On behalf of the scientific committee, we courteously welcome you to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Biomaterials, Bio-Design and Manufacturing (BDMC 2019), which will be held on September 4-6, 2019 in Tianjin, China. The objective of the conference is to promote academic communication among researchers both from universities and industries in the field of biomanufacturing.

The International Conference on Biomaterials, Bio-Design and Manufacturing (BDMC) is a serial conference. The first BDMC conference was held in Hangzhou in 2018, organized by Zhejiang University and the University of Oxford. The second conference (BDMC 2019) will be organized by Zhejiang University and Tianjin University, and will be supported by the journal of Bio-Design and Manufacturing.

The conference theme of BDMC 2019 is: Intelligence, Interdiscipline, Innovation, and it will include plenary talks, keynotes, and technical sessions devoted but not limited to the following topics:

​• Novel bio-manufacturing systems and technologies

• Novel additive manufacturing mechatronic systems

• Medical diagnosis and surgical robotics

• Engineering tissues and organs

• Design and fabrication of biological systems

• Understanding and manipulation of biological systems

• Production and delivery of biological products

• Novel biomaterials and formulation of novel “bioinks”

Zhejiang University is one of the top five universities in China. The joint research laboratory on 3D bioprinting between Zhejiang University and the University of Oxford is devoted to exploring the frontiers in the field of biomanufacturing. Tianjin University is historically the first university in China. Currently it is one of the most prestigious research-oriented universities in China. The research group on medical robotics at Tianjin University has been focusing on development of surgical robotics and instruments for about two decades. Biologically inspired design and manufacturing is one of their current research interests.

Tianjin is one of China’s four major municipalities. It is also one of the largest industrial and harbor cities in China and is known as “the Diamond of the Bohai Gulf”.