The purpose of BIOSTEC is to bring together researchers and practitioners, including engineers, biologists, health professionals and informatics/computer scientists, interested in both theoretical advances and applications of information systems, artificial intelligence, signal processing, electronics and other engineering tools in knowledge areas related to biology and medicine.

BIOSTEC is composed of four co-located conferences, each specialized in at least one of the aforementioned main knowledge areas.

BIODEVICES International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices BIOINFORMATICS International Conference on Bioinformatics BIOSIGNALS International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing HEALTHINF International Conference on Health Informatics