ESTRO Annual Report 2019

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3. In-training members and young members

ESTRO also continues to develop its collaborations with European societies representing young members in order to encourage more young radiation oncology professionals to join the Society. ESTRO offers a dual membership tailored to these societies with a range of benefits.

Membership

3244 Young members in the Society (younger than 40 years old)

Breakdown of in-training members

The younger generation is the Society’s future and therefore it is essential for ESTRO to involve its young members in all of the Society’s activities.

410 individual in-training 1012 in-training members including:

250 young dual (who get the same benefits as an ‘in-training member) 352 institutional in-training

Illustrations of the involvement of the young community at ESTRO

The Young Corner in the ESTRO newsletter. There is a dedicated young section, coordinated by two young editors with news from young national societies, and young members sharing their experience through meetings or travel grant reports etc. The Young Track is an all-day session held during ESTRO’s annual Congress, which focuses specifically on topics of interest to young professionals.

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