Increasing the Presence of ANC among Academia

L ast weekend, the Japanese Society of Nuclear Cardiology (JSNC) conducted its 29 th annual scientific meeting in Hakodate on Hokkaido island. Dr. Tomoaki Nakata put great effort into preparations for this meeting. Dr. Nakata’s scientific program attracted many JSNC members to join the annual scientific meeting, and participation was estimated to be at a record high. From an academic research point of view, the highlights of this scientific gathering were the young investigator award session (YIA) and the technologist awards sessions. According to the scientific committee, a total of 14 abstracts were submitted to YIA and a total of 26 abstracts were submitted to the technologist sessions. Five finalists in the technological sessions had especially strong and sophisticated presentations showing important technical approaches with great potential to contribute to daily clinical practice. One of the aims of JSNC includes promoting technical and clinical aspects of research in nuclear cardiology. In this regard, the technologist award sessions should be considered one of the greatest achievements of JSNC. The JSNC annual scientific meeting also had record high numbers of scientific abstract presentations, and attendees participated in intensive discussions at each presentation. Presentation of an abstract is important but is only part of the overall process of accomplishing a research project. As editor-in-chief of the Annals of Nuclear Cardiology (ANC), I strongly hope that those who presented their abstract will publish their research in our journal, ANC.