Monday | 16 March 2026
08:30 - 09:00 | Registration on Site
09:00 - 09:40 | Opening Session
09:00 - 09:15 | Allen WEEKS (ELI ERIC) & Roman HVĚZDA (ELI Beamlines Facility) | Welcome from ELI ERIC
09:15 - 09:40 | Daniele MARGARONE & GAP CIRRONE | ELIMED: A Successfull Story
09:40 - 11:00 | ELIMED Beamline Session
Chair: Lorenzo GIUFFRIDA (ELI Beamlines Facility)
09:40 - 10:00 | Lorenzo GIUFFRIDA | ELIMAIA/ELIMED Beamline User Capabilities
10:00 - 10:20 | Francesco SCHILLACI | ELIMED Beam Transport Section
10:20 - 10:40 | GAP CIRRONE | ELIMED Dosimetry Section
10:40 - 11:00 | Pavel BLÁHA | ELIMED Radiobiology Platform
11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:50 | Recent Development of Compact Laser-plasma Ion Accelerators for Multidisciplinary Applications | Part 1
Chair: Karl ZEIL (HZDR)
11:20 - 11:45 | Paul McKENNA |
Stabilising Laser-Driven Proton Sources with Real-Time Optimisation and Machine-Learning-based Synthetic Diagnostics
11:45 - 12:05 | Owen CAVANAGH |
High Energy Implementation of Helical Coil Targets at Petawatt-class fs Lasers Systems
12:05 - 12:25 | Joao Jorge SANTOS |
Ion acceleration from high-density transparent gas jets: towards high-repetition rate sources for fundamental science and applications
12:25 - 12:45 | Karoly OSVAY |
A 4 W average power deuteron beam driven fast neutron source and its application in radiobiology
12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:05 | Radiation Damage on Electronics and Space Radiation Applications with Laser-driven Ion Beams
Chair: Lorenzo GIUFFRIDA (ELI Beamlines Facility)
14:00 - 14:25 | Ennio CAPRIA |
Use of very intense focused pulsed synchrotron X-rays as a proxy for heavy-ions to test the radiation hardness of complex electronic components
14:25 - 14:50 | Ivan SLIPUKHIN |
Accelerator radiation environment and electronics testing approaches at CERN
14:50 - 15:15 | Oldřich ZAHRADNÍČEK |
Biological effectiveness of proton irradiation in early chicken embryos: first radiobiological experiments at ELIMAIA–ELIMED
15:15 - 15:40 | Benedikt BERGMANN |
Measurement of the space radiation environment characteristics with Timepix-based detection setups
15:40 - 16:05 | Carlos GRANJA |
Particle Tracking and Mixed-Radiation Field Characterization with Timepix3 in Particle Radiotherapy and Outer Space
16:05 - 16:30 | Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00 | Medical Applications of laser-driven Ion Beams (Ultrahigh Dose-rate Clinical Dosimetry, Radiation Therapy, Medical Radioisotopes, Medical Imaging) | Part 1
Chair: GAP CIRRONE
16:30 - 16:55 | Aarón ALEJO ALONSO |
16:55 - 17:15 | Roberto CATALANO |
First dosimetric commissioning of the ELIMAIA–ELIMED laser-driven proton beamline for biomedical applications
17:15- 17:35 | Jose BENLLIURE |
Isotope production in 209Bi photoactivation induced with a laserdriven bremsstrahlung source
17:35 - 18:00 | Iani MITU |
Radiation protection assessments of pulsed fields for laser medical applications
Tuesday | 17 March 2026
09:00 - 10:35 | Recent Development of Compact Laser-plasma Ion Accelerators for Multidisciplinary Applications | Part 2
Chair: Karoly OSVAY
09:00 - 09:25 | Karl ZEIL |
Laser-driven proton acceleration experiments at HZDR: Relativistically induced transparency for high-energy beams and applications
09:25 - 09:50 | Charlotte PALMER |
Automated control of laser–solid interactions for high-repetition-rate ion acceleration
09:50 - 10:15 | Daniel MOLLOY |
Optimising Hole-Boring Radiation Pressure Acceleration to Generate Energetic, Beamed Alpha-particles via Boron-proton Fusion
10:15 - 10:35 | Matteo IACCARINO |
Nanofoam based double layer targets for laser-plasma interaction experiments
10:35 - 11:10 | Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:00 | Non-destructive Material Inspections for Cultural Heritage Applications
Chair: Daniele MARGARONE (ELI Beamlines Facility)
11:10 - 11:35 | Vasiliki KANTARELOU |
From Conventional to Laser-Driven Ion Beams: PIXE and XRF Applications in Cultural Heritage
11:35- 12:00 | Francesco MIRANI |
Laser-Driven Radiation Sources for PIXE and XRF Applied to Cultural Heritage Analysis
12:00- 13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:40 | Medical Applications of laser-driven Ion Beams (Ultrahigh Dose-rate Clinical Dosimetry, Radiation Therapy, Medical Radioisotopes, Medical Imaging) | Part 2
Chair: GAP CIRRONE
13:30 - 13:55 | Emanuele SCIFONI |
Ultrahigh Dose Rate Response Modeling and Understanding: Where Do We Stand
13:55 - 14:20 | Walter TINGANELLI |
Carbon Ultra-High Dose Rate Irradiation: in vivo and in vitro results
14:20 - 14:45 | Julie LASCAUD |
Real-time ionoacoustics-based ultra-high dose rate dosimetry for VHEE and laser-driven proton irradiation monitoring
15:45 - 15:05 | Domenico DORIA |
Laser-driven ion acceleration towards hadrontherapy in the framework of the DR. LASER project
15:05 - 15:25 | Andi S. CUCOANES |
From Concept to Preclinical Demonstration: Prospects of Laser-Based Production of 11C
15:25 - 15:45 | Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 | Poster Session
See the list of POSTERS!
18:00 | Bus departure
18:30 - 22:00 | Social Dinner
Wednesday | 18 March 2026
09:00 - 10:50 | Ultrafast Radiation Biology (in vivo and in-vitro | Part 1
Chair: Elke BEYREUTHER (HZDR)
09:00 - 09:30 | Pavol LUKÁČ & Luca VANNUCCI |
Laser-driven proton therapy study on human colorectal cancer 3D model (spheroids)
09:30 - 09:55 | Lorenzo MANTI |
Proton-Boron Capture Therapy (PBCT) with laser-driven beams: Harnessing the clinical potential of proton-boron fusion to advance cancer patients' welfare
09:55 - 10:25 | Rita SZABO & Katalin HIDEGHÉTY |
From Laser-Driven Particle Beams to Clinical Translation: Progress and Challenges
10:25 - 10:50 | Attila ÉBERT |
Establishing the radiobiological application of a laser-induced neutron beam
10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:50 | Ultrafast Radiation Biology (in vivo and in-vitro | Part 2
Chair: Katalin HIDEGHÉTY (ELI ALPS)
11:10 - 11:35 | Elke BEYREUTHER |
Flash research at the Dresden platform for ultra-high dose-rate radiobiology
11:35 - 12:00 | Martin FALK |
Comparing DNA Damage Responses to Low and High LET Radiation: Is Laser Micro Irradiation a Valid High LET Model?
12:00 - 12:25 | Michael SEIMETZ |
In-vitro cell irradiation experiments at L2A2 and CLPU
12:25 - 12:40 | Closing Session
12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 | ELI Guided Tours
