International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering
The Bio-Era: New Frontiers, New Challenges
4th - 7th December 2002
Mandarin Singapore
www.icbme.org
In the May Issue of IFMBE News, we brought the Welcome message from the Chairman of ICBME 2002 Organizing Committee, prof. James Goh, and some information on the Congress. In this Issue, we have published the list of interesting lectures that are in the program of ICBME 2002.
| Congress Opening Lecture | |
| YC Fung | The BioEra: New Frontiers, New Challenges |
| PLENARY | |
| Woo Savio | Contribution of Biomechanics to Clinical Practice in Orthopaedics |
| Kajiya Fumihiko | Functional Imaging from Molecule to System by Synchrotron Radiation |
| Chien Shu | Molecular Basis of Mechanotransduction |
| Liu Edison | Genome Biology and the Future of Medicine |
| Nerem Robert | Advances in Tissue Engineering |
| Hoffman Allan | History of Biomaterials Development and Where We will be Headinr |
| Jaron Dov | Biomedical Engineering in the 21st Century |
| KEYNOTES | |
| Biomechanics | |
| An Kai Nan | Gliding Characteristics of Tendon |
| Bodem Friedrich | What can Computerized Electromyography do for Biomechanical Research and Orthopaedic Diagnostics? |
| Pearcy Mark | New Frontiers in Bioengineering and the Implications for Spinal Biomechanics |
| Paul John P | Joint Replacements - The Wear Problem |
| Biomolecular Engineering | |
| Liu De Pei | Regulation of Alpha and Beta-Globin Gene Cluster Expression by BAC Mediated Transgenic Mice |
| Tissue Engineering | |
| Cao YiLin | Recent Advances in Tissue Engineering |
| Ikada Yoshito | Recent Progress in Tissue Engineering |
| Peter Johnson | Tissue Analysis Systems: New Approaches for Drug Development and Tissue Engineering |
| Biomaterials | |
| Wintermantel Eric | Therapeutical Bioengineering: The Materials Impact |
| Chang Guan-Liang | Retrieval Study on HA-Coated Acetabular Cups |
| Milthorpe Bruce | Strategies for Replacement of Load Bearing Bone |
| Artificial Organs | |
| Umezu Mitsuo | Biomedical Engineering Approaches to Evaluate a Function of Artificial Organs |
| Cardiovascular Bioengineering | |
| Chandran K B | Atherosclerosis and Vascular Mechanics: Recent Developments |
| Einav Shmuel | Vascular Hemodynamics and Bioengineering |
| Singh Megha | Blood flow Visualization in Mesenteric Microvessels |
| Yoganathan Ajit P | Fluid Dynamics of the Fontan Circulation |
| Neural Systems Engineering | |
| Thakor Nitish | Neural Engineering: An Engineer's Contact with the Brain |
| Bioinformatics | |
| Rajagopalan G | The Singapore BioMed Grid Project: Building the IT Infrastructure for Biomedicine |
| Rehabilitation Engineering | |
| Kim Sun I | Virtual Reality Technology for Psychotherapy and Rehabilitation |
| Mak Arthur FT | Bioengineering for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: from Research to Service |
| Clinical Engineering | |
| Zhang Yuan-Ting | Tele-healthcare and E-Medicine in the New Century: Opportunity and Challenge |
| Chan Francis H Y | On-line Detection of Atrial Fibrillation |
| Biomedical Instrumentation | |
| Kikuchi Makoto | Recent Biomedical Technology Integrating with Genetic and Cellular Engineering |
For more information, please contact the conference secretariat:
ICBME 2002 Conference Secretariat
c/o Integrated Meetings Specialist
114 Middle Road #05-02 Lee Kai House
Singapore 188971
Tel: (65) 226 3069 Fax: (65) 226 3016
Email: inmeet@inmeet.com
Contact person: Mr. Ivan Boo