Program Overview

ICMMB 2026 Program

ICMMB 2026 Program

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Time NAK AuditoriumL1-S2L2-T1
08:30-16:30
Registration
09:00-09:30
Opening Ceremony
09:30-10:15
Plenary Lecture 1: Advances in Medical Bionics and Brain-computer Interfaces
David B. Grayden
10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-12:45
Oral Health ACP Special Session (TuA2NAK)
Cell Mechanics, Confinement & Mechanotransduction (TuA2L1S2)
Neuroengineering & BCI II: Control, Detection & Neural Interfaces (TuA2L2T1)
Keynote
Smart Piezoelectric 3D-printed Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Swee Hin Teoh
Low Frequency Ultrasound Treatment of Age-related Maladies
Linda J Kenney


Compression-induced Mechanical Memory in Progression of Breast Cancer
Sarah Boyle
12:45-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:45
Plenary Lecture 2: Eavesdropping on Human Behaviors: From Electrophysiology to Motion and Interaction
Rosa Chan
14:45-16:00
Tissue Mechanics & Cardiac Aging (TuP1NAK)
Engineered Tissue Microenvironments & Mechanobiology (TuP1L1S2)
Sports, Gait & Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (TuP1L2T1)
Keynote
Imaging for Ageing So That Future Tools Make Sense: The Cardiovascular Perspective
Angela Koh
Mechanics and Materials: Integrated Roles in Metastatic Cancer
Shreya Raghavan
16:00-16:30
Break
16:30-17:15
Plenary Lecture 3: MitoCharge Magnetic Muscle – Mitochondria Activation and Healthy Longevity
Ivan Goh
17:15-18:15
Poster Session 1

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Time NAK AuditoriumL1-S2L2-T1
08:30-16:15
Registration
09:00-10:30
Assistive Robotics & Neurorehabilitation (WeA1NAK)
Computational Tools, AI/ML & Biomedical Data (WeA1L1S2)
Neuroengineering & BCI II: Cognitive, Psychiatric & Developmental Signals (WeA1L2T1)
Keynote
Soft Robotics Meets Human Biomechanics
Raye Yeow
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-11:45
Plenary Lecture 4: Data-Driven Neural Biomarkers for Chronic Pain
Metin Akay
11:45-13:00
Bone & Musculoskeletal Mechanobiology (WeA2NAK)
Cardiovascular Modeling & Mechanics (WeA2L1S2)
Keynote

Carpal Tunnel Mechanics and Clinical Applications
Zong-Ming Li
AI-Enhanced Cardiac Digital Twins: From Mechanistic Modeling to Personalized Healthcare
Lei Li
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:45
Plenary Lecture 5: Advancing Neuroengineering with Electroceuticals and Neuromorphic Twins
Michela Chiappalone
14:45-15:45
Developmental & Reproductive Tissue Microenvironments (WeP1NAK)
Translational Clinical Engineering & Rehabilitation (WeP1L1S2)
Disease & Immune Mechanobiology (WeP1L2T1)
Keynote

Living Under Pressure: From Force Sensing to Force Survival
Yao Wang
Engineering Living Muscles for Biohybrid Robots: From Tissue Training to High-Performance Locomotion
Yu Jun Tan
15:45-16:15
Break
16:15-17:00
Plenary Lecture 6: Mechanobiology of Apoptosis and Tissue Turnover in Aging
Yusuke Toyama
17:00-18:00
Poster Session 2
Evening
Banquet

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Time NAK AuditoriumL2-S3/S4L2-T1
08:30-11:00
Registration
09:00-11:00
Musculoskeletal Sciences ACP Session (ThA1NAK)
Clinical Devices & Mechanobiological Tools (ThA1L2S3)
Physiological Signals, Speech & Respiratory Modeling (ThA1L2T1)
Keynote
Soft Robotic Technologies for Safe Interaction with Human Tissue
Amy Kyungwon Han
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-12:15
Plenary Lecture 7: Probing Subnuclear Deformation in Cancer Cells
Wenting Zhao
12:15-12:30
Closing Ceremony
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30
Social Program
ICMMB 2026 Preliminary Program

ICMMB 2026 Program

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Time NAK AuditoriumL1-S2L2-T1
08:30-16:30
Registration
09:00-09:30
Opening Ceremony
09:30-10:15
Plenary Lecture 1: Advances in Medical Bionics and Brain-computer Interfaces
Speaker: David B. Grayden
10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-12:45
Oral Health ACP Special Session
Cell Mechanics, Confinement & Mechanotransduction
Neuroengineering & Brain-Computer Interfaces

Keynote
Smart Piezoelectric 3D-printed Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Swee Hin Teoh Low Frequency Ultrasound Treatment of Age-related Maladies
Linda J Kenney
Compression-induced Mechanical Memory in Progression of Breast Cancer
Sarah Boyle
12:45-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:45
Plenary Lecture 2: Eavesdropping on Human Behaviors: From Electrophysiology to Motion and Interaction
Speaker: Rosa Chan
14:45-16:00
Tissue Mechanics & Cardiac Aging
Engineered Tissue Microenvironments & Mechanobiology
Sports, Gait & Musculoskeletal Biomechanics

Keynote
Imaging for Ageing So That Future Tools Make Sense: The Cardiovascular Perspective
Angela Koh
Mechanics and Materials: Integrated Roles in Metastatic Cancer
Shreya Raghavan
16:00-16:30
Break
16:30-17:15
Plenary Lecture 3: MitoCharge Magnetic Muscle – Mitochondria Activation and Healthy Longevity
Speaker: Ivan Goh
17:15-18:15
Poster Session 1

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Time NAK AuditoriumL1-S2L2-T1
08:30-17:30
Registration
09:00-10:15
Computational Tools, AI/ML & Biomedical Data
Assistive Robotics & Neurorehabilitation
Keynote
Soft Robotics Meets Human Biomechanics
Raye Yeow
10:15-11:00
Break
11:00-11:45
Plenary Lecture 4: Data-Driven Neural Biomarkers for Chronic Pain
Speaker: Metin Akay
11:45-12:45
CoRE Caselet Special Session
Cardiovascular Modeling & Mechanics
Bone & Musculoskeletal Mechanobiology

Keynote
AI-Enhanced Cardiac Digital Twins: From Mechanistic Modeling to Personalized Healthcare
Lei Li
Convergence as an Enabling and Essential Approach for Translational Mechanomedicine & Therapeutic Engineering
Melissa L. Knothe Tate
12:45-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:45
Plenary Lecture 5: Advancing Neuroengineering with Electroceuticals and Neuromorphic Twins
Speaker: Michela Chiappalone
14:45-15:45
Disease & Immune Mechanobiology
Developmental & Reproductive Tissue Microenvironments
Translational Clinical Engineering & Rehabilitation

Keynote
Living Under Pressure: From Force Sensing to Force Survival
Yao Wang
Engineering Living Muscles for Biohybrid Robots: From Tissue Training to High-Performance Locomotion
Yu Jun Tan
15:45-16:15
Break
16:15-17:00
Plenary Lecture 6: Mechanobiology of Apoptosis and Tissue Turnover in Aging
Speaker: Yusuke Toyama
17:00-18:00
Poster Session 2
Evening
Banquet

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Time NAK AuditoriumL2-T1L2-S3/S4
08:00-11:00
Registration
09:00-11:00
Orthopaedic ACP Special Session
Physiological Signals, Speech & Respiratory Modeling
Clinical Devices & Mechanobiological Tools

Keynote
Carpal Tunnel Mechanics and Clinical Applications
Zong-Ming Li
Soft Robotic Technologies for Safe Interaction with Human Tissue
Amy Kyungwon Han
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-12:15
Plenary Lecture 7: Probing Subnuclear Deformation in Cancer Cells
Speaker: Wenting Zhao
12:15-12:30
Closing Ceremony
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30
Social Program