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With the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging completed we wish to share the results with those who could not attend as well as give all members an update on the status of the Society.

Attendance certainly surpassed our expectations for this first meeting outside the US with a final attendance of 1,073 with 55% from Europe, 34% from North America and 11% from Asia. There were 68 oral presentations and 517 poster presentations. All the abstracts are available to search and view the full text and images by clicking here. You should have received Molecular Imaging Volume 4.3 which included the abstracts, and for a pdf version of the abstracts, please click here.

The results of the 2005 Annual Elections are as follows:

President-Elect:

• Thomas F. Budinger, MD, PhD, Univ. of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA.

Council Members:

• Silvio Aime, PhD, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
• Zaver Bhujwalla, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore USA
• Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, Rice University, Houston, USA

David Piwnica-Worms received the 2005 Society for Molecular Imaging Achievement Award. For more information please click here.

Bylaws Changes Approved by Members at 2005 Annual Business Meeting:

At the Annual Business meeting on Saturday September 10, 2005 in Cologne, Germany, the Society Members voted to amend Article X of the SMI Bylaws as follows:

Original: ARTICLE X (AMENDMENTS) "Amendments to these Bylaws shall be initiated according to the same procedure as amendments to the Constitution, except that a majority vote of members voting by mail ballot shall suffice for ratification."

Proposed: ARTICLE X (AMENDMENTS)"Amendments to these Bylaws shall be made by the following procedures: Amendments may be initiated by the majority of the council or by a petition to the Council signed by 5% of the members of the Society. The proposed amendment(s) will be sent by electronic mail to all voting members for comment. After four (4) weeks the amendment(s) will be sent to the voting members with the voting members' comments as summarized by the Society Secretary. An electronic vote will be required for each amendment within one week. An amendment will be ratified if approved by two-thirds majority of a vote comprising a minimum of 5% of the voting members." To browse the existing bylaws, please click here.