Hadron Therapy Workshop: status and perspectives, plans for next generation facilities

Agenda

There is a live webcast for this event, webcast link: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i1431627

All the sessions of the event will be recorded and the recordings will be available through the Indico timetable and HITRIplus web page and youtube channel. Additionally, pictures will be taken each day of the event.

Therefore, people that do not wish to appear in the recording or the photos are invited to contact the organisers; online participants may wish to switch off their cameras.

Scientific Assistants: Elpida Theodoridou (Uni Malta/DKFZ) chair, Nermine Muradi (Uni Tetova) chair, Alexandros Puckett Anastasiou (Uni Patra), Athanasios Athanasiou (AUTh), Christina Litou (AUTh), Dafni Giannakeri (AUTh), Effrosyni Chatzivasiloglou (AUTh), George Ntinas (AUTh), Maria Eleni Bozika (AUTh), Maria Vagianni (AUTh), Emina Huko (UNSA), Feriha Babic (UNSA), Naida Ustavdic (UNSA), Medina Dugonjic (UNSA), Danis Bradaric (UNSA).

The agenda includes the scientific sessions and topics listed below: the detailed timetable including speakers and their titles in a PDF format can be found HERE

The timetable, presentations and recordings will be available in indico

PROGRAM:

IAEA Regional Workshop on Hadron Therapy

Hadron Therapy Workshop: status and perspectives, plans for next generation facilities

Date: 18 and 19 October 2024 Venue: Concert Hall Building M2, Thessaloniki, Greece web page: https://indico.cern.ch/e/HadronTherapyWorkshop (Times indicated are CEST i.e. UTC+2)

FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2024

SESSION 1 – HADRON THERAPY OVERVIEW Moderators: Manjit Dosanjh, Yiota Foka

Time	Tittle
08:00 - 08:45	Participants registration
08:45 - 09:15	Welcome Addresses Maria Bigaki (IAEA CP, Papageorgiou), Michail Karaviotis (Papageorgiou) Sotirios Charisopoulos (IAEA),  Sandro Rossi (HITRIplus, CNAO),  Panagiotis Bamidis (AUTH, AHEPA)
09:15 - 09:35	Historic and scientific evolution of Hadron Therapy  Ugo Amaldi (TERA) and Sandro Rossi (CNAO)
09:35 – 09:55	Hadron Therapy in clinical practice  Sara Lillo (CNAO)
09:55 – 10:15	Radiobiology of Hadron Therapy  Angelica Facoetti (CNAO)
10:15 – 10:35	HITRIplus project, its impact on boosting research in South East Europe and future perspectives  Sanja Damjanovic (GSI)
10:35 – 10:55	Building capacity through the IAEA programs  Sotirios Charichopoulos (IAEA)
10:55 – 11:30	Coffee Break
SESSION 2 – HADRON THERAPY DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Moderators: Roberto Orecchia
Time	Tittle
11:30 - 11:50	Hadron Therapy: from pioneering times towards the future Manjit Dosanjh (Uni Oxford)
11:50 – 12:10	SEEIIST facility design and alternatives Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)
12:10 - 12:30	CERN as an example of large scale infrastructure Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)
12:30 - 12:50	Status and vision of the SEEIIST project Leandar Litov (Uni Sofia)
12:50 – 13:00	Concluding remarks Roberto Orecchia
13:00 – 13:45	Round table – SEEIIST towards to the Future Moderators: Sotirios Charisopoulos (IAEA), Sandro Rossi (HITRIplus, CNAO) Panelists:  Maurizio Vretenar (CERN), Semi Harrabi (HIT) Contributions: Introduction, cancer incidence in SEE  Mimoza Ristova (Uni Skopje)
13:45 – 15:00	Lunch Break
SESSION 3 – EXPERIENCES OF MULTIPARTICLE THERAPY FACILITIES IN OPERATION IN EUROPE Moderators: Angelica Facoetii
Time	Tittle
15:00 - 15:25	Hadron Therapy at GSI - where we come from, where we go Konrad Lehmann (GSI)
15:25- 15:50	The HIT facility, technology, clinical applications and research: novel approaches in particle therapy Andrea Mairani (HIT)
15:50 – 16:15	The Krakow Hadron Therapy facility, lessons learnt Pawel Olko (IFJPAN)
16:15 – 16:30	Concluding remarks Angelica Facoetti (CNAO)
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee Break
SESSION 4 – ADVANCES IN ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR HADRON THERAPY FACILITIES Moderators: Laura Vallow
Time	Tittle
17:00 – 17:20	Accelerator and beam physics developments for medical and societal applications at CERN Alessandra Lombardi (CERN)
17:20 – 17:35	Innovative gantry designs: Superconducting magnets for advanced gantry Ernesto De Matteis (INFN)
17:35 – 17:50	Innovative gantry designs - continued Ariel Haziot (CERN)
17:50 – 18:10	Pre-injector studies: first results on source measurements Aris Mamaras (CERN/AUTH)
18:10 – 18:25	An ion accelerator project as a seed to build capacity for next generation accelerator physicists in Bosnia and Herzegovina Amer Ajanovic (CERN/UNSA), Danis Bradaric, Naida Ustavdic, Medina Dugonjic(UNSA)
18:25 – 18:40	Development of the first table-top X-ray FLASH system Elpida Theodoridou (DKFZ, Uni Malta), Joao Seco (DKFZ, Uni Heidelberg)
18:40 – 18:35	Concluding remarks Laura Vallow (MAYO Clinic)
20:00 - 22:00	Welcome, Music Event and Welcome Drink For more information click here .

 

Saturday 19th October 2024
Session 5 – INDICATIONS FOR HADRON THERAPY Moderators: Arnold Pompos, Joao Seco
Time	Tittle
09:00 - 09:25	Chordoma treatments at CNAO Maria Rosaria Fiore (CNAO)
09:25 – 09:45	Sarcoma treatments in Greece Tasos Kyriazoglou (Attikon University hospital)
09:45 – 10:05	Radiosurgery for Skullbase Meningiom Christos  Boskos  (ST. LUKE'S)
10:05 – 10:25	SRS Treatment Planning for Endocranial Tumor Anna  Makridou   (THEAGENIO)
10:25 – 10:50	Personalization of hadron therapy for radioresistant cancers through bioindicators of radioresistance or conditional vulnerability Michael D. Story (Mayo Clinic)
10:50 – 11:00	Concluding remarks Arnold Pompos (UTS) and Joao Seco (DKFZ)
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
SESSION 6 – SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS RELATED TO HADRON THERAPY Moderators: Sandro Rossi
11:30 - 11:50	Hadrontherapy and EU clinical networks: status and perspectives Lisa Licitra (CNAO, Uni Milan)
11:50 – 12:10	Costs of hadrontherapy, the ABC analysis applied to operations in CNAO Maria Vittoria Livraga (CNAO)
12:10 – 12:30	Caring for cancer patients: the CNAO social approach Silvia Meneghello (CNAO)
12:30 – 12:45	The role of citizens in innovating health Katerina Zourou (Web2Learn), Stefania Oikonomou (Web2Learn)
12:45 – 13:00	The role of biomedical and clinical engineering societies in advancing and promoting Hadron Therapy on a national and international level Alkinoos Athanasiou (AUTH, ELEVIT)
13:00 – 13:20	Challenges and Opportunities in the Patient's Pathway to Access Menia Koukougianni (NGO Karkinaki)
13:20 – 13:35	Empowering patient advocacy and cancer prevention Panagiotis Bamidis (AUTH/AHEPA, ELEVIT))
13:35 – 13:40	Concluding remarks Sandro Rossi (CNAO)
13:40 – 15:00	Lunch Break
SESSION 7 – PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND ROLE OF HADRON THERAPY Moderators: Antonio Capizzello, Emmanouel Chatzipantelis, Papakonstantinou Eugenia, Semi Harrabi
Time	Tittle
15:00 – 15:15	Carbon Programme in MedAustron Piero Fossati (MedAustron)
15:15 – 15:30	Pediatric Treatments in MedAustron Carola Lütgendorf-Caucig (MedAustron)
15:30 - 15:45	Hadron therapy state-of-the art in pediatric oncology-clinical aspects Sabina Vennarini (CNAO)
15:45 - 16:00	Treatment planning for pediatric cancer tumour treatments Alfredo Mirandola (CNAO)
16:00 - 16:15	Pediatric brain tumour surgery : where do we stand? Nikos Foroglou (AUTH/AHEPA)
16:15 -16:30	Role of surgery in pediatric soft tissue sarcoma Aikaterina Tzantzaroudi (Hippokration Hospital)
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30	Panel discussion: Paediatric Oncology in Greece
17:00 – 17:15	Clinical profile of pediatric oncology patients managed and treated in Pediatric Haematology and/or Oncology Unit University Hospital AHEPA Emmanouel Chatzipantelis  (AUTH/AHEPA)
17:15 – 17:30	Clinical profile of pediatric oncology patients managed and treated in Pediatric Haematology and/or Oncology Unit Hospital Hippoktateio Hospital  Evgenia Papakonstantinou (Hippokrateio Hospital)
17:30 – 17:45	Pediatric patients commonly referred for external beam Radiotherapy Capizzello Antonio (AUTH/AHEPA), Eftychia Tataridou (Hospital Theageneio)
17:45 – 18:00	The spectrum of pediatric patients referred for Proton Therapy Barbara Rombi (APSS - TRENTO)
18:00 – 18:15	Radiation treatment plan for pediatric cancer: a clinical view        George Giakoumetis (AUTH/AHEPA)
18:15 – 18:30	Concluding remarks Semi Harrabi (HIT)

 

Biographies of Invited Speakers from Greek Institutes can be found here

	Invited Speakers from International Institutes
	1	Ugo Amaldi	TERA
	2	Amer Ajanovic	CERN/UNSA
	3	Carola Lütgendorf-Caucig	MedAustron
	4	Sotirios Charisopoulos	IAEA
	5	Sanja Damjanovic	GSI
	6	Manjit Dosanjh	Uni Oxford
	7	Angelica Facoetti	CNAO
	8	Maria Rosaria Fiore	CNAO
	9	Yiota Foka	GSI
	10	Piero Fossati	MedAustron
	11	Semi Harrabi	HIT
	12	Konrad Lehmann	GSI
	13	Lisa Licitra	IRCCS
	14	Sara Lillo	CNAO
	15	Leandar Litov	Uni Sofia
	16	Maria Vittoria Livraga	CNAO
	17	Andrea Mairani	HIT
	18	Aris Mamaras	CERN/AUTH
	19	Ernesto De Matteis	INFN
	20	Silvia Meneghello	CNAO
	21	Alfredo Mirandola	CNAO
	22	Stefania Oikonomou	Web2Learn
	23	Pawel Olko	IFJ-PAN
	24	Roberto Orecchia	IEO
	25	Yiannis Papaphilippou	CERN
	26	Arnold Pompos	UTS
	27	Barbara Rombi	APSS - TRENTO
	28	Sandro Rossi	CNAO
	29	Joao Seco	DKFZ
	30	Michael D. Story	Mayo Clinic
	31	Elpida Theodoridou	DKFZ/UniMalta
	32	Emmanuel Tsesmelis	CERN
	33	Laura Vallow	Mayo Clinic
	34	Sabina Vennarini	CNAO
	35	Maurizio Vretenar	CERN
	36	Klemens Zink	MIT
	37	Katerina Zourou	Web2Learn