On the behalf of the Organizing Committee, may I give a very warm welcome to uHealthcare 2012, which will be held in historical and beautiful city of GyeongJu, KOREA, the thousand-year capital of the Silla dynasty.

Since our first conference ‘uHealthcare2004, this annual meeting has been the site for the communication and discussion of current progress on ubiquitous healthcare technologies. uHealthcare2012 is the 9th annual international conference mainly devoted for the promotion of ubiquitous-Healthcare based on rapidly progressing information related technologies. Enhancement in the welfare for future requires the change to the current healthcare system. Our concern for the healthcare is shifting from “recovery from illness” to “maintaining the wellness”. For the care of daily health level we need special kinds of methods and technologies that we can be applied into our daily life smoothly. In this point, u-Healthcare 2012 will provide an excellent opportunity for academic researchers and industrial representatives as well as decision makers to review and discuss the state-of-the-art and trends of u-Healthcare and related biomedical engineering supports.

I would like to send a particular welcome to those of you who might be new to the u-Healthcare area. This conference offers a wonderful opportunity to understand the problems and exchange ideas about your work in organized sessions and also in an informal, relaxed setting.


Kwang Suk Park, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Advanced Biometric Research Center
Seoul National University, Korea

Toshiyo Tamura, Ph. D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Chiba University, Japan