isrrt Newsletter Volume 46. No.1 - 2010

Secretary General General
I attended the Radiological Society of North
America (RSNA) at the end of November 2009
with Robert George and this was the second time
ISRRT had participated as part of the Associated
Sciences group. The ISRRT once again shared a large
booth with the other Associated Sciences members
which include the American Society of Radiologic
Technologists (ASRT) and the Canadian Society
of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT).
This complimentary booth gives the ISRRT the
opportunity to promote worldwide activities and
to distribute literature. As reported last year the
ISRRT is now fully participating in the educational
program at this event and lectures were presented
by Robert George, Cynthia Cowling and Lori Boyd.
The Regional Director of the Americas, Michael
Ward represented the ISRRT at the program planning
session for 2010 and it was agreed that the session
involving Cynthia Cowling and Lori Boyd should be
repeated at RSNA 2010.
The European Congress of Radiology in Vienna in
March 2010 was once again a significant meeting for
the ISRRT. Relationships were maintained with the
ECR and the IAEA and important meetings were held
with those organisations and also with the President
and officers of the European Society of Radiology
(ESR).The meeting with ESR was in conjunction with
the European Federation of Radiographic Societies
and it was agreed that joint participation would be a
feature of future Radiographic sessions at ECR. These
contacts are extremely important if the participation
of the ISRRT in medical radiation protection issues is
to continue at its present high level.
Last month, April, I took part in an extremely
successful radiography program at the International
Congress of Radiology in Shanghai which was
facilitated by Maria Law and Cynthia Cowling. In
addition to the scientific program I also had the
opportunity to meet with the President of the Chinese
Radiographic Society and it is hoped that this meeting
will help to promote future contact with radiographers
in China.
April is also the month in which the General
Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
is held and I will be participating in this annual
event. ISRRT is a Non Governmental Organisation
(NGO) and it is extremely important that this status is
maintained. This status is not an automatic right for
any organisation and every two years the Executive
of WHO meet to decide if an organisation merits to
continue as an NGO. At the beginning of 2010 the
Executive, having taken into consideration the world
wide work of the ISRRT once again renewed its NGO
status.
In May I will be doing a site visit in Toronto prior to
the 2012 ISRRT World Congress. While in Canada
I will take the opportunity to attend the CAMRT
Conference in Quebec.
The next few months will be extremely busy as I
prepare for the 2010 World Congress in Australia.
Most of the work has been done by the local
Organising Committee in Australia and I would like
to thank them for the magnificent job they have done.
In addition to the Congress there will also be a Board
and Council meetings. This year elections will be held
for Board positions and also the results of the ISRRT
survey undertaken last year will be discussed.
Once again I would like to thank all Board members,
Council members and members for the help and
support given and my wife Alison for her help during
the year.
I would also like to thank Robert George for all his
work and support during his period as President and
for him and Jan welcoming us into their home in
Adelaide.
Sandy Yule
CEO, ISRRT
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