| NUCLEAR MEDICAL AND IMAGING SCIENCES |
| At its March 7, 2009 meeting, NPSS AdCom approved a motion put forward by NMISC for Technical Co-Sponsorship of the Fifth International Summer School on Nuclear Physics Methods and Accelerators in Biology and Medicine, to be held 6–15 July 2009 in Bratislava, Slovakia. An announcement of this meeting with contact information can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. The IEEE Technical Activities Board has given final approval to three motions initiated last year by NMISC: The values of the Edward J Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award and the Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award have been increased to $3000 and $1500 respectively, and the Young Investigator Award has been officially renamed “The Bruce H. Hasegawa Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award.” The 2009 NSS/MIC will be held in Orlando, Florida, in the Hilton Hotel near Downtown Disney. Richard Lanza is the General Chair, Ramsey Badawi is the MIC Program Chair and Craig Levin will be the Deputy MIC Program Chair. In a new approach, this year’s MIC will have a theme, which is “Translating Scientific Concepts into Practical Reality.” Plenary sessions during the meeting will include contributions from medical practitioners and from workers in industry, with a view to provoking discussion on how novel developments presented at the conference can be translated into devices and methods that will have a clinical impact. As in other years, there will be a range of special focus workshops and short courses, and we anticipate a very exciting program. The abstract submission deadline was May 11, 2009. Additional details can be found at http://www.nss-mic.org/2009/. Knoxville, Tennessee, will host the 2010 NSS/MIC. Ron Keyser is the General Chair and David Townsend will serve as the MIC Program Chair. The meeting will be held in the spacious Knoxville Convention Center, and housing will distributed among several downtown hotels. The organizing committee is complete, and program planning is underway. The 2011 NSS/MIC will be in Valencia, Spain. Valencia is Spain’s third largest city, beautifully situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast, with many cultural and recreational attractions. The meeting space will be in the Valencia Conference Center and the neighboring Sorollo and Hilton Hotels. David Townsend will be the General Chair. The Disney Hotel in Anaheim, California will host the 2012 NSS/MIC meeting. Although adjacent to Disneyland, the Disney atmosphere there is subdued. Tom Lewellen will be General Chair of this meeting. Planning for the 2013 meeting is underway. The RITC/NMISC Joint Oversight Subcommittee is currently reviewing three site location proposals: one for Beijing, China, one for Seoul, Korea, and one for Cairns, Australia. The growing interest from our Asia-Pacific community in hosting the meeting is a strong motivating factor for holding the 2013 NSS/MIC in that region. You can find more information on the NMIS Technical Committee and Council, including current Council membership, information on NMISTC-sponsored awards, and a copy of our constitution and bylaws, at our web site: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/nmisc/. Five new members are elected to NMISC each year, and we always welcome new candidates. If you are interested in standing for election, please contact me. Charles Watson can be reached at Siemens Molecular Imaging, 810 Innovation Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37932-2562 USA; Phone: +1 865-218-2419; Fax: +1 865-218-3000; E-mail: charles.c.watson@siemens.com. |
 Charles C. Watson Chair, Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences |
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