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Upcoming meetings
PPRIG Proton Physics Workshop 7
We are pleased to announce the 7th Proton Physics Research and Implementation Group (PPRIG) will be held at the National Physical Laboratory on 20 and 21 March 2025. Started in 2012, the aim of this group was originally to bring together interested parties to bid for research funding collaboratively and establish a programme of work to drive forward proton therapy related research. The two-day event provides an excellent networking opportunity for academics, industry, and clinical staff to have discussions within the relaxed leafy suburb of southwest London. The workshop will include invited speakers, debates, group discussions, conference talks and poster sessions.
This year the workshop will have the theme: Translating research into the clinic.
The theme will be reflected throughout the programme of talks and discussions to identify the current barriers and facilitators to enable research to support clinical challenges. This will involve talks and workshop discussions on topics, such as navigating regulations for novel medical devices and software, in additional to validation and translation of new planning and delivery techniques in the clinic.
Registration costs
- Early registration - £275 (including VAT and booking fees) when registered by 31 January
- Full registration - £360 (including VAT and booking fees). Student - £140 (including VAT and booking fees)
- Student rate only available to students who submit an abstract to the workshop. Limited student places available.
Your registration includes refreshments, a light breakfast and lunch during the two-day workshop as well as the conference dinner on Thursday 20 March at a local restaurant.
Confirmed speakers:
Professor Harald Paganetti ‐ Director of Physics Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School
Professor Tony Lomax ‐ Chief Medical Physicist at the Paul Scherrer Institute
Dr Spencer Thomas ‐ Digital Health Lead, Principal Research Scientist in Data Science at The National Physical Laboratory
Call for abstracts open now!
Abstracts must not exceed 300 words (excluding title, authors, and affiliations)
- Abstracts must be submitted in English and as a Word or PDF file
- To be formally accepted, authors must be registered and have paid to attend the workshop
- Previous conference abstract topics: Dosimetry, Radiobiology, Proton therapy technologies, Treatment planning and clinical studies, Adaptive radiotherapy and imaging and other modalities (VHEE and PBCT)
- All abstracts, along with any enquiries regarding abstracts, should be submitted to the email address: pprig@npl.co.uk
Deadline for abstract submission is midnight on 31 December 2024.
Details with regards to registration will be provided soon.
Contacts:
If you require any further information, please contact pprig@npl.co.uk.
Previous meetings
PPRIG Proton Physics Workshop 6
9 ‑ 10 November 2023
The Proton Physics Research and Implementation Group (PPRIG) held the sixth PPRIG workshop at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 November 2023. The workshop was an opportunity to discuss the developments that have taken place over the past 4 years and to reenergise PPRIG and its future direction. The two-day event included invited speakers, debates, discussions, conference talks and poster sessions.
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The speakers:
- Professor Harald Paganetti ‐ Director of Physics Research at Harvard Medical School
- Professor Anthony Lomax ‐ Chief Medical Physicist at the Paul Scherrer Institute
- Doctor Yolanda Prezado ‐ Team leader at Institut Curie and Research Director CNRS
PPRIG Proton Physics Workshop 5
7 — 8 February 2019
The Proton Physics Research and Implementation Group (PPRIG) held the fifth PPRIG workshop at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 February 2019.
Contacts:
If you require any further information, please contact Charles Fekete (T: 02089 436279) or Russell Thomas (M: 07738 893692).
PPRIG Proton Physics Workshop 4
7 – 8 December 2017
The fourth Proton Physics Research and Implementation Group (PPRIG) workshop was held at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on 7-8 December 2017.
NPL PPRIG Proton Therapy Physics Workshop 2016
1 – 2 December 2016
The third Proton Physics Research and Implementation Group (PPRIG) workshop was held at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 December 2016.
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UCLH Proton Therapy Symposium
22 – 23 October 2015
NPL PPRIG Proton Therapy Physics Workshop 2015
1 – 2 October 2015
NPL PPRIG Proton Therapy Physics Workshop 2014
12 – 13 March 2014
NPL organised and hosted a two-day PPRIG workshop on Proton Therapy Physics as part of the NPL Cancer Therapies Campaign.
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