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Crete 2024

June 16-21 Crete, Greece

Dear colleagues

On behalf of Local Organizers Committee, it is our great pleasure to welcome you in the BioEM 2024 that will take place in Chania, at the beautiful island of Crete, Greece, from June 16th to 21st 2024.

BioEM is the largest and most significant international conference worldwide in the area of  bioelectromagnetics that attracts academic and industrial participants from all over the world. BioEM 2024 will be the third annual meeting of the new BIOEM Society, after the merger between the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and the European BioElectromagnetics Association (EBEA).

Minoa Palace Conference Center, Chania

The Minoa Palace Conference Center offers a comprehensive event and conference solution, complete with state-of-the-art digital audio-visual technology in every room and facility.

 

Alongside these modern amenities, the center boasts extensive food and beverage options, supported by a professional meeting and banqueting team dedicated to providing personalized service and meticulous care to ensure the success of any meeting.

The Island of Crete

Crete, the Mediterranean’s fifth-largest island, stands as a beacon at Europe’s southern edge, drawing legions of visitors to its sun-drenched shores. This Greek jewel is renowned not just for its sunlit beauty but for the warmth and hospitality of its people, whose rich cultural tapestry, innovative ethos, and renowned dietary practices have been praised through the ages.

 

The island presents a remarkable fusion where rugged mountains dip into the azure sea, and ancient wisdom is echoed through modern life. Crete is a crucible of history, where strategic geography has shaped it into a cultural nexus, intertwining myths with the threads of history so closely that they seem to dance together in time. The island breathes life into legends and historical tales, from the labyrinths of Minos to the adventures of Ariadne and the Minotaur, with every corner whispering stories from epochs long past.

 

As the cradle of the Minoan civilization, which marks the dawn of European literacy, Crete holds a pivotal place in the annals of European history. It was here that Minos Kalokairinos unveiled the echoes of a sophisticated past through his excavations in Knossos in 1878, revealing the earliest Linear B tablets. Arthur Evans’s groundbreaking discovery of three Bronze Age scripts during the initial excavation at Knossos in 1900, including the enigmatic “Cretan Hieroglyphic,” Linear A, and the deciphered Mycenaean Linear B, catapulted Minoan and Mycenaean Crete from the realm of myth into the clear light of historical inquiry.

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