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

from Thursday, November 24, 2016 (11:30 AM) to Friday, November 25, 2016 (2:30 PM)
CIEMAT - Madrid

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Nov 24, 2016
Nov 25, 2016
AM
11:30 AM --- Coffee and networking break ---
8:30 AM
Particle therapy (until 9:30 AM)
8:30 AM Developing a modern, high-quality proton therapy medical device using a compact superconducting synchrocyclotron - Townsend Zwart (MEVION Medical Systems)  
8:50 AM Superconducting medical accelerators at IBA - Wiel Kleeven (IBA)  
9:10 AM Superconducting magnets for Ultra-Light and magnetically shielded, compact cyclotrons for medical applications - Joseph V. Minervini (MIT)  
9:30 AM --- Coffee and networking break ---
10:00 AM
Particle therapy (until 11:00 AM)
10:00 AM Modern injector linac concepts for hadrontherapy - Bernhard Schlitt (GSI)  
10:20 AM Superconductivity in cyclinacs for ion beam therapy - Adriano Garonna (TERA Foundation)  
10:40 AM --- Question and answer session ---
11:00 AM
Gantries (until 11:20 AM)
11:00 AM Introduction to gantries and comparison of gantry design - Marco Pullia (CNAO), Frank Ebskamp (Danfysik)  
11:20 AM --- Coffee and networking break ---
11:50 AM
Gantries (until 2:10 PM)
11:50 AM Advantages and challenges of SC magnets in gantries - Alexander Gerbershagen (PSI)  
12:10 PM Superconducting magnets for medical applications at PSI - Ciro Calzolaio (PSI)  
12:30 PM SC Gantry at NIRS and new developments in SC magnets for gantries & synchrotrons - Yoshiyuki Iwata (NIRS)  
12:50 PM Cryogenic design and colling methods for rotating SC magnets - Bertrand Baudoy (CEA Saclay)  
1:10 PM Cryogen free cryogenic cooling system for rotating superconducting magnets in medical accelerators - Santiago Sanz (Tecnalia)  
1:30 PM --- Question and answer session ---
PM
12:00 PM --- Reception cocktail ---
1:30 PM
Introductory session (until 3:20 PM)
1:30 PM Welcome address - Ramón Gavela (Director Adjunto, CIEMAT)  
1:45 PM Welcome address - Fernando Ballestero (Subdir General de Relac Internac, MINECO)  
2:00 PM Accelerators for medical applications - Michael Schillo (Varian Medical)  
2:20 PM Overview of superconductivity and its applications - Teresa Puig (ICMAB)  
2:40 PM Superconducting technology for next generation accelerators - Lucio Rossi (CERN)  
3:00 PM --- Question and answer session ---
3:20 PM
Radioisotope production (until 4:40 PM)
3:20 PM Radiopharmaceutical production process - Fernando Berdascas (Beta Pharma Technologies)  
3:40 PM Compact accelerators for PET production: AMIT project - Javier Munilla (CIEMAT)  
4:00 PM Compact accelerators for PET production: LOTUS project - Raymond Pommet (PBM-ALCEN)  
4:20 PM Compact high cyclotrons for N13 amonia and FDG - Timothy Antaya (Antaya Science & Technology)  
4:40 PM --- Coffee and networking break ---
5:10 PM
Radioisotope production (until 6:30 PM)
5:10 PM PET center for low patient traffic and the RF system for its cyclotron - Gregory Sharkov (NIIFTA)  
5:30 PM CERN MEDICIS and MEDICIS-PROMED: Novel radioisotope production for medical applications - Simon Stegemann (KU Leuven)  
5:50 PM Medical imaging - Jordi Llop (CIC BiomaGUNE)  
6:10 PM --- Question and answer session ---
8:30 PM --- Workshop Dinner ---