Since Spain joined the International Federation on Medical and Biological Engineering, the Spanish Association of Bioengineering has organized a variety of conferences and reunions of national scope, while participating in several international Conferences. Our objetive has been to contribute to the development of biomedical engineering, and to facilitate personal contacts and a sharing of ideas between the representatives from their diversive backgrounds and special areas of study, which integrate into this discipline.
The IV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering of 1986 (MECOMBE'86) celebrated in Sevilia, mirrors the Association's will to foster the growth of biomedical engineering at extended international levels.
Sevilia, the heart of Andalucia, has been selected as our meeting place, because historically the entire region is known for its openness of all peoples; Andalucia captures the spicy essence of each people by blending them together with her own. Today, in this hospitable Mediterranean atmosphere are united the desire to know and incorporate the most advanced scientific technological disciplines.
This plural Sevilian character enhances the interdisciplinary character of the bioingeneering, which share a common goal of applying the different engineering techniques in medical and biological fields providing an bridge that facilitates an enrichment in both fields.
We would like to thank the warm welcome our call had, which has been demonstrated in the quality and amount of enthusiastic support received from the Mediterranean countries, as well as from other European countries and continents.
The I.F.M.B.E. through its committees and in cooperation with member countries, continue to develop an intensive labor, which covers parctically every technical aspect of the ample applications of biomedical engineering.
In the Mediterranean area, the specific Conferences share a common history that offers a «backstage» on international communication, as demonstrated in earlier convocations. Our earnest desire for the IV Mediterranean Conference is to continue on this path in serving to confirm the full incorporation of Spain to the international bioengineering field.
We would like to express our gratitude to all the people whose individual efforts and collaboration have made this Conference possible.