MICCAI 2019

MICCAI 2019 DAILY 2 Editorial Good morning MICCAI! Welcome to MICCAI 2019 and the first issue of your new MICCAI Daily. MICCAI and RSIP Vision (the publisher o f Computer Vision News ) have partnered for the fourth consecutive year to bring this magazine to our community throughout the conference in Shenzhen . Follow us today, Tuesday andWednesday for daily news, highlights and previews of all the action from what we can promise will be a unique and memorable event! This is already a record-breaking year for MICCAI. We have seen an all-time high number of submissions at almost 1,800. That’s a whopping 75% increase on last year. With 538 accepted papers – 165 more than 2018 – that’s an acceptance rate of around 30%. To accommodate more orals, one of the innovations we have introduced this year is to limit talks to 8 minutes, with questions delivered to the panel of speakers at the end of the session via the Slido platform. This should streamline both the flow of speakers and the asking of questions. In addition to themed oral sessions, we also have a session devoted to scientific developments coming from within industry, a session devoted to the significance of MICCAI challenges, and the Doctoral Symposium, which highlights the work of MICCAI’s up-and-coming generation. For thesecondyear runningwehavea conferenceapp that allows you topersonalise your schedule so that you won’t miss a thing. It gives you speedy access to all aspects of the conference, including the posters. Before we leave you to savour this magazine and the day ahead, I (Terry) have to say a big thank you to my fellow Program Executive members – Larry, Caroline, Sean, Pew-Thian, and Ali . Also, MICCAI’s Paper Submissions Coordinator, Kitty , and Li and Gang from the Publication Committee. We couldn’t have got to the end of the enormous task of assembling this fantastic conference program without you all! On my side (Ralph), I want to thank Rotem Sahar for taking the charge of graphic design on this MICCAI Daily. Terry Peters Program Chair, MICCAI 2019 Scientist, Robarts Research Institute Ralph Anzarouth Editor, Computer Vision News Marketing Manager, RSIP Vision