ISCT announces Washington, DC, as host city

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mar 11, 2020
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The International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) will hold the 2020 edition of its annual conference in Washington, DC, from August 21-22.

The move marks the first time on the East Coast for the meeting, which for the last several years has been held in San Diego and prior to that in San Francisco. The symposium will take place in the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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