal Society, London
British Institute of Radiology Annual Conference, Birmingham
(Session Chairman)
June Third International Conference of Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral
Measurement (Organiser)
July Infra Red Applications Course, Bristol
August European Conference of Medical Thermology, Gent

1993 January Bath Science Club Lecture, University of Bath
March International Conference on Osteoporosis, Hong Kong
April Osteoporosis Conference ? Invited Speaker, Singapore
June 25th Anniversary Conference at Tokyo University ? Invited Speaker
Australian Society for Thermology, Vienna
Course on Thermal Imaging, Vienna
July Advanced Techniques in Biomedical Applications, Tokyo
Wound Healing Conference, Charing Cross Hospital, London ?
Invited Speaker
August Non Invasive Imaging Conference, Elsinore (DK) ? Invited Speaker
Video Measurement of Ulcers, Zurich
September The Electronic Image, Bath (Organiser)
October Osteoporosis Conference, Cordoba, Spain ? Invited Speaker
University of Madrid, Optics Lecture, Madrid
Wound Assessment Techniques, Mulheim
Wound Assessment Conference, Salisbury
South West Osteoporosis Club, Bath (Organiser)
November Ludwig Boltzmann Conference, Vienna
Hologic Bone Densitometry Conference, London (Chairman)

1994 January Wound Healing Assessment, Manchester
April International Bone Densitometry Workshop, Venice
Symposium on Electronic Imaging in Vascular Disease. Cagliari,
Sardinia
Seminar lecture on thermal imaging, Exeter Univ. Dpt. Physics
May 23rd Ann. Meeting of The American Academy of Thermology, Washington
Meeting of The Austrian Society of Thermology, Vienna
Photogrammetry Conference, London
June Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Measurement, Bath (Organiser)
Sept World Microcirculation Congress, Rome
Image Quality Seminar, London
British Society of Rheumatology, Bath
Photopics Seminar, Cambridge
Oct International Congress of Thermology, Bath (Organiser)
The Thermal Image (RPS)
Nov IEEE, Medicine & Biology, Baltimore USA
Rehabilitation Congress, Vienna Austria

1995 Feb 2nd World Congress on Paget's Disease, Sydney Australia
12th Int Conference of Calcium Regulating Hormones, Melbourne
Digital Imaging & The Law, Police Scientific Dpt, Sandford.
March Training Course on Clinical ThermographyVienna Austria
April Chronic Wound Care, RNHRD Bath (organiser)
Austrian Society of Thermology, Vienna.
May South West Osteoporosis Club Cardiff
International Congress organisers Conference, Geneva
June First International Congress of Thermology, Seoul Korea
June International Conference on medical Thermology Matsumoto,Japan
(organiser)
July Children in Sport conference, Bath (organiser)
Sept. IEEE 17th Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine & Biology Montreal Canada (invited speaker)
Polish Foundation of Osteoporosis Krakow, (invited speaker)
Oct. Consensus Meeting on Thermal Imaging in Medicine, Altrei Italy
Nov. Austrian Congress on Rehabilitation Medicine, Vienna.

Hologic UK User's Group, Bone Densitometry, London (Chair)

1996 March Seminar Wound Healing, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd
March Measurements in Wound Healing, Univ. Southampton
April In vivo Pressure Measurement, Alsagher.
May Annual Meeting of O.Ges. Thermologie, Vienna
1st Central European Congress of Rheumatology, Piestany Slovakia
(inv. Speaker)
EIBTM Congress & Exhibition, Geneva
June 5th Bath Conference on Osteoporosis & Bone Mineral Measurement
(organiser and inv. Speaker)
July Osteoporosis Seminar, The Bath Hotel
Educational tour for Congress Organisation, Milan.
Nov IEEE Medicine & Biology Congress EMBS Amsterdam
(track animator Inv, Speaker and Chairman)
British Computer Soc. Awards, London.
Does the Camera Lie? RPS Forensic meeting (organiser/Chair)

1997 May 7th European Congress of Thermology Vienna (org.Ctte)
12th Int. Bone Densitometry Workshop Crieff, Scotland
ILAR, Int. Congress of Rheumatology, Singapore. (Invited sp/chair)
Oct Polish National Congress on Osteoporosis, KRAKOW (invited)
Nov. IEEE Med & Biol Congress, Chicago USA (track org.)

1998 March Controversies in Bone Densitometry, Wolverhampton (opening spkr)
April Medical & Forensic Imaging. Bath ( organiser ) speaker
Annual meeting of Austrian Society of Thermology, Vienna (inv)
May Seminar on Osteoporosis, Damascus and Aleppo Syria (inv)
2nd Central Europe Congress of Rheumatology Warsaw (inv)
International Congress on Thermal Imaging Fort Lauderdale
June BIR Annual Congress of Radiology Birmingham (inv)
6th Bath Conference on Osteoporosis & Bone Mineral Measurement
(org & inv Speaker)
July Jau. Brazil & Univ. Sao Paulo. (Guest speaker on Thermography)
September Ist Polish conference on Thermology in Medicine Zakopane
December Symposium on Digital Imaging developments in medicine
Torsana Ltd Copenhagen ( guest speaker )

1999 January GP study day RNHRD. Speaker on Bone Densitometry
April Rheumatology registrars meeting, The Heath Hospital Cardiff
(inv.speaker on Clinical Measurement).
May Austrian Society of Thermology. Vienna. (Speaker)
June EULAR conference Glasgow. Inv. Speaker (IR Imaging)
July Int Soc. Skin Imaging Royal Soc. London ( organiser & Inv Speaker)
September Polish OP conference Krakow (inv. Speaker/chair)
Polish Soc. Thermology Zakopane.
October 1st training course in Thermography S. Paulo Univ. Org. & speaker
IEEE/EMBS Atlanta USA Speaker & Chair
December Wales & SW Osteoporosis Group speaker. Yeovil.

2000 February First Danish Seminar on Infra red Imaging in medicine Copenhagen keynote lecture.March Bicentenary of Infra red Discovery Conference, Bath organiser & Speaker. Organiser of major public lecture on Infra red in Space, RR Wessen (NASA)
April Seventh Bath Congress on Osteoporosis, Organiser, ChairmanMay 3rd Central European Congress of Rheumatology, Bratislava. Inv. Speaker
13th Thermological Symposium Austrian Society of Therrmology Vienna, Medico-legal issues with images as evidence. Inv. Speaker
July World Congress of Medical Physics and Bioengineering IEEE/EMBS
Chicago. Invited speaker and session chairAugust 20th Annual Coingress Deutsche Ges. Fur Thermologie Celle.
Invited speaker and chair
September
European Congress on Medical Thermology, Desenzano Italy
Organsier, invited speaker and chair
September
Royal Photographic Society, Imaging Science
Digital Futures - University of Westminster London
Digital Imaging in the Assessment of Rheumatic DiseasesPhotokina Cologne, Germany
European Federation for the Scientific Image Congress
Invited speaker on Thermal imaging developments
International training course on Thermography in medicine
Djerba, Tunisia Faculty speakerOctober Wound Care Update Study Day RNHRD Bath Chair

2001 Jan National training course on Bone Densitometry The Royal Society London
Seminar on infra red imaging for topical agents The Mentholatum Co.Ltd Glasgow
April International Congress on Medical Thermology Vienna. ( also Chair and organiser).
July Course on thermal imaging in medicine 2-5th. U.Glamorgan
Seminar on current issues in Thermal Imaging, U.Glamorgan
September Polish Conference on Osteoporosis Krakow (Inv. Speaker/chair)
Polish Thermal Imaging Conference Zakopane
November Course on thermal imaging in Medicine U Glamorgan

2002 Feb Third course on thermal imaging in medicine U.Glamorgan
April Conference on IRT Vienna
May First NOS certification lecture course on densitometry Bath 7-8th
May Raynauds Conference R.Free Hospital London 17
UKTA meeting on thermography London 18th
September Asian pacific Conf IRT SEOUL Korea
Zakopane Polish annual meeting 27-29
Oct Polish GPs Conf Standards in diagnosis and treatment Crete 10-17
Nov Registrars in Osteoporosis Conf. Birmingham
December EMBEC conf. Chair and speaker Vienna
Ludwig Boltzmann meeting Vienna