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1st Global Conference on Biomedical Engineering (GCBME
2014) & 9th Asian Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering
(APCMBE 2014)
The 1st Global Conference on Biomedical
Engineering (GCBME 2014) in conjunction with the 9th Asian-Pacific Conference
on Medical and Biological Engineering (APCMBE 2014) were successfully held by Taiwanese
Society of Biomedical Engineering (TSBME) at National Cheng Kung University
(NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, from October 9 to 12, 2014. APCMBE 2014 is co-sponsored
by the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). This
is the first time TSBME holds such a large scale international conference. A
total of 872 delegates from 23 countries participated in this conference where
534 papers were presented. The main themes of submitted papers included Biomaterials
and Tissue Engineering, Biomechanics and Computational Bioengineering, Biomedical
Images and Signals, Biosensors, Medical Devices and Instrumentation, Biomedical
Robotics and Surgical Technology, Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
Engineering, and other Special Topics (e.g. Clinical Engineering, Bioethics, and
Biomedical Engineering Education).
During
the opening ceremony hosted by Prof. Fong-Chin Su of Conference Chair, distinguishing
guests, including president-elected Prof. Huey-Jen Su of National Cheng Kung
University, President Ratko Magjarevic of IFMBE, President Herbert F. Voigt of
International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM),
director-general of the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), and Chairman Frank
Huang of Taiwan Medical and Biotech Industry Association (TMBIA), gave their
nice words to kick off the conference. The opening plenary speech was
subsequently delivered by Prof. Kai-Nan An, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, USA,
with the topic of "Biomechanics: the Past and Future". Moreover,
three plenary speeches were further presented by Prof. Ratko Magjarevic
(University of Zagreb, Croatia), Prof. Herbert F. Voigt (Boston University,
USA), and Prof. James Cho-Hong Goh (National University of Singapore,
Singapore). Eight keynote speeches were given by Professors K. Kirk Shung (University
of Southern California, USA), Ichiro Sakuma (The University of Tokyo, Japan),
Shankar Krishnan (Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA), Arthur G. Erdman (University
of Minnesota, USA), Cheng Dong (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Kozaburo
Hayashi (Osaka University, Japan), Zong-Ping Luo (Orthopaedic institute of
Soochow University, China), and I-Ming Jou (National Cheng Kung University
Medical Center, Taiwan). There are also 16 invited speakers presented topics
covering all aspects of biomedical engineering. In addition to regular oral and
poster sessions, many symposiums, including Dental Devices and Healthcare, Big
data and Medical Informatics, 9th East Asian Consortium on
Biomedical Engineering (EACBME 9), Taiwan ORS, and IFMBE Women in Biomedical
Engineer, were held. Several competitions, including best papers, IFMBE young
investigator competition (YIC), and especially IFMBE-sponsored Asian-Pacific
Medical Device Design Competition, were also taken place. For the first time,
IFMBE-sponsored Asian-Pacific Medical Device Design Competition focused the
topics on the design of low-cost medical devices, in which five teams nominated
by such IFMBE societies as China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan were in
the final lists. IFMBE Women in Biomedical Engineer, hosted by Prof Monique
Frize with traditional Tainan cuisine, turned out to be a successful symposium
that attracted nearly 100 attendees. There are more than 30 booths of
exhibitions that displayed modern and innovative medical devices from local and
international companies. Moreover, several important IFMBE meetings, including
AC, regional Council of Society, and Asian-Pacific working group, were also
held. The next APCMBE in 2017 going to Australia was voted.
APCMBE is
a triennial conference held by IFMBE affiliated societies in Asia. This
conference provides a great opportunity for sharing and exchanging ideas and
knowledge of the latest research and developments in biomedical engineering. It
brings closely together the biomedical engineers, medical practitioners,
medical physicists, engineers, orthopedics, researchers, students, and
communities around the world to share their latest research works and
innovative developments in tissue engineering, biomaterials, biomedical images
and signals, biomechanics, medical devices and instrumentation and so on. It is
a great honor for TSBME to have the opportunity to host APCMBE 2014 and
especially to kick off its first GCBME international conference. The success of
these conferences are due to many helps from IFMBE, Asian-Pacific working
group, NCKU, sponsors, and all delegates. TSBME would like to take this chance
to express our gratitude for everyone and institutes who contributed to and
participated in GCBME 2014 / APCMBE 2014. In addition to hosting a biennial
GCBME, TSBME is hoping to be able to hold more IFMBE-sponsored conferences in
the future.
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