Student Events

Tuesday July 25, 2023

08:00 – 09:30Student Paper Competition I
Location: C4.7
11:00 – 12:30Student Paper Competition II
Location: C4.7
11:00 – 12:30Performing Research in Industry
Location: C4.5 This is Part 1 in the “Performing Research” series organised by the IEEE EMBS Student Activities Committee as part of EMBC. In this session, you will learn about the career journeys of the panelists, research environment within Australian industry, and pathways to industry careers from research/academia.Dr. Ashnil Kumar – Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Harrison AI
Dr. Tejas Canchi – Verification and Validation Engineer, ResMed
Dr. Mark Philips – Head of Research and Medical Affairs, Annalise AI
Dr. Daneh Turner – Regional Research Manager, GE Healthcare
12:30 – 13:30Lunch With Leaders (pre-Registration Required)
Location: C3.3
16:30 – 18:00Student Paper Competition III
18:30 – 20:30Student and YP Event (Pre-purchased tickets are required)
Location: ArtHouse Hotel

09:30 – 09:40SPC Winners Announced (Preliminary Session)
Location: Darling Harbour Theatre
09:30 – 09:40SPC Winners Announced (Preliminary Session)
Location: Darling Harbour Theatre
11:00 – 12:30Performing research in Startups
Location: C4.5This is Part 2 in the “Performing Research” series organised by the IEEE EMBS Student Activities Committee as part of EMBC. In this session, you will learn about the career journeys of the panelists, research environment within Australian startups, and challenges and opportunities in the startup environment.Prof. Steven Wise – Founder and CSO, Nanomedx
Dr. Sam van Bohemen – Founder, CEO and CTO, Nuroflix
Dr. Simin Maleknia – Senior Research Development Manager, Tetraherix Medical Devices
12:30 – 13:30Lunch With Leaders (Registration Required)
Location: C3.3

11:00 – 12:30Student and Young Professional Opportunities with EMBS
Location: C4.5Learn more about the events and initiatives happening within EMBS for students and young professionals and how you can get involved. Topics include:How to setup a student club/chapter?
IEEE EMBS Student Activities Committee initiatives and volunteer opportunities
IEEE EMBS Young Professionals Committee initiatives and volunteer opportunities
How to get involved within your technical committee and technical conferences?
15:30 – 17:00Performing research in Academia
Location: C4.1This is Part 3 in the “Performing Research” series organised by the IEEE EMBS Student Activities Committee as part of EMBC. In this session, you will learn about the research working environments within academia, making the most out of post-docs, and how to set up a successful research lab.
Dr. Nicolai Spicher – Biosignal Processing Research Group Lead, University Medical Center Göttingen and Young Professional Representative, IEEE EMBS
Dr. Dorna Esrafilzadeh – Scientia Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and lead a materials synthesis and fabrication lab