World Congress Seoul, 2006

Abstract

The WC2006 was held from August 27 to September 1, 2006 in Seoul. In WC2006- Seoul, we offered a strong and diverse scientific program covering a wide range of issues and challenges in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering on the theme of “Imaging the Future Medicine,” that we face today. 2192 members participated from 63 countries, 1160 scientific papers were presented in 246 oral sessions and another 1120 papers were presented in 72 poster sessions covering 25 tracks. In addition to the proffered papers, we opened 18 symposia, 4 workshops, 15 short courses, 4 joint conferences and 14 continuing education courses sponsored by AAMP during the Congress. Ten plenary speakers and more than 100 invited speakers delivered their lectures presenting challenges and opportunities in future developments as well as the latest technical advancements. The scientific program as a whole was designed to promote the fields of medical physics and biomedical engineering to maximize their contributions in improving health care throughout the world. The commercial exhibition was also successful, wherein a total of 207 exhibitors participated. I believe that the congress provided excellent opportunities for communication among medical physicists and biomedical engineers worldwide and contributed to advance physical and engineering sciences in medicine for the benefit of improved health care.