Announcement

The 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) will be held from the August 30 to September 3, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel at Times Square in New York City, USA.

The Pre-Conference Workshops will be held on August 29 and August 30 at the Marriott Hotel at Times Square in New York City, USA.

After the Conference, the 3rd IEEE-EMBS International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors (ISSS-MDBS) will be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA , USA from September 4-6. 2006.

The general theme of the IEEE EMBS 2006 Conference is "Engineering Revolutions in BioMedicine" covering the broad spectrum of the medical physics, biological and biomedical sciences, and biomedical and clinical engineering. Specific themes include Molecular Imaging, Neural Engineering, Nano-Technologies for Biomedical Applications, Computational Biology and Bio-Informatics, Technical Innovations in Pharmaceutical Industry, and Bio-Counterterrorism and Bio-Defense Technologies.

Special symposium and workshops would be conducted with leaders in the respective fields providing an overview as well as in-depth description of the cutting-edge research technologies. Special emphasis has been given on student activities including opportunities to meet and talk with leaders and pioneers in biomedical engineering and biological sciences with discussions on exploring the career paths.

In addition to invited and solicited presentations from leading researchers from academia and research laboratories, the conference technical program is also focused on the industrial research and leadership in the areas of biomedical engineering, biological sciences, medical physics, healthcare technologies and informatics, and pharmaceuticals.

The IEEE EMBS 2006 would provide a unique opportunity to the participants to enjoy the synergy with the leaders in academic and industrial research through the technical program focused on the visionary technologies.

The research papers from researchers and students are requested to be submitted through the conference website before April 3, 2006. The proposals for Special Symposiums and Workshops are requested to be submitted for consideration by February 1, 2006.

Conference Committee

Conference Chair:
Atam Dhawan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Conference Co-Chair:
Metin Akay, Arizona State University

Program Chair:
Andrew F. Laine, Columbia University

Program Co-Chair:
Ki Chon, SUNY-Stony Brook

Finance Chair:
Laura Wolf, IEEE-EMBS Directorate

Publication Chair:
Andreas Hielscher, Columbia University

Local Arrangement Chair:
Helen Lu, Columbia University

Student Activities Chair:
Jorge E. Monzon

Student Activity Co-Chairs:
Barbara Oakley
Tara Alvarez
Anant Madabhushi

Student Paper Competition Chair:
Joaquin Azpiroz

EMBC 2006 International Program Committee

John Clark, USA, Chair
Sergio Cerutti, Italy, Co-Chair
Kenji Sunagawa, Japan, Co-Chair

Ewart Carson, UK
Patrick Clarysse, France
Paolo Dario, Italy
Jean Louis Coatrieux, France
Jean-Yves Chapelon, France 
Andre Dittmar, France
Huanqing Feng, China
Dimitris, Fotiadis, Greece
Alejandro Frangi, Spain
Walter Herzog, Canada
Dirk Hoyer, Germany
Richard Jones, New Zeland
Yasemin Kahya, Turkey
Peter Kneppo, Czech Republic
Periklis Ktonas, Greece
Vinod Kumar, India
Nigel Lovell, Australia
Eric McAdams, North Ireland
Jorge Monzon, Argentina
Ozan Ozdamar, USA
Thomas Penzel, Germany
Jose Principe, USA
Laura Roa, Spain
Christian Roux, France
Maria Ruano, Portugal
Wim Rutten, The Netherlands
Emilio Sacristán, Mexico
Rolf Johansson, Sweden
Nitish Thakor, USA     
Giuseppe Tritto, France
Max Viergever, The Netherlands
Andreas Voss, Germany
Young Ro Yoon, Korea
Josh Zeevi, Israel
Y.T. Zhang, Hongkong, China
Heqin Zhou, China
Jasjit Suri, USA


Conference Contact Information
Jodi L. Strock
EMBS Executive Office
Email: emb-conferences@ieee.org
Tel:  732 981-3451
Fax:  732 465-6435

Mailing address:
IEEE
EMBS Conferences
Attn:  EMBC 2006
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway NJ  08854

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