EMBC 2023

Countries Represented by Attendees

Networking At The Reception

Attendees were given the chance to network with some of the brightest minds in the Biomedical Engineering field that attended and spoke at our conference, as well as other attendees. Collaborations and connections were made during this fun night in Sydney, Australia. 

Starting with our Student Paper competition, we are proud of and would like to thank all who participated. All the work submitted was extremely impressive; every contestant should be proud.
 

We'd like to congratulate Jasmine Vu, Amith Jagannath Kamath, and Abigail Citterman for finishing first, second, and third in our competition. It was a pleasure to see all of these bright, young minds participate.

Society Award Winners:

Kam Leong: Academic Career Achievement Award

Qi Dou: Early Career Achievement Award

Yiwen Wang: Distinguished Service Award

Behrouz Shabestari: Professional Achievement Award

Nirmala Ramanujam: IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award

Xin Zhang: Technical Achievement Award

YT Zhang: William J Morlock Award

Rebecca Richards-Kortum: IEEE Medal For Innovations in Healthcare Technology Award

Professional Chapter Regional Winners:

Asia Pacific: EMBS Malaysia Chapter

Latin America: Puebla Section

North America: EMBS Boston Chapter

Europe: University of Aviero, Portugal

Asia Pacific: K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, India

Latin America: Universidad Peruana de Aplicadas, Peru

Middle East/Africa: Yamouk University, Jordan

We had a fun competition for all attendees as well! We gave out Koalas for anyone to take around and find the perfect spot at our conference in Sydney or back at home to get a picture or video with them for our competition. Many participated and prizes were awarded.

But it gets better, we had some real ones there as well!

As EMBC 2023 Concluded, The Women in Biomedical Engineering Conference Kicked Off

We had our first Women in Biomedical Engineering Conference and it was an absolute resounding successful day and night. We celebrated and championed the brilliance of women in Biomedical Engineering and were lucky enough to have four wonderful speakers who are world-renowned women in these fields. 

Speakers

Dr. Mei Tian

Dr. Erika Ross

Dr. Orna Berry

Dr. Jennifer Sinclair

Panel Discussions

1. Revolutionizing Healthcare: Unleashing the Power of Engineering Innovations
2. Nurturing the Next Generation Workforce in Healthcare: Balancing Academics, Industry, and Life

Organizing Committee

Metin Akay - Honorary Chair

Paul Sajda - Honorary Chair

Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting - Conference Chair

Yasemin Akay - Conference Chair

May Dongmei Wang - Conference Chair

Michela Chiappalone - Program Chair

Marianna Semprini - Program Chair

Nicole Caballero - Student Engagement Chair

Nancy Zimmerman - Publicity & Finance Chair

"Since 1953, women have played a large part in EMBS's scientific success. EMBS recognizes and values the role of female scientists and engineers have played in our overall societal success, and we pledge to continue to promote them by encouraging their involvement in our conferences, publications, technical, and membership activities and committees. We will continue to actively invite women to fulfill leadership roles in our society"

-Past President of IEEE EMBS Metin Akay

"Women have made substantial contributions to the field of biomedical engineering, and we believe their work should be recognized by our community. Our strategic initiative with regard to promoting women in biomedical engineering will be a cornerstone of our society's mission of applying engineering and technology to advance medicine and biology - and promoting the profession and settling the standard for diversity and inclusion throughout the STEM field. We look forward to continuing to host such forums and expanding them in the future, celebrating the achievements of our colleagues, and encouraging other women to join our profession as well."

-President of IEEE EMBS Paul Sajda

Looking Ahead

As happy as we are with how these past two conferences went and exceeded our expectations, we're even more excited for the next one and what the future holds. Whether you enjoyed your experience at this past conference or want to get involved, join us in Orlando in 2024 for our 46th Annual EMBS Conference!

We'll be having this event from 15th-19th July 2024, click on the image below to check out the conference website!

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