Benefits

AIMBE’s Industry Council: Your Partner in Fostering Innovation

The medical and biological engineering community has posted impressive achievements, greatly improving health and quality of life for millions around the world and providing the foundation for a cutting-edge industry that generates more than $200 billion per year in the U.S. alone.

That success has benefited from a collaboration among academia, business and government that is nurtured daily by AIMBE’s Industry Council.

Members of the Industry Council – the companies and key corporate leaders of the bioengineering revolution – identify and act on common interests that will further advance medical and biological engineering and enhance public health and welfare.

Several levels of Industry Council sponsorship and participation are available; all bring substantial benefits:

➢ AIMBE works on behalf of industry to maintain the pace of innovation and assure that progress in medical and biological engineering are integral to the national agenda. For lawmakers, regulators, the media and the public, AIMBE is an authoritative and respected source of information, perspectives and leadership on sometimes-mystifying technical and public policy issues. AIMBE and its Industry Council work in several areas of importance to industry’s policy concerns including, innovation, research and development, funding for SBIR/STTR, patent reform, and best practices for translational research.

Member of the industry council can be involved with AIMBE by:

  • Participating in the recently formed AIMBE/Issues Teams provide an opportunity for industry to provide their voice on issues impacting medical and biological engineering innovation. For a list of issue teams visit the advocacy page.
  • Hosting regional meetings to inform others about Industry’s role in AIMBE Campaign to inform the public about innovation’s role in creating, Healthy Lives, Healthy Economy and Healthy World.

➢ Consumers can rely on AIMBE Fellows for credible information on issues of the merits and safety of medical breakthroughs. In an era of widespread public skepticism about new technologies, these respected researchers and academics offer independent, informed assurances that can make the difference between widespread acceptance and rejection of a product or procedure. The Industry Council works to assure that their voices are brought forward at appropriate times in public discussions.

➢ As consultants to industry, AIMBE Fellows provide critical outside experience and expertise. They help companies find the missing linkages to new technological breakthroughs.

➢ The academic centers represented within AIMBE are fertile ground for companies seeking the best engineering talent for their own laboratories. Industry Council membership enhances your company’s access to that talent pool, among both faculty members and the young minds they are training for careers that will mine the 21st century’s potential.

➢ AIMBE and its Industry Council engage in collaborative and complementary relationships with the field’s foremost trade organizations. We are advocates on issues such as removing barriers to innovation and fostering the role of small business in bioengineering.

➢ AIMBE works constantly to raise the profile and enhance the image of medical and biological engineering and its products. The AIMBE Hall of Fame – founded in 2005 to highlight a century of key innovations, and scheduled to receive new inductees in 2007 – demonstrates to the public and policy makers the importance of this field’s innovative drive in the past, present and future. And through its work to highlight the growing role and importance of women in the field, AIMBE motivates more bright and creative young people to join the drive forward.


Support for AIMBE’s Industry Council is vital to sustaining the pace of innovation. Please join us as a partner building for the future.

Benefits to AIMBE’s Industry Council Members:

  • NEW! Members receive a complimentary article in the twice monthly electronic, AIMBE Digest which includes distribution to the following:
    • AIMBE’s College of Fellows, a group consisting of the best minds in the medical and biological engineering community
    • Members of the Academic Council, which consists of 90 major medical and biological engineering programs
    • Like-minded professional societies and trade associations representing the medical and biological engineering professions
    • Peers from industry
    • Government leaders and policy makers in Washington D.C.
  • NEW! Members receive their link and logo on the AIMBE Web-site.
  • Members receive opportunities to participate in all AIMBE events and programs at the member rate. They will also be offered opportunities to make a tax-deductible contribution to support such events. This includes special industry focused seminars, round table policy discussions, as well as AIMBE’s premiere Annual Event and Federal Symposium in Washington D.C.
  • Members may join at a significantly reduced rate the Coalition for Bioengineering and Imaging Research, CBIR. CBIR is a coalition lead by AIMBE’s partner, the Academy of Radiology Research advocating for federal research funding.
  • Representatives from the Industry Council may serve on other AIMBE committees and interact with prominent AIMBE Fellows.
  • Members can elect to participate in the AIMBE Speakers Academy that provides technical presentations to the FDA, CDRH Staff College, patient advocacy groups, other societies, and respond to media queries on behalf of the Medical and Biological Engineering community.
  • Industry Council members advocate for many important issues impacting business from more efficient regulations to ensuring opportunities remain open for competition in the changing global economy.
  • Industry Council members have many networking opportunities and can connect with cutting edge industry leaders from small and large companies. Visit www.aimbe.org/annualevent for more details.