MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011

08:00–08:40	Teaching Lecture: The future of brachytherapy: what are the potential new radionuclides? Speaker tbc
08:45–10:00	Symposium: Evolution of MRI guided BT in cervix cancer
	MRI-based brachytherapy in cervix cancer: where are we now? Primož Petric (SL) Retro-EMBRACE: preliminary results of Image Guided BT for cervical cancer in the last years of the 20st Century Alina Sturdza (AT) EMBRACE update Jacob Christian Lindegaard (DK)
10:00-10:30	Coffee and Networking Break
10:30-11:45	Proffered papers
11:45-13:00	Presidential Symposium Anniversary Award Lecture Honorary Physicist Award lecture
13:00-14:45	Lunch, Satellite Symposia, Poster Viewing
14:45–16:15	Symposium: Are there (re)new indications for brachytherapy?
	Brachytherapy in the liver Günther Gademann (DE) What remain the best indications for brachytherapy in head and neck cancers? György Kovacs (DE) MRI guided robotics in Brachytherapy Rien Moerland (NL)
16:15-16:45	Coffee and Networking Break
16:45-18:00	Proffered papers
18:00-19:30	Poster Reception

TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011

08:00–08:40	Teaching Lecture: Publications of brachytherapy articles : overview in European Journals Richard Pötter (AT)
08:45–10:00	Symposium: The necessity of quality assurance in brachytherapy
	Accidents in LDR and HDR brachytherapy Jean-Marc Cosset (FR) Emergency procedures: is your life jacket ready - or will you learn to swim when landing on water? Alex Rijnders (BE) Quality assurance  in brachytherapy Bashar Al-Qaisieh (UK)
10:00-10:30	Coffee and Networking Break
10:30-11:45	Proffered papers
11:45 – 13:00	Iridium Award Lecture Introduction: György Kovacs (DE)
	Varian, Accuray and Jack-Fowler University of Wisconsin Award Lectures
13:00-13:45	GEC-ESTRO General Assembly
13:45-14:45	Lunch, Satellite Symposia, Poster Viewing
14:45–16:15	Symposium: Treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients
	Surgery Theo de Reijke (NL) Radical / adjuvant external beam treatment Alberto Bossi (FR) Permanent seed implantation for intermediate risk prostate cancer: exclusive vs. combined treatment Alfredo Polo (ES) Discussion
16:15-16:45	Coffee and Networking Break
16:45-18:00	Proffered papers

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