Welcoming address from the IFMBE Celebrating any anniversary, whether of a human or of an institution, reminds all the involved of preparing it and teaches the invited guests the history preceding the jubilee. Riga Technical University has, no doubt, a rich history and a 150 years long experience in research and teaching of technical sciences. Being the first technical university in the Russian Empire, Riga Technical University remained a leading research and education institution in the Baltic area. The development of Biomedical Engineering at the RTU as a scientific field began more than 30 years ago and since then it has been growing very fast. When we speak of biomedical engineering, we pay respect to the past, but we also look into the future. There are many indicators of global growth of biomedical engineering as a science and as a profession, e.g. the labor market for biomedical engineers in the United States is presumed to have the highest rate of growth of 75 percent among engineering professions in the following years.
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