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 OPEN                                                    
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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Survey Winter School 2025
    • 6:00 PM
      Enjoy the finger food
    • 1
      Registration Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

      Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach

      Dry run if requested.

    • 8:00 PM
      Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel
    • 2
      Welcome (Introduction of faculty, virtual meeting, etc.) Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • a) Welcome
      • b) Welcome (Introduction of faculty, etc)
    • 3
      A short historical overview of proton therapy Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 4
      Basic physics for proton radiation Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Jacobus Maarten Schippers (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • Coffee break
    • 5
      Basic radiaton biology of photons and protons Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Martin Pruschy (University Hospital Zurich)
    • 6
      Toxicity Clinical Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Speaker: Esther Troost
    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • 7
      How significant are RBE variations in proton therapy? Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Harald Paganetti (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School)
    • 8
      Toxicity: Clinical impact of proton RBE Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Speaker: Dirk Wagenaar
    • 2:45 PM
      Coffee break
    • 9
      Financial Toxicity Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Speaker: Barbara Bachtiary (Dr. med.)
    • 10
      Second malignancies Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Uwe Schneider
    • 4:05 PM
      Break
    • 11
      Treatment planning for pencil beam scanning and IMPT Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 5:15 PM
      Group picture
    • 5:20 PM
      Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 5:30 PM
      On the way to Park Hotel
    • 6:00 PM
      Dinner at Parkhotel
    • 7:30 PM
      Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel
    • Physicians block Time OUT building, WBGB/019

      Time OUT building, WBGB/019

      • 12
        Tumors of the skull base and spine chordoma and chondrosarcoma
        Speaker: Dominic Leiser (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 13
        Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors
        Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 10:15 AM
        Break Time OUT building, WBGB/019

        Time OUT building, WBGB/019

      • 14
        GI and proton therapy
        Speaker: Piero Fossati (EBG MedAustron GmbH)
      • 11:10 AM
        Coffee break Time OUT building, WBGB/019

        Time OUT building, WBGB/019

      • 15
        Proton therapy for pediatrics and AYA patients
        Speaker: Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
      • 16
        Advancing proton therapy in lung cancer: Beyond proton bragg peak
        Speaker: Joe Chang (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
    • Physics block Auditorium

      Auditorium

      • 17
        Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery
        Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 18
        Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery
        Speaker: Martin Grossmann Handschin (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 10:15 AM
        break Auditorium

        Auditorium

      • 19
        Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry
        Speaker: Michele Togno (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 11:10 AM
        Coffee Break Online

        Online

      • 20
        Advanced physics
        Speaker: Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
      • 21
        Accelerators and beam production techniques for proton therapy
        Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 1:00 PM
      Lunch break
    • 22
      Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
    • 23
      Head and neck cancers Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
    • Coffee break Online

      Online

    • 24
      Proton therapy workflow Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Michelle van Heerden
    • 25
      Ocular proton treatment Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 5:15 PM
      Departure to social EVENT - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 5:30 PM
      On the way to the social event
    • 6:15 PM
      Bowling
    • 7:45 PM
      Dinner
    • 10:00 PM
      Back to Park Hotel Bad Zurzach
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel
    • 26
      Delivery uncertainties and their consequences Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Francesca Albertini (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 27
      Motion / motion mitigation Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee break and group allocation
    • 10:55 AM
      On the way to the workshop
    • 28
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 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
      Change workshop session
    • 29
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 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)
    • 1:15 PM
      On the way for lunch
    • 1:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • 2:30 PM
      On the way to the workshop
    • 30
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 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
      Change workshop session
    • 31
      Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 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
      Coffee break TIME OUT

      TIME OUT

    • 32
      Site tour - Optional Center for Proton Therapy (Villigen)

      Center for Proton Therapy

      Villigen

    • 6:25 PM
      on way back to meeting point outside the auditorium
    • 6:45 PM
      On the way to Park Hotel
    • 7:15 PM
      Dinner at Parkhotel
    • 8:30 AM
      Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel
    • 33
      Commissioning a new facility: Specifications Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Alejandro Mazal (Centro de Protonterapia Quironsalud)
    • 34
      Commissioning a new facility: Clinical Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI)
    • 10:30 AM
      Coffee-Break
    • 35
      Protons versus "the competition" Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 36
      Technological Innovation: Flash:: BIOLOGY Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin
    • 37
      Technological Innovation: Flash:: PHYSICS Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Robert Schäfer
    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch break
    • 38
      Technological Innovation: Treatment planning Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 39
      Technological innovations: AI in radiotherapy
      Speaker: Zoltan Perko
    • 3:00 PM
      Coffee break
    • 40
      Technological innovation: Imaging Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 41
      Technological innovation: Delivery Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
      Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
    • 42
      Closing Remarks 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
      Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium
    • 5:30 PM
      On the way to Park Hotel
    • 6:00 PM
      Dinner at Parkhotel
    • 7:30 PM
      Time at your convenience - you may enjoy the thermal baths
    • 7:30 AM
      Skiing day - Optional 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

    • Tour within Paul Scherrer Institut - Optional

      Wishing you a safe travel back to your home country.