MEC is a triennial symposium that is of special interest to those who work in the field of upper limb prosthetics and myoelectric controls. As in previous years, MEC24 will be hosted by the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, a research institute recognized worldwide for its pioneering work in myoelectric controls. MEC24 will be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, August 12-15, 2024. Pre-conference events will be held on Sunday, August 11^th.

Keynote speakers include Dr. Corry Van der Sluis, Professor of Rehab Medicine at the University of Groningen and Dr. Helen Huang, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of North Carolina & North Carolina State University.

MEC24 is now accepting submissions.  Please note the following:

1. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Corresponding authors must be willing to review at least two other papers (or designate another in their place).
2. We are using an online submission system, which will aid us in organizing, reviewing, and publishing accepted manuscripts.
3. All submissions are due March 8, 2024. As we are using a peer-review process, we do not anticipate extending the deadline.
4. MEC24 will be held at the Fredericton Convention Centre in beautiful downtown Fredericton. The Hilton Garden Inn is conveniently connected to the conference site.

Please follow the link below to create an account for the online submission system and to submit your paper:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mec24

Manuscripts are being solicited for the symposium on the following topics:

• CLINICAL PRACTICE 
  • This track covers all aspects of clinical practice, including prosthetics and therapy, case-studies, tips and training strategies.
• CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES 
  • This track covers all aspects of clinical research studies including prosthetics, training, therapy, outcome measures; typically protocol and/or statistics; not focused on lab-based tests.
• USER EXPERIENCE
  • This track covers all aspects of user experience (psychosocial pain, home use, satisfaction, and environmental factors).
• MYOELECTRIC CONTROL ALGORITHMS
  • This includes the algoritms themselves and lab-based tests of them
• MYOELECTRIC CONTROL AND SENSORY FEEDBACK IMPLEMENTATIONS
  • This track covers topics focusing on sensory feedback implementation (surgeries, devices, implants, etc.).
• PROSTHETIC DEVICES AND MATERIALS
  • This track covers topics focusing on psychosocial adaptation and pain management.
• OTHER
  • This track covers topics not covered by other categories.

If you are interested in presenting your work at MEC24 please submit a full length (2-4 pages) paper by March 8, 2024. A template for the paper format may be found under the "Submission templates" tab, which can be found on the submission platform after you select your track. Presentations should appeal to a broad audience of clinicians and researchers.

If you have a suggestion for a longer presentation or workshop that you would like to present as a pre-conference workshop, please send an abstract to mec@unb.ca.

Please continue to check the MEC24 website for future announcements and subscribe to the MEC email list to receive email updates regarding MEC.