PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2026

Name: PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2026
Start: 2026-01-18T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-23T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Paul Scherrer Institute

18–23 Jan 2026

Paul Scherrer Institute

Europe/Zurich timezone

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winterschool@psi.ch

Registration deadline has been extended to 04.01.2026!

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:

The book "Physics against Cancer" will be included in the course fee.

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: Sunday, January 4th, 2026

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Conference information

Date/Time

Starts 18 Jan 2026, 18:00

Ends 23 Jan 2026, 17:30

All times are in Europe/Zurich

Location

Paul Scherrer Institute

Auditorium

Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen

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Extra information

Accommodation

PSI has reserved hotel rooms from January 18th until 23th, 2026. Participants are not required to make reservations themselves. Refunds for early departure can not be granted.
However, accompanying persons are asked to contact us (winterschool@psi.ch) as the Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach offers for CHF 23.-- paying for breakfast and city tax only.

On registration you may confirm this date or indicate if you arrive earlier or depart later. Kindly note that nights booked before January 18th or after January 23th, 2026, are for your own expense.
An additional night is at CHF 163.-- per night including breakfast and Citytax.

Only the reservation for these extra nights will be done by us on the dates you are indicating during registration, payment for these extra nights have to be done by you directly at the reception at the Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach.

Price for the course, with accommodation and full board: CHF 2'750.--
Price for the course, without accommodation but with lunch, coffee breaks & social event: CHF 1'800.--

Conference/school facilities, including:

coffee breaks, lunch

Full board accommodation, including:

single or double room
breakfast buffet, lunch, dinner buffet
access to spa, sauna, steam bath
free entrance to wellness center and thermal spa
free parking
transportation from the Parkhotel to the venue at PSI and back

Skiing day:
CHF 300.-- including transportation to the skiing destination, skipass, skirental and lunch. Kindly note that you only register to the skiing day if you know how to ski - unless you are prepared to pay extra for private lessons due to insurance issues.
The skiing day will take place at Flumserberg. For further information you may see:
https://www.flumserberg.ch/en/Experience-winter

Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
Badstrasse 44
5330 Bad Zurzach

Phone: +41 56 269 88 11
Fax: +41 56 249 38 08

Email: Mail to Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
Web: Dorint Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
Web: http://www.badzurzach.ch

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