From August 1 to 3, 2025, the 19th International Conference on Composite Medical Engineering (CME 2025) was successfully held at Lanzhou University. Hosted by the International Society of Composite Medical Engineering (ICME), this conference was organized by Lanzhou University and the AEIC Academic Exchange Center. It received support from Northeast Normal University, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing Institute of Technology, Shenzhen University of Science and Technology, the Ubiquitous Awareness and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (UAIS Laboratory) of Lanzhou University, and MEGIN Magnetoencephalography.

Professor Junlong Chen, General Chair of the Conference, IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow, IAPR Fellow and faculty member of South China University of Technology; Professor Qing Li, General Chair of the Conference, IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow and faculty member of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Professor Qinglin Zhao, Vice Dean of the School of Information Science and Engineering at Lanzhou University, delivered opening remarks, extending a warm welcome to all participating experts and scholars and expressing wishes for the complete success of the conference. The sessions were chaired by Professor Bin Hu of Lanzhou University, Professor Shi Yan of Lanzhou University, Associate Professor Changsheng Ma of Lanzhou University, and Tiantian Liu of Beijing Institute of Technology, respectively.

The conference adopted a hybrid online and offline format, setting up 1 main venue and 3 thematic sub-venues. It featured a total of 11 cutting-edge expert reports, 22 presentations by young scholars, and 27 poster displays, building an academic ecosystem that integrates keynote speeches, invited talks, panel discussions, and real-time interactions. In the keynote speech session, seven experts sparked enthusiastic interactions throughout the venue with their profound academic accomplishments, innovative perspectives, and vivid elaborations, continuously fueling the heat of academic discussions. The experts included Professor Hongmin Cai, Vice Dean of the School of Future Technology, South China University of Technology; Professor Riki Matsumoto, Kyoto University; Professor Yang Li, Vice Dean of the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University; Professor Min Li, Vice Dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University; Tenured Associate Professor Dan Zhang, Tsinghua University; Researcher Zhaofei Yu, Peking University; and Professor Xiaowei Li, Lanzhou University. The three thematic sub-venues were Innovations in Medical Imaging Techniques, Cognitive Neuroscience and Technology, and Exchange Meeting of Academic Journal. Professor Hanshu Cai from Lanzhou University, Dr. Yuanyuan Liu from the Editorial Office of Security and Safety Journal, Dr. Tian Li from Elsevier Publishing Group, and Assistant Professor Dingjie Suo from Beijing Institute of Technology delivered invited talks respectively. The frequent intellectual collisions and in-depth dialogues during the conference attracted experts and scholars from more than 40 universities and research institutions, including Kyoto University, South China University of Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Shanghai University, Shenzhen University of Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Huaqiao University, and Liaoning Normal University, to participate in multi-dimensional academic exchanges.

At the closing ceremony, Professor Toshiya Murai, General Chair of the Conference, President of the International Society of Composite Medical Engineering (ICME) and Kyoto University, and Professor Jinglong Wu, General Chair of the Conference and Okayama University, delivered closing speeches. Notably, the conference organizing committee selected 4 outstanding papers, 4 excellent young scholar presentations, and 3 excellent posters, and presented the awards to the winners. It is hoped that by recognizing these outstanding researchers and their scientific achievements, more scholars will be encouraged to continuously explore and scale new heights in the field of medical engineering.