HRH Princess Sumaya, president of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS), on Tuesday opened the Fifth Middle East and Africa Conference on Biomedical Engineering. 

The conference is organised by Hijjawi Faculty of Engineering Technology in Yarmouk University, in cooperation with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), and engineering branch in medicine in Jordan. 

During the opening ceremony, held via videoconference, Princess Sumaya expressed appreciation for the efforts of biomedical cadres in the RSS, stressing the need for supporting the biomedical engineering field to have a skilled scientific workforce. 

President of Yarmouk University Nabil Hailat said that the conference is a chance for engineers, scholars, decision makers, among others, to exchange expertise and "open doors of cooperation and joint-work” to face current and future challenges, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

Meanwhile, head of the conference’s preparatory committee Awad Al Zaben said that 33 papers will be discussed during the conference in seven axes.