ENLIGHT Annual Meeting 2015, Krakow, Poland

from Friday, 18 September 2015 (14:00) to Sunday, 20 September 2015 (22:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
18 Sept 2015
19 Sept 2015
20 Sept 2015
AM
09:00 The current status and challenges of detection and imaging in radiation therapy. - Prof. Alberto Del Guerra (Università di Pisa)   ()
09:30 Potential of J-PET technology for medical imaging. - Prof. Pawel Moskal (Jagiellonian University)   ()
10:00 Planning of intensity-modulated proton therapy based on variable relative biological effectiveness. - Prof. Radhe Mohan (MD Anderson Cancer Center)   ()
11:00 France HADRON: benefits, challenges and future direction of a national collaboration. - Prof. Jacques Balosso (University Grenoble-Alpes)   ()
11:30 Role of the International Strategy Committee in the LEIR initiative. - Prof. Philippe Lambin (Maastro) Steve Myers (CERN) Prof. Mike Waligorski (Cyfronet)   ()
09:00 Future Direction and Funding of Particle Therapy within the context of ENLIGHT & ESTRO - Prof. Richard Poetter (Medical University of Vienna)   ()
PM
14:00 Welcome and Introduction - Manjit Dosanjh (CERN) Prof. Pawel Olko (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)   ()
14:30 Report from a meeting of European´s particle therapy center in Brussels and strategic consideration on evaluation and further development of particle therapy in Europe. - Prof. Michael Baumann (Dept. of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital of Dresden)   ()
15:00 Status of research and clinical trials at MIT and HIT - Prof. Juergen Debus (HIT)   ()
15:30 The status of CNAO and clinical trials at CNAO. - Prof. Roberto Orecchia (CNAO)   ()
16:30 The status of clinical trials in particle therapy in the USA. - Prof. Bhadrasain Vikram (National Cancer Institute)   ()
17:00 The Status of MedAustron and clinical trials for particle therapy - Prof. Richard Poetter (Medical University of Vienna) Prof. Georg Dietmar (Medical University of Vienna) Dr Thomas Schreiner (PEG MedAustron)   ()
17:30 Molecular tumour response to accelerated ions in Sweden and role of cellular modifying factors. - Dr Rolf Lewenshon (Karolinska Institutet Radio Oncologist)   ()
12:00 EuCARD-2: Applications of Particle Accelerators in Europe (APAE) project. - Angeles Faus-Golfe (Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (ES)) Manjit Dosanjh (CERN)   ()
14:00 Oral presentations of the 3 winning posters. - Dr Julia Bauer (Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center) Simona Giordanengo (INFN Torino) Dr Mohammad Varasteh Anvar (INFN and University of Turin) Mrs Martyna Śniegocka (Jagiellonian University)   ()
14:45 Patient data and the role of ICTs in decision making. - Prof. Philippe Lambin (Patient data and the role of ICTs in decision making.)   ()
15:15 The problem of the patient: Future challenges in particle therapy. - Prof. Tony Lomax (PSI)   ()
15:45 ENLIGHT - Manjit Dosanjh (CERN)   ()
16:15 Introduction to and Visit of Krakow’s Particle Therapy Centre. - Prof. Pawel Olko (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)   ()