Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy Conference (VHEE23)
SINBAD (Bldg. 30)
DESY Hamburg

VHEE23
The use of Very High Energy (50-250 MeV) Electron (VHEE) beams for Radiotherapy, and furthermore involving ultra-high dose rate (>=100 Gy/s) delivery or FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) is at present a consolidated R&D topic in many laboratories around the world. A lot of progress has been made since the VHEE20 (https://indico.cern.ch/event/939012/), it is timely to have a VHEE23.
This time the meeting we will be in person at DESY-Hamburg where a new electron linac ARES (https://ares.desy.de/) is being prepared for “in vivo” experiments at high-energy. Hybrid zoom participation will also be possible.
The list of topics to be explored are:
- Current State of the Art
- Treatment Planning, Modelling and Imaging
- Current conventional facilities at intermediate (ELBE, PITZ, Flastron IC , Antwarpen..) and high (CLEAR, CLARA, ARES, ..) energies
- Current and future non-conventional facilities LPA (DRACO, CALA, LOA, KALDERA)
- Planned future facilities (DEFT, FRIDA,...)
- Accelerators R&D and Technologies: distributed coupling, cryogenic copper,
millimetric waves or THz sources... - Interest from Industries
PhD students and young researchers are invited to submit abstracts to be presented during a dedicated poster session. Best posters will have the possibility to present their work in a short oral presentation.
Industries are also welcome to participate in a special industrial session.

The linear accelerator ARES (Accelerator Research Experiment at SINBAD) is an essential component of the new, long-term accelerator research facility SINBAD (Short Innovative Bunches and Accelerators at DESY) in the heart of DESY´s Hamburg campus in the former DORIS ring.
Experimental area in air
Irradiation of lung and prostate cancer cells
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Registration Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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Welcome: From VHEE2017 (NOT 2020) to VHEE2023 Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
DESY
Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg-
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WelcomeSpeaker: Sabine Brock (DESY)
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Settingup the scene for VHEE Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
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Dosimetry & Detectors (Roberto Corsini) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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Recent developments in dosimetry for radiotherapy using electron beams with ultra-high pulse dose ratesSpeaker: Andreas Schueller
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Graphite calorimeter UHDR online dosimetry - [Zoom presentation]Speaker: Sam Flynn
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Scintillating and Optical Fibres for UHDR Real-Time Dosimetry with VHEESpeaker: Joseph Bateman
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2D real time dosimetry in electron UHDR - [Zoom presentation]Speaker: Luana de Freitas Nascimento
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ElectroFlash experience (intermediate-energies) and transition isues to VHEESpeaker: Sophie Heinrich
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Tea Break Seminar Room FLASH ((Building 28c, 2nd floor), DESY )
Seminar Room FLASH
(Building 28c, 2nd floor), DESY
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VHEE conventional facilities I (operational) (Florian Burkart) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
DESY
Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg-
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ARES - overview - VHEE experiments at 155 MeVSpeaker: Florian Burkart (MPY1 (MPY Fachgruppe 1))
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ARES visit & Young researchers Poster session SINBAD (Bldg. 30)
SINBAD (Bldg. 30)
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Welcome Barbecue SINBAD (Bldg. 30)
SINBAD (Bldg. 30)
DESY Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg
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VHEE conventional facilities I (plannend)(Florian Burkart) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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Notkestraße 85 22607 HamburgConvener: Florian Burkart (MPY1 (MPY Fachgruppe 1))-
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First results from UHEE cell irradiation with short 1.2 GeV electron pulses at ELSA in BonnSpeaker: Klaus Desch
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FLASHlab@PITZ Commissioning, first steps, results and further planningSpeaker: Xiangkun Li
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Ultra-high dose rate radiobiology with electrons at ELBE and laser accelerators using small animalsSpeaker: Jörk Pawelke
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Updates, Status and Experiments of CLEAR, the CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research User FacilitySpeaker: Pierre Korysko
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CLARA - overview - potential for VHEE experiments at 250 MeVSpeaker: Deepa Angal-Kalinin
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Opportunity of studying Flash therapy effects at the Argonne National Laboratory - [Zoom presentation]Speakers: Chenguang Liu, Chunguang Jing
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Pulsed Energetic Electrons for Research (PEER) - VHEE activities at ANSTO - [Zoom presentation]Speaker: Eugene Tan
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Coffee Break Seminar Room FLASH ((Building 28c, 2nd floor) DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH
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VHEE conventional facilities II (Marie-Catherine Vozenin) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
DESY
Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg-
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DEFT for the future of FLASH VHEE radiation therapySpeaker: Philippe Liger
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SAFEST (SApienza Flash Electron Source for radio-Therapy)Speaker: Luigi Palumbo
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Accelerators R&D and Technologies for medical (Frank Stephan) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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Notkestraße 85 22607 HamburgConvener: Frank Stephan (DESY)-
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Kicker technology for quickly distributing short electron bunches over the treatment areaSpeaker: Gregor Loisch (MIN (MIN Fachgruppe 1))
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VHEE R&D at SLACSpeaker: Sami Tantawi
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VHEE Beam dynamics simulations issues at SAFESTSpeaker: Luigi Faillace
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High-gradient RF systems for compact acceleratorsSpeaker: Walter Wuensch
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Lunch Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH
Building 28c, 2nd floor) DESY
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Industries for medical technologies (Sami Tantawi) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
DESY
Notkestraße 85 22607 HamburgConveners: Gerardo D'Auria (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste), S. Tantawi-
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Thales portfolio and roadmap to serve future scientific and medical compact acceleratorsSpeaker: Térence Schuermans
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Upright Patient Positioning a Platform for Innovation - [Zoom presentation]Speaker: Stephen Towe
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CPI Kystrons for medical applications (VHEE)Speaker: Peter Kolda
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Very High Energy Electrons: Clinical Perspective and ConstraintsSpeaker: Giuseppe Felici
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Tea break Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH
Building 28c, 2nd floor) DESY
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Round Table "Requirements of in vivo irradiations" (introductory talks) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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There are some hurdles to take if one wants to also do in vivo experimentsSpeaker: Marie Caterine Vozenin
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Experience collected and lessons learned during planning and preparation of bioloabs at Hamburg and ZeuthenSpeaker: Michael Köpke
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Discussion
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Banquet on Boat Port of Hamburg
Port of Hamburg
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VHEE non conventional (Deepa Angal-Kalinin) Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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Notkestraße 85 22607 HamburgConvener: Deepa Angal-Kalinin-
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DESY perspectives for using laser plasma acceleration for VHEESpeaker: Andreas Maier (MLS (Laser fuer Plasmabeschleunigung))
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DRACO comparing this to laser exps and FLASH with protonsSpeaker: Josefine Metzkes-Ng
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Laser-driven electron acceleration for medical applications at LOASpeaker: Alessandro Flacco
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Laser driven VHEE activities in INO-Pisa - [Zoom presentation]Speaker: Leonida Antonio Gizzi
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TWAC: a novel dielectric acceleration project for ultra-high dose rate applicationsSpeaker: G. Martinet
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Coffee Break Seminar Room FLASH ((Building 28c, 2nd floor), DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH
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Treatment Planning, Modelling and Imaging (Roger Jones) Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
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Notkestraße 85 22607 HamburgConvener: Roger Jones-
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Imaging challenges for VHEE - [Zoom presentation]Speaker: Stefan Both
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Image guidance for VHEE radiotherapy and Focused dose delivery with VHEE BeamsSpeaker: Lucy Whitmore
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Towards ElectronCT - Medical Imaging studies at ARESSpeaker: Paul Schuetze (DESY)
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VHEE simulations and treatment planningSpeaker: Giacomo Traini
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Lunch Seminar Room FLASH ((Building 28c, 2nd floor), DESY)
Seminar Room FLASH
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Young Research session (Manjit Dosanjh) Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
DESY
Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg-
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Dosimetric experiments at high and low dose rates at FLASHlab@PITZSpeaker: Felix Riemer (Z_DET (Detektorentwicklung))
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Radiation biology at FLASHlab@PITZSpeaker: Anna Grebinyk (Z_PITZ (Technologie))
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Development of Real-Time VHEE Dosimetry at UHDR Using Beam InstrumentationSpeaker: Vilde Rieker
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Installation and initial tests of optimised dual-scattering systems for VHEE studies at CLEARSpeaker: Cameron Robertson
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VHEE Plasmid Irradiation and RBE Studies at CLEAR-CERNSpeaker: Kristina Small
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Treatment planning with VHEE Scanned BeamsSpeaker: Fabio D'Andrea
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Exploration of the biological effect of VHEE and VHEE FLASH by evaluation of DNA damage and cell survival with facilities at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), CERN and the Cockcroft InstituteSpeaker: Hanna Wanstall
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Impact of VHEE beam parameters on G(H2O2) and zebrafish embryos morphogenesis after UHDR and conventional irradiationSpeaker: Kacem Houda
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Moskintm dosimetry in a synchrotron flash radiation environment using Very High Energy ElectronsSpeaker: James Cayley
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Tea Break Seminar Room Flash ((Building 28c, 2nd floor), DESY)
Seminar Room Flash
(Building 28c, 2nd floor), DESY
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Concluding remarks Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor) (DESY)
Seminar Room Flash (Building 28c, 2nd floor)
DESY
Notkestraße 85 22607 Hamburg
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