2026 Symposium on Non-Clinical Ion Beam Research at MedAustron

Wednesday Oct 7, 2026, 8:30 AM → 5:00 PM Europe/Zurich

Main Auditorium (FH Wiener Neustadt)

Thomas Schreiner (MedAustron)

The symposium on ion beam research at MedAustron aims to bring together all users of the non-clinical research infrastructure at MedAustron and colleagues being interested in the ongoing activities of these groups. 

We will review 10 years of non-clinical research at MedAustron, present current research projects and discuss future opportunities for the upcoming research period and beyond.

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM → 10:20 AM Welcome Address and Keynote Talks

Conveners: Richard Pötter, Thomas Schreiner (MedAustron)

9:00 AM Address of Welcome

9:30 AM Ten Years of Non-Clinical Research at MedAustron – Frame Conditions

Speaker: Thomas Schreiner (MedAustron)

9:50 AM Ion Beam Research at CNAO

Speaker: Dr Marco Giuseppe Pullia (CNAO)

10:20 AM → 10:50 AM Coffee break

10:50 AM → 11:50 AM Applied Particle and Medical Physics

Conveners: Albert Hirtl (Technische Universität Wien), Hermann Fuchs (Medical University of Vienna)

10:50 AM Advanced Instrumentation Systems: Cross-Disciplinary Applications in Medical and Particle Physics

Speaker: Felix Ulrich-Pur (Technische Universität Wien)

11:10 AM Irradiation Studies for Space Applications at MedAustron

Speaker: Martin Eizinger (FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH)

11:30 AM Towards Online MR-Guided Ion-Beam Therapy

Speaker: Panagiotis Antypas (Medical University of Vienna)

11:50 AM → 1:00 PM Lunch break

1:00 PM → 1:40 PM Biophysics and Molecular Radiobiology

Conveners: Sylvia Kerschbaum-Gruber (Medical University of Vienna), Markus Zeilinger (University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)

1:00 PM Enhancing Radiotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer and Glioblastoma with PARP7 Inhibitors

Speaker: Dea Slade (Medical University of Vienna)

1:20 PM Multimodality Imaging for Non-Invasive Response Assessment in Ion Beam Research

Speaker: Silvia Stocchiero (Medical University of Vienna, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)

1:40 PM → 2:20 PM Technological Innovations and Clinical Implementation

Conveners: Giulio Magrin (MedAustron), Markus Stock (MedAustron)

1:40 PM Towards Clinical Implementation of Microdosimetry

Speaker: Matthias Knopf (Technische Universität Wien)

2:00 PM Particle Therapy of Ventricular Tachycardia

Speaker: Ariadna Cherit (MedAustron, Karl-Landsteiner Universität)

2:20 PM → 3:20 PM Accelerator Physics

Conveners: Claus Schmitzer (MedAustron), Elisabeth Renner (Technische Universität Wien)

2:20 PM Multi-Energy Extraction

Speaker: Katrin Holzfeind (Technische Universität Wien)

2:40 PM Mixed He/C Ion Beams for Online Treatment Monitoring

Speaker: Matthias Kausel (MedAustron)

3:00 PM Studies for Expanding the Experimental Portfolio at MedAustron

Speaker: Nadia Gambino (MedAustron)

3:20 PM → 3:50 PM Coffee break

3:50 PM → 4:50 PM Outlook

Conveners: Richard Pötter, Thomas Schreiner

3:50 PM Non-clinical Research Beyond 2030

Speaker: Dietmar Georg (Medical University of Vienna, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt)

4:10 PM International Advances in Ion-Beam Research

Speaker: Marco Giuseppe Pullia