Academia-Industry Matching Event on Superconductivity for Accelerators for Medical Applications

from Thursday 24 November 2016 (11:30) to Friday 25 November 2016 (14:30)
CIEMAT - Madrid

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
24 Nov 2016
25 Nov 2016
AM
11:30 --- Coffee and networking break ---
08:30
Particle therapy (until 09:30)
08:30 Developing a modern, high-quality proton therapy medical device using a compact superconducting synchrocyclotron - Townsend Zwart (MEVION Medical Systems)  
08:50 Superconducting medical accelerators at IBA - Wiel Kleeven (IBA)  
09:10 Superconducting magnets for Ultra-Light and magnetically shielded, compact cyclotrons for medical applications - Joseph V. Minervini (MIT)  
09:30 --- Coffee and networking break ---
10:00
Particle therapy (until 11:00)
10:00 Modern injector linac concepts for hadrontherapy - Bernhard Schlitt (GSI)  
10:20 Superconductivity in cyclinacs for ion beam therapy - Adriano Garonna (TERA Foundation)  
10:40 --- Question and answer session ---
11:00
Gantries (until 11:20)
11:00 Introduction to gantries and comparison of gantry design - Marco Pullia (CNAO), Frank Ebskamp (Danfysik)  
11:20 --- Coffee and networking break ---
11:50
Gantries (until 14:10)
11:50 Advantages and challenges of SC magnets in gantries - Alexander Gerbershagen (PSI)  
12:10 Superconducting magnets for medical applications at PSI - Ciro Calzolaio (PSI)  
12:30 SC Gantry at NIRS and new developments in SC magnets for gantries & synchrotrons - Yoshiyuki Iwata (NIRS)  
12:50 Cryogenic design and colling methods for rotating SC magnets - Bertrand Baudouy (CEA Saclay)  
13:10 Cryogen free cryogenic cooling system for rotating superconducting magnets in medical accelerators - Santiago Sanz (Tecnalia)  
13:30 --- Question and answer session ---
PM
12:00 --- Reception cocktail ---
13:30
Introductory session (until 15:20)
13:30 Welcome address - Ramón Gavela (Director Adjunto, CIEMAT)  
13:45 Welcome address - Fernando Ballestero (Subdir General de Relac Internac, MINECO)  
14:00 Accelerators for medical applications - Michael Schillo (Varian Medical)  
14:20 Overview of superconductivity and its applications - Teresa Puig (ICMAB)  
14:40 Superconducting technology for next generation accelerators - Lucio Rossi (CERN)  
15:00 --- Question and answer session ---
15:20
Radioisotope production (until 16:40)
15:20 Radiopharmaceutical production process - Fernando Berdascas (Beta Pharma Technologies)  
15:40 Compact accelerators for PET production: AMIT project - Javier Munilla (CIEMAT)  
16:00 Compact accelerators for PET production: LOTUS project - Raymond Pommet (PBM-ALCEN)  
16:20 Compact high cyclotrons for N13 amonia and FDG - Timothy Antaya (Antaya Science & Technology)  
16:40 --- Coffee and networking break ---
17:10
Radioisotope production (until 18:30)
17:10 PET center for low patient traffic and the RF system for its cyclotron - Gregory Sharkov (NIIFTA)  
17:30 CERN MEDICIS and MEDICIS-PROMED: Novel radioisotope production for medical applications - Simon Stegemann (KU Leuven)  
17:50 Medical imaging - Jordi Llop (CIC BiomaGUNE)  
18:10 --- Question and answer session ---
20:30 --- Workshop Dinner ---