Volume 3, Number 1
May 2005

46th INMM Annual Meeting Notes

Join us in Phoenix for the premier educational event in nuclear materials management, the INMM 46th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2005, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Ariz., USA.

Opening Plenary Speaker
The opening plenary speaker for the INMM Annual Meeting is Charles B. Curtis, President & Chief Operating Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Register Early
Early Registration Deadline is June 9 for the INMM Annual Meeting. Register by that date to get the discount registration price. For more information, go to http://inmm.org/meetings/2005/index.htm and select “Registration Information” from the navigation menu.

New for 2005! Searchable Abstracts
The INMM Annual Meeting Abstracts for 2005 are now fully searchable. Use this tool in conjunction with this presentation schedule (PDF), to locate your own presentation, review the abstracts of other papers to be presented in your session, or to help you determine what presentations you’ll see during the Annual Meeting.

Speaking of Speakers…
Year after year, the INMM Annual Meeting’s success rests on the hard work of its speakers. Make sure that hard work pays off for you by reviewing the INMM Annual Meeting Speakers’ Manual. Go to http://inmm.org/meetings/2005/index.htm and select “Information for Speakers” from the navigation menu to review the speakers’ manual.

Tips on Public Speaking
INMM members can take advantage of the advice of INMM Member Paul Ebel, an accomplished public speaker, by reviewing his tips for speakers in the INMM Communicator Archives.

In these articles, Ebel summarizes the successful presentations he made at the INMM Speakers’ Breakfasts in 2003 and 2004. If you missed those presentations, read these tips before making your next presentation.

Companions Program
Be sure to register your companions for the INMM Companions’ Program. The full companions’ program includes a continental breakfast Monday-Thursday during the meeting and a ticket to the Awards Banquet on Tuesday night. Cost is $50 per person with discounts available when two or more companions are registered by one attendee. Go to http://inmm.org/meetings/2005/index.htm for more information.

Hotel Discount Deadline: June 8
To get the INMM Annual Meeting discount rate of $110 single/double occupancy, plus 12.07 percent occupancy tax (occupancy taxes are subject to change), be sure to make your reservations by June 8.

This rate will be available to INMM Annual Meeting attendees three days before and three days after the official meeting dates of July 10-14, 2005.

To reserve a room, call JW Marriott Reservations at 800-898-4527 (international callers dial 480/293-5000) and mention that you are with the INMM to receive the discounted rate. Reservations must be made at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge before June 8, 2005.

For more information on the INMM Annual Meeting, go to the INMM home page and select “Annual Meeting”.