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Signing off
The AAPM annual meeting is over - the 100+ exhibitors have torn down their booths, the conference attendees have flown back around the world and the medicalphysicsweb team is back in the office. Asides coping with the shock of leaving hot and sticky Minneapolis for damp and drizzly Bristol, we’re busy checking through our notebooks for any key news and events that we didn’t have time to include in the blog. Look out for additional coverage on medicalphysicsweb over the next week or so.
The meeting attracted a record 2294 scientific registrants, up about 80 from last year, and a total of 3881 attendees, including exhibitors and companions - one of the highest attendance numbers to date. Personally, I thought it was a great success. If you’d like to share your own views on the conference or trade show - or your opinions on our blog coverage - please feel free to post your thoughts using the commenting tool at the end of each entry.
Finally, it’s worth noting that 2008 is the 50th anniversary of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Next year’s AAPM annual meeting (being held in Houston, TX, from July 27-31) will include a number of special sessions to celebrate this anniversary. According to Jean St. Germain, chair of the AAPM ad hoc committee for the 50th anniversary, the theme for 2008 will be: “Honouring the Past, Celebrating the Present and Preparing for the Future”. See you there?
