WMIC Program at-a-Glance

Monday, September 29 - WMIC Kick Off Workshop

Radioisotopes for Theranostics – From Preclinical to Clinical Translation

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM

The Future of Theranostic Radioisotopes

Keynote Presentation

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Advancing Theranostics with Novel Radionuclides

Scientific Session

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch, Networking, and Posters

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Barriers to Translation: Emerging and Future Isotopes

Panel Discussion

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

A. Isotope Supply Chain & Emerging Isotopes

Breakout Session I

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

B. Use of AI & Dosimetry in Theranostics

Breakout Session I

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

C. Funding Strategies: VC’s, Grant Opportunities, and Industry-Academic Collaborations

Breakout Session I

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

A. Isotope Supply Chain & Emerging Isotopes

Breakout Session II

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

B. Use of AI & Dosimetry in Theranostics

Breakout Session II

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

C. Funding Strategies: VC’s, Grant Opportunities, and Industry-Academic Collaborations

Breakout Session II

5:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks and Next Steps

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Poster Session & Networking Reception

Networking Session

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

PIMI Outing at the Raven

Networking Session

Tuesday, September 30 - Full-Day Modality Immersions

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Advances in MR Probe Development for Molecular Imaging

MR Full-Day Immersion

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

The Optical Imaging Odyssey: Illuminating the Molecular Imaging Landscape

Optical Full-Day Immersion

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Ultrasound Technology and Probes: from Past to Present

Ultrasound Full Day Immersion

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Unconventional Application of PET Imaging: Imaging of Pain, Cells, EVs and Others

Education Session

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

The Future of MRI in Molecular Imaging

MR Full-Day Immersion

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

Optical Introduction Talk

Optical Full-Day Immersion

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutics

Ultrasound Full-Day Immersion

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

A New Spin on the Classics: Novel MRI Approaches with Iron, Manganese and Gadolinium

MR Full-Day Immersion

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Advances in Optical Probe Development

Optical Full-Day Immersion

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Ultrasound Aided Therapy

Ultrasound Full-Day Immersion

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM

Finding the Right Frequency: Innovative MR

MR Full-Day Immersion

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM

Optical Imaging: The Answer to Cancer

Optical Full-Day Immersion

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM

Emerging Ultrasound Imaging Technologies and Contrast Agents

Ultrasound Full-Day Immersion

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Lunch

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Breakout 1: Hyperpolarized MR: Where Are We, Where Are We Going, and When Will We Get There?

Breakout 2: Clinical Translation of Novel Molecular MR Probes: When, Where, How?

Breakout 3: The Role of AI in Accelerating Translation of New Molecular MR Technologies

MR Full-Day Immersion

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Breakout 1: Bringing New Dyes to the Clinic: Regulatory and Translational Challenges

Breakout 2: Bioluminescence and Beyond: Emerging Applications in Preclinical Imaging

Breakout 3: Optical Navigation in Surgery: Innovations and Clinical Impact

Optical Full-Day Immersion

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Breakout 1: The Future of Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Molecular Targets and Clinical Translation

Breakout 2: Ultrasound for Drug Delivery: Overcoming Translational Challenges

Breakout 3: Which Instrumentation is Needed to Shape the Future of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound?

Ultrasound Full-Day Immersion

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Pushing the Boundaries of MR in Molecular Imaging

MR Full-Day Immersion

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Keynote Presentation

Optical Full-Day Immersion

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Ultrasound: Imaging, Therapy, and the Road to Precision Medicine

Ultrasound Full-Day Immersion

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

Postdoctoral Mentoring Program Reception

4:45 PM – 6:15 PM

Opening Ceremony

6:15 PM – 7:45 PM

Opening Reception and Poster Session

7:45 PM – 11:00 PM

Interest Group Pub Crawl

Wednesday, October 1

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Emerging Tools for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Translational Advances in Optical Surgical Navigation: From Bench to Bedside

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Ethics of Image Processing

Education Session

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

From Molecule to Man: Advancing Drug Discovery from Preclinical Research to Clinical Application
Part 1

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Imaging the Beating Heart: Advanced Imaging Techniqes for Functional and Molecular Insights in CVD

Workshop

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM: Coffee Break

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

Imaging Immune Turbulence: Tracking Systemic Inflammation in Pain, Transplantation, and Autoimmunity

Scientific Session

10:15 – 11:45 AM

Imaging Metabolism in Oncology

Scientific Session

10:15 – 11:45 AM

Innovative Clinical Translational Approaches to Neurological Disease

Scientific Session

10:15 – 11:45 AM

Novel Nuclear Imaging Probes and Tools #1

Scientific Session

10:15 – 11:45 AM

Young Investigator Award in Imaging Data Science (IDS YIA)

Scientific Session

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Plenary Lecture- JoAnne Flynn, PhD

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM: Lunch

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

New Approach Methodologies/Non-animal models (NAMs) and the Role of Molecular Imaging

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Academic/Industry Workshop

Workshop

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

MOMIL Workshop

Workshop

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Molecular Imaging and Biology Workshop

Workshop

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Mysteries of a Successful NIH Grant: By the Novice and the Expert

Workshop

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

P41 Centers and the Art of Collaboration Driving Scientific Innovation

Workshop

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

Poster Session

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

WMIS 2026 Happy Hour

Thursday, October 2

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

MINT Workshop

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Multidisciplinary Frontiers in Optical Surgical Navigation

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Convening the Unconventional: Synthetic Biology Tools to Understand and Manipulate Complex Systems

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

From Molecule to Man: Advancing Drug Discovery from Preclinical Research to Clinical Application
Part 2

Workshop

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Multiscale Visualization of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Beyond

Workshop

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM: Coffee Break

10:15AM – 11:45AM

Scientific Session

10:15AM – 11:45AM

Scientific Session

10:15AM – 11:45AM

Scientific Session

10:15AM – 11:45AM

Scientific Session

10:15AM – 11:45AM

Scientific Session

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Jorge Barrio Award Plenary Lecture: Markus Schwaiger, MD

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM: Lunch

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Scientific Session

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Scientific Session

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Scientific Session

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Scientific Session

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Scientific Session

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Break

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM