WelcometoICMRM11,August14~18,Beijing,China

Dearcolleaguesandfriends,Onbehalfoftheorganizingcommittee,Iwouldliketoinviteyoutoparticipateinthe11thInternationalConferenceonMagneticResonanceMicroscopy(ICMRM),August14~18,Changping,Beijing,China.The11thICMRMwillfollowthefinetraditionthathasbeenestablishedin1991startingwiththeveryfirstICMRMinHeidelberg.TheconferencewillbedevotedtothelatestdevelopmentsinNMRmethods,equipment,andapplicationsofspatiallyresolvedNMRtechniques;itisalsodesignedtoprovideaplatformtoenhancescientificcommunicationbetweenindustryandacademia,andbetweenresearchersfromcountriesspanningtheglobe.Wehavereceivedmorethan130abstractsfrommanyofthefineNMRlaboratoriesworldwide,andalsoinvited22renownedscientiststogivepresentationsonvariousaspectsofNMR,includingSirPaulCallaghan,Prof.WarrenS.Warren,Prof.AxelHaase,Prof.EiichiFukushima,Prof.BernhardBlumichandProf.BruceBalcom.Inaddition,morethan20organizations,includingCNPC,Shell,Niumag,Huanding,Bruker,Agilent,OxfordInstruments,JSR,andK.C.WongEducationFoundation,HongKong,etc.haveagreedtoprovidefinancialsupporttothisconference.WesincerelyappreciatethegenerousdonationsfromourindustryfriendsandtheenthusiasticassistancefromtheChinaUniversityofPetroleum(CUP)andotherChineseresearchinstitutes.Wewouldalsoliketothankinadvanceallthedelegatesandexhibitorsfortheirinterestinpresentingtheirhighqualitywork.Webelievethatallourattendeeswillgreatlybenefitfromthisconference.We,thefacultyandgraduatestudentsfromCUP,arehonoredtoorganizethe11thICMRM.？CUPspecializesinpetroleumrelatedresearchesandeducationandisoneofthebestindustry-orienteduniversitiesinChina.NMRiswidelyusedforpetroleumandnaturalgasexplorationandrecoveryinwelllogging,andincoreanalysistomeasurerockporosityandpermeability,ortoidentifyporefluids.WearedelightedtoincorporatecontributionsfromtheSocietyofCoreAnalystsandhavecreatedaJointTopicConferenceonNMRinWellLoggingandCoreAnalysis,andwillspeciallyfocusonunconventionaloilandgascoreanalysis.Thisyear,ICMRMwillforthefirsttimebeheldinChina.Inadditiontothescientificprogram,wehopeyouwillenjoyyourtriptoBeijingandChina.Chinesecivilizationhasenduredandprosperedforthousandsofyears,andBeijinghasbeenthecapitalcityfornearly900years.Itisacityofbotholdandyoungatsametime.Youngwithinexhaustibleenergyandanopenattitudefornewdevelopments,itisoneofthegreatestcitiesintheworld.WehavearrangedawonderfulexcursiontoshowyoutheoldandtheyoungfacesofBeijingonthisspecialoccasion.Toconcludethiswelcomenote,IwouldliketoquoteConfucius,afamousChinesephilosopher,“Howhappywearetohavefriendsfromafar!”？WelookforwardtowelcomingyoutoBeijingthisAugust.Formoreinformation,pleasecheckathttp:∥icmrm11.c