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Dick Lanza
General Chair |
We would like to personally invite you to attend the 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), to be held from October 25–31 in Orlando, Florida at the beautiful Hilton Hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort. This meeting offers a great opportunity to exchange new knowledge and ideas in nuclear science and medical imaging with friends and colleagues from across the world. It had its origins more than 60 years ago, when the first Scintillation Symposium was held to explore the then new technology of scintillators and photomultipliers. That small Symposium has since grown to the point where it has become the single conference with the broadest coverage of
the field of radiation instrumentation and applications.
The Organizing Committee is focused on creating a truly joint, integrated conference to facilitate and encourage attendees to expand their knowledge in related topical areas and participate in all aspects of the meeting. Even if your interests lean towards one area, we strongly encourage
you to explore the entirety of the meeting to take advantage of the breadth of the program. We are offering a strong program of relevant short courses before the meeting that address topics of particular interest in these fields, all of which are self-contained tutorials by design. There is also an integrated program of highly focused Workshops and Special Sessions to acquaint attendees with the state-of-the-art in new and emerging technologies. Self-contained sessions and workshops will include subjects such as Computing Beyond the LHC, Nuclear Forensics, Nuclear Techniques in the Well-logging Industry, and the use of graphics processors for high speed computing and imaging. We will continue the Special Session on Women in Engineering, which was so well attended in Dresden. Check the conference web site regularly for the latest information on these workshops, short courses, and special sessions.
In addition to being an excellent venue for our professional meeting, this location is ideal for attendees who are able to bring their families. The exceptional location of the conference gives us the opportunity to offer an exciting and unique Companion Program that will include tours to many exciting locations in the Orlando area, as well as a visit to the NASA Space Center at Cape Kennedy. Of course, the Hilton is conveniently located adjacent to the entire Disney World site making this world-class attraction easily accessible for both individual and organized exploration.
For the latest information concerning Program details, conference registration, special events, schedules, transportation and housing, or any other relevant issue, please visit the conference website: http://www.nss-mic.org/2009.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, we encourage you to make plans now to attend this year’s Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference and look forward to welcoming you to Orlando.
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