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PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2026

18–23 Jan 2026
Paul Scherrer Institute
Europe/Zurich timezone

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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: Monday, December 15th, 2025

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Europe/Zurich
Paul Scherrer Institute
Auditorium
Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen
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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.
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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