Program

We are happy to present the program. It covers a number of exciting topics, presented by speakers with extensive relevant clinical and research experience. Several representatives of the industry will be present. Also, a practical demonstration of non-invasive mechanical ventilation will be given.

Next to that, we reserved time for informal activities.

Note: detailed program, including time slots, is available as pdf.

	Title	Name	Affiliation
	Friday
	8:30-9:20 Coffee and registration
Chair: Irma van Dijk	Opening and welcome. Breathing control: from concept to clinical implementation	Arjan Bel	Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
	The evolution of breathing motion management at University Hospital Birmingham	Stuart Green/Sofia Parveen	Birmingham, UK
	Mechanical ventilation: the Newcastle experience	Nick West	Newcastle, UK
	10:30 – 11:00 Break
Chair: Arjan Bel	What 60% O2 and mechanical ventilation can offer for respiratory motion management in radiotherapy	Michael Parkes	Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
	Mechanical ventilation at 2 breaths/minute for clinical use during breast cancer Radiotherapy	Geneviève van Oothegem	UCL, Louvain; St Luc, Brussels
	Rapid mechanical ventilation appears superior to high-frequency jet ventilation in respiratory motion reduction for radiotherapy	Jeffrey Veldman	Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
	12:05 – 13:05 Lunch
Chair: Michael Parkes	Training of RTTs to operate a non-invasive mechanical ventilator	Loes van der Sluis/Mark van Drimmelen	Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
	Progress towards the use of 60% Oxygen from the room-Oxygen supply in clinical practice at University Hospital Birmingham	Sofia Parveen	University Hospitals Birmingham, UK
	Surface imaging and implementation of CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) in the clinic	Zvi Symon	Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
	Clinical application of CPAP: safety issues, monitoring, workflow	Felegosh Rada	Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
	14:30 – 15:00 Break
Chair: Zvi Symon	Application of CPAP in clinical practice	Sarit Appel	Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
	Precision and Accuracy in Respiratory Motion Management	Jan Jakob Sonke	The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	Challenges of breath-holding in Proton treatment for radiotherapy	Stephanie Peeters	Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
	Motion management in proton therapy, clinical applications and research	Giovanni Fattori	Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
	16:30 -17:15 Drinks
	17:15 End Friday session
	Friday night: diner in a boat on the Amsterdam canals
	Saturday morning
	8:30-9:00 Start coffee
	Live demonstration of mechanical ventilation	Michael Parkes, Irma van Dijk and RTTs	Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
	10:15 – 10:35 Break
	Imaging lung ventilation properties with inhaled MR visible gases	Pete Thelwall	Newcastle, UK
	Active respiratory motion management on the MR-linac	Martin Fast	University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
	11:50 -12:40 “Breath storm discussion” with panel, several propositions, including: – Breathing control is more effective than tracking or gating in radiotherapy – Proton therapy can only be safely implemented for thoracic tumors using NIMV (non-invasive mechanical ventilation) – Prolonged breath hold (>1 min) has a greater future than any other technique – How to overcome the psychological resistance and the reluctance to use noninvasive ventilation – both for the patients and the physicians	Panel, audience
	12:40 – 12:50 Closing remarks, end
	Saturday afternoon: fill in according to our own preference. Amsterdam has a lot to offer!