Since its creation CAMPBE has been promoting, developing and disseminating technology and science related to Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering as well as enhancing Radiation Protection by promoting relevant knowledge, information and training for the benefit of the public.

Interdisciplinary collaboration and activities are fostered by organising every year a conference, by running training courses on radiation protection and by the publication of the journal "CAMPBE Review". Members are kept informed by the Association’s Newsletters the "CAMPBE News".

CAMPBE honours its international commitments and two delegates have represented it at the World Congresses of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering that take place every 3 years since 1991.

An effort has been made to represent Cyprus in the annual European Medical Physics meetings of EFOMP and of the IFMBE. Members of our Association are actively involved in the various committees of the above international organisations.

Two major international conferences were successfully held in Cyprus, both were co-organised by CAMPBE and the Computing Department of the University of Cyprus.

In May 1994 the MPBE’94, was the first International Conference on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering to be held in Nicosia and was opened by the President of the Republic Mr. Glafkos Clerides. It was attended by about 90 foreign participants, some leading world experts in their specialisations.

In June 1998, the MEDICON’98, the VIII in the series of regional meetings of the IFMBE in the Mediterranean was held in Lemesos.

More than 100 foreign scientists participated. The proceedings of Medicon’98 are available on CD providing immediate access and easy retrieval of information.

Medicon ’98 was honoured to host the IFMBE Administrative Council and the National Secretaries Committee Meetings. CAMPBE was represented at the MEDICON conferences since 1992.

To encourage research and to provide a vehicle of interdisciplinary collaboration the Biomedical Research Foundation (BRF) was set up in 1990 as a philanthropic institute and is an on-going activity of CAMPBE. The BRF has completed projects on various topics among them the:

• · The measurement of Radon levels in Cypriot homes
• · MANOMEQ, a MedCampus course on Medical Equipment Management
• · The Acceptance Testing and Calibration of Medical Equipment at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre
• · Measurements of Prostate Specific Antigen levels
• · The evaluation of the radiation dose in a paediatric x-ray department.
• · The BRF is governed by an appointed board and has its own constitution.

• The Association holds scientific lectures regularly and it occasionally organise visits to scientific departments and installations. CAMPBE is quite active and the hope is to be kept active for the benefit of its members and society’s in general.