Official Launch of the BioMedEng Association

You are cordially invited to attend the official launch of the Association of Biomedical Engineers, Medical Engineers and Bioengineers (BioMedEng Association).

The event will take online on Monday 14th September 2020 at 15:00, with a launch address from Dr Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering at 15:15, and a panel session at 15:50.

The panel will include leading academics and engineers, industrial executives, key government officials and NHS professionals. We will broadcast the event to the wider UK bioengineering community virtually.

Please hold the date in your calendar and find a copy of the programme below.

Registration link (Eventbrite)

Programme

15:00 Welcome
Prof Anthony Bull, Inaugural Chair of Trustees
15:05 Bioengineering Societies in the UK – the earlier days
Tom Miller, Researcher – History of Academic Bioengineering
15:10 Background/History
Prof Peter Weinberg, Founder and Past Chair, UK Bioengineering Society
15:20 Launch Address
Dr Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
15:35 Official Launch
BioMedEng Council Rep – Prof Claudia Mazza, University of Sheffield
15:45 Association Update – BioMedEng21
Prof Alicia El Haj, Trustee, BioMedEng Association
15:50 Debate/Panel Discussion – “ The Bioengineering Response to the Global Pandemic”

Moderator – Dr Helen Meese
Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering Division, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

Panel
  1. Prof David James, COVID Antibody Tests, University of Sheffield
  2. Prof Rebecca Shipley, UCL-Ventura CPAP, University College London
  3. Dr Sophie Cox, Personalised PPE, University of Birmingham
  4. Dr Joseph Sherwood, JamVent, Imperial College London
  5. Prof Sebastien Ourselin, AI Diagnostics for COVID, King’s College London
  6. Prof Molly Stevens, Technology for very Early Diagnosis, Imperial College London
16:50 Closing Remarks and announcement of BioMedEng22 and BioMedEng23
Prof Anthony Bull, Inaugural Chair of Trustees

Remember to register for this event with Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/3hbTX76