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| Session | Abstract Session | Workshop | Social Event |
| TIME/LOCATION | Wesley Conference Centre | |
| 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM | Opening Ceremony and Welcome | |
| 09:30 AM -10:00 AM | Radiobiology in paediatric radiotherapy Mechanisms of cell death in radiotherapy – Harriet Gee (Australia) Biologically guided radiation therapy – Annette Haworth (Australia) | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Starting a paediatric proton therapy service: What advice can you give us in Australia? Chair: Frank Saran (New Zealand) Speakers: Danny Indelicato (USA), Klaus Seiersen (Denmark), Kanjana Shotelersuk (Bangkok), Sue Anderson (Australia) | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM | Proffered Papers | |
| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM | Advantages and difficulties of centralising paediatric radiotherapy services Chair: Tom Merchant (USA) Speakers: Anna Embring (Sweden), Cathy Dunlea (UK), Ed Smith (UK), Igor Veras (Brazil) | |
| 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM | Approaches to delivering radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries, and the challenges faced Chair: Pauline Njoki Njiraini (Kenya) Speakers: Mora Mel (Cambodia), Hester Burger (South Africa) AEA Session – IAEA Handbook for radiotherapy in LMIC EduMod Speakers: Lisbeth Cordero-Mendez (Austria), Natia Esiashvili (USA) | |
| 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Tea Break | |
| 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM | Paediatric molecular radiotherapy Chair: John Lucas (USA) Overview and mIBG therapy – Mark Gaze (UK) How dosimetry can enhance outcomes –Hugh Wallace (UK) How a specialist radiographer can enhance the patient experience – Georgia Azzopardi (UK) Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in neuroblastoma and other paediatric tumours – Grace Kong (Australia) | |
| 05:30 PM – 07:00 PM | Welcome Reception and Poster Viewing | |
| TIME/LOCATION | Wesley Conference Centre | |
| 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM | ESTRO PROS session – Radiotherapy in rare CNS tumours of childhood Chair: TBA Childhood meningioma – Beate Timmermann (Germany) Choroid Plexus Tumour – Rolf-Dieter Kortmann (Germany) Embryonal tumour with multilayered rosettes and CNS neuroblastoma – David Grosshans (USA) | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Genetic and pharmacological modifiers of radiation response and toxicity Chair: Matt Ladra (USA) Are novel systemic treatments synergistic with radiotherapy? Nick Gottardo (Australia) Do targeted biological agents enhance the toxicity of radiotherapy? John Lucas (USA) Germ line testing – identifying increased risks and modifying radiation therapy – Noemi Fuentes-Bolanos (Australia) | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM | Treatment of cancer in children’s spines Chair: TBA Surgery for spinal tumours – Richard Boyle (Australia) & Vinay Kulkarni (Australia) SABR for vertebral metastases – Mary Frances McAleer (USA) Safety of spinal re-irradiation – Derek Tsang (Canada) | |
| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM | Proffered Papers | |
| 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM | Tea Break | |
| 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Selected poster rapid-fire presentations | |
| 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM | Presidential address Mark Gaze (UK) | |
| 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM | General Assembly | |
| 07:30 PM – 11:00 PM | Networking Dinner | |
| TIME/LOCATION | Wesley Conference Centre | |
| 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Proffered Papers | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Adolescent and young adult radiotherapy issues Chair: TBA Development of AYA services in Australia – Siona Hardy (Australia) Perspectives on radiotherapy for AYA – Jennifer Chard (Australia) Radiotherapy for AYA: a radiation therapist’s view – Laura Murphy (Australia) | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | D’Angio Symposium: Reducing the toxicity of radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy STS for otoprotection from cisplatin – Michael Sullivan (Australia) Target volume delineation and dosimetry planning to limit cochlea doses- Torunn Yock (USA) Radiotherapy dose effects on the heart and cardiac substructures – James Bates (USA) Dosimetric modelling to reduce doses to organs at risk – Rebecca Howell (USA) | |
| 12:30 PM – 01:00 PM | ARIA SESSION Michael Sullivan (Australia) Bilal Qureshi (Pakistan) | |
| 01:00 PM – 01:15 PM | Closing Session | |
