IRCOBI 2016

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:00 pm - Friday, September 16, 2016 12:00 pm CEST (GMT +02:00)

Since 1973, the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI) has organized an international conference annually. The 2016 conference will take place on 14.-16. September 2016 in the city of Malaga, Spain.

Malaga lies on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) of the Mediterranean, about 100 km east of the Strait of Gibraltar. Malaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. It was founded by the Phoenicians as Malaka about 770 BC, and from the 6th century BC was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage. Then from 218 BC it was ruled by the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. After the fall of the empire it was under Islamic domination as Malaqah for 800 years, but in 1487 it again came under Christian rule in the Reconquista. The archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Christian eras make the historic center of the city an "open museum", displaying its history of more than 3,000 years.