Professor Dr. Ir. Jos Vander Sloten is a civil electromechanical engineer, doctor at the Faculty of Engineering, professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and head of the biomechanical department. Professor Vander Sloten will elaborate on the importance of cooperation between engineers and doctors in this modern society. This collaboration is vital in this community.
Computers are indispensable in our modern society. In medicine, this is not different. Computers support the diagnostic processes of several diseases, help to organise the preparations and to plan operations, and even direct robots that assist surgeons during an operation.