Conference
The first Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference was held September 8 and 9, 1966 in Ottawa, Ontario. CMBES continues to host an annual conference including sponsor seminars, technical paper presentations including peer-reviews, a conference proceedings, [2] affiliation with Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, [3] vendor exhibit of current medical devices, a continuing education program, workshops, symposia, and networking opportunities.
The location of the conference rotates between Canadian cities every year. Occasionally the conference is held in conjunction with like organisations. Partnerships in the past have included: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT) and the International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM).
In 2015, the CMBES and IUPESM hosted the World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Annual conference proceedings are published online under International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) 2371-9516.
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