Low Energy Accelerator Scientific Presentations

22 Sept 2026, 09:00 → 24 Sept 2026, 18:00 Europe/Sarajevo

Tuesday 22 September

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome addresses by the host

Conveners: Azra Gazibegović Busuladžić (University of Sarajevo Faculty of Science), Elvedin Hasovic (UNSA)

09:00 Welcome by UNSA Rectorate

Welcome by UNSA Rector

Speaker: Tarik Zaimović (UNSA)

09:05 Welcome by Government Representative

Speaker: Ivan Lasić (SARNS)

09:10 Welcome by Three Physicist Foundation

Welcome by the Three Physicist Founder

Speaker: Edmond Offermann

09:15 → 11:20 Keynote speeches

09:15 The IAEA role and vision: Benefits for Society

IAEA -Head of Physics Section

Speaker: Danas Ridikas (IAEA -Head of Physics Section)

09:40 CERN Scientific Mission and Societal Applications

Speaker: Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)

10:05 CNAO Hadron Therapy Facility - Current status and future plans

Director General of the National Centre for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO)

Speaker: Dr Sandro Rossi (Fondazione CNAO)

10:30 Heritage Preservation

Chief of the Preservation Research and Testing Division

Speaker: Fenella France (Library of Congress)

10:55 COSYLAB - from scientific idea to successful company

Speaker: Mark Pleško (COSYLAB)

11:15 → 11:20 Photo of all participants

11:20 → 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 → 13:15 IFIGENEIA and Accelerators Applications

11:45 IFIGENEIA Project

IFIGENEIA Project Coordinator

Speaker: Dimos Sampsonidis (AUTH)

12:15 Accelerator Facility in JSI

Speaker: Primož Pelicon (IJS)

12:45 Archaeometry Measurements within IFIGENEIA

Speaker: Anastasios Lagoyanis (Demokritos)

13:15 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 16:30 Radioisotopes and Radiobiology

14:30 Nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy in BiH

Speaker: Dr Šejla Cerić (Clinical Centre of University of Sarajevo)

15:00 Radiopharma development within IFIGENEIA

Speaker: Marko Krošelj (University of Ljubljana)

15:30 Outwitting Tumors: How to Converse the Mechanisms of Cellular Survival Against Cancer Cells

Speaker: Lejla Kapur Pojskić (Genetic Institute University of Sarajevo)

16:00 Radiopharmaceutical Development within IFIGENEIA: Lessons from ¹⁷⁷Lu-Based Animal Studies

Speaker: Martina Perše (UL)

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 → 18:00 From Research to the Classroom

17:00 IPPOG impacts and plans

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

17:30 Tangible impact of Particle Therapy Masterclasses

Speaker: Yiota Foka (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))

19:00 → 22:00 Dinner

Wednesday 23 September

08:30 → 10:30 New technologies and knowledge transfer: Radiopharmaceuticals

08:30 Technology transfer and value proposition

Speaker: Robert Blatnik (Jožef Štefan Institute)

09:00 From radioisotope to radiopharmaceutical

Speaker: Adela Šimkova (DKFZ)

09:30 Developing production and radiochemical separation for emerging radionuclides for targeted radionuclide therapy at TRIUMF

Speaker: Valery Radchenko (UBC, TRIUMF)

10:00 Radiobiology and research at CNAO

Speaker: Angelica Facoetti (CNAO)

10:30 → 13:00 Accelerators Technologies

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Accelerators as Alternatives to Radioactive Sources: Opportunities and Challenges

Speaker: Valeriia Starovoitova (Idaho Accelerator Center)

11:30 Accelerator plans within IFIGENEIA

Speaker: Fanouria Antoniou (AUTH/CERN)

12:00 Medical accelerators - past, present and future

Speaker: Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)

12:30 Sarajevo accelerator facility

Speaker: Amer Ajanovic (CERN / UNSA)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 16:00 New technologies and knowledge transfer: AI and else

14:00 Machine Learning for Radiopharmaceutical Ligand Discovery

Speaker: Rafail Lingas (CERTH)

14:30 From academia to industrial 3D printing

Speaker: Adi Pandžić (UNSA, Protoengs)

15:00 How ANNT elevates and contributes to science in BiH

Speaker: Harun Muhić (ANNT)

15:30 Research at Department of Physics

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 17:30 Round table: Discussion and closing remarks

Closing remarks and discussion for the workshop

17:30 → 19:00 Sarajevo visit