AMI: Toronto, 2012: Day 1

Today is Wednesday.  The first technical day of the AMI conference.  This is the day that the workshops are held, which are generally awesome, but also cost extra money because of their inherent awesomeness. We weren't able to attend any workshops this conference, but we did arrive!

Leslie and I flew from SFO at 8 am this morning and arrived in Toronto around 4pm.  My phone has been off for a while, so I feel a tad cut adrift from time.  We ended up taking a shuttle to the hotel and encountering tremendous traffic.  Seriously.  It was intense.

We got here just in time to change and head down to the salon opening.  We met some fantastic people, and I didn't remember to take any photos.  The projects, as always, are thrilling and inspiring.  And we got to meet up with John and Matt and Patrick and Melody and Christine and Betty and... yeah, it was a great time.

So, have I been able to gush enough yet?  I am very, very happy to be able to come this year, and I can't wait for the rest of the program to start tomorrow.

View from our hotel room

AMI: Toronto, 2012

Well, Leslie White and I are headed to the AMI: Illuminate conference in Toronto tomorrow morning!  I'm super excited about the trip.  And to finally be working for someone (namely, Stanford) that will support extra learning.  This looks to be an awesome conference, that's for sure.  

Things I am excited about in the program (besides everything): Digital textbooks, molecular imaging, online learning, poster sessions, technique showcase, interactivity in healthcare, 'imaginative realism,' designing innovation, the Vesalius Trust Auction (I have two 'eyes' in that!), Medical gaming, Stereoscopic 3D production, painterly photoshop, Unity!!, education through simulations... the list just goes on and on and on...  Such an amazing conference.  How could you not want to go?  And that doesn't even touch on the benefit of just keeping in contact with some of my favorite people.


We also decided to submit the beta version of our app to the Salon, so here's hoping.  It wasn't (and still isn't...) finished yet, but it was a good working version. 

All in all, I think it's going to be a blast.  I'm taking a notebook and an open mind.  I can't wait to learn.