Session Proposals

Pre-conference Workshops (Duration: Full or Half day)

Workshops are hands on sessions which focus on current and future trends in medicine, biomedical engineering, and technology development in health care. A workshop may be delivered by a group of leading researchers and pioneers in their respective areas. Workshops are expected to be a classroom experience with hands-on learning and networking.

Important regarding pre-conference workshops;

• Workshop organizers and workshop speakers are expected to be present at and facilitate the workshop by his or her own means and provide any materials required for the workshop.
• Workshop organizers are encouraged to promote their scheduled workshop and to actively engage with the society in promotional efforts for the workshop.
• A recommendation of 4-6 speakers should be included to facilitate the workshop
• A nominal fee charged will be charged to each registrant in addition to the conference fee.
• Workshop speakers/teachers and registrants are required to pay all travel costs
• A minimum of 10 workshop attendees is required. In the unfortunate event that a workshop is accepted and scheduled, but does not meet the required workshop attendee registration, the organizing committee reserves the right to cancel the workshop due to lack of interest. In such a case, the workshop organizer would be advised of the decision to cancel up to 30 days before the event, and all workshop attendees who registered in advance for the canceled workshop would be given the option to receive a refund for the workshop fee or to select another workshop or their personal interest.

Your pre-conference proposal should be submitted as a single PDF file and include the following information:

• Title: provide a title for your pre-conference workshop
• Summary: Provide a brief description of no more than 200 words intended for publication that will allow conference attendees to understand the topic and the focus.
• Rationale: Please explain why the topic is novel, why it is relevant to the EMBS community.
• Duration: Indicate if it is half day or full day workshop
• Contact information for proposer(s): include name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• Speaker info: If your proposal is a mini-symposium or special session, include the title of each speakers talk, their full name, affiliation & email address.
• Please confirm that all speakers have agreed to be present at the workshop
• Authors should obtain any necessary company and governmental clearance prior to submission of proposals, if relevant
• File Format: Adobe PDF (.pdf)

Conference Mini-symposia (Duration: 60 or 90-minute time slot)

Mini-Symposia are dedicated to talks and panel discussions from leading researchers covering a specialized technical, scientific or non-technical talk.  Technical or scientific topics within biological and biomedical engineering, medicine, health care, clinical applications, and nontechnical talks within e.g. biomedical education, research funding, entrepreneurship, or technology transfer are welcome.

Important regarding conference mini-symposia:

• Mini-Symposia sessions should have no less than 4 speakers, and no more than can be successfully managed in the 90-minute session time allotted. As the 90-minute session time cannot be extended, we recommend a Mini-Symposia have no more than 6 speakers.
• Workshop organizers speakers are required to pay regular conference fee and travel costs
• There are no papers or abstracts associated with the min-symposia

Your proposal should be submitted as a PDF file to include the following:

• Title: provide a title for conference mini-symposia.
• Summary: Provide a brief description of no more than 200 words intended for publication that will allow conference attendees to understand the topic and the focus.
• Rationale: Please explain why the topic is novel, why it is relevant to the EMBS community, and how it fits within the themes of this conference.
• Duration (mini-symposium): Make sure to indicate the length of the individual talks (15- or 30-minute).
• Contact information for proposer(s): include name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
• Speaker info: Include the title of each speakers talk, their full name, affiliation & email address.
• Please confirm that all speakers have agreed to be present at the workshop
• Presentations made at EMBC should be original material.
• Authors should obtain any necessary company and governmental clearance prior to submission of proposals
• File Format: Adobe PDF (.pdf)

How to submit

Deadline: January 31, 2025