Keynote Speakers
Please note that due to an urgent illness, Dr. Foster will not be able to deliever his Keynote address at the event. His collegue Dr. Donald Plewes at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center will fill his spot. Dr. Donald Plewes will present his current research in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer imaging and image-guided therapy.

Dr Yu-Chong Tai - Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Professor of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Dr. Yu-Chong Tai has over 12 years of experience doing micromachines and/or Micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) research. Dr. Tai built the Micromachining Laboratory at Caltech, which is an 8,000 sq. ft. facility completely designed for MEMS research. It is currently supporting more than 20 researchers with various MEMS research projects (https://mems.caltech.edu). These include lab-on-a-chip prototypes, micro scanning mirrors, neural chips, micro electromagnetic relays, field-emission tips, etc.

Dr. Donald Plewes - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer imaging and image-guided therapy
Senior scientist of imaging research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, professor of Medical Physics and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

Dr. Donald Plewes is the senior scientist of imaging research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and also a professor of Medical Physics and Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto.  His research focus is on the physics and engineering of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer imaging and image-guided therapy.  Specifically, Dr. Plewes has been developing magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques to detect breast cancer in women who have inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, which increase their risk of developing breast cancer.  He is also exploring the role of combined MRI and ultrasound data to assess features of angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels).