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13th Nordic Baltic Conference Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC’05) On 13–17 June 2005, the 13th Nordic Baltic Conference Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC’05) was held in Umea, Sweden, and chaired by Ronnie Lundstrom. It was organized by the Swedish Society for Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MTF) and the Swedish Society of Radiation Physics (SFfR). The host was the Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics at Umea University. NBC’05 featured nine keynote lectures: • Toril Hernes, Medical Faculty, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, “The Computer Assisted Future: New Possibilities in Education, Simulation, and Minimally Invasive Therapy” • Richard Kitney, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, “WebBased Health and the Future Role of Molecular Biology” • George Tesar, Umea University, Umea, Sweden, “Scientific Entrepreneurship and Market Realities” • Alan Murray, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, “From a Scientific Study, to a Manuscript, to Its Publication” • Metin Akay, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, “Complexity of Respiratory Neural Network Modeling Maturation” • John Webster, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, “Tissue Ablation: Devices and Procedures” • P. Laguna, Zaragoza University, Zaragoza, Spain, “Heart Rate Variability: Models, Methods, and Applications in Stress Testing” • Joachim Nagel, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, “The European Higher Education Area in Biomedical Engineering—Achievements, Trends, and Developments” • Inger-Lena Lamm, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, “Education and Training of the European Medical Physicist; Roles and Responsibilities in Radiation Protection and Safety.” John Webster