2012 Proceedings - International Tissue Elasticity Conference

Dear Conference Delegate:
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Welcome
Welcome to the 11th ITEC Conference and, in particular, to the beautiful city of Deauville, Normandy, France.
We are very glad that ITEC’s choice fell on France, but at the same time we are sad that Jonathan and Karen
will not be able to attend this year. However, with the aid of Skype they will, nonetheless, be able to attend
selective Conference events – which deprives them hence of only ½ of a Conference Attendee point .
[Editor’s Note: We’ll see about that!]
We started planning this Conference back in 2007 at Santa Fe. Organizing a Conference was a first for me,
and I would like to thank Karen and Jonathan for their expertise, guidance and constant help; our local
organizing committee, consisting of Sabrina Doblas, Philippe Garteiser and Simon Chatelin deserve much credit
for their untiring efforts. With such a great team, it is truly a pleasure to prepare and organize such an event.
I would likewise to acknowledge the tremendous contributions of INSERM (Ms. Margot Sauvadet) and our 3rd
year volunteer, Ms. Charlene Waldron from Seattle, Washington, USA.
This year we have the distinct pleasure to welcome John Waterton from AstraZeneca (UK) and Jens Würfel
from the Universities of Göttingen, Lübeck and Berlin (Germany) as plenary speakers. The intention, which
motivated us for this particular constellation, was to provide new perspectives and challenges to the elasticity
imaging community: Does the pharmaceutical industry see a place for elasticity imaging in their armament of
imaging biomarkers, and does elasticity imaging provide new potentials in the neuro–domain when considering
diseases such as MS or Alzheimer’s?
The Organizing Committee hopes that you will listen to inspiring presentations and fruitful discussions during
the Conference, enjoy the Riviera atmosphere of Deauville and the great hospitality of the Amirauté Hôtel,
and plan to spend a memorable evening at the Normandy Hotel during our Conference dinner on Wednesday.
A Personal Note:
Ralph Sinkus
Chair of the Local Organizing Team
2 October 2012
We will regretfully not be able to participate in person in this year’s Conference events due to
circumstances beyond our control. We will miss meeting all the colleagues and friends again, but we trust
that with Ralph’s remarkable enthusiasm and Kevin’s support, the Conference will be as good or better
than ever.
We will be at the Registration Desk and elsewhere on Skype. Please come by and say “Hello”!
Karen and Jonathan