Conference name: The 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – BIOSTEC 2016 Venue: Rome, Italy Event Date 21-23 February, 2016 Regular Papers Paper Submission: September 10, 2015 Authors Notification: December 2, 2015 Camera Ready and Registration: December 16, 2015 Position Papers Paper Submission: November 2, 2015 Authors Notification: December 4, 2015 Camera Ready and Registration: December 18, 2015 Workshops Workshop Proposal: September 11, 2015 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: December 3, 2015 Authors Notification: December 11, 2015 Camera Ready and Registration: December 22, 2015 Special Sessions Special Session Proposal: September 23, 2015 Paper Submission: November 23, 2015 Authors Notification: December 9, 2015 Camera Ready and Registration: December 17, 2015 Tutorials, Demos and Panels Proposals October 16, 2015 Scope: The purpose of BIOSTEC is to bring together researchers and practitioners, including engineers, biologists, health professionals and informatics/computer scientists, interested in both theoretical advances and applications of information systems, artificial intelligence, signal processing, electronics and other engineering tools in knowledge areas related to biology and medicine. BIOSTEC is composed of five co-located conferences, each specialized in a different knowledge area. The 9th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices – BIODEVICES 2016 Url: http://www.biodevices.biostec.org/ The 3rd International Conference on Bioimaging– BIOIMAGING 2016 Url: http://www.bioimaging.biostec.org/ The 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms – BIOINFORMATICS 2016 Url: http://www.bioinformatics.biostec.org/ The 9th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - BIOSIGNALS 2016 Url: http://www.biosignals.biostec.org/ The 9th International Conference on Health Informatics - HEALTHINF 2016 Url: http://www.healthinf.biostec.org/ BIOSTEC KEYNOTE LECTURE Hayit Greenspan, Tel Aviv University, Israel BIOSTEC CONFERENCE CO - CHAIRS Ana Fred, Instituto de Telecomunicações / IST, Portugal Hugo Gamboa, CEFITEC / FCT - New University of Lisbon, Portugal BIOSTEC Secretariat Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq. 2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 100 033 Fax: +44 203 014 8813 e-mail: biost[email protected] Web: http://www.biostec.org/