Jointly hosted by Signal Processing Chapter, Communications Chapter, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter of the IEEE Vancouver Section, an IEEE mini-symposium on engineering for biomedical applications took place in Vancouver, Canada, on May 28, 2010. This three-hour event brought together academic researchers and industry experts to review recent progress and opportunities related to engineering for biomedical applications. Dr. Arthur Astrin, President of Astrin Radio, gave a keynote presentation entitled IEEE 802.15 task group 6 (TG6) on body area networks.