1. Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Technical Committee Report to NPSS AdCom Suleman Surti March 3, 2012

2. NMISC elections The five new members of NMISC are: Michael King Paul Marsden Uwe Pietrzyk R. Glenn Wells Larry Zeng Their terms will go from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2013. The new Vice-Chair for NMISC is: Dimitris Visvikis

3. NMISC Constitution and By-laws (1) NMISC By-Laws were amended to reflect the change within NPSS AdCom that reduced the waiting period for counting ballots for AdCom elections from 60 days to 45 days. Change was approved by the NMISC and AdCom and published in the March 2012 NPSS newsletter.

4. NMISC Constitution and By-laws (2) A review of the NMISC Constitution and By-Laws is required by its Constitution to be performed every five years. Review was last performed in 2007. A five member sub-committee has been formed to perform the review in 2012. Alberto Del Guerra Larry Zeng Dimitris Visvikis Georges El Fakhri Robert Miyaoka

5. Medical Imaging Conference status and plans (1) 2011, Valencia, Spain: MIC had 764 submissions; 684 (89.5%) were accepted. Overall NSS/MIC attendance 2201. 2012, Anaheim, CA: Tom Lewellen is General Chair; Vesna Sossi will be the MIC Program Chair. 2013, Seoul, South Korea: Hee-Joung Kim is General Chair; Jae Sung Lee will be the MIC Program Chair.

6. Medical Imaging Conference status and plans (2) 2014, Seattle, WA: Tony Lavietes is General Chair; Georges El Fakhri will be the MIC Program Chair. 2015: Initial choice of Strasbourg, France changed due to ongoing renovations to convention center. Current choice is between Liverpool, England or a site in US ( Orlando, Knoxville, San Diego). 2016: Possibly Strasbourg if 2015 meeting is not in Europe.