Welcome to NBC ’05 Umeå

13th Nordic-Baltic-Conference
Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

Umeå, Sweden 13-17 June 2005

Welcome to Sweden

Welcome to the 13th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics in Umeå, Sweden 2005. This meeting is a regional meeting of IFMBE. It has proven to be a forum for biomedical engineers and physicists in this rapidly developing field of science and technology. The exchange of ideas and discussions around technical advances supports the ongoing development of healthcare and makes the NBC'05 an event worthwhile to visit.

Besides oral and poster presentations, various panel discussions and workshops will take place covering many interesting topics. In addition, advanced courses in biomedical imaging, signal processing, biomedical sensors and medical physics will be held.

The conference will be held in Umeå, a beautiful city in the north of Sweden, known as the city of birches. The river that winds its way through the city, the bright summer nights, the green parks and the many birch trees along the streets give this town its character. The undisturbed environment allows you to combine the cultural life in the city with nature experiences such as hiking, cycling, water rafting and canoeing.

Umeå is also the northern centre for higher education and administration in Sweden, with many research activities carried out at Umeå University and Umeå University Hospital. For example, the Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics (CMTF) was inaugurated in 2001 at Umeå University. The center promotes research and development in that area. The industrial sector in Umeå is dynamic, consisting of major industries and smaller firms representing biomedical engineering, biotechnology, IT, and other industrial products. This makes Umeå a model city for modern advanced education and research, and a very suitable place for NBC'05.

Looking forward to seeing you in Sweden 2005!

Accommodation and travel

Umeå lies within 1 hour's flight from the capital city of Sweden, Stockholm, with several daily departures. Prices and flight information Stockholm - Umeå will be announced at the end of July. If needed Företagsresor will also provide all connecting flights from your point of origin to Stockholm/Arlanda. For information, please contact Företagsresor i Umeå AB at grupp@foretagsresorumea.se.

Rooms have been pre-booked at four conference hotels, all within a five minute walk from the conference building (Umeå Folkets hus). Hotel reservations are done online at the conference website, where you also can find all actual prices.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Prof. Ronnie Lundström, Umeå University Hospital (ronnie.lundstrom@vll.se)

Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Dr. Britt Andersson, Umeå University (britt.andersson@tfe.umu.se)

Exhibition

Raise the profile of your company and promote your medical technology products and services.
For further details and costs please contact (per.ackeberg@spray.se)

Keynote lectures

Well-reputed scientists will give keynote lectures, for example within following themes: Tactile Video, Cancer Therapy, Radiotherapy Physics, Telemedicine, and Biomedical Optics. Keynote speakers will be announced in the final program. Contributions will be peer reviewed and either presented as a poster or an oral paper within the Scientific Program. The abstract should relate to one of the main topics (see below).

Abstract topics

The Organising Committee of NBC'05 invites the submission of abstracts for consideration in the final program. Contributions will be peer reviewed and either presented as a poster or an oral paper within the Scientific Program. The abstract should relate to one of following main topics:

1. Radiotherapy physics
2. Diagnostic imaging techniques
3. Biomedical signal processing
4. Biomedical image processing
5. Biosensors
6. Biomedical instrumentation
7. Medical ultrasound
8. Cardiovascular engineering
9. Neural engineering
10. Biomedical optics
11. Telemedicine and patient data management
12. Biomechanics
13. Biomaterials
14. Education and training
15. Sports and rehabilitation engineering
16. Medical informatics
17. Clinical engineering
18. Healthcare assessment
19. Home health care
20. Radiation protection and safety
21. Cellular and tissue engineering
22. Bioelectromagnetism
23. Entrepreneurship in biomedical engineering and medical physics
24. Biomedia

Abstracts must be submitted electronically on our website where you also can find formatting instructions. Submitting authors have the option of suggesting their presentation preference: oral or poster, but the Scientific Committee will make the final decision. Please note that during the poster viewing periods, specific times will be scheduled for short poster presentations.

Prospective authors, please visit the conference homepage www.umu.se/conference/nbc2005 for further information.

Conference secretariat
Umeå Folkets Hus
Box 466 - Vasaplan
901 09 Umeå

Conference home page
www.umu.se/conference/nbc2005