On November 15-24, 2021, the International Training Workshop on “Innovation and Transformation of Advanced Medical Devices” was held at Suzhou. It was organized by Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET), CAS, and sponsored by the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO). Held both face-to-face and online, this workshop attracted hundreds of attendees and gained over 4,000 views.
The workshop was attended by experts from SIBET, including Mr. YANG Hongbo, Vice Director, Dr. XIONG Daxi, Chief Engineer, Dr. DONG Wenfei, Chief Engineer, and Dr. ZHOU Lianqun, Director of Biomedical Diagnostic Lab, as well as several special guests: Professor CAO Jinghua, Executive Director of ANSO Secretariat, Mr. LI Xuqing, Division of International Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Province, and Ms. WANG Yi, Vice Director of Suzhou Productivity Promotion Centre.
This workshop invited not only experienced scientists from SIBET, top universities, and research institutes in China, but also famous professors from Germany and UK. These speakers presented wonderful and informative speeches to the attendees from universities, research institutes and companies in Thailand, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and other Belt and Road countries.
Themed on the advanced in vitro diagnostic technology, the workshop this year is one of the workshop series covering 3 topics: Advanced in vitro diagnostic technology, physical therapy and rehabilitation as well as medical imaging. It brought the attendees the latest knowledge about immunoassay and molecular diagnosis, mass spectrometry and clinical applications, in vitro diagnostics and point of care devices, translational biophotonics, etc. Next year we will focus on the second topic: “Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation”.
This workshop has promoted knowledge exchanges on research and commercialization of advanced medical devices with the Belt and Road countries, helped to enhance their scientific research strength on in vitro diagnostic technology and address the current challenges faced by them, and served to improve local people's well-being.
