International University (IU) a member of the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, one of the most famous university networks in Vietnam has created its Biomedical Engineering Department. IU is the first and unique public university in Vietnam that teaches all courses in English and was created as a new model to modernize the higher education in Vietnam. IU has selected Professor Vo Van Toi, a Vietnamese American who was a professor in Biomedical Engineering of Tufts University (U.S.) and a director of the Vietnam Education Foundation, a U.S. federal agency devoted to higher education for Vietnam, as the chairman of the BME Department.
The theme of this conference is: “New frontiers in Biomedical Engineering”. People are invited to be part of this conference to present their latest results and to set a direction to further the development of biomedical engineering in Vietnam. They can give a talk, initiate a special interest session and/or organize a tutorial session on a special topic to improve knowledge in this field or to help people of different background to convert into Biomedical Engineering. The University solicit all interdisciplinary works, which links life and health sciences to engineering and basic sciences, and covers from molecular to upper levels and from methodology to instrumentation. The official language is English.
PURPOSES
1.To give Vietnamese educators, students, researchers, administrators and policy makers the opportunity to learn about the related works and models in the U.S. and elsewhere, and to present their accomplishments
2.To give international scholars the opportunity to learn of Biomedical Engineering activities in Vietnam for future collaborations; and to give US professional institutions (IEEE, AIMBE, etc.) opportunity to explore the possibility to establish BME chapters in Vietnam.
3.To develop the relationship between international and local industry, and to motivate further development of BME in Vietnam.
4.To provide a forum for young Vietnamese scientists to exchange and discuss their experiences and results from their studies, training, and research activities of Biomedical Engineering and related fields.
TOPICS
This conference intends to highlight the latest progress in research, education and entrepreneurship in biomedical engineering. The topics to be covered include but are not limited to:
1. Scientific research:
Medical Imaging
Regenerative Medicine
Medical Instrumentations
Biotechnology
Biomechanics
Bioinformatics
Biometrics
Tissue Engineering
Healthcare Information Technology
Biomedical Ethics
Rehabilitation Engineering
Surgical Technology
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology in Medicine
Medical Genetics and Immunology.
Computational Surgery
2. Education models:
Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Development (Infrastructure, Difficulties Encountered, Advantages and Disadvantages, Costs of Developments)
Relationship University-Hospital-Industry
ABET
3. Entrepreneurship:
Legal Regulations (FDA)
Technology Transfer/Intellectual Property: (EIR,MTA, CDA, CTA, CRADA, Patent, License)
Government Research Funding institutions (NSF, NIH including SBIR and STIR)
Private Research Funding institutions
Venture capitalism
Professional Societies: IEEE, ASME, AIMBE.
4. Models for Vietnam:
Suggested solutions for Vietnam.
REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION OF PAPERS.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Abstracts Submission (200 words) September 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance October 1, 2009
Full text 6 pages (single space) November 1, 2009
Registration Deadline November 1, 2009
NOTE :
Full text of papers accepted for the conference will be published by Springer in the "IFMBE Proceedings Series"
Contact addresses and all information :
Prof. Vo Van Toi,
Chair of Biomedical Engineering Department International University - Vietnam National University
Conference general chair
Add: International University,
Quarter 6, Linh Trung, Thu Duc Dist. Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM
Fax: +84-8-7242 195
Tel: +84-8-2211 3517
Cell: +84-91 6100934
Email: bme@hcmiu.edu.vn
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