| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 1 (Physics) Moderator: Martin Bues |
Physics of Particle Therapy Hsiao-ming LuDirector of Physics and TechnologyHefei Ion Medical Center China Hsiao-Ming Lu, PhD. is an ABR certified clinical physicist and a fellow of Association of American Physicist in Medicine. He has been working in the field of proton therapy physics since 2003 and served as the Director of Clinical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, before he returned to China in 2019. He is now the Director of Physics at Hefei Ion Medical Center, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Chinese University of Science and Technology, Hefei, China. |
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| Clinical Commissioning of Proton Therapy Systems: Practical Considerations Zuofeng Li (China) |
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| Uncertainties and Their Management in Proton Therapy Young-yih Han (Korea) |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break, Exhibition and e-Poster Viewing |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Session 2 (Physics) Moderators: Young-yi Han and Dayananda Sharma |
| Shielding Design of PT Facility - HKSH Experience Kin-yin Cheung (Hong Kong, China) |
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| Proton Therapy Dosimetry Hong-qi Tan (Singapore) |
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| Patient Specific QA in Proton Therapy Hsiao-chieh Huang (Taiwan) |
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Quality Assurance of Proton Therapy System Mintra KeawsamurLecturerDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Dr. Mintra currently serves as a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in radiological technology and medical physics. She has over a decade of experience working as a medical physicist at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and has participated in training programs at renowned international institutions, including the Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland) and the National Centre of Oncological Hadrontherapy (Italy). |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Symposium 1 (Sponsored by Siemens Healthcare Limited & Varian Medical Systems Pacific, Inc.) |
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| 14:00 – 16:00 | Session 3 (Clinical) Moderators: Kanjana Shotelersuk and Chun-chung Yau |
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Proton versus Photon Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer – The Journey to a New Standard of Care  Steven J. FrankExecutive Director, Particle Therapy InstituteDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center USA Steven J. Frank, MD, is an endowed tenured professor of Radiation Oncology, holds the Bessie McGoldrick Professorship in Clinical Research, and is a fellow of the ABS, ACR, and ASTRO. Dr. Frank is the Executive Director of the Particle Therapy Institute and Deputy Head of Strategy for the Division of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Frank is amongst the first, if not the first, to use IMPT to treat head and neck tumors, and he is the Principal Investigator of an NIH/NCI/Hitachi-sponsored multi-institutional Phase II/III randomized trial in advanced stage oropharyngeal cancer that compares outcomes after chemoradiation given by IMRT versus IMPT. |
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Breast Lisa McGeeRadiation OncologistDepartment of Radiation Oncology Mayo Clinic Arizona USA Dr. McGee is a Radiation Oncologist and Assistant Professor on staff at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Her disease-site interests include breast cancer as well as head and neck malignancies with a focus in proton therapy. She is also active in education, serving as Residency Program Director at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona amongst other educational roles. |
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Central Nervous System  Damien WeberHead and ChairmanCenter for Proton Therapy Paul Scherrer Institute PSI Switzerland Damien Charles Weber has been Head and Chairman of the Center for Proton Therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute since 2013. He has currently a faculty position both at the University of Zürich and Bern. He trained as a radiation oncologist at the University Hospital of Geneva and was a clinical and research fellow at the General Massachusetts Hospital/Harvard Medical School, after which he worked at PSI when coming back to Switzerland. |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break, Exhibition and e-Poster Viewing |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Session 4 (Clinical) Moderators: Tae-hyun Kim and Henry Chun-kin Sze |
Gastrointestinal Oncology Terence Tai-weng SioProfessor of Radiation OncologyDepartment of Radiation Oncology Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ USA Terence T. Sio, M.D., M.S., is Professor of Radiation Oncology and radiation oncologist who specializes in both X-ray based and proton radiotherapies. His main focuses are in gastrointestinal, lung, and brain cancers including brain metastasis treatments using stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). He has a strong interest in ion beam radiotherapies internationally |
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Proton Beam Therapy for Genitourinary Cancers  Jeffrey Kit-loong TuanHeadDepartment of Gastrointestinal Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Urology Division of Radiation Oncology National Cancer Centre Singapore Singapore Clinical Associate Professor Jeffrey Tuan is the Head and Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist in the Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Gastrointestinal, and Genitourinary Radiation Oncology in the Division of Radiation Oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS). He is also a Clinical Associate Professor in Oncology Academic Program (ACP) of the Duke-NUS medical school. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and holds a Master of Science in Oncology from the University of London. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), United Kingdom and honorary secretary of the College of Radiologists (CRS), Academy of Medicine Singapore (AMS). |
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| Paediatric Non-Central Nervous System Michael Kam (Hong Kong, China) |