The invited speakers are

Matt O'Donnell , Ph.D.
"Ultrasound contrast imaging and molecular imaging "
Dean of Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Jonathan Ophir , Ph.D.
"Elastography: Imaging the mechanical properties of soft tissues "
Professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas

Seong K. Mun , Ph.D.
"Biomedical Data Sharing in Virtual Organization Environment "
Professor of Radiology
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Andrew F. Laine , Sc.D.
"Computation of Myocardial Deformation and Dynamic Metrics from 4D Cardiac Ultrasound "
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
Columbia University
New York, New York

David R. Haynor, MD, Ph.D.
"A survey of medical image computing: clinical needs and opportunities"
Professor of Radiology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Yongmin Kim , Ph.D.
"Medical Image Computing from 1980s to 2020s "
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Ravi Managuli, Ph.D.
"Mediaprocessors in Medical Imaging for High Performance and Flexibility "
Research Scientist, Hitachi Medical Systems of America, Twinsburg OH
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Bioengineering, Seattle, Washington

Jeff Powers, Ph.D.
"Real-time 3D ultrasound imaging and applications"
Principal Scientist
Philips Medical Systems
Bothell, Washington

Christophe Chefd'hotel
"Practical and computational challenges in medical image registration and segmentation "
Senior Reserach Scientist
Siemens Corporate Research
Princeton, New Jersey

Wiliam F. Walker , Ph.D.
"Advanced Ultrasound Algorithms: Fitting the Approach to the Problem "
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

William Lundgren
"Application of Gedae to Programming the Cell Broadband Engine "
President
Gedae
Moorestown, NJ

Mark Mitchell
"Using a Portable, High-Level API to Program the Cell Broadband Engine"
CEO
CodeSourcery
Granite Bay, CA

Peter Hofstee, Ph.D,
"Real-time computing and the Cell Broadband Engine Processor"
IBM Distinguished Engineer
IBM

Shahrokh Daijavad, Ph.D,
"Real-time Image Registration on the Cell Broadband Engine Processor"
Project Quasar Architect
IBM

Sayan Pathak, Ph.D.
"Computational Challenges in Exploring the Mammalian Brainscape "
Senior Analyst, Bioinformatics
Allen Institute for Brain Science

Robert Franza , MD.
"Envisioning Multi-modal Digital Image Surveys of Living Systems: An Early Stage Conversation"
President
Seattle Science Foundation

Michael McCool
"Writing High Performance Applications for GPUs and the Cell BE"
Chief Scientist,
RapidMind

Evgeny Drapkin
Principal Engineer, MI & CT Engineering,
GE Healthcare