The 13th IASTED International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering
BioMed 2017

February 20 – 21, 2017
Innsbruck, Austria

Past Conference Speakers

Past BioMed conferences have had the following exceptional speakers and tutorials:

Keynote Speakers

BioMed 2016

"Wearable Computing Systems in Exercise, Sports and Rehabilitation"

Prof. Arnold Baca
University of Vienna, Austria

BioMed 2014

"Novel Robots for Patient-Cooperative Rehabilitation"

Prof. Robert Riener
University Hospital Balgrist and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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BioMed 2013

"Biomaterials as a Platform for Regenerative Medicine"

Prof. C. James Kirkpatrick
Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
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Invited Speakers

BioMed 2013

"Cardiac Tissue Engineering"

Prof. Sian E. Harding
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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Keynote Speakers

BioMed 2012

"Human Derived Biomaterials and Cells for Tissue Regeneration/Engineering"

Prof. Heinz Redl
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Austria
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Invited Speakers

BioMed 2012

"Bacteria Killing and Tissue Growing Nanostructures"

Prof. Thomas Webster
Northeastern University, USA
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Keynote Speakers

Biomed 2011

"MRI: From Multiparametric Contrast to Biomarker Imaging"

Prof. Rudolf Stollberger
Graz University of Technology, Austria
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"From tissue engineering to implants to in situ sensors: Applications of nanotechnology in Biomedical Engineering"

Prof. Thomas Webster
Northeastern University, USA
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"Technologies for ageing-in-place: From implantable bionics to biomonitoring"

Prof. Nigel Lovell
University of New South Wales, Australia
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"From high-resolution multi-channel ECG to patient individual cardiac electrical activation times"

Assc. Prof. Michael Seger
UMIT - The Health and Life Sciences University, Austria
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BioMed 2008

"Chemical and Biological Sensor Systems for Personal Health Care Applications"

Dr. Elfriede Simon
Siemens AG, Germany
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BioMed 2007

"Chemosensors, Biosensors, and Microsystems Based on Standard Semiconductor Technology"

Prof. Andreas Hierlemann
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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Invited Speakers

BioMed 2007

"Automated Interpretation and Modeling of Subcellular Patterns for Systems Biology"

Prof. Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Tutorial Sessions

BioMed 2016

Prof. Thomas Webster
Northeastern University, USA
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BioMed 2013

"Multiscale Mechanics of Bone and Bone Tissue Engineering"

Prof. Christian Hellmich
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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BioMed 2012

"Data Analysis and Integration Tools in Biomedical Informatics: A Case Study in Aging Research"

Dr. Hesham Ali
University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
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Biomed 2011

"Low Back Pain: the problem and methods of assessment"

Prof. Robert Allen
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
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"Optical Sensors for Biomedical Applications"

Dr. Martin Brandl
Danube University Krems, Austria
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BioMed 2008

"Bioinformatics: True Integration between Biosciences and Computation Sciences - Overview and Recent Results"

Dr. Hesham Ali
University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
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BioMed 2007

"Machine Learning Approaches to Information Extraction from Text and Images in Biomedical Journal Articles"

Prof. Robert F. Murphy
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Biomed 2006

"Scanning Probe Lithography for Biomedical Applications"

Prof. Albena Ivanisevic
Purdue University, USA
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BioMED 2005

"Computer-aided Detection of Early Signs of Breast Cancer"

Prof. Rangaraj Rangayyan
University of Calgary, Canada
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Plenary Speakers

BioMed 2010

"The Biomechanics of Bone Augmentation"

Dr. Stephen Ferguson
University of Bern, Switzerland
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BioMED 2005

"Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Assessment of Organ Functions"

Prof. Peter Boesiger
University of Zurich, Switzerland
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BioMED 2003

"Artificial Intelligence and Quality Assurance in Medicine"

Prof. Klaus-Peter Adlassnig
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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