Keynote Speakers


Jaw-Lin Wang

Department of Biomedical Engineering

National Taiwan University


Specialty: Spine biomechanics; Orthopedic surgery instrument and implantation; Computer aided
surgery technology; Medical imaging processing and analysis

Hongen Liao

Department of Biomedical Engineering

School of Medicine

Tsinghua University


Specialty: 3D medical image; Image-guided surgery; Medical robotics; Computer-assisted surgery
Title: Innovation of 3D display and augmented reality in biomedical engineering

Dr. Yi-Hua Liu

Department of Internal Medicine

Yale University


Specialty:  Cardiology; Nuclear medicine; Ventricular function; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Sen M. Kuo

Department of Electrical Engineering

Chung Yuan Christian University


Specialty: Real-time digital signal processing systems and applications; Active noise and vibration control
systems and applications; Acoustic echo and noise cancellation; Speech enhancement, Biomedical and
healthcare systems and applications

Frank Y. Shih

Department of Computer Science

New Jersey Institute of Technology


Specialty: Digital Watermarking and Steganography; Digital Forensics; Image Processing; Computer
Vision; Information Security; Computer Graphics; Robot Sensing; Medical Imaging; Fuzzy Logic;
Pattern Recognition; Neural Networks; Artificial Intelligence; Parallel Processing

Chieh-Hsiao Chen

CEO & Founder of Brain Navi

CMO & Founder for IXensor

Director of Department of Urology and Urooncology

China Medical University Beigang Hospital


Specialty:  Laparoscopic Surgery; Tumors; Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery

Yung Chang

Director, R&D Center for Membrane Technology

Department of Chemical Engineering

Chung Yuan Christian University


Specialty: Biomimetic Functional Materials; Smart Biomembrane; Anti-biofouling Technique; Blood
Cell Separation Technique

Akinori UENO

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

School of Engineering

Tokyo Denki University


Specialty: Medical Electronics; Biomedical Engineering; Signal Processing

Yoshiki Katayama

Professor, Faculty of Engineering

Department of Applied Chemistry

Kyushu University


Specialty: Pathology-based drug delivery system; "Signalome" an index of cellular condition; Harnessing
immunity; "Chemical transformation"; for cell therapy; Nano-detectors and novel therapies; Nanobots drug
delivery system; Intracellular environment mimetic materials

Dr. Simon Malpas

Professor, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

Department of Physiology

Auckland Bioengineering Institute

The University of Auckland


Specialty: Implantable Neural Devices; Cardiovascular Control; Medical Device Development