Industrial Exhibition, June 28 – 29, 2012

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the CARS 2012 exhibition and congress. The introduction of clinical-oriented sessions, hands-on-workshops and vendor symposia for radiologists and surgeons, makes CARS a unique place to exhibit and network. We are also offering industry the opportunity to participate in the congress in new and innovative ways. In addition to the exhibition itself, there are a number of opportunities to support key parts of the congress program and the possibility to participate in industry focused activities aligned to some of the main sessions.

For CARS 2012 in Pisa, seven major organizations have decided to hold their annual conferences again integrated into one large international event and hence present a unique opportunity for you to engage with an unprecedented number of key professional at the leading edge of “the 5 I’s” – Imaging, Informatics, Innovative, Interdisciplinary and International activities:

• CAR - 26th International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology
  Chairman: Stanley Baum, MD (USA), Co-Chair: Carlo Bartolozzi, MD (I)
• EuroPACS - 30th International EuroPACS Meeting
  President: Emanuele Neri, MD (I)
• ISCAS - 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery
  President: Kevin Cleary, PhD (USA)
• CAD - 14th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Diagnosis
  Chairman: Kunio Doi, PhD (USA), Co-Chair: Ulrich Bick, MD (D)
• CMI - 18th Computed Maxillofacial Imaging Congress
  Chairman: Allan G. Farman, PhD, DSc (USA)
• 13th CARS / SPIE / EuroPACS Joint Workshop on Surgical PACS and the Digital Operating Room
  Chairmen: Osman M. Ratib, MD, PhD (CH), Heinz U. Lemke, PhD (D)
• 4th EPMA / IFCARS Workshop on Personalized Medicine and ICT
  Chairs: O. Golubnitschaja, MD (D), H.U. Lemke, PhD (D)

By focusing attention on radiology, surgery, engineering and informatics, these conferences complement one another to ascertain that all aspects of digital medical imaging, computer assisted diagnosis and therapy, surgical robotics and instrumentation, PACS / RIS and telemedicine are covered with internationally renowned speakers and attendees from over 50 countries.

On behalf of these organizations, I should like to invite you to participate in the CARS 2012 Exhibition, the Congress and the scientific/medical sessions. The exhibition takes place on June 28 - 29, 2012 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Pisa, which offers a very attractive position for the exhibition area. Pisa, as one of the leading cities for conventions on healthcare, is an ideal venue to attract participants from all over the world and we expect in excess of 1000 attendees. We recommend an early booking as the exhibition space is limited and places are assigned on a first-come first-served basis.

For the Exhibition Prospectus and details of the unique support options available, please contact us at Tel. + 49-7742-922 434 or via email to exhibition@cars-int.org.

Yours sincerely,

Davide Caramella, MD            Heinz U. Lemke, PhD
CARS 2012 President             CARS Organizer