Medical physics, biomedical engineering and bioengineering have been among the key driving forces of innovation and progress in medicine and healthcare over the past two decades.

In view of the future challenges for medicine, resulting from demographic changes and major health threats, the development of new solutions and the continuous improvement of current applications is critically important.

In particular, as new key technologies arise that may open new options in diagnostics and therapy, it is a multidisciplinary task to bring such innovations to medicine and to evaluate their benefit for patients with respect to the quality and results of their diagnostic and therapeutic performance.

Since this calls for intense cooperation among all players involved in the process of medical care – from scientific research and development to practical applications - the primary aim of the WC2009 is to generate and support an optimal exchange of information and synergies between professionals from research, development and applied medicine.

Combining key aspects of medical technologies with medical focus topics in inter- and multidisciplinary discussions, the congress will provide a thrilling opportunity for science and industry to meet medicine.