Name: PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2024
Start: 2024-01-14T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-01-19T17:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

Sunday 14 January
- 18:00 → 21:00
  
  Enjoy the finger food 3h
- 18:00 → 20:00
  
  Registration 2h Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
  
  Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
  
  Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach
  
  Dry run if requested.
- 20:00 → 22:00
  
  Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths 2h
Monday 15 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 09:15
  Welcome (Introduction of faculty, virtual meeting, etc.) 15m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  01_Introduction WD17 WS 2024.pdf
  
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  - Welcome 30m
  - Welcome (Introduction of faculty, etc) 15m
    
    01_Introduction WD17 WS 2024.pdf
- 09:15 → 09:45
  
  A short historical overview of proton therapy 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  02_Ver. 2024 Brief history of proton therapy Damien C. Weber.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Basic physics for proton radiation 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Jacobus Maarten Schippers (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  03_BasicPhysics-40m-Schippers-2024.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break
- 11:00 → 11:45
  
  Basic radiaton biology of photons and protons 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Martin Pruschy (University Hospital Zurich)
  
  04_Pruschy PSI-School 2024 - final.pdf
- 11:45 → 12:30
  
  Toxicity Clinical 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Speaker: Esther Troost
  
  05_Esther_Troost_Toxicity Clinical.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 13:30 → 14:15
  
  How significant are RBE variations in proton therapy? 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Harald Paganetti (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School)
  
  06_Paganetti_PSI_Winterschool_2024.pdf
- 14:15 → 14:45
  
  Toxicity: Clinical impact of proton RBE 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Speaker: Dirk Wagenaar
  
  07_2024-01-14 - PSI - Toxicity - Clinical impact of proton RBE - new.pdf
- 14:45 → 15:05
  
  Coffee break 20m
- 15:05 → 15:35
  
  Financial Toxicity 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Speakers: Barbara Bachtiary (Dr. med.), Damien Charles Weber (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  08_Financial toxicity-PSI WinterSchool 2024 Damien C. Weber.pdf
- 15:35 → 16:05
  
  Second malignancies 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Uwe Schneider
  
  09_2024_Schneider_PSI_Winterschool_V0.pdf
- 16:05 → 16:15
  
  Break 10m
- 16:15 → 17:15
  
  Treatment planning for pencil beam scanning and IMPT 1h Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  10_Treatment planning V3.pdf
- 17:15 → 17:20
  
  Group picture 5m
- 17:20 → 17:30
  
  Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 10m
- 17:30 → 18:00
  
  On the way to Park Hotel 30m
- 18:00 → 19:30
  
  Dinner at Parkhotel 1h 30m
- 19:30 → 22:00
  
  Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths 2h 30m
Tuesday 16 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 13:00
  Physicians block Time OUT building, WBGB/019
  
  Time OUT building, WBGB/019
  - 09:00
    
    Tumors of the skull base and spine chordoma and chondrosarcoma 45m
    
    Speaker: Damien Charles Weber
    
    11b_Ver. 2024 Winterschool Tumors of the skull base and spine chordoma and chondrosarcoma.pdf
  - 09:45
    
    Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors 30m
    
    Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    
    12b_Ver. 2024 Winterschool CNS tumor adult.pdf
  - 10:15
    
    Break 10m Time OUT building, WBGB/019
    
    Time OUT building, WBGB/019
  - 10:25
    
    GI and proton therapy 45m
    
    Speaker: Piero Fossati (EBG MedAustron GmbH)
    
    13b_PSIwinterschool_PFossati2024.pdf
  - 11:10
    
    Coffee break 20m Time OUT building, WBGB/019
    
    Time OUT building, WBGB/019
  - 11:30
    
    Proton therapy for pediatrics and AYA patients 45m
    
    Speaker: Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
    
    14b_PSI Mahajan PED AYA 2024.pdf
  - 12:15
    
    Advancing proton therapy in lung cancer: Beyond proton bragg peak 45m
    
    Speaker: Joe Chang (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
    
    15b_PSI proton TX lung ca Jan. 2024 PDF.pdf
- 09:00 → 13:00
  Physics block Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  - 09:00
    
    Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery 45m
    
    Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    
    11a_2024_ActiveScanningBeam1_ ModulatingDelivery_DMeer.pdf
  - 09:45
    
    Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery 30m
    
    Speaker: Martin Grossmann Handschin (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    
    12a_240101_Winterschool_gm17-1.pdf
  - 10:15
    
    break 10m Auditorium
    
    Auditorium
  - 10:25
    
    Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry 45m
    
    Speaker: Michele Togno
    
    13a_Dosimetry_Winter School 2024_Togno.pdf
  - 11:10
    
    Coffee Break 20m Online
    
    Online
  - 11:30
    
    Advanced physics 45m
    
    Speaker: Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    
    14a_AdvancedPhysics_2024_Safai.pdf
  - 12:15
    
    Accelerators and beam production techniques for proton therapy 45m
    
    Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    
    15a_2024_AcceleratorsAndBeamProductionTechniquesForProtonTherapy_DMeer.pdf
- 13:00 → 14:15
  
  Lunch break 1h 15m
- 14:15 → 15:00
  
  Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
  
  16_LANGENDIJK - Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy - HANDOUT.pdf
- 15:00 → 15:45
  
  Head and neck cancers 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
  
  17_LANGENDIJK - HNC Proton therapy - HANDOUT.pdf
- 15:45 → 16:15
  
  Coffee break Online
  
  Online
- 16:15 → 16:45
  
  Proton therapy workflow 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  18_Meijers WS 2024 - Proton Therapy Workflow.pdf
- 16:45 → 17:15
  
  Ocular proton treatment 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  19_PSI WS 2024 - Ocular Proton Therapy.pdf
- 17:15 → 17:30
  
  Departure to social EVENT - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 15m
- 17:30 → 18:15
  
  On the way to the social event 45m
- 18:15 → 19:45
  
  Bowling 1h 30m
- 19:45 → 22:00
  
  Dinner 2h 15m
- 22:00 → 22:30
  
  Back to Park Hotel Bad Zurzach 30m
Wednesday 17 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Delivery uncertainties and their consequences 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Francesca Albertini (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  20_Albertini_uncertainties_2024_final.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Motion / motion mitigation 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  21_Fattori_Motion-MotionMitigation_2024.pdf
- 10:30 → 10:55
  
  Coffee break and group allocation 25m
- 10:55 → 11:10
  
  On the way to the workshop 15m
- 11:10 → 12:10
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h WPTA 139
  
  WPTA 139
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: Barbara Bachtiary, Dominic Leiser (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Nicola Bizzocchi (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 12:10 → 12:15
  
  Change workshop session 5m
- 12:15 → 13:15
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h WPTA 141
  
  WPTA 141
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: Alessandra Bolsi (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 13:15 → 13:30
  
  On the way for lunch 15m
- 13:30 → 14:30
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 14:30 → 14:45
  
  On the way to the workshop 15m
- 14:45 → 15:45
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h WBGB/19 in Time OUT
  
  WBGB/19 in Time OUT
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 15:45 → 15:50
  
  Change workshop session 5m
- 15:50 → 16:50
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h Gantry 1
  
  Gantry 1
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Martin Grossmann Handschin (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 16:50 → 17:20
  
  Coffee break 30m TIME OUT
  
  TIME OUT
- 17:25 → 18:25
  
  Site tour 1h Center for Proton Therapy (Villigen)
  
  Center for Proton Therapy
  
  Villigen
- 18:25 → 18:40
  
  on way back to meeting point outside the auditorium 15m
- 18:45 → 19:10
  
  On the way to Park Hotel 25m
- 19:15 → 20:45
  
  Dinner at Parkhotel 1h 30m
Thursday 18 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Commissioning a new facility: Specifications 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Håkan Nyström (The Skandion Clinic)
  
  30_PSI WS 2024 Nyström.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Commissioning a new facility: Clinical 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI)
  
  31_PSI WS 2024 - Commissioning.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee-Break 30m
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Protons versus "the competition" 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  32_Competition_V2.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:00
  
  Technological Innovation: Flash:: BIOLOGY 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin
  
  33_MCVozenin_PSI2024.pdf
- 12:00 → 12:30
  
  Technological Innovation: Flash:: PHYSICS 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Serena Psoroulas (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  34_WS2024_FLASH_Physics.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 13:30 → 14:15
  
  Technological Innovation: Treatment planning 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  35_PSI WS 2024 Hrbacek - TPS.pdf
- 14:15 → 15:00
  
  Technological innovations: AI in radiotherapy 45m
  
  Speaker: Zoltan Perko
  
  36_AI_in_PT_PSI_Winter_School_ZP_Rev2.pdf
- 15:00 → 15:30
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 15:30 → 16:15
  
  Technological innovation: Imaging 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  37_Fattori_TechnologicalInnovation_Imaging_2024.pdf
- 16:15 → 17:00
  
  Technological innovation: Delivery 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Serena Psoroulas (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  38_WS2024_TechInn_Delivery.pdf
- 17:00 → 17:15
  
  Closing Remarks 15m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Damien Charles Weber (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 17:15 → 17:30
  
  Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 15m
- 17:30 → 18:00
  
  On the way to Park Hotel 30m
- 18:00 → 19:30
  
  Dinner at Parkhotel 1h 30m
- 19:30 → 22:00
  
  Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths 2h 30m
Friday 19 January
- 07:30 → 11:00
  
  Checking out
  
  Wishing you a safe travel back to your home country.
- 07:30 → 17:30
  
  Skiing day - Optional 10h https://www.flumserberg.ch/en/Experience-winter (Flumserberg)
  
  https://www.flumserberg.ch/en/Experience-winter
  
  Flumserberg
  
  The Skiing day will take place at Flumserberg. For any further information about it, please see: https://www.flumserberg.ch/en/Experience-winter
  
  The Skiing day will take place at Flumserberg.
  For any further information about it, please see:
  https://www.flumserberg.ch/en/Experience-winter

PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2024

The PSI Winter School 2024 has taken place.

Please note that the website for the PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2025 can be found under: PSI Winter School 2025

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https://www.flumserberg.ch/en/Experience-winter

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Please note that the website for the PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2025 can be found under:
PSI Winter School 2025