The promotion and dissemination of international research in Micro- and Nanotechnologies applied to Life Sciences; the organization, under the aegis of the association, of high-level scientific and technological International Conferences, in particular maintaining and developing the NanoBioTech Montreux International Forum for Micro & Nanotechnologies for the Biosciences; offering academic circles a fertile ground for the birth of major international research projects and the creation of networks comprising researchers and industry; promoting start-up companies by offering the conference platform for the presentation of their technologies and products (for full purpose see statutes).