Imaging Modalities and Techniques 1: Confocal and Interference Microscopies
(Additional speakers will be chosen from abstracts.)
Mark A. Sanders, University of Minnesota;"Advances in sample preparation and imaging methods for relational 3-D confocal and electron optics"
Brian Wilson, University of Toronto; "Hyperspectral pathology: New opportunities for tissue analysis from the convergence of optics and chemistry"
Michael Stanley, Chroma Technologies Corp.; "Optics and applications in fluorescence and related microscopies"

Imaging Modalities and Techniques 2: Non-Linear Microscopies
Eric O. Potma, University of California-Irvine; "Multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy for biological and biomedical applications"
Peter A. Santi, University of Minnesota; "Thin-sheet laser imaging and 3D reconstruction of the inner ear in the mouse and zebrafish"
Stephen T. Ross, Nikon USA Inc.; "Imaging beyond the diffraction limit"

Imaging Modalities and Techniques 3: Transmission Electron Microscopies
(Additional speakers will be chosen from abstracts)
Carmen Manella, Wadsworth Center ;"Electron tomography of frozen-hydrated cells and tissue: FIB-milling of specimens for cryo-TEM imaging"
John E. Rash, Colorado State University; "Freeze-fracture replica immunogold labeling (FRIL): beauty and brains"
Wim F. Voorhout, FEI Company, The Netherlands: "3-D Imaging :bridging the gap between light microscopy and electron microscopy"

Imaging Modalities and Techniques 4: Scanning Electron Micrscopies
Eduardo Mosa-Molinar, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras: "Advances in serial block-face scanning electron microscopy for the 3-D reconstruction of a spinal neural circuit"
Rick Powell, Nanoprobes Inc.; "Not just for TEM: high-resolution SEM gold labeling"
Donna Guarrera, JEOL, USA Inc.: "Introduction to atmospheric scanning electron microscopy: Correlative microscopy applications"