Seminar on the

Development of Biomedical Engineering
in the International Environment

Organized by the EAMBES Protem Group and the International Centre of Biocybernetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ICB)
Warsaw, April 26-27, 2002
Chairmen: Maciej Nalecz, Dov Jaron, and Joachim H. Nagel

Preliminary Program

Friday, April 26, 2002
Session 1: Biomedical Engineering Education
Session Chairs: Maciej Nalecz and Dov Jaron
14:00 Opening of the Seminar, Maciej Nalecz, Director of the ICB
14:15 Biomedical Engineering Education in the US, Dov Jaron, USA, President of the IFMBE
14:45 BME in Poland, Jan M. Wojcicki, Poland
15:15 Biomedical engineering programmes at master level and postgraduate level at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Jos vander Sloten
15:45 Biomedical Engineering in the UK, Joe Barbenel, United Kingdom
16:15 Break
16:30 Biomedical Engineering Education in Spain, Enrique Gomez, Spain
17:00 Biomedical Engineering in Austria, Helmut Hutten, Austria
17:30 Biomedical Engineering in China, Zibin Yang, China

Saturday, April 27, 2002
Session 2: Biomedical Engineering Education
Session Chairs: Nandor Richter and Marcello Bracale
9:00 G. Ferrari, Italy
9:30 Viiu Tuulik
10:00 Alexander Rachev, Bulgaria
10:30 Otar Khomeriki, Georgia
11:00 Break
11:15 Oleg M. Belotserkovskiy, Russian Federation
11:45 Nikolay S. Miroshnichenko, Ukraine
12:15 Dai Duy Ban, Vietnam
12:45 Discussion
13:00 Lunch

Saturday, April 27, 2002
Session 3: The Development of Biomedical Engineering in a Globalizing Environment
Session Chairs: G. Ferrari and Zibin Yang
14:00 The Development of BME in Italy after the Bologna Declaration, Marcello Bracale, Italy
14:30 International Programs in BME Education, Ratko Magjarevic, Croatia
15:00 Biomedical Engineering in a Harmonized European Education and Research Area, Joachim Nagel, Germany, President-Elect of the IFMBE
16:00 The Founding of a European Alliance for BMES, NN
16:30 Break
16:45 The dynamic development of Medical and Biological Engineering and Sciences in a globalizing world, Joe Barbenel, United Kingdom
17:00 Plenary Discussion (including the EAMBES Protem Group): The future of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences - how can and how should the BMES Community influence the development of BMES in the international environment?
Moderators: Maciej Nalecz, Joachim Nagel and Dov Jaron
18:00 Closing of the Seminar, Maciej Nalecz