PSI Winter School for Protons 2019

Europe/Zurich
Seminar Room (Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach)

Seminar Room

Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut), Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Description

January 20th - 25th, 2019

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This years PSI Winter School has taken place.
Please note that the new date for ths PSI Winter School 2020 has been fixed as follows:


Starting on Sunday, 19.01.20 at 6pm with the registration
Cours starts on Monday, 20.01.20 at 9am
Cours ends on Thursday, 24.01.20 at 5pm
Optional Skiing day takes place on Friday, 25.01.20
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Aim of course:

To provide detailed knowledge on the clinical, physics and technological aspects of proton therapy using pencil beam scanning

Target audience:

Radiation oncologists, medical physicists, physicists, engineers, radiation technologists and dosimetrists. No previous knowledge of proton therapy is necessary.

    • Registration
    • Welcome Apéro
    • 1
      Welcome (Introduction of faculty, logistics etc.) Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • a) Welcome
    • 2
      A short historical overview of proton therapy Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 3
      Basic physics for protons radiation Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Jacobus Maarten Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • Coffee break
    • 4
      Basic radiaton biology of protons Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Martin Pruschy (University Hospital Zurich)
    • 5
      Accelerators and beam production techniques for proton therapy Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Jacobus Maarten Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • Lunch Restaurant

      Restaurant

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
    • 6
      Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 7
      Treatment for skull base tumors Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break
    • 8
      Treatment of early and advanced stage lung cancer Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Marc Walser (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 9
      GI and proton therapy Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Barbara Bachtiary (Paul Scherrer Insitut)
    • 10
      Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 11
      Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Martin Grossmann Handschin (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 10:15
      Coffee break Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

    • 12
      Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Sairos Safai (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 13
      Proton therapy workflow Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 12:15
      Lunch Restaurant

      Restaurant

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
    • 14
      Treatment planning SFUD and IMPT Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 15
      Uncertainties and their consequences Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Francesca Albertini (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 15:30
      Coffee break Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

    • 16
      Motion and motion mitigation Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Antje Knopf (University Medical Center Groningen)
    • 17
      Ocular PT Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 17:45
      Bus leaves to social event place - meeting point in front of the Park Hotel at 5.45 pm
    • 08:45
      Day at PSI: Meeting point in front of the Park Hotel to enter the bus to Paul Scherrer Institut Bus leaves at 08.45 am

      Bus leaves at 08.45 am

    • 18
      How significant are RBE variations in proton therapy? Auditorium (Paul Scherrer Institut)

      Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      Speaker: Harald Paganetti (Massachusetts General Hospital)
    • 19
      Second malignancies Auditorium (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen)

      Auditorium

      Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen

      Speaker: Uwe Schneider (Klinik Hirslanden)
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break Auditorium, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen

      Auditorium, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen

      Auditorium PSI West, Villigen
    • 11:00
      Walk to the Center for Proton Therapy walk

      walk

    • 20
      Workshop 1 Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen)

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      Villigen

      Speaker: Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
    • 21
      Workshop 2 Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen)

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      Villigen

      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 13:15
      Walk to the Auditorium Walk

      Walk

    • 13:30
      Lunch at the "Auditorium" Auditorium - Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen)

      Auditorium - Paul Scherrer Institut

      Villigen

    • 14:30
      Walk to the Center for Proton Therapy Walk

      Walk

    • 22
      Workshop 3 Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen)

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      Villigen

      Speakers: Alessandra Bolsi (Paul Scherrer Institut), Sairos Safai (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 23
      Workshop 4 Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen)

      Paul Scherrer Institut

      Villigen

      Speakers: Christian Bula (Paul Scherrer Institut), David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 16:45
      Coffee break Time Out, Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen)

      Time Out, Paul Scherrer Institut

      Villigen

    • 24
      Site tour Center for Proton Therapy (Villigen)

      Center for Proton Therapy

      Villigen

    • 18:15
      Walk to bus station Seminar Room (Walk)

      Seminar Room

      Walk

    • 18:30
      Bus to Bad Zurzach Bus leaves at 6.30 pm

      Bus leaves at 6.30 pm

    • 25
      Head and neck tumors treated with proton therapy Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
    • 26
      Pediatrics and AYA tumors treated with protons Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
    • 10:00
      Coffee break Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

    • 27
      Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
    • 28
      Commissioning a new facility: Specifications Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Hakan Nyström (Danish Center for Particle Therapy)
    • 12:00
      Lunch Restaurant

      Restaurant

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
    • 13:15
      Group picture Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
    • 29
      Commissioning a new facility: Clinical Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Anna Sara Margareta Fredh (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 30
      Technological innovation: Delivery Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 15:00
      Coffee break Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

    • 31
      Technological innovation: Imaging Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 32
      Particles vs. high precision photons Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 33
      Closing Remarks Seminar Room

      Seminar Room

      Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 5330 Bad Zurzach
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • Skiing day optional Flumserberg

      Flumserberg