ICMMB 2026 Program
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
| Time | NAK Auditorium | L1-S2 | L2-T1 |
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| 08:30-16:30 |
Registration
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Opening Ceremony
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| 09:30-10:15 |
Plenary Lecture 1: Advances in Medical Bionics and Brain-computer Interfaces David B. Grayden
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| 10:15-10:45 |
Break
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| 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
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| 14:00-14:45 |
Plenary Lecture 2: Eavesdropping on Human Behaviors: From Electrophysiology to Motion and Interaction Rosa Chan
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| 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
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| 16:30-17:15 |
Plenary Lecture 3: MitoCharge Magnetic Muscle – Mitochondria Activation and Healthy Longevity Ivan Goh
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| 17:15-18:15 |
Poster Session 1
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Wednesday, 7 October 2026
| Time | NAK Auditorium | L1-S2 | L2-T1 |
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| 08:30-16:15 |
Registration
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| 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
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| 11:00-11:45 |
Plenary Lecture 4: Data-Driven Neural Biomarkers for Chronic Pain Metin Akay
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| 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
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| 14:00-14:45 |
Plenary Lecture 5: Advancing Neuroengineering with Electroceuticals and Neuromorphic Twins Michela Chiappalone
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| 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
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| 16:15-17:00 |
Plenary Lecture 6: Mechanobiology of Apoptosis and Tissue Turnover in Aging Yusuke Toyama
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Poster Session 2
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| Evening |
Banquet
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Thursday, 8 October 2026
| Time | NAK Auditorium | L2-S3/S4 | L2-T1 |
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| 08:30-11:00 |
Registration
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| 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
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Plenary Lecture 7: Probing Subnuclear Deformation in Cancer Cells Wenting Zhao
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| 12:15-12:30 |
Closing Ceremony
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:30 |
Social Program
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