Xemed announced that CEO Bill Hersman has accepted an invitation to speak at the upcoming conference which combines the third meeting of the Japanese Society of Pulmonary Functional Imaging and the fifth meeting of the International Workshop for Pulmonary Functional Imaging. The meeting will be held on the Japanese island of Awaji at the Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center between January 28 and January 30, 2011. The organizing committee has asked Prof. Hersman to speak in the “Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MRI” Luncheon Lecture session with the title “Development of Polarizer for Future Clinical Works”.