Preface: The 4th International Electronic Conference on Biosensors ^†

1. Introduction

1.1. Conference Introduction

With the success of the past 3 editions, the 4th International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECC 2024) was held on 20–22 May 2021 with an online mode. It was organized by MDPI Journal Biosensors and chaired by Professor Giovanna Marrazza and Dr. Sara Tombelli.

Biosensors currently have an enormous range of applications due to their unique advantages, improving our overall quality of life with uses in, for example, environmental monitoring, disease detection, food safety, defense, drug discovery, and many others.

This online conference aimed to gather important experts from around the world working in biosensors and provided an online forum for sharing and exchanging knowledge. Highly experienced researchers were invited to share their important advancements in the field.

1.2. Organizers

• MDPI
• Biosensors MDPI

1.3. Scopes and Topics

• Artificial intelligence in biosensors;
• Ingestible, implantable and wearable biosensors;
• Smartphone-based biosensors;
• The evolution of biological recognition elements in biosensors;
• Microfabrication and printing techniques in biosensors;
• Nanomaterials and smart surfaces in biosensors;
• Technological advancements in biosensor actuators;
• Paper-based biosensors;
• Optical and photonic biosensors.

1.4. Program and Schedule

The details can be found at https://sciforum.net/event/IECB2024?section=#program.

2. Committee Members

2.1. Event Chairs

• Professor Giovanna Marrazza, University of Florence, Italy
• Dr. Sara Tombelli, CNR-IFAC, Italy

2.2. Session Chairs

• Dr. Paolo Bollella, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Dr. Iva Chianella, Cranfield University, UK
• Prof. Dr. Michael Thompson, University of Toronto, Canada
• Prof. Dr. Guozhen Liu, University of Hong Kong, China
• Prof. Dr. Benoît Piro, University Paris Diderot, France
• Prof. Dr. Jun-Jie Zhu, Nanjing University, China
• Prof. Dr. Cecilia Cristea, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
• Prof. Dr. Jun Kameoka, Waseda University, Japan

2.3. Event Committee

• Dr. Ajeet Kaushik, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
• Prof. Dr. Eden Morales-Narváez, University of Mexico, Mexico
• Prof. Dr. Chunyang Zhang, Southeast University, China
• Dr. Mengqiang Zhao, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
• Dr. Huanyu Cheng, University Park, USA
• Dr. Jun Chen, University of California, USA
• Dr. Lynn Dennany, University of Strathclyde, UK
• Prof. Dr. Samuel B. Adeloju, Charles Sturt University, Australia
• Prof. Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault, UMR-CNRS, France
• Dr. Antonio Lanata, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
• Dr. Paulo Augusto Raymundo-Pereira, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Papini, University of Florence, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Jing Wei, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• Prof. Dr. Roberto Pilloton, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
• Dr. Nan Jiang, Sichuan University, China
• Dr. Sotirios E. Kakabakos, INRASTES, Greece
• Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Pathak, Northwestern University, USA
• Dr. Xiaojun Xian, South Dakota State University, USA
• Prof. Dr. Mari Carmen Horrillo Güemes, ITEFI, Spain
• Prof. Dr. Cosimino Malitesta, Università del Salento, Italy
• Dr. Shu Gong, Monash University, Australia

3. Speakers

3.1. Keynote Speakers

• Dr. Lynn Dennany, University of Strathclyde, UK
• Dr. Wei Gao, California Institute of Technology, USA
• Prof. Dr. Michael Thompson, University of Toronto, Canada
• Prof. Dr. Guozhen Liu, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

3.2. Invited Speakers

• Prof. Dr. Pedro Bertemes-Filho, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Dr. Amir Hatamie, University of Gothenburg, Sweden/IASBS, Iran
• Prof. Dr. Piero Cosseddu, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Dr. Matteo Sensi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Dr. Xiaojun Xian, South Dakota State University, USA
• Dr. Zewei Luo, Sichuan University, China
• Dr. Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, Texas A&M University, USA
• Prof. Dr. Eden Morales-Narváez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
• Prof. Dr. Mara Mirasoli, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Francesco Dell’Olio, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Katrina Campbell, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
• Prof. Dr. Roger Narayan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

3.3. Abstracts-Selected Speakers

• Sreerag Kaaliveetil, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
• Rabaï Bouderhem, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia/University of Burgundy, France
• Cintia Ricaele Ferreira da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• Jaume Reverté, IRTA, Spain
• Niranjan Haridas Menon, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
• Inderpreet Singh, Amity University Uttar Pradesh Noida, India
• Silvia Maria Cristina Rotondi, University of Genova, Italy
• Hassan N. Al Hashem, RMIT University, Australia
• Jing Wei, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• Stelian Lupu, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
• Peng Qi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Shifa Felemban, University of Umm Al-Qura, Saudi Arabia
• Toru Nohgi, Waseda University, Japan
• Zhuoya Liao, Waseda University, Japan
• Yaqi Huang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
• Afsaneh Emamiamin, University of Bologna, Italy
• Rui C. Martins, INESC TEC, Portugal
• Beatriz Sequeira-Antunes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Verdiana Marchianò, University of Bari, Italy
• Aline Roberta Xavier da Silva, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Brazil
• Arman Ahnood, RMIT University, Australia
• Natalia Maria Christopoulou, University of Patras, Greece
• Elisa Lazzarini, Università di Bologna, Italy

4. Sponsors

The sponsors and partners can be found at https://sciforum.net/event/IECB2024?section=#sponsors.

5. Statement of Peer Review

In submitting conference proceedings to Engineering Proceedings, the volume editors of the proceedings certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review administered by the volume editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal.

• Type of peer review: single-blind
• Conference submission management system: MDPI Submission System (SUSY)
• Number of submissions received: 14
• Number of submissions sent for review: 11
• Number of submissions accepted: 10
• Acceptance rate (number of submissions accepted/number of submissions received): 0.71
• Average number of reviews per paper: 1.5
• Total number of reviewers involved: 16
• Any additional information on the review process is provided below.
  Peer-review process and regulations: The review process was conducted in a single-blind manner, with the entire procedure administered through the MDPI Submission System. Evaluations were performed by reviewers from various universities and countries. Based on their feedback, revisions were made to each article, encompassing thorough examinations of the structure, content and writing.