Abstract
The International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering (ICNBME-2011, see http://www.icnbme.sibm.md/) was held in premiere in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova on July 7–8, 2011, bringing together 150 participants from 17 countries, including Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Japan, Israel, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova etc. The participants at the event – physicists, chemists, electronic engineers, medical doctors, ICT professionals – discussed the latest achievements in research and applications in the fields of nanotechnologies, nanomaterials and biomedicine. This event was aimed at boosting the exchange of information and initiation of new scientific projects at the intersection of nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.