Date: Saturday, 14 May 2016
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (registration starts at 8.00am)
Venue: The Hive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Participation Categories

Presentations at BES10SM will be divided in the following categories

• Junior College
• Polytechnic
• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate

Call for abstracts

BES10SM calls for abstract in ALL biomedical science/engineering related topics, including, but not limited to

• Medical Devices
• Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices
• Nanotechnology
• Biomechanics
• Regenerative Medicine

Abstract submission is now closed.

All participants at BES10SM are required to complete the registration process. The participation fees are specified in the table below

Type	Amount (SGD)	Notes
BES Member (online registration)	10	Please use your email address that you provided when becoming a member (this is the one where you receive BES emails)
Non-BES Member (online registration)	20	You may choose to become a member during the registration process or at any time before registering. Click here for more info
On-site registration	25	Registration on the day itself (14 May): cash payments at the registration desk or via credit/debit card online

Registration is now closed.


Secure payment options through Pay-Pal are available. Major credit/debit cards accepted.

Programme Overview on May 14th, 2016

Time	Event	Venue
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Registration	The Hive, Level B1
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Opening Address by Professor James Goh, BES President	Hive's Lecture Theatre. Level B1
9:15 am – 9:45 am	Keynote Lecture 1 Mr Mark Procyshyn, Medtronic Topic: Medical Equipment Quality Assurance	Hive's Lecture Theatre. Level B1
10:00 am – 10:45 am	Tea Break	TBD
11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Oral and Poster Presentations Session 1 Poster Presentation Session 1	Classrooms at Level B1 of Hive.
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Lunch	Roof Top of The Hive
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm	Oral and Poster Presentations Session 2 Poster Presentation Session 2	Classrooms at Level B1 of Hive.
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm	Tea Break	TBD
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm	Keynote Lectures 2 / 3 Dr Shih-Cheng Yen Singapore Institute of Nanotechnology (SINAPSE) Panel Discussion by Past BES-SM Participants	Hive's Lecture Theatre. Level B1
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm	Award presentation + End	Hive's Lecture Theatre. Level B1

Background and theme of the competition
The Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore (BES) is looking for outstanding student design projects to be presented at the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME2016) that will take place in Singapore, December 7-10, 2016. The theme of the competition is the design of a low-cost medical device to improve healthcare in resource-scarce communities.

Eligibility
The following are the eligibility criteria for the design competition:

• All team members must be bona-fide students as of 1st January, 2016.
• Academic staff can only have an advisory role on the project.
• Number of members per team can be up to 4.
• The projects must have been carried out in the students’ institutions

Competition Format
All valid submissions will be reviewed by a judging committee. Six (6) submissions will be shortlisted as finalists for the “BES Students’ Design Award 2016”. All shortlisted submissions for the “BES Students’ Design Award 2016” are required to:

• Have all team members registered as BES student members ( http://www.bes.org.sg/membership)
• Select one team representative to present the design in front of the judging panel during the BES 10th Scientific Meeting

Failure to comply with any of the above will result in the disqualification of the team from the competition. The judging panel will select, among the 6 finalists, the winner of the competition. All members of the winning team will receive the BES Students’ Design Gold Award Certificate. The team representative of the winning team will receive a waiver of registration fees to attend and present the winning design at the ICBME2016 conference. All other finalists will receive the BES Students’ Design Merit Award Certificate.

All submissions that have not been shortlisted but were judged to be of good quality nonetheless will be allowed to present at BES10SM in one of the normal sessions.

Submission Process
Each submission should consist of:

• (mandatory) An abstract to be submitted via the Abstract Submission tab on the BES10SM website (powered by GoogleForm). Make sure to select the "Design Competition" option.
• (mandatory) A pdf document with a full description of your design, with a maximum of 3,000 words and no more than 10 illustrations or figures. Indicate, on the front page, the full names of the team members. Email your pdf file to studentchapter@bes.org.sg . The subject of your email should be: “SUBMISSION TO BES DESIGN CONTEST 2016.”
• (optional) A video file of duration not exceeding 5 minutes. Please attach the video to the same email mentioned above or make available a link for download.

Judging criteria
The participating designs will be judged following these criteria:

• Innovation
• Potential impact on healthcare of resource-scarce communities
• Low cost and ease of deployment
• Viability of the design and potential to reach the market
• (for shortlisted finalists) Quality of the presentation by the student

The two types of presentation at BES10SM are oral and poster presentation

Oral (10-12 min presentation; 3-5 min Q&A; Total 15 min)
Instructions on the submission of slides for uploading into computers at the various venues will be sent via email for accepted presentation entries.
Poster (8-10 min presentation) Poster board and materials for putting up A1-size posters will be provided from 7:45am on 14 May 2016 for participants to set up their posters.

Other Notes

• No poster printing facility will be available on site on 14 May 2016.
• Outstanding oral and poster presentations will be awarded with distinction and merit certificates along with cash prizes.
• All participants who wish to attend the symposium are required to register. Participants who wish to participate in the oral or poster presentations are also to submit their abstracts for review (see "Abstract Submission").