Biomedical Engineering Society 2015 Annual Meeting

 生物医学工程学会（BMES）致力于开发和使用工程和技术来促进人类健康和福祉，并培养下一代生物医学工程师来实现这一愿景。创新技术正在开发，医学进步正在迅速发生，而全球问题的复杂性正在增加。为了跟上时代的步伐，迎接挑战，生物医学工程必须培养和发展最优秀的人才，并从各个部门吸引人才。BMES作为一个专业协会，在引领学科发展和塑造生物医学工程未来方面发挥着积极作用。除了研究和教育介绍，通过其年会，BMES将提供战略网络建设，职业发展和进步，分享思想，认识和促进人才，发展和促进专业卓越和扩大服务不足和代表性不足的群体的参与机会。今年会议的主题是“界面创新”。“会议将于2015年10月7日至10日在佛罗里达的坦帕举行。根据以往的出席记录和提交的摘要，预计2015年会议将有大约4,000名与会者。主程序由19个平行的技术程序轨道组成，提供800多个口头演示和1,500多个海报演示。还将为学生举办职业博览会，并为博士后研究员等早期职业专业人士举办教师候选人海报会议，以及一系列专业和社会活动，包括会前研讨会，全体讲座和一些特别活动。今年，作为对这一主题的致敬，将有专门讨论协作教学和协作研究未来的会议。合作教学会议将包括基于团队/基于项目的学习和与非BME合作伙伴合作的挑战。未来的合作研究会议将包括跨学科中心的故事和研究总结，关于什么可行，什么不可行，以及资助机会。还将有一个关于生物医学工程使世界成为所有生物更美好的地方的全体会议。凯文卡罗尔，从衣架假肢和矫正， 德克萨斯州，将谈到他为残疾人开发工程解决方案的工作，以及他为电影《冬天》中的海豚制作假尾巴的工作。 海豚的故事。本次会议的提案寻求资金，以支持新的和现有的活动，专门针对年轻和初级成员（包括职业生涯早期和年轻的研究人员谁收到了生物医学工程或相关科学学位在三年内），代表性不足的少数民族，以及其他人谁是服务不足和参与不足的社会。预计这些活动将每年重复进行，并将有助于BMES采取全面的方法，以确保发展多样化的技术能力生物医学工程劳动力。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is devoted to developing and using engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being and to building the next generation of biomedical engineers to realize that vision. Innovative technologies are being developed and medical advances are occurring at a rapid rate while global problems are increasing in complexity. In order to keep pace and meet challenges, biomedical engineering must train and develop the best talent and draw that talent from all sectors. BMES is uniquely positioned as a professional society to play an active role in leading the discipline and shaping the future of biomedical engineering. Beyond research and educational presentations, through its Annual Meeting, BMES will provide opportunities for strategic network building, career development and advancement, sharing ideas, recognizing and promoting talent, developing and promoting professional excellence and broadening the participation of underserved and underrepresented groups. The theme of this year's meeting is "Innovation at the Interface." The meeting will be held in Tampa, Florida from October 7-10, 2015. Approximately 4,000 attendees are anticipated for the 2015 meeting based upon previous attendance records and abstract submissions. The main program consists of 19 parallel technical Program Tracks providing over 800 oral presentations and more than 1,500 poster presentations. There will also be a Career Fair for students and Meet the Faculty Candidate Poster Session for early career professionals such as post-doctoral fellows, and a host of professional and social activities, including pre-conference workshops, plenary lectures, and several special events. This year as a tribute to the theme, there will be sessions dedicated to collaborative teaching and future of collaborative research. The collaborative teaching session will include challenges of team- based/project-based learning and collaborating with non-BME partners. The future of collaborative research session will include stories and research summaries of interdisciplinary centers about what works and doesn't work as well as funding opportunities. There will also be a plenary session about biomedical engineering making the world a better place for all living beings. Kevin Carroll, from Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics of Texas, will be speaking about his work developing engineering solutions for people with disabilities and also his work on a prosthetic tail for Winter, the dolphin featured in the movie a Dolphin's Tale. This conference proposal seeks funding to support new and existing activities specifically targeted toward younger and junior members (includes early career and young investigators who received a degree in biomedical engineering or a related science within three years), underrepresented minorities, and others who are underserved and under-engaged with the Society. It is expected that these activities will be recurring on an annual basis and will contribute to a comprehensive approach by BMES to ensure development of a diverse technically competent biomedical engineering workforce.