BMES Annual Meeting 2026

BMES Annual Meeting 2026 took place October 21–24.

The 2026 meeting was held in Orlando, Florida.

BMES Annual Meeting is aimed at biomedical engineering researchers, academics, graduate students, and industry professionals working in therapeutics, medical devices, and diagnostics.

The audience was billed as including university faculty and researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, and engineers from companies developing medical technologies and diagnostic platforms.

The meeting theme was Engineers Empower Human Health, centered on cutting-edge engineering and translational research advancing therapeutics, medical devices, and integrative diagnostics.

It is most useful for biomedical engineering researchers, faculty and graduate students who want to present work and meet peers across the field, since the audience spans academics, students and industry and the co-chairs came from universities such as Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland and University of Idaho. Professionals in a narrow clinical or manufacturing niche, or those seeking a dense buyer-focused exhibit floor, will likely get less from a society meeting that is oriented toward academic research.

Attendees at academic engineering society meetings usually wear business casual, such as slacks or chemical-lab-neutral khakis with a collared shirt or blouse, with slightly dressier outfits for podium talks. Comfortable shoes help in a large Orlando convention setting, and students presenting posters often dress a notch smarter than the norm.