Pia Sundgren, professor in neuroradiology at LU and co-director of LBIC, will open the ISMRM Annual Meeting ( www.ismrm.org/21m ) by giving the Mansfield lecture on May 16. This annual lecture is named after one of the true MR pioneers, Sir Peter Mansfield, and the honour to deliver it is each year given to a distinguished ISMRM member. The ISMRM annual meeting is the largest conference focussed on MRI technology and applications, with around 5000 scientific abstracts presented alongside educational sessions and plenary lectures.