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THE EXECUTIVE Pace picks up for WFUMB 2009 planning Matthew Andrews On behalf of the ASUM Council and Staff, I would like to wish all ASUM members a very happy 2008. This year will be crucial for the Society. In addition to its usual wide range of activities and services, the organisation of the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine (WFUMB) 2009 World Congress, being hosted by ASUM in Sydney, will be consolidated. British Medical Ultrasound Society I was recently fortunate to take part in the ASUM/BMUS Presidential Exchange Program, in which I was invited to represent ASUM at the BMUS Annual Scientific Meeting. This program was established several years ago to promote cooperation and the exchange of scientific and organisational knowledge between the two societies. BMUS has a similar membership profile to ASUM, with the bulk of members being sonographers and radiologists. Membership numbers are also similar to ASUM. Physicists appear to play a greater role in BMUS currently than they do in ASUM. Dr Kevin Martin, the current BMUS President, is a physicist and the President-elect, Ms Julie Walton is a sonographer. The BMUS meeting is rotated around Britain and in 2007 was held in Harrogate, approximately three hours train journey north of London. Similar to the ASUM ASM, the BMUS meeting is held over three days, but within the working week, with no weekend component. The meetings have similar numbers of registrants and similar sized trade components. Features of the scientific program included several veterinary ultrasound sessions, with dogs being scanned, an interactive quiz session and an extremely interesting History of Ultrasound talk by Dr Paul Allen, Past President of BMUS, which featured some ASUM members. There were lunchtime trade seminars, where vendors displayed their latest technologies. The scientific presentations, both oral and poster, were wideranging and of a very high standard. Volume acquisition ultrasound talks were impressive, where a whole volume is scanned and images then processed and obtained on workstation in any plane required. This would appear to have the potential to revolutionise the way ultrasound is practised. My presentation was part of a seminar discussing the future of ultrasound practice, including the roles of sonographers, sonologists and clinicians performing ultrasound, where I gave the Australasian perspective. The forum allowed me the opportunity to showcase ASUM’s Certificate of Clinician Performed Ultrasound (CCPU), which was very well received by both BMUS and clinicians in attendance. BMUS expressed interest in exploring the CCPU concept further and will liaise with ASUM. I would like to acknowledge the very kind hospitality provided to me by BMUS including the BMUS staff, who were extremely helpful. I am confident my visit will be of benefit to ASUM and I look forward to welcoming Dr Martin when he reciprocates by attending this year’s ASUM meeting in Auckland. I would also like to acknowledge the foresight of my predecessors in establishing this exchange program. Dr Matthew Andrews Help us promote WFUMB 2009 Sydney ASUM welcomes members’ assistance in promoting the Congress. To help spread the message, members who are attending and presenting at meetings overseas are encouraged to include promotional slides for WFUMB 2009 in their presentation ASUM Ultrasound Bulletin 2008 February 11 (1)
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