The scientific program covers the whole spectrum of nuclear medicine. Besides scientific sessions with proffered papers - these will be presented either orally or as posters - several special events are scheduled to discuss topics of interest. 

The Gastein Lecture

Chair: W.H. Knapp (Hannover)

• P.A. Schubiger (Zurich)
  Are targeted radiopharmaceuticals the magic bullet we are looking for?
  

The European Corner

Round Table Discussion: The White Paper revisited

Moderator: A. Bischof-Delaloye (Lausanne)

Distinguished Pioneer´s Lecture

Chair: R. Höfer (Vienna)

• P.J. Ell (London):
  "Nuclear Medicine: Cogito Ergo Sum"

Fireside Conference

• J. Czernin (Los Angeles), T. Beyer (Zurich):
  Nuclear Medicine Quiz, Case Presentations and Contest

PET/CT in Cardiology

• C. Loewe (Vienna)
  Cardiac CT
  
• S. Graf (Vienna)
  Do we need PET/CT?
  
• H. Frank (Tulln)
  Cardiac MRI: Alternative or supplement to nuclear imaging
• J. Maddahi (Los Angeles)
  Novel PET probes for myocardial stress/rest perfusion imaging
• H. Schelbert (Los Angeles)
  Nuclear medicine as a tool for personalizing cardiovascular therapy

PET/CT

• O. Israel (Haifa)
  PET/CT in infection and inflammation
  
• O. Ratib (Geneva)
  Osirix, a new open source image analysis concept

PET/CT in Oncology

• J.N. Talbot (Paris)
  Neuroendocrine tumours
• J. Czernin (Los Angeles)
  One stop shop, PET/CT protocols
• O. Israel (Haifa)
  PET/CT bone imaging
  
• M. Raderer (Vienna)
  Response assessment in oncology
  
• W. Weber (Freiburg)
  Radiopeptides for PET imaging

PET/CT in Radiooncology

• R. Pötter (Vienna)
  Current concepts in radiation therapy
  
• A.L. Grosu (Freiburg)
  PET/CT in radiation treatment planning

Merck Lunch Symposium

• M. Weissel (Vienna)
  Diagnosis and conservative treatment of thyroid nodules
  
• A. Gessl (Vienna)
  Drug influences on thyroid function/parameters
  

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences:

• H.H. Coenen (Juelich)
  Aminoacids as PET radiotracers for oncology
• R. Schibli (Zurich)
  Radiopharmaceuticals for the imaging of folate receptors
• K. Någren (Copenhagen)
  Development of new PET radiotracers - interactions between the tracer and the target in various species

The Physicist's Corner

• A. Todd-Pokropek (London)
  The role of the physicist at the frontier of molecular imaging
  

The Industry Corner

Solutions for motion correction and quantitation