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August 30 - September 2, 2006
Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii

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The 2006 Annual Meeting took place August 30 - September 2, 2006 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The annual meeting environment will encompass diverse molecular imaging topics related to basic and clinical aspects of biology, chemistry, genomics, technical advancements and industrial applications. Make plans to join us as we explore the present status and future of cellular and molecular studies in the context of the whole organism.

Program Chairman
Brian D. Ross, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Co-Chairmen
Alnawaz Rehemtulla, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston, USA

Steering Committee
Darryl Bornhop, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Thomas Budinger, MD, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Simon R. Cherry, PhD, University of California, Davis, USA
Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
June-Key Chung, MD, PhD, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Yasuhisa Fujibayashi, PhD, MD, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
Sanjiv "Sam" Gambhir, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Juri Gelovani, MD, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Eric Holland, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Andreas Jacobs, MD, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Ren-Shyan Liu, MD, National Yang-Ming University Medical School, Taipei, Taiwan
Gary Luker, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Thomas J. Meade, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
Markus Schwaiger, MD, Technische Universität München, Germany
Bertrand Tavitian, MD, PhD, European Molecular Imaging Laboratories, CEA, Orsay, France
Roger Tsien, PhD, University of San Diego, La Jolla, USA

Scientific Program Committee
Dr. Samuel Achilefu, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
Dr. Joseph Ackerman, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA
Dr. Silvio Aime, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Dr. Carolyn Anderson, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
Dr. Gang Bao, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Dr. James Basilion, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
Dr. Frank Bengel, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
Dr. Zaver Bhujwalla, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Dr. Ronald Blasberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., New York, USA
Dr. Alexei Bogdanov, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
Dr. Matthias Braeutigam, Schering AG, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Xandra Breakefield, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, USA
Dr. Kevin Brindle, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Dr. Jeff Bulte, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Dr. Britton Chance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Dr. Sudeep Chandra, Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, USA
Dr. Thomas Chenevert, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Dr. Christopher Contag, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
Dr. Peter Conti, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Win-Ping Deng, Taipei Medical University, Taoyuang, Taiwan
Dr. Susan Deutscher, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Dr. Chen-Yuan Dong, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Richard Dorshow, Tyco Healthcare / Mallinckrodt, St. Louis, USA
Dr. William Eckelman, Molecular Tracer, LLC, Bethesda, USA
Dr. David Edwards, Imperial College London, London, UK
Dr. Jeffrey Evelhoch, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, USA
Dr. F. Stuart Foster, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Joseph Frank, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Dr. Robert Gillies, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Dr. Uwe Haberkorn, Radiologische Univ.-Klinik, Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. John Hoffman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Dr. Robert Hoffman, AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, USA
Dr. Leonard Hofstra, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Dr. Ralph Hurd, GE Medical Systems, Menlo Park, USA
Dr. Toshiro Inubushi, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Dr. Farouc Jaffer, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, USA
Dr. Lee Josephson, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, USA
Dr. Garry Kiefer, Macrocyclics, Dallas, USA
Dr. Alan Koretsky, NINDS, Bethesda, USA
Dr. Lutz Kracht, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Dr. El-Nasir Lalani, Univbersity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Dr. Kit Lam, UC Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, USA
Dr. Peter Lassota, Caliper Life Sciences, Hopkinton, USA
Dr. W.R. (Dick) Leopold, MIR Preclinical Services, Ann Arbor, USA
Dr. Chun Li, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Dr. King Li, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Dr. Clemens Lowik, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Dr. Umar Mahmood, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, USA
Dr. Chuck Meyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Dr. Dae Hyuk Moon, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea
Dr. Chrit Moonen, Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
Dr. Michael Moseley, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Dr. Philip Murphy, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Kent, UK
Dr. Sarah Nelson, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, USA
Dr. Renata Pasqualini, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Dr. Stefan Petersson, GE Healthcare, Malmo, Sweden
Dr. David Piwnica-Worms, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
Dr. Brian Pogue, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
Dr. Martin Pomper, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Dr. Jorge Ripoll, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Dr. Brian Ross, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, USA
Dr. Jan Schnitzer, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, USA
Dr. Jin-Suck Suh, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Dr. Daniel Sullivan, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
Dr. Bruce Tromberg, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA
Dr. Ching-Hsuan Tung, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, USA
Dr. David Tuveson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Dr. Annemie van der Linden, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Henry VanBrocklin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Wynn Volkert, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Dr. Michael Welch, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Dr. Samuel Wickline, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
Dr. Alexandra Winkeler, Max-Planck-Institute, Koeln, Germany
Dr. Anna Wu, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Joseph Wu, Stanford Univ School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
Dr. Yoshiharu Yonekura, National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Dr. Yantian Zhang, NIBIB/NIH, Bethesda, USA

This year's meeting will feature an RSNA/SNM/SMI Pre-Conference Symposium: Imaging in Molecular Medicine jointly sponsored by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and the Society for Molecular Imaging (SMI) beginning at 1:30 PM on August 29 through 2:30 PM on August 30. The Pre-Conference Symposium will provide an introduction and overview of molecular imaging to radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, neuroradiologists and other physicians. Topics of the symposium will include:

• Molecular biology for imaging scientists
• Advances in PET imaging technology and new PET imaging agents
• Advances in MRI technology and new MR imaging agents
• Advances in optical technology and new optical imaging agents
• Molecular medicine: molecular basis of cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders
• Clinical applications of new technology and tracers

RSNA/SNM/SMI Pre-Conference Symposium Program Committee:
Alan H. Maurer, MD, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA (SNM)
Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (RSNA)
Alnawaz Rehemtulla, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (SMI)
Brian D. Ross, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (SMI)
Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston, USA (RSNA)

Accreditation Statement
These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the Society for Molecular Imaging. The RSNA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Americans with Disabilities Act Statement
If under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) you require special accommodations or services in order to attend, then please notify the Society office.

The Society for Molecular Imaging
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Kerrville, TX 78029-3878 USA
1-830-257-0112; Fax: 1-830-257-0119

Administrator
Charles Metzger
Email: cmetzger@molecularimaging.org

EUROPEAN OFFICE
Joan Oefner, CAE, Executive Director
Society for Molecular Imaging
BioPark II http://www.bioregio-regensburg.de
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D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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