The reminder-Award nomination deadline
The deadline for the following awards is until March the 1st, 2025:
1. IFMBE Awards : Vladimir K. Zworykin Award, Otto Schmitt Award, John A. Hopps Distinguished Service Award, Laura Bassi Award and IUPESM Awards of Merit. IFMBE Awards Nomination Form 2025
2. The IFMBE – IAMBE Early Career Award (https://ifmbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IFMBE-IAMBE-Early-Career-Award.pdf)
3. For the IFMBE Divisions’ Awards deadline is until March the 20th, 2025:
- IFMBE CED (Clinical Engineering Division) is awarded in 3 categories: IFMBE CED Award, Clinical Engineering Outstanding Teamwork Award and Best Clinical Engineering Article and Conference Paper Award. (LINK)
- IFMBE HTAD (Health Technology Assessment Division) is awarded in 3 categories: HTAD Outstanding Contribution Award, HTAD Best Paper Award and HTAD Policy Award. (LINK)
- IFMBE DHD (Digital Health Division) Awards is awarded in 3 categories: DHD Career Award, DHD Outstanding Contribution Award and DHD Best Paper Award. (LINK)
For the IFMBE Honorary Life Members deadline is until April the 1st, 2025:
4. IFMBE Honorary Life Members (LINK)
Looking forward to your nominations.
Cordially,
IFMBE President ‘s office
NBC 2025 & PCBBE 2025 June 16 – 18, Warsaw, Poland
Joint 20th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and the 24th Polish Conference on Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering (NBC 2025 & PCBBE 2025),
taking place from June 16-18, 2025 in the vibrant and historic city of Warsaw, Poland.
Dear Distinguished Guests, Colleagues and Friends,
Following our initial invitation to the Joint 20th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and the 24th Polish Conference on Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering (NBC 2025 & PCBBE 2025), which will take place in Warsaw (Poland) from June 16-18, 2025, and whose first announcement was disseminated on December 12th, 2024, we are pleased to share thissecond announcement with you.
In response to requests from prospective participants, we have decided to extend the submission deadline for full papers to January 31, 2025. We are confident that this extension will provide more researchers and students the opportunity to share results their findings with BME community.
The Conference will be held at the Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, under the honorary patronage of Prof. Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It is co-financed by state funds awarded by the Minister of Science as part of the Excellent Science II Programme.
The NBC 2025 & PCBBE 2025 is co-sponsored by the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Committee of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Society for Biomedical Engineering, and is endorsed by the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science.
We welcome your contributions on a wide range of topics in medical and biological engineering – from the research challenges and effective education to gender diversity in BME and the commercialization of groundbreaking scientific discoveries. We are proud to offer two formats for participation:
- Full papers accepted for presentation will be published in the prestigious IFMBE Proceedings.
- For those who prefer a more concise format, abstract submissions are also welcome.
We also encourage participants younger than 35 years old to take part in the Young Investigators Competition (https://nbc2025.ibib.waw.pl/index.php/young-investigators-competition/).
Additionally, researchers working in the field of Artificial Intelligence in BME may consider participating in the IFMBE Scientific Challenge Competition, entitled “Segmentation Challenge: Wounds and Markers in Focus” (https://nbc2025.ibib.waw.pl/index.php/ifmbe-scientific-challenge-competition/).
IMPORTANT DATES
| Full paper and abstract submission open: | 01.12.2024 |
| Full paper submission deadline: | 31.01.2025 |
| Full paper first decision: | 22.02.2025 |
| Abstract only submission deadline: | 02.03.2025 |
| Full paper final decision: | 30.03.2025 |
| Abstract acceptance notification: | 30.03.2025 |
| Early-bird registration deadline: | 06.04.2025 |
| Hotel room booking deadline: | https://nbc2025.ibib.waw.pl/index.php/accomodation/ |
| Regular registration deadline: | 01.06.2025 |
After the regular registration deadline, on-site registration will be available.
Important info about registration fee please find on the following link: https://nbc2025.ibib.waw.pl/index.php/nbc-2025-pcbbe-2025-registration-fees/
Whether you’re an academic, an industry professional, or a healthcare practitioner, this conference offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to the engineering of a healthier future. So, mark your calendars and get ready for three days of scientific excellence, lively debates, and, of course, a bit of fun along the way.
We look forward to your participation and valuable contributions.
For all the additional questions please contact the Conference Organizing Committee at nbc2025@ibib.waw.pl
Conference Organizing Committee
30 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS (ICBHI 2024)
Dear ICBHI Friends,The Digital Health Division of the IFMBE has launched together with the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, a Scientific Challenge. This edition of the Scientific Challenge aims to identify someone’s emotions directly from captured brain and body signals. Accurately identifying emotional states is crucial for understanding how emotions affect us and developing novel avenues for diagnosis and intervention. By combining advanced brain scanning methods with the study of bodily reactions, scientists aim to decode how emotions work in our brains and bodies.In this challenge, participants are given access to a rich dataset of 20 subjects, each containing 30 trials of 25 seconds of data from three simultaneous sources.(1) pre-processed fMRI data,
(2) photoplethysmography (PPG) data,
(3) respiratory data.
Given your expertise in Physiological and fMRI BOLD Signals, we warmly invite you to participate in this scientific challenge. We encourage you to register and submit your solution to the challenge web site, as well as submit a paper related to your solution.Note: All accepted abstracts can be submitted as full text scientific papers within the specified deadline for publication under a Topical Collection of the IUPESM journal Health and Technology. The full-text article will be subject of a peer-review process and subsequent publication in the Health and Technology Journal, Issue 14, Volume 6, 2024.For more information on the procedure and data, as well as rules and deadlines, please seehttps://www.icbhi2024.com/sc Scientific Challenge Contact email: icbhi2024.sc@gmail.com
Important Date for Scientific Challenge
- Dataset open Test (Phase I): 1 April ~ 31 May
- Abstract submission for SC: 15 April ~ 15 June
- Dataset open Test (Phase II): 15 June ~ 15 July
- Notification of acceptance: 1 August
- Paper final submission: 1 September
- Early registration: 1 October
22-26 July, 2024 – 9th National College Student Biomedical Engineering Innovative Design Competition
The 9th “National College Student Biomedical Engineering Innovative Design Competition” is hosted by the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering and organized by Hainan University. This competition plans to adopt a week-long form to create a high-quality discipline competition, enhance the event’s competitiveness, and expand its influence. The competition will focus on clinical applications, with tracks categorized according to industry fields and academic directions. Exciting activities throughout the competition will include lectures on cutting-edge science, high-end medical equipment displays, and corporate presentations, providing participating students and faculty with a rich feast of knowledge in biomedical engineering.
The competition only accepts team entries. Members may form a team from more than one college. However, only one college should be selected as the primary participant. All entrants shall join teams of 1 to 5 members. All entrants shall be essential members of the team. The team leader must be currently enrolled at an overseas university. The primary participant college should be an overseas university that is officially recognized. Participating schools and team members can be from domestic universities.
The offline activities for this competition are scheduled to take place in Hainan in late July 2024. Guided by clinical requirements, the competition encourages participants from various disciplines, such as biomedical engineering, electronic information, mechanical engineering, optics, materials science, biology, and physics. Entries include but are not limited to algorithm development, hardware design, system integration, and other related content in biomedical engineering. For those interested in participating in the international track, faculty and students are encouraged to pre-register themselves considering the clinical applications, disciplinary knowledge, and interests.
Overseas students are welcome to participate. College students who intend to participate in the competition, please get in touch with us via email: HNuBme@hainanu.edu.cn before May 15th, 2024.
22-26 July, 2024 – 9th National College Student Biomedical Engineering Innovative Design Competition
The 9th “National College Student Biomedical Engineering Innovative Design Competition” is hosted by the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering and organized by Hainan University. This competition plans to adopt a week-long form to create a high-quality discipline competition, enhance the event’s competitiveness, and expand its influence. The competition will focus on clinical applications, with tracks categorized according to industry fields and academic directions. Exciting activities throughout the competition will include lectures on cutting-edge science, high-end medical equipment displays, and corporate presentations, providing participating students and faculty with a rich feast of knowledge in biomedical engineering.
The competition only accepts team entries. Members may form a team from more than one college. However, only one college should be selected as the primary participant. All entrants shall join teams of 1 to 5 members. All entrants shall be essential members of the team. The team leader must be currently enrolled at an overseas university. The primary participant college should be an overseas university that is officially recognized. Participating schools and team members can be from domestic universities.
The offline activities for this competition are scheduled to take place in Hainan in late July 2024. Guided by clinical requirements, the competition encourages participants from various disciplines, such as biomedical engineering, electronic information, mechanical engineering, optics, materials science, biology, and physics. Entries include but are not limited to algorithm development, hardware design, system integration, and other related content in biomedical engineering. For those interested in participating in the international track, faculty and students are encouraged to pre-register themselves considering the clinical applications, disciplinary knowledge, and interests.
Overseas students are welcome to participate. College students who intend to participate in the competition, please get in touch with us via email: HNuBme@hainanu.edu.cn before May 15th, 2024.
9-13 June 2024 | EMBEC 2024
IFMBE European Medical and Biological Conference to be held in Portorož, Slovenia, from June 9th to 13th, 2024.
The Call for papers and abstracts is opened on 15th November 2023. All relevant information for preparing your manuscript can be found on the conference web site
Conferință Națională de Bioetică
TERMENUL LIMITĂ PENTRU ÎNSCRIERE CU TAXĂ REDUSĂ A FOST PRELUNGIT PÂNĂ PE DATA DE 30 NOIEMBRIE 2023
Vă invităm la cea de-a XVIII-a Conferință Națională de Bioetică, ce se va desfășura online, în perioada 7-9 decembrie 2023.
În acest an tema conferinței este ”O perspectivă bioetică asupra provocărilor lumii contemporane”. Această temă poate fi considerată o continuare a dezbaterilor din anii anteriori privind provocările etice ale progresului tehnologic, dar are și noi valențe. Astfel, alegerea temei a avut la bază mai multe rațiuni:
În primul rând, deoarece vremurile pe care le trăim sunt complicate și adesea dominate de conflicte. Conflictul major în secolul XXI este, în opinia mea, cel dintre setea de sens și criza de sens. Din acesta se dezvoltă alte stări conflictuale: scientism versus holism, material versus spiritual, evolutionism versus creationism, adevăr științific versus adevăr revelat, progres versus reglementare, bioetică seculară versus bioetică religioasă etc.
În al doilea rând, deoarece încă nu s-a dat un răspuns unanim acceptat la întrebarea: Cât și cum putem cunoaște fenomenele lumii care ne înconjoară? Cunoașterea desemnează o diversitate deconcertantă de activități și de rezultate ale activităților omenești: pe de o parte activitatea de producere a cunoștințelor și însușirea acestora, iar pe de altă parte noțiuni, judecăți, teorii privind cunoștințele deja constituite. De aici, dificultatea de a găsi răspunsul.
În sfârșit, deoarece o asemenea temă permite participarea la dezbateri a reprezentanților din diferite domenii ale activităților umane: biologic, medical, juridic, tehnic, social, artistic, și nu în ultimul rând filozofic și religios. Vă invit să medităm împreună, încercând să construim “o punte spre viitor”.
Vă așteptăm cu drag!
Cu deosebită considerație,
Prof. Dr. Vasile Astarastoae
Președinte de onoare al celei de-a XVIII-a Conferințe Naționale de Bioetică
ÎNSCRIEREA LA EVENIMENT
Vă rugăm să vă înscrieţi la eveniment online, accesând secţiunea “ÎNREGISTRARE ONLINE“ (apăsați butonul Inregistrare și respectați instrucțiunile din formular).PLATA TAXELOR
Taxa de participare se poate plăti folosind una dintre următoarele metode:
– prin transfer bancar în contul Eventer.Net SRL lași, cod IBAN: RO34BACX0000001109460000, deschis la UniCredit Bank lași, cod fiscal R026964360;
– online, prin intermediul aplicației de pe site-ul www.conferintadebioetica.ro.
Copia documentului care atestă plata (în cazul plăților care nu sunt efectuate prin intermediul aplicației de pe site) poate fi trimisă prin e-mail, ca document scanat şi ataşat e-mailului, pe adresa: contact@conferintadebioetica.
Vă rugăm să vă înscrieţi la eveniment online, accesând secţiunea “ÎNREGISTRARE ONLINE“ (apăsați butonul Inregistrare și respectați instrucțiunile din formular).PLATA TAXELOR
Taxa de participare se poate plăti folosind una dintre următoarele metode:
– prin transfer bancar în contul Eventer.Net SRL lași, cod IBAN: RO34BACX0000001109460000, deschis la UniCredit Bank lași, cod fiscal R026964360;
– online, prin intermediul aplicației de pe site-ul www.conferintadebioetica.ro.
Copia documentului care atestă plata (în cazul plăților care nu sunt efectuate prin intermediul aplicației de pe site) poate fi trimisă prin e-mail, ca document scanat şi ataşat e-mailului, pe adresa: contact@conferintadebioetica.
TAXE DE PARTICIPARE
| Tip participant | Până la data de 30.11.2023 | După 30.11.2023 | ||
| medic primar/specialist/rezident/ alte profesii |
150 lei | 200 lei | ||
| studenți | gratuit | nu se mai fac înscrieri | ||
Serviciile incluse în taxa de participare:
► accesul la sesiunile de transmisii live (link-ul necesar vizualizării prezentărilor va fi trimis prin email participanților cu o zi înainte de începerea evenimentului);
► diploma de participare cu credite EMC.CONFIRMAREA ÎNSCRIERII
După data de 30 noiembrie 2023 toți participanții înscriși la eveniment vor primi un email de confirmare a înscrierii.
Până la data de 30.11.2023 (inclusiv) taxa de participare se poate returna (mai puţin comisioanele bancare) la cererea participantului. Începând cu data de 01.12.2023 taxa de participare nu se mai returnează.
► accesul la sesiunile de transmisii live (link-ul necesar vizualizării prezentărilor va fi trimis prin email participanților cu o zi înainte de începerea evenimentului);
► diploma de participare cu credite EMC.CONFIRMAREA ÎNSCRIERII
După data de 30 noiembrie 2023 toți participanții înscriși la eveniment vor primi un email de confirmare a înscrierii.
Până la data de 30.11.2023 (inclusiv) taxa de participare se poate returna (mai puţin comisioanele bancare) la cererea participantului. Începând cu data de 01.12.2023 taxa de participare nu se mai returnează.
FURNIZAREA LINK-ULUI DE ACCES PENTRU PREZENTĂRILE LIVE
Cu o zi înainte de începerea conferinței toți participanții vor primi prin email link-ul necesar vizualizării prezentărilor ce vor fi transmise live.
REZUMATE
Rezumatele, redactate conform instrucțiunilor din pagina “Instructiuni de redactare“, se trimit până la data de 30 noiembrie 2023, folosind una dintre următoarele variante:
► accesand secțiunea “Rezumat” după autentificarea în contul creat pe site (pentru a putea trimite rezumate trebuie să aveți cont pe site: accesați secțiunea Înregistrare Online și completați câmpurile formularului de înscriere)
► prin e-mail, ca fișier atașat, pe adresa operatorului: contact@conferintadebioetica.
ATENȚIE! Nu puteți trimite rezumate înainte de a vă înscrie!
Vor fi publicate numai rezumatele la care cel puțin unul dintre autori a achitat taxa de participare.
LUCRĂRI IN EXTENSO
Cel puţin unul dintre autorii lucrărilor in extenso trebuie să fie înscris la Conferinţa Naţională de Bioetică.
Lucrările in extenso se trimit în limba engleză până la data de 31 decembrie 2023 prin email, ca fişier ataşat, pe adresele de e-mail contact@conferintadebioetica.
Instrucțiunile de redactare a lucrărilor in extenso le găsiți pe site-ul evenimentului.
Informații detaliate despre eveniment sunt disponibile pe site-ul www.conferintadebioetica.ro
5th October 2023 – Global virtual Town Hall of IUPESM
The International Union for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM) is organizing a global virtual Town Hall of IUPESM on 5th October 2023 at 12 noon GMT for one hour.
This event will introduce the members of the Administrative Council (AC) of IUPESM, who will shortly present the IUPESM activities, the World Congress 2025, the Journal Health and Technology, and the Chairs of Committees/TGs/WPs of IUPESM.
The purpose of this event is enhancement of awareness about IUPESM and what it does.
Please mark your calendar, post the information on the web site of your BME society and distribute it among members of the BME Society and your contacts!
Direct links to the webinar’s webpage and registration are available below and we shall appreciate it if you also distribute them among your contacts.
https://iupesm.org/iupesm-first-virtual-global-town-hall
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CrdbSLUATsqNgGI_hzvKPQ
Invitație lansare cărți
Ne face plăcere să promovăm apariția a două cărți ale colegului nostru Mircea Leabu, intitulate „Cioran și tămăduirea disperării”, respectiv „Metafizica celulei”, ca și evenimentul de lansare a lor ce se va desfășura în 25 septembrie 2023, la București. Detalii referitoare la acest eveniment aflați din afișul postat.
Marius N. Roman
Președinte SNIMTB
