08:30 - 16:30 Registration
17:00 - 17:30 Opening - B. Spagnolo, M. Marrale, F. d'Errico, C. Lenardi
17:30 - 18:30 Integration of Physics and Biology: developing advanced tools for modelling, optimisation and personalisation in radiation medicine - T. KRON. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
18:30 - 19:30 Space Medicine: Clinical risks, integrated physiological monitoring, and medical countermeasures for human performance in extreme space environments - L. FREGONESE. European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner
22:00 Almond sweet and Marsala at Marsala Room
08:15 - 08:30 Opening - F. Banci Buonamici, Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM)
08:30 - 09:30 Accelerator Innovations: Cyclotrons and LINACs for next-generation treatments - L. ROSSI. University of Milan, Italy
09:30 - 10:30 Radiobiology Across Scales: Mechanisms, Modeling, and Clinical Relevance for Modern Radiotherapy - G. BAIOCCO. University of Pavia, Italy
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break – San Rocco Complex
11:00 - 12:00 Ion Beam Therapy in Practice: State of art and emerging challenges - A. CARLINO. MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
12:00 - 13:00 Experiments and Modeling in Proton Therapy: From energy deposition structure to biological response - E. MALINEN. University of Oslo, Norway
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16:00 FLASH and MiniBeam Dosimetry: Reference and in vivo dosimetry strategies for ultra-high dose rates and spatially fractionated radiation beams - G. BISOGNI. University of Pisa, Italy
16:00 - 17:00 FLASH and minibeam radiobiology: Advancing the understanding through multiscale biophysical modeling - E. SCIFONI. Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Trento, Italy
17:00 - 19:30 Coffee break, Poster and Exhibitor Visits – San Rocco Complex
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner
22:00 Almond sweet and Marsala at Marsala Room
08:15 - 08:30 Opening - A. Bracco, Italian Physical Society (SIF)
08:30 - 09:30 Advanced Image-Guided Particle Therapy: Range verification workflows and real-time monitoring for precision guidance and adaptive verification in ion beam therapy - K. PARODI. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
09:30 - 10:30 Advances in Theranostics: Quantitative imaging and patient-specific dosimetry for optimizing personalized radiopharmaceutical therapy and treatment response assessment - L. MENICHETTI. National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break – San Rocco Complex
11:00 - 12:00 tc-MRg-FUS: Technical principles, targeting strategies and clinical applications of transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound for non-invasive brain therapy - C. GAGLIARDO. University of Palermo, Italy
12:00 - 13:00 Neuromodulation and Neuromonitoring: Nanotechnology-based novel medical devices - L. RAVAGNAN . WISE NEURO
13:00 - 22:00 Excursion (Lunchbox and Conference Dinner)
22:00 Almond sweet and Marsala at Marsala Room
08:15 - 08:30 Opening - R. Moccaldi, Italian Association of Medical Radiation Protection (AIRM)
08:30 - 09:30 Quantum Sensing for Biomedical Applications: Principles of high-sensitivity quantum magnetometry and instrumentation for advanced clinical diagnostics and biomedical imaging - M. GENOVESE. National Institute of Metrological research, Torino, Italy
09:30 - 10:30 Low-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields: biophysical interaction mechanisms, dosimetric modeling and clinical exposure - G.M. CONTESSA. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break– San Rocco Complex
11:00 - 12:00 Internal Dosimetry: Biokinetics modeling and quantitative organ dose estimates for radiation protection in nuclear medicine procedures - A. GIUSSANI. Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Munich, Germany
12:00 - 13:00 AI in Medical Physics: Validation, safety and governance of artificial intelligence in radiation oncology - A. DEKKER. Maastricht University, Netherlands
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16:00 Virtual Clinical Trials: Utilizing digital twins and in silico modeling for medical device development and clinical decision-making validation - G. METTIVIER. "Federico II" University of Naples, Italy
16:00 - 17:00 In-vivo Dosimetry for External Beam Radiotherapy: Methods, devices and clinical results - M. ESPOSITO . Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
17:30 - 19:30 Coffee break, Poster and Exhibitor Visits – San Rocco Complex
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner
22:00 Almond sweet and Marsala at Marsala Room
08:15 - 08:30 Opening - F. Mancini, Italian Association of Radiation Protection (AIRP)
08:30 - 09:30 Trends in Radiation Dose to the Population: Exposure metrics, optimization, and clinical value in diagnostic imaging - F. RIA. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
09:30 - 10:30 Physical Dosimetry for Radiological Emergencies: Retrospective dosimetry techniques and physical monitoring protocols for rapid assessment during accidental population radiation exposure - M. MARRALE. University of Palermo, Italy
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break – San Rocco Complex
11:00 - 12:00 Ethical Models for Radiobiology: Balancing experimental design, animal alternatives, and data sharing for responsible innovation in radiobiological research ethics - S. de SOUSA LALIC. Federal University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
12:00 - 13:00 Risk Communication: Strategies for communicating radiation uncertainty and transparency to build trust among patients, professionals, and the public - F. D'ERRICO. University of Pisa, Italy
13:15 - 14:45 Lunch