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International Workshop on Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy (VHEE’25)

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STFC, Daresbury Laboratory

STFC, Daresbury Laboratory
Description

The 4th workshop on Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy (VHEE-RT) will take place on 15th - 17th September 2025 at the Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury, U.K.

Its objective is to bring together researchers studying VHEE-RT. The workshop will serve as a forum for scientists and engineers from around the world to review the latest developments in the field, to exchange ideas and discuss cutting-edge topics. The workshop will consist of plenary sessions, industry session, student posters and associated poster prizes. 

The latest biological, medical physics and machine development aspects will be discussed by experts in the field, and the way forward will be charted. In particular, the steps needed to needed to facilite a VHEE-RT-capable clinical machine will be focussed on. The major achievements in the field, together with the important future challenges will be highlighted.

This workshop is endorsed by ICFA (International Committee for Future Accelerators).

PhD students are invited to submit abstracts to VHEE25@stfc.ac.uk which will be presented during a dedicated poster session. Best posters will also have the possibility to represent their work in a short oral presentation. Financial support for local expenses will be offered to a few students. A written application for a bursary should be sent via e-mail by  29th June to the VHEE25@stfc.ac.uk together with a description of the related work, an abstract of the contribution to the workshop and two supporting letters.

 Please let us know in case you need an invitation letter.

ICFA Endorsement.pdf
Contact
  • Monday 15 September
    • 08:00
      Coach pickup from hotels: Park Royal@ Premier Inn@ Village Hotel@
    • 08:30
      Registration
    • 1
      Welcome
      Speakers: Jim Clarke (STFC Daresbury Laboratory), Stewart Boogert (-)
    • Setting up the scene for VHEE
      Convener: Deepa Angal-Kalinin (STFC)
      • 2
        Introduction and progress towards technology readiness
        Speaker: Roger Jones (Univ. Manchester/Cockcroft Inst.)
        VHEE25_RMJ.pptx
      • 3
        Clinical perspective of VHEE
        Speaker: Billy Loo (Stanford)
        BL_VHEE2025-09-14Final-compressed.pdf
      • 4
        Medical physics aspects
        Speaker: Emil Schueler (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
        2025-09-15_VHEE workshop2.pdf
      • 5
        Investigating the biological effects of beam parameters to guide technological developments for clinical applications.
        Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin (HUG/UNIGE)
        VHEEmeeting25_MCat.pptx
    • 10:50
      Coffee Break
    • Setting up the scene for VHEE
      Convener: Deepa Angal-Kalinin (STFC)
      • 6
        VHEE program at Curie including the clinical perspectives
        Speaker: Gilles Créhange (Institute Curie)
        VHEEs25_FRATHEA_V4.pptx
      • 7
        Discussion
        Speaker: Deepa Angal-Kalinin (STFC)
    • Facility Updates Session

      Chair: Angeles Faus-Golfe

      Convener: Angeles Faus-Golfe (IJCLab)
    • 13:00
      Lunch Break & Group Photo
    • Facility Updates Session

      Chair: Angeles Faus-Golfe

      Convener: Angeles Faus-Golfe (IJCLab)
    • CLARA Tours & Student Poster Session

      Chair: Student poster Session - Roger Jones

    • 18:15
      Coach pickup for transfer to hotels
  • Tuesday 16 September
    • 08:15
      Coach pickup from hotels: Park Royal@ Premier Inn@ Village Hotel@
    • Biological and Medical Physics
      Convener: Marie-Catherine Vozenin
      • 16
        Experimental conditions for the FLASH effect: Systematic in vivo studies
        Speaker: Anouk Sesink (CHUV)
        VHEE workshop 2025_Anouk.pptx
      • 17
        Very High Energy Electrons: Clinical Perspective and Constraints
        Speaker: Jake Pensavalle (Sordina IORT Technologies S.p.A.)
        VHEE25-PENSAVALLE.pptx
      • 18
        The challenge of VHEE planning: providing robust plans that will ease a FLASH delivery
        Speaker: Alessio Sarti (Sapienza Rome University)
        VHEE2025_Sarti.pptx
      • 19
        Beam modelling, dose calculation and potential clinical application of a scanned electron beam with ultra-high dose rate
        Speaker: James Bedford (The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust)
        Bedford_VHEE2025.pptx
      • 20
        The Dose per Bunch Controls Morphological Outcome in Zebrafish Embryos exposed to VHEE Beams
        Speaker: Louis Kunz (UNIGE)
        Presentation_VHEEworkshop_Zebrafish_LK_15.09.2025.pptx
      • 21
        Discussion
        Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin (HUG/UNIGE)
    • 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • VHEE non conventional (Laser Plasma)
      Convener: Alessandro Flacco
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • VHEE non conventional (Laser Plasma)
      • 27
        Progress towards 100 Hz operation of the VHEE beamline at ILIL
        Speaker: Gabriele Bandini (INO, CNR)
        VHEE25_Gabriele Bandini.pptx
      • 28
        Discussion
        Speaker: Alessandro Flacco (LOA)
    • Dosimetry and Detectors
      Convener: Anna Subiel
      • 29
        Dosimetry codes of practice: are they applicable to VHEE RT?
        Speaker: Hugo Palmans (NPL)
        VHEE2025Daresbury_Palmans_COP_16Sep25.pptx
      • 30
        Dosimetry at ultra high dose rates at PITZ and ARES
        Speaker: Oliver Stein (DESY)
      • 31
        Diamond detectors for UHDR-VHEE dosimetry
        Speaker: Gianluca Verona Rinati (Uni of Rome Tor Vergata)
        G Verona Rinati VHEE2025.pptx
      • 32
        Dose increment via coherent stopping of VHEE in ultraintense irradiations
        Speaker: alessandro Curcio (UniRoma)
        Curcio_VHEE.ppt
    • 15:40
      Coffee Break
    • Dosimetry and Detectors
      Convener: Anna Subiel
    • 17:30
      Coach Pick Up for Workshop Dinner
    • 18:30
      Workshop Dinner
  • Wednesday 17 September
    • 07:45
      Coach pickup from hotels: Park Royal@ Premier Inn@ Village Hotel@
    • Industries for medical technologies

      Chair: Luigi Palumbo

      Convener: Luigi Palumbo (University of Roma)
    • 10:15
      Coffee Break
    • Accelerators R&D and Technologies for Medical

      Chair: Roberto Corsini

      Convener: Roberto Corsini (CERN)
    • Student Presentations
      Conveners: Lucia Giuliano, Prof. Manjit Dosanjh
      • 46
        Power and Beam Dynamics Optimization for a VHEE FLASH LINAC
        Speaker: Stefano Farina (La Sapienza University)
        VHEE2025_StefanoFarina (2).pptx
      • 47
        Predictive Modelling of Radiotherapy LINAC Downtime using Variational Autoencoders.
        Speaker: Samuel Leadley (University of Oxford)
        VHEE25 Slide Deck SL-MD.pptx
      • 48
        The optimal Very High Energy Electron beam parameters to treat glioblastoma using Pencil Beam Scanning
        Speaker: Katie O’Shea (CHUV (Lausanne University Hospital))
        KatieOSHEA_VHEE.pptx
      • 49
        CLEAR, operational status and VHEE activities.
        Speaker: Giacomo Tangari (CERN / Sapienza University of Rome)
        VHEE_GT.pptx
      • 50
        Transfer Matrix Formalism of In-Air VHEE Beam Profile Measurements at PEER
        Speaker: Joel Valerian (University of Melbourne)
        Joel Talk.pptx
      • 51
        Development of Scattering Systems for Tumour Conformality with VHEE Beams
        Speaker: Sabrina Wang (Oxford University, JAI)
        VHEE_conf_slides.pptx
      • 52
        Dosimetric Impact of Anatomical Change on VHEE and VMAT Plans: A Comparative Robustness Study
        Speaker: Fabio D'Andrea (UMAN, CI)
        2025_09_14_VHEE25_FabioDAndrea.pdf
      • 53
        External Injection into Plasma to Produce VHEE Beams
        Speaker: Jordan Byrne (UMAN, CI)
        External Injection into Plasma to Produce VHEE Beams.pptx
    • 54
      Concluding Remarks
      Speaker: Deepa Angal-Kalinin (STFC)
      VHEE25_Conclusions.pptx
    • 13:30
      Lunch