World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
The major International Conference of the Federation is now titled the World Congress.
Meetings of the Federation are combined with those of the Organization for medical Physics (IOMP) and co-ordinated by the Conference Co-ordinating Committee of the International Union for Physics and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM).
The Congresses are scheduled on a three-year basis and aligned with Federation’s General Assembly meeting at which elections are held.
Application to host the World Congress
Invitation-to-host wc2028 with Invitation to host wc2031
World Congress
WC 2025 | Australia
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2025 (WC2025)
The World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2025 (WC2025) will be held in Adelaide, Australia.
Upcoming World Congress
WC 2028 | Mexico
At the IUPESM General Assembly held in Singapore in June 2022, Mexican BMe and MP societies were entrusted with the organization of the World Congress 2028.
Upcoming World Congress
The process of selection of IUPESM WC 2031 venue will be announced in 2024.
Past World Congress
The Congresses are scheduled on a three-year basis and aligned with Federation’s General Assembly meeting at which elections are held.
IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2022 (IUPESM WC2022)
12 – 17 June 2022
Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
The Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore) and the Society of Medical Physicists (Singapore) are proud to be co-organising the IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2022 (IUPESM WC2022).
IUPESM WC2022 is the world’s leading forum for presenting the scientific results and major innovations in health-related technologies to the global medical physics and biomedical engineering fraternity.
This event will be held for the first time in Southeast Asia from 12 – 17 June 2022 at the Sands Expo® and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands.
Mark your calendars for one of the largest gatherings of medical physicists and biomedical engineers in the world. For more information, please visit www.wc2022.org.
| I | 1958 | Paris | France |
| II | 1959 | Paris | France |
| III | 1960 | London | United Kingdom |
| IV | 1961 | New York | U.S.A. |
| V | 1963 | Liege | Belgium |
| VI | 1965 | Tokyo | Japan |
| VII | 1967 | Stockholm | Sweden |
| VIII | 1969 | Chicago | U.S.A. |
| IX | 1971 | Melbourne | Australia |
| X | 1973 | Dresden | DDR |
| XI* | 1976 | Ottawa | Canada |
| XII* | 1979 | Jerusalem | Israel |
| XIII* | 1982 | Hamburg | Germany |
| XIV* | 1985 | Helsinki | Finland |
| XV** | 1988 | San Antonio | U.S.A. |
| XVI** | 1991 | Kyoto | Japan |
| XVII** | 1994 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| XVIII** | 1997 | Nice | France |
| XIX** | 2000 | Chicago | U.S.A. |
| XX** | 2003 | Sydney | Australia |
| XXI** | 2006 | Seoul | Korea |
| XXII | 2009 | Munich | Germany |
| XXIII | 2012 | Beijing | China |
| XXIV | 2015 | Toronto | Canada |
| XXV | 2018 | Prague | Czech Republic |
* In association with the International Organization for Medical Physics.
** World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
IFMBE Policy on Awarding Other International Conferences
The IFMBE Policies and Procedures describe the way IFMBE awards International Conferences other than the World. This document describes also Association with International/Regional Conferences or Special Symposia and Seminars.