許多國際著名的呼吸機研究方面的專家，將在急性肺損傷學術會議上分享他們的專業見解以及臨床經驗，從基礎科學到床邊應用，該會議將在2005年9月12~13日在法國Strasbourg舉行。

這次會議主席是Arthur Slutsky醫生，他是加拿大Toronto大學醫學、外科學和生物醫學工程學教授。會議大會發言人將來自德國、意大利和美國。發言人將探討下列議題：急性呼吸衰竭綜合征（ARDS）的肺功能恢復策略、細胞與組織壓力衰竭、性別與基因。

該會議由Maquet重癥監護公司贊助，這是一家國際領先的醫療技術解決方案提供商，提供從重癥監護室、手術室以及呼吸機在內的各種解決方案。

Maquet公司的Christian Keller說：“我們十分自豪能夠贊助這次會議，希望會議能夠將科學知識方面的進步推進臨床實踐之中。”

Symposium on Acute Lung Injury
 
Some of the world’s leading experts on ventilation research will share their expertise and clinical insights at the Symposium on Acute Lung Injury—From Basic Science to Bedside Application, to be held in Strasbourg (France), September 12-13, 2005.

The event will be chaired by Dr. Arthur Slutsky, professor of medicine, surgery, and biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto (Canada). The symposium will feature speakers from Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United States. The speakers will discuss topics ranging from lung recruitment strategies, to cellular and tissue stress failure, to gender and genome in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

The symposium is sponsored by Maquet Critical Care (Solna, Sweden), a leading international provider of medical technology solutions for the intensive care unit and operating room, and a global leader in ventilation.

“We are proud to sponsor this symposium, and hope it will stimulate the migration of scientific knowledge into clinical practice,” said Christian Keller, of Maquet Critical Care.