The SSBE held its 2008 Annual Meeting at the FHNW in Muttenz – for the first time at a University of Applied Sciences. The aim of the meeting was to bring together scientists involved in basic and applied biomedical engineering research and education, with professionals and industry representatives in the domain of medical technology. In total 80 members participated in the meeting in early September 2008. 55 contributions were accepted and presented as poster in our poster exhibition. Over two days 11 invited speakers from different disciplines presented in high quality their research to a broad audience.