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: P.A. Schubiger (Zurich)

• W. Weber (Freiburg):
  PET/CT as tool for personalized therapy
  

The European Corner

Standardization of PET data: Intercomparison of images

• A. Bockisch (Essen):
  Clinical aspects - a physician's view
  
• R. Boellaard (Amsterdam):
  Physical aspects - a physicist's view
  

Distinguished Pioneer´s Lecture

Chair: R. Höfer (Vienna)

• H. Mäcke (Freiburg):
  Agonists or antagonists for peptide-based tumour imaging and radionuclide therapy?

Fireside Conference

• K.J. Langen (Juelich):
  PET in neuro-oncology
  
• B. Pichler (Tuebingen):
  PET/MRI and the brain
• K. Fraps (Munich):
  PET: The magic of new concepts

Radionuclide Therapy

• H.J. Biersack (Bonn):
  Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) of liver malignancies
• D.J. Kwekkeboom (Rotterdam):
  How far are we from evidence in radiopeptide therapy?
  

Neurology/Psychiatry

• P. Dal Bianco (Vienna):
  Dementias of old age
  
• K. Herholz (Manchester):
  Current developments in the imaging of dementia
• S. Kasper (Vienna):
  A beautiful mind - PET in psychiatry

Cardiology

• H. Schelbert (Los Angeles):
  From microvessels to metabolism and remodelling
  
• P.A. Kaufmann (Zurich)
  New trends in myocardial perfusion imaging

Oncology

• J. Czernin (Los Angeles):
  The cost (effectiveness) of cancer imaging
  
• R. Wahl (Baltimore):
  PERCIST: A new look at tumour response

MERCK Lunch Symposium

• M. Weissel (Vienna):
  Thyroid and pregnancy
  
• M. Raderer (Vienna):
  New therapeutic trends in radioiodine-negative thyroid cancer patients
  

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences:

• S. Ametamey (Zurich):
  PET radioligands for the glutamatergic system
• H.H. Coenen (Juelich):
  Benefits of PET-radiotracers for drug development
• J. Steinbach (Dresden-Rossendorf):
  Radiotracers for the cholinergic system

The Physicist's Corner

• M. Sámal (Prague):
  Current concepts of quantitative renal imaging
• A.E. Todd-Pokropek (London):
  The place of 'quantitative' nuclear medicine in the administration of therapy

The Industry Corner

PET/MR as Low Dose PET/CT?