International Summer School: Emerging Technologies to Support Health Care and Independent Living 2026:

Celebrating 10 Years of Educating New Generations to Empower Innovation in Healthcare Technologies for Sustainable and Early Care for Older Adults 

CIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC DIRECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 

Prof. Martha Zequera
Academic Chair of the Summer School
Department of Electronic Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, Past Ordinary Members of IFMBE. IFMBE Chair of Student & Recent Graduate Committee. Senior member of IEEE-EMBS, Ex - AdCom, CORAL, IUPESM FELOW, Summer School Coordinator.

Prof. Kang Ping Lin
Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chinese, Taipei, President of IFMBE.

Prof. Ratko Magjarević
University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Past President of IFMBE, President of IUPESM.

Prof. Shankar Krishnan
Past Vice President of IUPESM, Past President of IFMBE.

Prof. Virginia Laura Ballarín
Department of Electronic Engineering, National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, President of CORAL, Vice President of IFMBE.

Prof. Piotr Ładyżyński
Director of Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Polish Academy of Sciences, Ordinary Member of IFMBE, Chair Industry Committee of IFMBE.

Dra. Nubia Arroyo
Colombian Association of Optometry.

Dr. Michael Javier Cieza Terrones
Head of Biomedical Engineering UPCH Medical Staff Clínica Angloamericana, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.

Luis Miguel Zamudio Fuentes
Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Scholar, 2026. CERES Scholar funded by the Jacobs Foundation, Years 2023-2025. Candidate to Ph.D.

Dr. Eduardo Guillermo Pinos Vélez
Electronic Engineer, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana. Ecuador.

Ing. Álvaro Ríos Poveda
CEO at Human Assistive Technologies, Startup Mentor -Seedstars, Mentor - IEEE EMBS, University of South Florida.