Special sessions consist of talks and/or panel discussions delivered by leading experts on specialised technical, scientific, or non-technical topics. Subjects may include biomedical engineering, clinical applications, medicine, healthcare, education, research funding, entrepreneurship, or technology transfer.

Mini-symposia consist of a series of coordinated talks addressing a focused biomedical engineering topic in depth through invited and peer-selected presentations and interactive discussions. They promote interdisciplinary exchange between engineers, clinicians and industry stakeholders across SABEC’s ten submission tracks, and support critical reflection on current challenges, innovations and future directions in biomedical engineering.

SABEC 2027’s theme is “Biomedical Engineering Without Borders”, spanning ten submission tracks that apply across the whole conference, not only special sessions:

• Diagnostics, Imaging & Biomedical Signals
• Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine & Therapeutics
• Biomechanics, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies
• Medical Devices, Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing
• Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Digital Health
• Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Management
• Appropriate Health Technologies
• Planetary Health & Sustainable Healthcare Technologies
• Regulation, Translation & Entrepreneurship
• BME Education, Ethics and Society

Proposers are welcome to suggest their own topic for a special session or mini-symposium. Suggestions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee for relevance to these themes and overall merit.