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 Teddington, southwest London. The workshop will include invited speakers, debates, group discussions, conference talks and poster sessions.
This year the workshop theme is 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Attendee feedback from previous PPRIG conference (2023)
‘’The meeting was absolutely fantastic. I really appreciated the update talks and the focus on current practices or recent implementations.’’
‘’An excellent meeting and really good for the UK proton community. I thought the length of talks was good and plenty of breaks for catching up with people - I thought this was a good balance. Nice invited talks and good mix of topics with opportunities for young researchers balanced with experience from more established researchers in the radiotherapy community. Very well organised - well done. I would be happy to support with this in the future.’’
’Well done! Looking forward to the next!’’
We are also delighted to inform you the 2025 workshop will also be held in partnership with the International Particle Minibeam Therapy (PMBT) Workshop. This provides PPRIG participants with the fantastic opportunity to extend their visit to attend the 3rd PMBT workshop on the 17 to 19 March 2025. Further details on the group and workshop can be found here: Particle Minibeam Therapy Group (pmbt-group.org).