The Egyptian Society of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (ESNMS) is proud to announce that the First Egyptian International Nuclear Medicine Meeting was held in the
scenic  city of Hurghada on the Red Sea from 25 to 27 February, 2000.

  The The meeting consisted of 8 sessions dealing with various subjects arranged in the
  following order:

 Day 1:

* Infection Imaging

* Therapy with Radionuclides

 Day 2:

* Nuclear Cardiology	* Sentinel Node
* Nuclear Medicine in Sports Injuries	* Instrumentation

 Day 3:

* Neuropsychiatry

* Tumor Detection

  The topics were covered by the following group of international experts in the
  field of Nuclear Medicine arranged alphabetically:

Prof. Dr. Muhammad ABDEL-RAZZAK	Egypt
Prof. Dr. Keith BRITTON	UK
Physicist Paul EARLY	USA
Prof. Dr. Abdelhameed ELGAZZAR	Kuwait
Prof. Dr. Peter LIND	Austria
Prof. Dr. Richard UNDERWOOD	UK
Prof. Dr. Ben VAN HEERDEN	South Africa
Prof. Dr. Henry WAGNER	USA
Physicist Prof. Gaber ZIADA	Egypt

 
 

  The state of the art lecture was then followed by a selected group of scientific
  presentations dealing with the same topic.

          As regards attendance, there were 132 delegates from all over the world:
  

Africa		87
	Egyptian               85
	Non-Egyptian        2
Asia		18
Europe		20
North America		6
IAEA		1

  To our great pleasure, this meeting was a great success as indicated by the enthusiastic
  reception of the attending delegates, and the glowing letters of praise sent to the society
  by a great number of our guests from outside the country after their return home. A
 sample of these remarks includes:

"Congratulations on the success of your meeting."

Henry Wagner (USA)

"The organization was nothing short of perfect and I wish you all the best for next year's meeting in Luxor."

Steffen Groth (IAEA)

"The conference was really a great success and all credit goes to the organizing committee."

Abdelhamid Elgazzar (Kuwait)

"It was such an honour and privilege for me to attend your successful congress."

Ben Van Heerden (South Africa)

"The entire event was inspirational for me and I am certain for many others who attended the meeting."

Bruce Adams (UAE)

"Thank you for providing such an excellent conference, organisation, and quality of presentation."

Keith Britton (UK)

"Thank you so much for a wonderful meeting in Hurghada."

Paul Early (USA)