The International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME) is a series of international conferences in biomedical engineering held in Singapore. Organised jointly by the Department of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore and the Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore), the past ICBME series of conferences have been successful in attracting about 700 participants from over 30 countries. This year, the conference was held at NUS Uuniversity Town.