Report on the International Congress on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies

Type of article: conference report

Abdeldjalil KHELASSI 1,2, Vania Valeri Estrela 1,3

1 Editor-in-chief of Medical Technologies Journal

2 Abou Beker Belkaid University of Tlemcen, Algeria.

3 Dep. of Telecommunications, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil

 

Abstract: The International Congress on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies is a periodical congress. It held three times regrouping several researchers and organization active in technology and medical research. With the contribution of universities, research centers, companies and publishers the congress was established at Algerian cities (Tlemcen, Algiers). This report describes the congress achievement through these three past years and announces its’ new edition.

 Keywords: Conference report, Health sciences, Medical technology, congress.

Corresponding author: Abdeldjalil KHELASSI, Abou Beker Belkaid University of Tlemcen, Algeria., khelassi.a@gmail.com

©2017-2019 KNOWLEDGE KINGDOM PUBLISHING.

 

1.   Introduction

The International Congress on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies ICHSMT was started at 2016. By the efforts of researchers from several nations and specialties, the congress aim to ensure an efficient platform to the innovation and scientific progress. The congress motto was “LEVERAGING/SYNERGIZING ON THE STRENGTH OF TECHNOLOGY.”

Regrouping contributors from deferent disciplines focusing on Medical technologies and health science from more than fifteen countries, every year the congress establish an interdisciplinary program aiming to contribute the scientific progress on health sciences and medical technologies.

International Congress on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies 2019 ICHSMT’19 will be held at Tlemcen, Algeria between 5 and 7 December 2019. It is a synergetic event attracting researchers from several nations and domains focusing on the strength of Health Sciences and Medical Technologies. It is the 4th edition following the success of three other editions held at Tlemcen, Algeria (2016 and 2017) and Algiers Algeria (2018).

The congress is a platform of several keynotes, workshops and conferences. Helping in several publications of books, articles and conference abstracts at reputed journal.

2.   Achievements

Through these three past years, the congress received an important scientific evolution from ten sessions in 2016 to four workshops and four sections in ICHSMT’17 and two conferences and two workshops at ICHSMT’18. Table 1 resumes the number of accepted contributions, rate of acceptance, the number of authors, and the nations of contributors (1-5).

Table1: statistics of ICHSMT contributors

The author’s affiliations were from several departments such as medicine, biology, physics, chemical sciences, computer science, mathematics, environment, pharmacy, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering.

3.   ICHSMT’19

The fourth edition of the congress will be held at Tlemcen, Algeria, between 5th  and 7th December 2019. Selected articles will be published by springer in a separated book. All accepted abstracts will be published in an abstract’s book, and some of them could be published in journals issues. Best articles will be selected for publication in reputed journals. Researchers in far distance countries or difficult traveling to the conference could use Skype or other teleconferencing software for online presentation. In this way they could receive the certificate of presentation and the abstract will be published on proceeding of conference.

 

4.   References

1.      Khelassi, Abdeldjalil. "Conference Report: International Conference on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies, Tlemcen, Algeria 27–29 September 2016 ICHSMT’16." Electronic physician 8.10 (2016): 3032.

2.      KHELASSI, A. (2018). Report on the Second International Conference on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies. Medical Technologies Journal, 2(1), 137-139.

3.      A. KHELASSI Abstract Book of the International Congress on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies 2018. 10/2018; Knowledge Kingdom Publishing. ISBN: 978-9931- 9446-0- 7. https://doi.org/10.26415/978-9931-9446-0-7

4.      KHELASSI: Abstract Book: ICHSMT’17,Tlemcen 10-12 October 2017, International Conference on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies 2017. 10/2017; Mehr Publishing. ISBN: 978-600-9666133.

5.      A. KHELASSI: Abstract Book of the International Conference on Health Sciences and Medical Technologies 2016. 09/2016; Mehr Publishing. ISBN: 978-600-96661-0-2.