Programme

Monday | 16 March 2026

08:30 - 09:00 | Registration on Site

09:00 - 09:40 | Opening Session

09:00 - 09:10 | Allen WEEKS (ELI ERIC) & Roman HVĚZDA (ELI Beamlines Facility) | Welcome from ELI ERIC
09:10 - 09:15 | INFN Representative | Welcome from INFN
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 | Satyabrata KAR
TBA

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 |
TBA

14:25 - 14:50 | Ivan SLIPUKHIN
TBA

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
TBA

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 |

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 - 11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:15 | Non-destructive Material Inspections for Cultural Heritage Applications

Chair: Daniele MARGARONE (ELI Beamlines Facility)

11:00 - 11:25 | Francesco MIRANI
Laser-Driven Radiation Sources for PIXE and XRF Applied to Cultural Heritage Analysis 

11:25 - 11:50 | Patrizio ANTICI |
TBA

11:50 - 12:15 | Vasiliki KANTARELOU |
TBA

12:15 - 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
Ultrahgh 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 |
TBA

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!


Wedneaday | 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 | Réka MOLNAR |
TBA

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