It is my great pleasure to send our warm invitation to the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine (JSNM) to be held in Chiba from October 24th through 26th, 2008. This coming meeting will be organized in coordination with the 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Technology (JSNMT).   The main theme of this first joint meeting is "Time for Harmonization and Fusion – From Molecule to Human –“, emphasizing the importance of the cooperative efforts in the various scientific and technical fields for the future advancement of nuclear medicine. Nuclear Medicine has a long history of working together with other fields of specialty, from clinical experts to basic biology, chemistry, physics, informatics and other technologies. It becomes clear that the modern medical sciences now head for the same direction as we have pursued for many years. We are confident and proud to lead the medical community with our rich experience and far insight. I believe that this joint meeting will be the first step to take initiative toward the new era.   I sincerely hope your active participation and look forward to welcoming you to this exciting meeting in Chiba. President of the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Yoshiharu Yonekura, M.D., Ph.D. (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)