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Qatar Science & Technology Park Hosts "Pumps & Pipes" International Conference
May 1, 2011
Focusing on collaborative efforts to share advanced technologies and explore new ideas, two of Qatar's largest industries, medical and energy, came together recently at the Pumps & Pipes Conference. The event, organized by Qatar Science and Technology Park and ExxonMobil, brought together more than 150 international experts in the fields of medicine and energy.
Energy, medical players woo VC dollars for spin-offs
December 31, 2009
Houston Business Journal article.
Rocks and docs
November, 2007
Two of Houston's major industries—medicine and oil and gas—surprisingly have discovered many similarities in the technologies they use and the challenges they face. This discovery prompted a meeting to examine the parallels and determine if there are crossover technologies that could benefit each.
Conference shows blood and oil can mix
November 13, 2007
It's not surprising that heart doctors and petroleum engineers have professional conferences. But it is rather unusual to find them sitting through PowerPoint presentations in the same meeting room. Yet that's just what happened Monday when leading heart surgeons and cardiologists from the Texas Medical Center convened with oil and gas researchers from some of Houston's top energy firms.
Parallels between pumping blood, oil focus of conference
November 12, 2007
Much like moving oil through a pipeline, the heart must pump blood through the body. In a collaborative effort between Houston's largest industries, an event bringing together petroleum, medical and imaging experts will explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies useful to each industry.
An Interview With Alan B. Lumsden, MD
May, 2007
An endovascular expert describes the Top Gun competition, simulation training, and a multi-industry collaboration called Pumps and Pipes.
