The conference encompasses traditional topics like basic biological and medical sciences, medical technologies, biomedical engineering and new emerging fields like biopharmaceuticals and therapeutic engineering. This conference is an extensive forum where frontiers of new challenges such as drug discovery, medical informatics, biomedical engineering, computational biology, genetic repair, reproductive engineering and infectious diseases can be discussed. Areas include but are not limited to:

• Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology
• Biochips and Bioinstrumentation
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Biomaterial and Biomolecular Engineering
• Biomechanics
• Biomedical Signal Processing, Imaging and Visualization
• Bionanotechnology and BioMEMS
• Biooptics and Biosensing
• Biorobotics, Surgical Robotics and Surgical Planning
• Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
• Cell Mechanics
• Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurosystems
• Drug Discovery and Design
• Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare
• Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery
• Tissue Engineering

The paper submission will be peer reviewed by at least two expert referees of the relevant field. Selected papers will be invited for submission to one of the following international journals:

• Medical Engineering & Physics




• Bioinformation
  



• Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  



• [inaugural issue of] International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering
  To be launched in 2006

Papers invited to the journal submission are still be subjected to the normal peer-review process of the journal. Submissions will be considered for presentation in oral or poster sessions for one of the program themes but not limited.

The International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering 2006 (ICBPE2006) will bring together global researchers and scientists from a spectrum of biomedical engineering research fields that provide novel methodologies and cutting-edge solutions to meet the emerging trends in healthcare. The Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering builds on the core expertise of Biomedical Engineering which concerns with the delivery of medical treatment and therapy; development and manufacture of prostheses, medical devices and diagnostic devices; with the Pharmaceutical Engineering that emphasizes on the use of drugs, analysis of drugs, related materials and endogenous compounds and its development. The synergy of the expertise in both is cardinal for the improvement of medical healthcare.