Biomedical Engineering Society

Annual Report - Singapore

1. 12th AGM
The 12th BES AGM was held on the 26th October 2002 at the NUS Orchard Guild House. The meeting was called to order by the President YT Chew at 12.00 pm. The meeting was adjourned at 2.00 pm. The following members were elected to the 12th Executive Committee.
President : YT Chew
Vice President : James Goh
Secretary: SL Toh
Assistant Secretary: Ashvin Thambyah
Treasurer : Peter Lee
Membership : Tan Peck Ha
Committee Members:
Lim Chwee Teck
Johnny Chee
Alastair Ritchie
Tan Kim Cheng

2. Establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) and the Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore) (BES) on the 28th November 2002
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on professional and biomedical engineering activities was signed by Er. Dr Lock Kai Sang (President IES) and Er. Professor Chew Yong Tian (President BES). The Presidents of IES and BES both expressed the timeliness of such a collaboration to help spearhead biomedical sciences - a fourth pillar of the Singapore's economy. The MoU focuses on promoting cooperation and co-ordination of activities and communication between the two organisations, such as conferences, seminars, workshops and continuing education and programmes.

The Institution of Engineers, Singapore, has been in existence since 1 July 1966 and has over 7500 members. More information on IES can be obtained from www.ies.org.sg

3. International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, 4th - 7th December 2002
Please see ICBME 2002 report, this issue, pp. 11-12 and the January 2003 issue if the News for reports on Outstanding Paper Awards and Young Investigators Awards. Short biographies of the awarded young investigators are published in the March 2003 Issue of the IFMBE News.

4. BES member's night, 16 March 2003
BES held a members' night on 16 March 2003. Professor Edmund Chao from the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, was the guest of honour. Prior to the evening's event, Prof. Chao conducted a short course in clinical biomechanics.