Name: PSI Winter School for Protons 2019
Start: 2019-01-20T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2019-01-25T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach

PSI Winter School for Protons 2019

from Sunday 20 January 2019 (17:00) to Friday 25 January 2019 (16:00)

Monday 14 January 2019
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Thursday 17 January 2019
Friday 18 January 2019
Saturday 19 January 2019
Sunday 20 January 2019

17:00

17:00 - 19:00

18:00

18:00 - 21:00

Monday 21 January 2019
09:00 Welcome (Introduction of faculty, logistics etc.) - Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Welcome (Introduction of faculty, logistics etc.)
- Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Seminar Room
09:30 A short historical overview of proton therapy - Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
A short historical overview of proton therapy
- Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Seminar Room
10:00 Basic physics for protons radiation - Jacobus Maarten Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Basic physics for protons radiation
- Jacobus Maarten Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institut)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Seminar Room
10:30

10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Basic radiaton biology of protons - Martin Pruschy (University Hospital Zurich)
Basic radiaton biology of protons
- Martin Pruschy (University Hospital Zurich)
11:00 - 11:45
Room: Seminar Room
11:45 Accelerators and beam production techniques for proton therapy - Jacobus Maarten Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Accelerators and beam production techniques for proton therapy
- Jacobus Maarten Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:45 - 12:30
Room: Seminar Room
12:30

12:30 - 14:00
Room: Restaurant
14:00 Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors - Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors
- Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
14:00 - 14:45
Room: Seminar Room
14:45 Treatment for skull base tumors - Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
Treatment for skull base tumors
- Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
14:45 - 15:30
Room: Seminar Room
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Treatment of early and advanced stage lung cancer - Marc Walser (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Treatment of early and advanced stage lung cancer
- Marc Walser (Paul Scherrer Institut)
16:00 - 16:45
Room: Seminar Room
16:45 GI and proton therapy - Barbara Bachtiary (Paul Scherrer Insitut)
GI and proton therapy
- Barbara Bachtiary (Paul Scherrer Insitut)
16:45 - 17:30
Room: Seminar Room
Tuesday 22 January 2019
09:00 Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery - David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery
- David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Seminar Room
09:45 Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery - Martin Grossmann Handschin (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery
- Martin Grossmann Handschin (Paul Scherrer Institut)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Seminar Room
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
Room: Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach
10:45 Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry - Sairos Safai (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry
- Sairos Safai (Paul Scherrer Institut)
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Seminar Room
11:30 Proton therapy workflow - Jan Hrbacek (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Proton therapy workflow
- Jan Hrbacek (Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:30 - 12:15
Room: Seminar Room
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:45
Room: Restaurant
13:45 Treatment planning SFUD and IMPT - Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Treatment planning SFUD and IMPT
- Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
13:45 - 14:45
Room: Seminar Room
14:45 Uncertainties and their consequences - Francesca Albertini (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Uncertainties and their consequences
- Francesca Albertini (Paul Scherrer Institut)
14:45 - 15:30
Room: Seminar Room
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach
16:00 Motion and motion mitigation - Antje Knopf (University Medical Center Groningen)
Motion and motion mitigation
- Antje Knopf (University Medical Center Groningen)
16:00 - 16:45
Room: Seminar Room
16:45 Ocular PT - Jan Hrbacek (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Ocular PT
- Jan Hrbacek (Paul Scherrer Institut)
16:45 - 17:15
Room: Seminar Room
17:45 Bus leaves to social event place - meeting point in front of the Park Hotel at 5.45 pm
Bus leaves to social event place - meeting point in front of the Park Hotel at 5.45 pm
17:45 - 22:15
Wednesday 23 January 2019

08:45 Day at PSI: Meeting point in front of the Park Hotel to enter the bus to Paul Scherrer Institut
Day at PSI: Meeting point in front of the Park Hotel to enter the bus to Paul Scherrer Institut
08:45 - 09:15
09:15 How significant are RBE variations in proton therapy? - Harald Paganetti (Massachusetts General Hospital)
How significant are RBE variations in proton therapy?
- Harald Paganetti (Massachusetts General Hospital)
09:15 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
10:00 Second malignancies - Uwe Schneider (Klinik Hirslanden)
Second malignancies
- Uwe Schneider (Klinik Hirslanden)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Walk to the Center for Proton Therapy
Walk to the Center for Proton Therapy
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 Workshop 1 - Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
Workshop 1
- Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
11:15 - 12:15
Room: Paul Scherrer Institut
12:15 Workshop 2 - Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Workshop 2
- Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
12:15 - 13:15
Room: Paul Scherrer Institut
13:15 Walk to the Auditorium
Walk to the Auditorium
13:15 - 13:30

13:30 Lunch at the "Auditorium"
Lunch at the "Auditorium"
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Auditorium - Paul Scherrer Institut

14:30 Walk to the Center for Proton Therapy
Walk to the Center for Proton Therapy
14:30 - 14:45
14:45 Workshop 3 - Sairos Safai (Paul Scherrer Institut) Alessandra Bolsi (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Workshop 3
- Sairos Safai (Paul Scherrer Institut)
- Alessandra Bolsi (Paul Scherrer Institut)
14:45 - 15:45
Room: Paul Scherrer Institut
15:45 Workshop 4 - Christian Bula (Paul Scherrer Institut) David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Workshop 4
- Christian Bula (Paul Scherrer Institut)
- David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
15:45 - 16:45
Room: Paul Scherrer Institut
16:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:45 - 17:15
Room: Time Out, Paul Scherrer Institut

17:15 Site tour
Site tour
17:15 - 18:15
Room: Center for Proton Therapy

18:15 Walk to bus station
Walk to bus station
18:15 - 18:30
Room: Seminar Room

18:30 Bus to Bad Zurzach
Bus to Bad Zurzach
18:30 - 19:00
Thursday 24 January 2019
08:30 Head and neck tumors treated with proton therapy - Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
Head and neck tumors treated with proton therapy
- Robert Malyapa (University Maryland Proton Treatment Center)
08:30 - 09:15
Room: Seminar Room
09:15 Pediatrics and AYA tumors treated with protons - Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
Pediatrics and AYA tumors treated with protons
- Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
09:15 - 10:00
Room: Seminar Room
10:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach
10:30 Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy - Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy
- Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
10:30 - 11:15
Room: Seminar Room
11:15 Commissioning a new facility: Specifications - Hakan Nyström (Danish Center for Particle Therapy)
Commissioning a new facility: Specifications
- Hakan Nyström (Danish Center for Particle Therapy)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: Seminar Room
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:15
Room: Restaurant

13:15 Group picture
Group picture
13:15 - 13:30
Room: Seminar Room
13:30 Commissioning a new facility: Clinical - Anna Sara Margareta Fredh (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Commissioning a new facility: Clinical
- Anna Sara Margareta Fredh (Paul Scherrer Institut)
13:30 - 14:15
Room: Seminar Room
14:15 Technological innovation: Delivery - David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Technological innovation: Delivery
- David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
14:15 - 15:00
Room: Seminar Room
15:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Park-Hotel Bad Zurzach
15:30 Technological innovation: Imaging - Giovanni Fattori (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Technological innovation: Imaging
- Giovanni Fattori (Paul Scherrer Institut)
15:30 - 16:15
Room: Seminar Room
16:15 Particles vs. high precision photons - Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Particles vs. high precision photons
- Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
16:15 - 16:45
Room: Seminar Room
16:45 Closing Remarks - Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Closing Remarks
- Antony John Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institut)
16:45 - 17:00
Room: Seminar Room
Friday 25 January 2019

07:30

07:30 - 16:00

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