13 May 2006 (Saturday)  
Timeline Topic Chair Speaker
07:30 - 08:30 Setup Posters    
08:00 - 13:00 Session 1: MRI Safety and Compatibility ???  
08:00 - 08:15 Opening Ceremony, general remarks???   M. Weiner
08:15 - 08:30 MRI safety and technical problem overview   F. Schelock
08:30 - 08:45 MRI safety and clinical problem overview   S. Kanal
08:45 - 09:00 MRI risks and risk management: induced heating   E. Atalar
09:00 - 09:15 MRI risks and risk management: induced voltage   J. Helfer
09:15 - 09:30 MRI risks and risk management: artifacts   D. Saloner
09:30 - 09:45 Special lecture on pace-maker safety   Medtronic
09:45 - 10:00 MRI image guided procedures: history of MRI (would it be better if at the beginning of the day???)   Jolesz from GE or Lufkin from Siemens
10:00 - 10:15 Nitinol for medical devices   D. Stöckel/ R. Satava
10:15 - 10:30 Discussion   ???
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session    
11:00 - 12:00 Session 2: Surgical Robotics ???  
11:00 - 11:15 Safety issue   ??? Van Waals
11:15 - 11:30 MRI image guided procedures   R. Lederman
11:30 - 11:45 Device tracking of catheters and guide wires   A. Bücker
11:45 - 12:00 Delivery of implants   E. Sprüntrup
12:00 - 12:15 Imaging of implants   A. Melzer
12:15 - 12:30 Regulatory issues, FDA   T. Woods
12:30 - 12:45 European status on MRI regulations   G. Frese/ G. Schaefers
12:45 - 13:00 Discussion   ???
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break    
14:00 - 15:00 Parallelsession: Emerging Technologies ???  
14:00 - 14:10 Biothermal battery   M. Weiner
14:10 - 14:20 Non invasive cancer treatment   A. Weiss
14:20 - 14:30 Nanotubes for drug delivery   someone from Nanolutions
14:30 - 14:40 Microtubuli for intracellular manipulation   J. Tuszynski
14:40 - 14:50 TBD… what/who???   R. Satava
14:50 - 15:00 Discussion   ???
14:00 - 15:00 Parallelsession: SMIT TECH TRAIN ???  
14:00 - 14:10 ???   NN
14:10 - 14:20 ???   NN
14:20 - 14:30 ???   NN
14:30 - 14:40 ???   NN
14:40 - 14:50 ???   NN
14:50 - 15:00 Discussion   ???
15:00 - 16:00 Poster Award Session    
15:00 - 15:05     Poster presentation 1
15:05 - 15:10     Poster presentation 2
15:10 - 15:15     Poster presentation 3
15:15 - 15:20     Poster presentation 4
15:20 - 15:25     Poster presentation 5
15:25 - 15:30     Poster presentation 6
15:30 - 15:35     Poster presentation 7
15:35 - 15:40     Poster presentation 8
15:45 - 15:50     Poster presentation 9
15:50 - 15:55     Poster presentation 10
15:55 - 16:15 Coffee Break    
16:15 - 17:30 Parallelsession: Endo- Urology ???  
16:15 - 16.30 Endoluminal surgery   J. Rassweiler
16:30 - 16:45 ???   Cavousi
16:45 - 17:00 ???   J. Hopkins
17:00 - 17:15 ???   NN
17:15 - 17:30 Discussion   ???
16:15 - 17:30 Parallelsession: SMIT OR E. Fosse/B. Ystgaard  
16:15 - 16.30 ???   NN
16:30 - 16:45 ???   NN
16:45 - 17:00 ???   NN
17:00 - 17:15 ???   NN
17:15 - 17:30 Discussion   E. Fosse/B. Ystgaard
17:30 - 18:00 Closing Cerimony: Awards and Posters Prize    
19:00 Get together: Dinner at the Monterey Aquarium