Innovations and Mechanisms in Radiotherapy

Agenda - Draft

*Duration of some sessions may be adjusted based on number of presenters

Day 1 (22 January 2026) 

Time (CET)	Agenda item	Speakers and topics	Time
11:30 – 12:30	Registration and light lunch with poster exhibition
12:30 – 12:45	Welcome addresses	A. Weeks (ELI) K. Parodi (LMU)	12:30
12:45 – 13:45	Introduction to ELI Facilities & Highlights of biological experiments	L. Gizzi (ELI): ELI Facilities overview  K. Hideghéty (ELI): Highlights of biological experiments at ELI	12:45 13:15
13:45 – 15:25	German research facilities for advanced biological experiments &  Highlights of biological experiments (X-rays, electrons)      15 min per speaker (presentation + Q&A)	J. Freier (FAU Erlangen): Dosimetry with EBT3 GafChromic films for low-energy electrons in the tens of keV range	13:45
		J. Pawelke (HZDR, OncoRay): In vivo experiments with electrons at laser accelerator and ELBE linac	14:00
		M. Gross (DESY, PITZ): FLASHlab@PITZ: irradiation with electrons over an ultra-wide parameter range with the goal to investigate the FLASH effect A. Grebynk (DESY, PITZ): Preclinical R&D platform FLASHlab@PITZ: from infrastructure to in vitro and in vivo radiobiological studies	14:15
		A. Döpp (LMU, CALA): Bayesian Control of Laser-Plasma Accelerators	14:40
		B. Hidding (University Düsseldorf): Electrons for radiation therapy, space radiobiology and novel X-ray sources	14:55
		S. Bartzsch (TUM): High intensity x-ray microbeams for the treatment of cancer with a compact high-power x-ray tube	15:10
15:25 – 16:15	Coffee break (in the poster exhibition area)
16:15 – 18:00	German research facilities for advanced biological experiments & Highlights of biological experiments (protons, light ions, neutrons)     15 min per speaker (presentation + Q&A)	Andrea Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin): HZB’s research which accompanies proton therapy	16:15
		E. Beyreuther (HZDR): FLASH research at the Dresden site	16:30
		K. Parodi (LMU): The portable SIRMIO platform for precise, image-guided IMPT in small animals: status and outlook	16:45
		A. Mairani (HIT, UKHD, Medical Faculty Heidelberg) – HIT research	17:00
		K. Baumann (University of Applied Sciences Giessen): Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Center	17:15
		J. Jansen (GSI): Current FLASH topics at GSI (biology side)	17:30
		J. Schreiber (LMU): Laser Ion Acceleration and Irradiation experiments at LMU's Centre for Advanced Laser Application	17:45
		W. Sauerwein (DGBNCT): Accelerator based neutron sources for BNCT	18:00
18:15 – 19:00	Discussion
19:15	Dinner in Gasthof Neuwirt in Garching

 

 

Day 2 (23 January 2026)

Time (CET)	Agenda item	Speakers and indicative topics	Time
9:00 – 10:30	Emerging accelerator and beam delivery technologies     15 min per speaker (presentation + Q&A)	S. Bartzsch (TUM): A source for first clinical studies with microbeam radiation therapy	9:00
		D. Boscolo (GSI): SUPER-FLASH	9:15
		G. Gritttani (ELI): Laser-accelerated electron-based sources for radiobiology and pre-clinical research at ELI	9:30
		P. Hommelhoff (LMU, FAU Erlangen): Accelerator on a chip	9:45
		J. Metzkes-Ng/U. Schramm (HZDR): The HZDR ALBUS-2S beamline for in-vivo irradiation with laser-driven proton bunches	10:00
		D. Margarone (ELI): Laser-accelerated ion-based sources for radiobiology and pre-clinical research at ELI	10:15
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break (in the poster exhibition area)
11:00 – 12:45	New frontiers in radiobiology and radiochemistry: what are the demands for irradiation technologies     15 min per speaker (presentation + Q&A)	T. Schmid (TUM University Hospital): Radiobiology of innovative radiation therapy modalities like SFRT	11:00
		J. Reindl (University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Oslo): MINIBee - Minibeam beamline for pre-clinical experiments at Helmholz-Zentrum Berlin	11:15
		A. Mairani (HIT, UKHD, Medical Faculty Heidelberg) – Innovative Treatment Strategies at HIT: Multi-Ion, Mini‑Beams and FLASH Radiotherapy	11:30
		K. Bauman (University Hospital Marburg) – Research on radiochemistry and radiobiology	11:45
		F. Pagliari (DKFZ): SOD Inhibition and the H2O2 Dilemma: Experimental Insights into FLASH	12:00
		V. Jendrossek (University Hospital Essen): GRK - Radiation Biology, Experimental Radiation Oncology, Precision Medicine and Computational Biology	12:15
12:30-13:30	Panel discussion	Chaired by K. Parodi, L. Gizzi and K. Hideghéty
13:30-14:30	Light lunch