Scientific Programme

14.00 – 14.30
Arrival – Networking

14.30 – 15.00
Registration

15.00 – 15.30
Welcome
J. Metz, E. Efstathopoulos, V. Kouloulias, Mou Chergou

1st Session. Introduction to Proton Therapy
Chair: Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Kalliopi Platoni

15.30 - 15:50
Proton Therapy in Greece: Why, When, With Whom and By Whom?
Vassilios Kouloulias and Kalliopi Platoni

15:50 – 16:15
Basic Principles of Proton Therapy.
George Patatoukas

16:15 – 17: 15
Rational Proton Therapy – Current Practice and Advantages of Proton Therapy.
James M. Metz

17:15 – 17.45
Questions – Discussion

17:45 - 18:30
Coffee break

2nd Session. Application of Proton Therapy in Greece
Chair: Vassilios Kouloulias, Ioannis Georgakopoulos

18:30 - 19:30
Proton therapy: Here for the long term or gone in a FLASH?
James M. Metz

19:30 – 20:00
Technical and Economic aspects of establishing a Proton Therapy Centre in Greece.
Yiannis Pantalos

20:00 – 20:30
The future of proton therapy into the integrated frame of Radiation Oncology.
Sofie Gillis

20:30 – 21:00
Questions - Discussion - Conclusions

21:00
Reception offered by Papapostolou SA and IBA SA

Faculty
Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Professor of Medical Physics – Nanomedicine, Department of Applied Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
Ioannis Georgakopoulos, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, 1st Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
Vassilios Kouloulias, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Clinical Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
James M. Metz, M.D., Henry K. Pancoast Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, US.
Yiannis Pantalos, Medical Physicist, GR
George Patatoukas, Medical Physicist, Department of Applied Medical Physics, General University Hospital of Athens “Attikon”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
Kalliopi Platoni, Associate Professor of Medical Physics, Department of Applied Medical Physics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
Sofie Gillis, Head of Clinical Solutions at IBA Proton Therapy
Mou Chergou, VP Commercial EMEA at IBA Proton Therapy