IFMBE - International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering

🌍 IFMBE News No. 104 is now available! We are pleased to share the latest issue of IFMBE News (April–August 2026), highlighting international collaboration, scientific innovation, and educational initiatives advancing medical and biological engineering worldwide. 🔹 Highlights of this issue: 🌐 IFMBE at the 79th World Health Assembly – Strengthening global cooperation in health technology management and medical device maintenance. 🤝 Growing our global community – Welcoming the Moroccan Medical and Biological Engineering Society (MMBES) as a new IFMBE member. 🔬 International conferences – Highlights from BME2026 in China and BME11 in Vietnam, showcasing advances in biomedical engineering, AI, and digital healthcare. 🎓 Education and emerging leaders – Celebrating the 10th IFMBE Latin American Summer School in Colombia and the IFMBE Winter Camp 2026 in Brazil. 📅 Looking ahead – Upcoming international conferences, announcements, and opportunities for global engagement. 📖 Read and share IFMBE News No. 104 to discover how our global community continues to connect people, advance innovation, and contribute to better healthcare worldwide! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/ebg_Q-XG #IFMBE #BiomedicalEngineering #ClinicalEngineering #HealthcareTechnology #MedicalDevices #DigitalHealth #GlobalCollaboration #HealthcareInnovation

We are delighted to welcome BEA – Biomedical Engineering Association to the IFMBE community! 🎉 Engaging and empowering the next generation of biomedical engineers is essential to the future of our field. We are very pleased to see BEA’s students bringing their enthusiasm, ideas, and energy to IFMBE, and we look forward to their active participation in our international community. Welcome to IFMBE! We look forward to working together and seeing what comes next! 🌍🤝 #IFMBE #BiomedicalEngineering #Students #YoungProfessionals #MedicalEngineering #GlobalCommunity

IFMBE - International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering was proud to contribute to MEDICON 2026, held on 14–17 September, bringing together the biomedical engineering community to advance innovation, share expertise and strengthen collaboration for better healthcare. Represented at the opening ceremony by President Professor Lin Kang-Ping, IFMBE contributed through scientific and educational activities, support for emerging researchers, the IFMBE Scientific Challenge, and meetings connecting our societies and partner organisations. Our warm congratulations to Conference Chair Professor Ernesto Iadanza, the University of Siena, and the organising and scientific committees. Thank you to the speakers, researchers, volunteers and participants who made this conference a success! Let’s carry this momentum forward—connecting expertise across borders and supporting the next generation of biomedical engineers. 🔗 Read the full story and explore the conference highlights: https://lnkd.in/eeNfchJm #IFMBE #MEDICON2026 #BiomedicalEngineering #HealthcareInnovation #GlobalCollaboration

We are delighted to recognize the outstanding teams who distinguished themselves in the 𝐈𝐅𝐌𝐁𝐄 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, held during MEDICON 2026. The Challenge brought together innovative approaches in artificial intelligence, medical imaging, and clinical decision support, focusing on the classification and diagnosis of facial pigmented lesions. The participating teams demonstrated an impressive combination of scientific quality, technical creativity, and potential clinical impact. 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞:  Furkan Aktay, Mert Mestçi and İlkay Öksüz Two-Stage Ensemble and Metadata Fusion Framework for Skin Lesion Classification 🥈 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: Volkan Mazlum and Alberto Antonietti A Multimodal Pipeline with Metadata Gating and LLM-Assisted Hyperparameter Tuning for Facial Lesion Diagnosis 🥉 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: Maryam Al Rubaye, Abbas Memiş and Baraa'H Mohamed Naser Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification with SwiGLU-Enhanced Swin Transformer V2 👏 Congratulations to the winning teams and to all participants for their excellent contributions, enthusiasm, and commitment to advancing biomedical engineering through innovative research. A special thank you to the Scientific Challenge Chairs, 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬, for coordinating this initiative. We look forward to seeing how these ideas continue to evolve and contribute to the future of healthcare technology. #IFMBE #MEDICON2026 #BiomedicalEngineering #ClinicalEngineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MedicalImaging #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #ScientificChallenge #ResearchInnovation

A great moment at MEDICON 2026, celebrating the strong presence of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) and its commitment to advancing biomedical engineering worldwide. 🌍 Delighted to welcome Prof. K.P. Lin, IFMBE President, and Dr Kallirroi Stavrianou, Chair of the IFMBE Publicity Committee, at the IFMBE booth. The booth has been a vibrant meeting point for engaging conversations, exchanging ideas, strengthening connections, and showcasing IFMBE’s global activities and initiatives. Together, we continue to promote collaboration, innovation, and the vital role of medical and biological engineering in shaping the future of healthcare. #IFMBE #MEDICON2026 #BiomedicalEngineering #MedicalEngineering #GlobalHealth #Innovation #Collaboration #IFMBEPublicityCommittee

📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 & 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 We are pleased to announce the publication of 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝟔𝟒, 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟕 of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (MBEC), the official journal of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). This latest issue brings together 𝟐𝟓 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 spanning a wide range of advances in biomedical engineering and computing, including: 🔹 Medical imaging and AI 🔹 Rehabilitation and movement analysis 🔹 Cardiovascular modelling and diagnostics 🔹 Biomedical signal processing 🔹 Robotics and computer-assisted interventions 🔹 Biomechanics and computational modelling 🔹 Physiological monitoring and wearable technologies The issue reflects the breadth of innovation taking place across our field and the important role of engineering and technology in advancing healthcare. 📖 Explore the full Table of Contents and discover the latest research in MBEC through the IFMBE website: https://lnkd.in/dk66SYDZ We congratulate all contributing authors and thank the editors and reviewers whose work continues to support the quality and impact of the journal. #IFMBE #MBEC #BiomedicalEngineering #MedicalEngineering #Bioengineering #HealthcareTechnology #MedicalImaging #ArtificialIntelligence #BiomedicalResearch #DigitalHealth

We are pleased to share 𝐈𝐅𝐌𝐁𝐄’𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, which took place at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in 𝐁𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐚́, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚. This milestone event brought together students from across Latin America for a week of learning, collaboration, and innovation, highlighting the important role of biomedical engineering in addressing real-world healthcare challenges. A special highlight of the Summer School was the Hackathon, where multidisciplinary teams demonstrated creativity, teamwork, and strong commitment to developing solutions with potential impact in healthcare. Warm congratulations to all participating students, mentors, organizers, and winning teams for contributing to such an inspiring and successful anniversary edition. Initiatives such as this continue to strengthen international collaboration, foster young talent, and promote excellence in biomedical engineering. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eKVw3RyU #IFMBE #BiomedicalEngineering #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalTechnology #EngineeringForHealth #LatinAmerica #Innovation #Collaboration

IFMBE is pleased to highlight the designation of the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗯 (𝗜𝗛𝗧 𝗟𝗮𝗯) 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮̀ 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗼-𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮 (𝗨𝗖𝗕𝗠) 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. This designation marks an important achievement for the international biomedical engineering community and reflects the growing role of engineering sciences in supporting global health policy, health system resilience, medical device strategies, and pandemic preparedness. The Centre will support WHO, Ministries of Health, governments, and United Nations agencies in developing strategies and policies for medical devices across their full lifecycle — from design and innovation to assessment, procurement, maintenance, and sustainable disposal. IFMBE warmly congratulates 𝐔𝐂𝐁𝐌, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐚𝐛, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 Leandro Pecchia, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 involved in this important achievement. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5SJk3et #IFMBE #BiomedicalEngineering #ClinicalEngineering #WHO #GlobalHealth #MedicalDevices #HealthTechnology #HealthSystems #Innovation #EngineeringForHealth

📢 Springer Nature Webinar | 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 Join us for a practical webinar designed to support researchers, engineers, clinicians, and early-career professionals in preparing high-quality scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals. Learn what editors really look for — from manuscript structure and data presentation to peer review, reviewer comments, and publication ethics. 🎙️ Speaker: Nathalie Jacobs Executive Publisher, Springer Nature 📅 Date: Monday, 18 May 2026 🕙 Time: 10:00–11:30 AM CEST (GMT+2) Key learning outcomes include: ✅ What makes a research paper publication-ready ✅ How to structure each section of a scientific manuscript ✅ How to present figures and tables clearly ✅ How the editorial and peer-review process works ✅ How to respond to reviewer comments ✅ Best practices and ethical considerations in scholarly publishing Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your scientific writing skills and take the next step in your publishing journey. 🔗 Register today and secure your spot! https://lnkd.in/eJZkrsdy #IFMBE #ScientificWriting #PeerReview #SpringerNature #BiomedicalEngineering #ClinicalEngineering #ResearchPublishing #AcademicPublishing