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PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2025

→ Europe/Zurich
Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Damien Charles Weber (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
Description

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AS WE ARE FULLY BOOKED.
                                           
Content of the course:                        

  • Pediatrics and AYA
  • Basic physics of proton therapy
  • Radiation biology
  • Delivery & treatment planning
  • Therapy workflow
  • Uncertainty & motion
  • Specification, commissioning & Q.A.
  • New directions in proton therapy

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.

Important:

Kindly note that the course is designed for 45 external participants and registration will close when the number of participants has been reached, but latest by: Monday, December 16th, 2024

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  • Sun, January 12
    • 6:00 PM → 9:00 PM
      Enjoy the finger food 3h Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
    • 6:00 PM → 8:00 PM
      Registration 2h Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach

      Dry run if requested.

    • 8:00 PM → 10:00 PM
      Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths 2h
  • Mon, January 13
    • 8:30 AM → 9:00 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel 30m
    • 9:00 AM → 9:15 AM
      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)
      Day 01_Talk 01_Introduction WD17 WS 2025.pdf
      Welcome to access talks.docx
      Welcome to access talks.pdf
      • Welcome 30m
      • Welcome (Introduction of faculty, etc) 15m
    • 9:15 AM → 9:45 AM
      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)
      Day 01_Talk 02_Brief history of proton therapy Damien C. Weber V2.pdf
    • 9:45 AM → 10:30 AM
      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)
      Day01_Talk 03_BasicPhysics-40m-Schippers-2025-pdf.pdf
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee break
    • 11:00 AM → 11:45 AM
      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)
      Day 01_Talk 04_Pruschy PSI-School 2025 - final.pdf
    • 11:45 AM → 12:30 PM
      Toxicity Clinical 45m Auditorium

      Auditorium
      Speaker: Esther Troost
      Day 01_Talk 05_20250103_PSI_Toxicity.pdf
    • 12:30 PM → 1:30 PM
      Lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM → 2:15 PM
      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)
      Day 01_Talk 06_ 11_H_Paganetti.pdf
    • 2:15 PM → 2:45 PM
      Toxicity: Clinical impact of proton RBE 30m Auditorium

      Auditorium
      Speaker: Dirk Wagenaar
      Day 01_Talk 07_Radiation ulcers after definitive radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer - 12_D_Wagenaar.pdf
    • 2:45 PM → 3:05 PM
      Coffee break 20m
    • 3:05 PM → 3:35 PM
      Financial Toxicity 30m Auditorium

      Auditorium
      Speaker: Barbara Bachtiary (Dr. med.)
      Day 01_Talk 08_13_B_Bachtiary.pdf
    • 3:35 PM → 4:05 PM
      Second malignancies 30m Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Uwe Schneider
      Day 01_Talk 09_2025_Schneider_PSI_Winterschool_V0.pdf
    • 4:05 PM → 4:15 PM
      Break 10m
    • 4:15 PM → 5:15 PM
      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)
      Day 01_Talk 10_Treatment planning V4.pdf
    • 5:15 PM → 5:20 PM
      Group picture 5m
    • 5:20 PM → 5:30 PM
      Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 10m
    • 5:30 PM → 6:00 PM
      On the way to Park Hotel 30m
    • 6:00 PM → 7:30 PM
      Dinner at Parkhotel 1h 30m
    • 7:30 PM → 10:00 PM
      Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths 2h 30m
  • Tue, January 14
  • Wed, January 15
    • 8:30 AM → 9:00 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel 30m
    • 9:00 AM → 9:45 AM
      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)
      Day 03_Talk 01_Uncertainties_2025.pdf
    • 9:45 AM → 10:30 AM
      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)
      Day 03_Talk 02_Fattori_Motion-MotionMitigation_2025_V2.pdf
    • 10:30 AM → 10:55 AM
      Coffee break and group allocation 25m
    • 10:55 AM → 11:10 AM
      On the way to the workshop 15m
    • 11:10 AM → 12:10 PM
      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 PM → 12:15 PM
      Change workshop session 5m
    • 12:15 PM → 1:15 PM
      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)
      Day 03_WS 2a_WINTER_SCHOOL_2025_QA_planning.pdf
      Day 03_WS 2b_WINTER_SCHOOL_2025_QA_Physics_ForDistribution.pdf
    • 1:15 PM → 1:30 PM
      On the way for lunch 15m
    • 1:30 PM → 2:30 PM
      Lunch break 1h
    • 2:30 PM → 2:45 PM
      On the way to the workshop 15m
    • 2:45 PM → 3:45 PM
      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)
    • 3:45 PM → 3:50 PM
      Change workshop session 5m
    • 3:50 PM → 4:50 PM
      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)
    • 4:50 PM → 5:20 PM
      Coffee break 30m TIME OUT

      TIME OUT
    • 5:25 PM → 6:25 PM
      Site tour - Optional 1h Center for Proton Therapy (Villigen)

      Center for Proton Therapy

      Villigen
    • 6:25 PM → 6:40 PM
      on way back to meeting point outside the auditorium 15m
    • 6:45 PM → 7:10 PM
      On the way to Park Hotel 25m
    • 7:15 PM → 8:45 PM
      Dinner at Parkhotel 1h 30m
  • Thu, January 16
    • 8:30 AM → 9:00 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel 30m
    • 9:00 AM → 9:45 AM
      Commissioning a new facility: Specifications 45m Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Alejandro Mazal (Centro de Protonterapia Quironsalud)
      Day 04_Talk 01_ - 000 Mazal COMMISIONING PSI winter January 2025.pdf
    • 9:45 AM → 10:30 AM
      Commissioning a new facility: Clinical 45m Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI)
      Day 04_Talk 02_PSI WS 2025 - Meijers - Commissioning.pdf
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee-Break 30m
    • 11:00 AM → 11:30 AM
      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)
      Day 04_Talk 03 - Competition_V2.pdf
    • 11:30 AM → 12:00 PM
      Technological Innovation: Flash:: BIOLOGY 30m Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin
      Day 04_Talk 04_MCVozenin_PSI25.pdf
    • 12:00 PM → 12:30 PM
      Technological Innovation: Flash:: PHYSICS 30m Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Robert Schäfer
      Day 04_Talk 05_WS2025_FLASH_SR17_latest2.pdf
    • 12:30 PM → 1:30 PM
      Lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM → 2:15 PM
      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)
      Day 04_Talk 06_PSI WS 2025 - Tech Inno TPS 2.pdf
    • 2:15 PM → 2:55 PM
      Technological innovations: AI in radiotherapy 40m
      Speaker: Zoltan Perko
      Day 04_Talk 07_AI_in_PT_PSI_Winter_School_ZP_Rev1_Split.pdf
    • 3:00 PM → 3:30 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 3:30 PM → 4:15 PM
      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)
      Day 04_Talk 08_Fattori_TechnologicalInnovation_Imaging_2025.pdf
    • 4:15 PM → 5:00 PM
      Technological innovation: Delivery 45m Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      Day 04_Talk 09_2025_TechnologicalInnovations_DMeer.pdf
    • 5:00 PM → 5:15 PM
      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)
    • 5:15 PM → 5:30 PM
      Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 15m
    • 5:30 PM → 6:00 PM
      On the way to Park Hotel 30m
    • 6:00 PM → 7:30 PM
      Dinner at Parkhotel 1h 30m
    • 7:30 PM → 10:00 PM
      Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths 2h 30m
  • Fri, January 17
    • 7:30 AM → 5:30 PM
      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

    • 7:30 AM → 1:00 PM
      Tour within Paul Scherrer Institut - Optional

      Wishing you a safe travel back to your home country.

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