General co-chairs´ message

It is with great pleasure that the General Co-Chairs welcome attendees to the 2009 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS 2009) that is taking place in the capital city of the world??s fastest growing economy Beijing, China. BioCAS 2009 is the 4th in a series of very successful conferences organised under the auspices of the BioCAS Technical Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and in co-sponsorship and cooperation with other bodies including two major Universities, namely Tsinghua University in China and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The mission of BioCAS is to bring together scientists, engineers and medical researchers and practitioners from all over the world to meet, discuss cutting-edge research and exchange innovative ideas in the area of biomedical circuits and systems and to solve complex real world problems requiring inter-disciplinary collaboration. The conference provides a real platform for seeking productive collaboration within and between academia and industry in rapidly growing area of biomedical circuits and systems.