Chapel, Foresight Centre, Liverpool University
09:00 Coffee
09:30 Introduction and context (Silas Nicholls)
09:40 Cancer treatment using protons (Andrzej Kacperek)
10:05 Proton therapy – a patient’s perspective (Ros Barnes)
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Proton therapy in the UK – the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (Alan Nahum/Philip Mayle)
11:20 Proton radiotherapy for paediatric tumours (Nicky Thorp)
11:40 Title to be confirmed (Jim Shaw)
12:00 Neurological tumours and proton therapy ()
12:20 Survivorship (Nicola Cook)
12:40 Lunch
13:40 Current and future accelerators for proton therapy (Carsten Welsch)
14:00 Instrumentation for radiotherapy and Monte Carlo modelling (Andy Boston)
14:20 Department of Health call for proton therapy facilities in the UK (Alistair Leinster)
14:40 The Liverpool proton therapy centre bid (discussion - chair Silas Nicholls/Alistair Leinster)
Topics include: accelerator and gantry; imaging requirements; site issues; training requirements; clinical research; accelerator and instrumentation development; treatment planning and Monte Carlo studies; contributions and expertise of Alder Hey, Clatterbridge, the Cockcroft, the Royal and the University.
15:20 Coffee
15:40 Next steps (Silas Nicholls and Alistair Leinster)
16:00 Close