Opening Night Session and Aloha
Welcome Reception 
Opening Session supported by a
grant from Siemens Medical Solutions, and
Aloha Welcome Reception also supported by Siemens Medical Solutions
President Brian D. Ross Welcome & Introduction |
SMI 2006 Achievement Award presented to Chris Contag |
Achievement Award Plaque |
Brian Ross invites Co- Chairs of Opening Plenary Session to take stage |
Thomas Budinger, President-Elect, and Sam Gambhir Co-Chair Opening Session |
Owen N. Witte gives first talk, "Critical Need for New Imaging Tech- nologies in Stem Cell Biology |
Owen Witte |
1,200-seat auditorium is near capacity |
The session was well received by attendees |
Sam Gambhir gives 2nd talk, "Multimodality Molec- ular Imaging of Cell Based Therapies |
Sam Gambhir |
Tom Budinger, moder- ator, gets discussion going |
Chris Contag gives 3rd talk, "Extensive Cell Fusion Confined to the Bone Marrow after Hemattopoietic Stem Cell Transfer" |
Chris Contag |
From left: O. Witte, C. Contag, T Budinger, S. Gambhir at session end |
Owen Witte takes questions from participants |
A Hawaiian Chanter performed a centuries- old tradition to kick-off SMI 2006 Aloha-style |
Introduction of Aloha Welcome Reception show which followed the session |
Bertrand Tavitian, President of the ESMI and Joan Oefner, SMI Executive Director |
Award-winning "Na Lei O Kaholoku" performing at Aloha Reception supported by Siemens |
Participants enjoying the event |
More Hula |
Hula performance on the history of Pele, the Big Island's goddess |
More enjoyment |
Yet more Hula |
Final Hula shot |
Arne Hengerer (orange shirt), Director of Mole- cular MRI, Siemens Medical Solutions, pre- pares to sample the food from the Siemens sponsored Aloha Welcome Reception. |
Sweet desserts |
From their hotel rooms, attendees could walk, take a train, or come by boat to the sessions |
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