Abstract :
About SBEC: The First Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference was held at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana June 7 and 8, 1982 and was organized by Dr. Subrata Saha, who founded this conference series. The conference was started to bring together engineers and scientists in the South with interest in biomedical applications and showcase development in the emerging field of biomedical engineering. It has grown into not only a regional conference, but an international conference with participants from every part of the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia. The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers, clinicians, students, and industry leaders to discuss current ideas and concepts in biomedical research. The program includes keynote lectures, presentations in diverse areas of biotechnology, and student competitions. Even though this was originally intended as a regional conference, attendance from all regions of US, Latin America and the world is strongly encouraged and welcomed. An important incentive of the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference is that it is not as large as many of the other international meetings, so that interactions between students and prominent biomedical engineers from many diverse fields are facilitated. These interactions are key to the field´s continued development and advancement, and they provide an excellent platform for networking and exchanging ideas.
