HealthPack 2010 names Charles Sidebottom as keynote speaker

BIO
CHARLES SIDEBOTTOM is the Director, Corporate Standards for Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, and an M.Sc. from the University of Missouri.  He is a registered professional engineer.

In his current position, Mr. Sidebottom is responsible for Medtronic's corporate standards program.  Heavily involved in international standards work since 1987, Mr. Sidebottom serves as Secretary of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Subcommittee (SC) 62A, Common aspects of electrical equipment used in medical practice, Secretary of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 150/SC 5, Osteosynthesis and spinal devices, and is the Secretary of ASTM International Committee F04, Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices.

He serves as a U.S. delegate to ISO/TC 150 and TC 210, and serves on many working groups and project teams including the ISO/IEC joint working group on application of risk management to medical devices. He currently serves as the Chair of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s (AAMI) Board of Directors.

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KEYNOTE
As keynote speaker at HealthPack 2010, Mr. Sidebottom will address the position of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) in the standards world, how AAMI functions and how they have influenced and have benefited from medical device packaging standards. He will also address how packaging engineers and others can get involved in AAMI and the importance of participating in the association's committees and working groups as new updates to ISO 11607 are being developed in the near future.

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