ContactIsabelle LagroyeExecutive Secretary

isabelle.lagroye@ims-bordeaux.fr

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Carmela Marino(President)

Dept of Biotechnology – ENEAVia Anguillarese 30100123 Roma, ITALY

marino@casaccia.enea.it

Isabelle Lagroye(Executive Secretary)BioEM laboratory-IMS

site ENSCPB16, Avenue Pey Berland

33607 Pessac Cedex, FRANCEisabelle.lagroye@ims-bordeaux.fr

Ferdinando Bersani(Vice-President)

Department of Physics, University of BolognaVia Berti Pichat 6/2

40127 Bologna, ITALYferdinando.bersani@unibo.it

Alejandro Ubeda(Treasurer)

Serv. BEM-InvestigacionHospital Ramon y Cajal28034 Madrid, SPAIN

alejandro.ubeda@hrc.es

Eric van Rongen Health Council of Netherlands

PO Box 160522500 BB The Hague, The NETHERLANDSe.van.rongen@gr.nl

Gunnhild OftedalSør-Trøndelag

University College,Faculty of Technology,

N-7004 Trondheim, NORWAYgunnhild.oftedal@hist.no

Physicists, engineers

Micaela LibertiDepartment of Electronic Engineering

«La Sapienza», University of RomeVia Eudossiana, 1800184 Roma, ITALY

liberti@die.uniroma1.it

Paolo RavazzaniIstituto di Ingegneria BiomedicaConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220131 Milano, ITALY

paolo.ravazzani@polimi.it

Theodoros SamarasRadiocommunications Laboratory

Department of PhysicsDepartment of Radiation Physics

Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGR-54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE

theosama@auth.gr

M.D., Biologists

Jukka JuutilainenDepartment of Environmental Science

University of Kuopio - P.O. Box 1627FI-70211 Kuopio, FINLANDJukka.Juutilainen@uku.fi

Lluis MirUMR 8121 CNRS

Institut Gustave-Roussy - Unit B-3539 Rue C. Desmoulins

F-94805 VILLEJUIF Cedex, FRANCEluismir@igr.fr

Martin Röösli

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Social and Preventive

Medicine, University of BernFinkenhubelweg 11,

CH-3012 Bern, SWITZERLAND roeoesli@ispm.unibe.ch

What is the europeanBioelectromagneticsassociation (eBea)and what are its objectives?

ebea is a non-profit scientific association, founded in December 1989 by scientists from different European countries.

The basic objectives of EBEA are to: < Promote the development of Bioelectroma-

gnetics in Europe;

< Encourage the exchange of methodologies and results in Bioelectromagnetics;

< Facilitate the collaboration between Euro-pean scientists specialised in the various disciplines, and between European scien-tists and scientists in the rest of the world;

< Provide reliable information on advances in this new area of science;

< Inform about possible health risks of expo-sure to electromagnetic sources in the wor-king, domestic or general environments.

The Council of the Association reflects the Eu-ropean aspect of EBEA: it has 12 members from eight countries (see overleaf). Although foun-ded by scientists from Western Europe, EBEA specifically seeks the participation of scientists from all of Europe.

Who should becomemember of eBea?< People with an interest in

Bioelectromagnetics< Scientists in training in Bioelectromagnetics< Health and safety authorities

Most EBEA members are from Europe, but membership is also open to scientists from other countries.

How to becomemember of eBea?To join EBEA, please send an e-mail to the Secretary with your name, a short curriculum vitae and the list of your publications.You will be notified as soon as possible about acceptance. Information about EBEA membership dues are available on the EBEA website (special fees for young researchers). Joint membership to EBEA and BEMS is also possible.

Main activities of eBea

< Organisation of Scientific Congresses Biannual EBEA meetings Quadriennal EBEA / Bioelectromagnetics Society joint meetings

< International School of Bioelectromagnetics “A. Chiabrera” Director: Ferdinando Bersani Website: www.ccsem.infn.it

Annual Courses organised in Erice,Italy, since 2004.

CollaborationsInternational organisations: Word Health Organization (WHO), Interna-tional Commission of Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), International Commis-sion on Occupational Health (ICOH)

Professional Societies:Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Bioelectrochemical Society (BES), Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and in Medicine (SPRBM), COST BM0704, EU fra-mework programmes

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What is Bioelectromagnetics?The international scientific community has adopted the term “Bioelectromagnetics” to describe the science that deals with the electric and magnetic fields generated by living systems (“bioelectromagnetism”), as well as the biological effects from the electromagnetics fields emitted by man-made or natural sources. It covers the frequency range from 0 Hz (static fields) to 300 GHz (the transition to infrared).

Bioelectromagnetics is a multidisciplinary science comprising:< Biological and health effects< Biomedical use < Interaction mechanisms < Risk communication

To explore these areas, several approaches are undertaken:< Theoretical studies < Field measurements for dosimetry and exposure assessment< In vitro and in vivo experiments< Human laboratory studies< Epidemiological studies

Close collaboration among physicians, biologists and epidemiologists, and physicists and engineers is needed to achieve these goals.

Several hundreds of scientists in Europe and throughout the rest of the world are active in this area of research.