Our International Conference on Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering (ICCMB3) aims to bring together scientists/researchers, engineers and scholars from varied academic and industrial backgrounds for a session of open sharing and learning of state-of-the-art knowledge and breakthroughs in emerging areas of bioengineering. The conference, through its programme, also seeks to reflect and address new challenges that come with new knowledge in bioengineering today. Prominent plenary speakers from world renowned institutions in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific will be featured in this conference, thus providing a platform for conference participants to interact and network with leading experts in the biomedical science and bioengineering fields.

A symposium on foods is organized in parallel with the ICCMB3 conference. Among all human activities, eating undoubtedly has the greatest effect on health. The growing demand for healthy foods and an increasing consciousness in consumer health are driving innovative developments in new food products of the future. New challenges must be addressed, in particular, food security, health issues related to food, and sustainable development. This symposium targets biotechnology in the food processing with the objectives of improving process control, the quality, safety and consistency of food products. Active participation from invited research scientists, students, local business professionals, and food industry leaders in this symposium is also expected to generate productive cross-fertilization of ideas between industry and academia.

The ICCMB3 organizing committee hopes to welcome you to Singapore in 2012, and we certainly look forward to your participation and contributions to this meeting.