ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

A. Post (The Netherlands), M. Smid, A. Nagelkerke, J. Martens, J. Bussink, C. Sweep, P. Span

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MONDAY 8 MAY 2017

DEBATE Forum debate on how to bring about the ESTROmission from a

physicist’s perspective 14:45 - 16:15 | STRAUS 2-3

ESTRO has invited some key opinion leaders in the physics community, for a public debate. The idea is to focus on the future of Medical Physics in Europe and how Physicists can contribute to the ESTRO vision (ie: “Every cancer patient in Europe will have access to state of the art radiation therapy, as part of a multi-disciplinary approach where treatment is individualised for the specific patient’s cancer, taking account of the patient’s personal circumstances”). The format will be a challenge: ESTRO will invest in one (and only one) priority topic to realise its vision by providing a hypothetical start-up-grant of € 1M. Six opinion leaders will defend their project and the audience will represent the commission that will select the proposal receiving the grant. 14:45 > QA management of dosimetry and safety Speaker: C. Hurkmans (The Netherlands) 14:55 > Improving and standardisation of education and training in Medical Physics in Europe, professional recognition, mobility Speaker: N. Jornet (Spain) 15:05 > Research and development: image registration, dose accumulation, new technology and real-time ART Speaker: U. Oelfke (UK) 15:15 > Data mining and decision making tools Speaker: A. Dekker (The Netherlands) 15:25 > Biology, imaging and modeling Speaker: M. Alber (Germany) 15:35 > Affordable proton therapy for every patient Speaker: T. Bortfeld (USA) 15:45 > Discussion 16:00 > Rebuttal: QA management of dosimetry and safety Speaker: C. Hurkmans (The Netherlands) 16:02 > Rebuttal: Improving and standardisation of education and training in Medical Physics in Europe, professional recognition, mobility Chair: D. Verellen (Belgium) Chair: G. Meijer (The Netherlands)

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