Updated: 2026-10-13
MAIN CONFERENCE / 13-14 October 2026
Conference room J3:06 Ulf von Euler
Tuesday 13/10 2026 at Karolinska University Hospital, Eugeniavägen 3, Solna/Stockholm
The conference room Ulf von Euler has a maximum capacity of 100 people.
The theme of the conference: Fighting cancer with engineering expertise
THANKS TO RADFORMATION.COM FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP
08:45 (10) Welcome to NAAE-33, the NAAE board
. Agenda, lunch vouchers, etc.
. information on evacuation routes and the assembly point (Solnavägen 30).
. information about the bus stops at the hotels on the return journey from the evening tour.
08:55 (15) Welcome to the Radiotherapy Karolinska & Radiotherapy Physics and Engineering
. Mattias Hedman, director of Radiation Therapy & Per Munck Af Rosenschöld, chief physicist
09:10 (5) Q/A
09:15 (20) Company speed presentations, an introduction of the company people and perhaps a mention of any new products —there is no time for PowerPoint presentations— max. 2 minutes/company, in alphabetical order:
AEP Linac, Elekta Instrument AB, HOY Scandinavian ApS, IBA Dosimetry, LAP GmbH Laser Applications, Linax Technologies Ltd, Philips Medical Systems, Radformation, Scanflex Medical AB, Siemens Healthineers, Technologia Sweden AB, Teledyne e2v, Vision RT Ltd, X-Ray Doors, YourRad AB
09:35 (15) 6 NAAE at ESTRO 2026, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter, UK
09:50 (5) Q/A
10:00 (60) Exhibition / Coffee, Tea, Fruits & Refreshments will be served
11:00 (25) 7 Elekta Parts Consumption & Efficiency Program, Justin McMorrow, Elekta Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
11:25 (5) Q/A
11:30 (25) 8 Elevation Cancer Care, Ulf Bjelkengren, Siemens Healthcare A/S, Denmark
11:55 (5) Q/A
12:00 (25) 9 Brachy Therapy at Karolinska University Hospital, Maria Persson
12:25 (5) Q/A
12:30 (5) Information about the Technical discussions, Richard Baker (conference moderator), NAAE.
. after lunch, please go directly to the place of technical discussions – divided into two groups:
The Varian group: –Remains in the conference room J3:06, Ulf von Euler.
The Elekta group: –At Elekta’s office, located on the other side of Eugeniavägen.
12:35 (60) Lunch-buffet at restaurant Livet, open seating
13:35 (80) Technical discussions, Elekta and Varian groups
14:55 (30) Exhibition / Coffee, Tea & Refreshments will be served
15:25 (25) 10 Our Three-Month Journey to Implement Ethos at Karolinska University Hospital, Muhammed Almufti
15:50 (5) Q/A
16:00 (25) 11 The Leksell Gamma Knife at Karolinska University Hospital, Pierre Barsoum
16:25 (5) Q/A
16:30 (5) Information about the evaluation form, Henrik Cederfjord, NAAE
16:35 (10) Instructions for the tour of the Radiation Therapy Department, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital, 6 groups of 15 people each.
16:45 Joint walk to the therapy department at Karolinska.
17:00 Tour of the Radiation Therapy Department
18:45 Walking to the busses at Solnavägen 30, the buses arrive at 19:00
19:00–19:30 NAAE-buses to the conference restaurant
19:30–23:00 Conference dinner at restaurant Fotografiska
23:00–23:30 NAAE-buses back to the hotel area nearby Karolinska, the buses arrive at 22:45
. drop-off at some hotels along the way.
NOTE: If you stay in another part of Stockholm –OR– if you need to leave the restaurant early, you must make your own way to the hotel at your own expense.
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Wednesday 14/10 2026 at Karolinska University Hospital, Eugeniavägen, Stockholm
Address: Karolinska University Hospital, Eugeniavägen 3, Solna, 171 76 Stockholm
Conference room J3:06 Ulf von Euler. The conference room has a maximum capacity of 100 people.
NOTE: There is also another conference taking place at the same venue.
09:00 Your arrival at Karolinska University Hospital
09:05 (5) Welcome to the second day of the NAAE-33 conference, Paul Schepers & Richard Baker, NAAE
09:10 (20) 12 Fault Prediction in Radiotherapy Linacs using Interlock Data, Samuel Leadley, PhD student/researcher, Oxford University, UK
09:30 (5) Q/A
09:35 (20) 13 3D Technology, Megan Davies, Christie NHS Manchester, UK
09:55 (5) Q/A
10:00 (15) 14 SGRT / LUNA 3D, technology and calibration, Jan Mathis Freytag, LAP GmbH Laser Applications, Germany
10:15 (5) Q/A
10:20 (30) Exhibition / Coffee, Tea & Refreshments will be served
NOTE: The other conference at the same venue has its coffee break at 10:45.
10:50 (15) 15 myQA Blue Phantom³, technology and precision, Michael Adolph, IBA Dosimetry, Germany
11:05 (5) Q/A
11:10 (20) 16 Beyond Reliability: What’s Next for X-Ray Tube Technology in IGRT, Tobias Reusch & Dennis Bersuch, Philips Medical Systems DMC GmbH, Germany
11:30 (5) Q/A
11:35 (20) 17 Implementation of RadMachine, Nicky van Lobenstijn, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
11:55 (5) Q/A
12.00 (20) 18 Building a new department and the role of the accelerator Engineer, Richard Tiggelaar, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
12:20 (5) Q/A
12:30 (60) Lunchbuffet at restaurant Livet, open seating
13:30 (20) 19 Cyber security: Practical network segmentation strategies for secure radiotherapy systems, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
13:55 (20) 20 Cyber security: Is your department ready for a cyberattack? The first steps for a continuity plan, Peter de Graaf, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
14:20 (20) 21 My trip to Ghana including the STELLA and SAPPHIRE projects / An initiative to overcome global inequalities in access to radiotherapy, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter, UK
14:45 (15) Coffee/tea and a sandwich to go / farewell to those who need to leave
15:00 (60) NAAE Annual Member Meeting, including discussion of ideas and deciding on future activities.
16:00 End of Conference
16:00-16:30 dismantling the exhibition + stand-up tables (volunteer effort)
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LECTURES
- 10) Our Three-Month Journey to Implement Ethos at Karolinska University Hospital, Muhammed Almufti
- 12) The Leksell Gamma Knife at Karolinska University Hospital, Pierre Barsoum
- 9) Brachy Therapy at Karolinska University Hospital, Maria Persson
- 20) Cyber security: Practical network segmentation strategies for secure radiotherapy systems, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- 15) SGRT / LUNA 3D, technology and calibration, Jan Mathis Freytag, LAP GmbH Laser Applications, Germany
- 16) myQA Blue Phantom³, technology and precision, Michael Adolph, IBA Dosimetry, Germany
- 14) 3D Technology, Megan Davies, Christie NHS Manchester, UK
- 7) Elekta Parts Consumption & Efficiency Program, Justin McMorrow, Elekta Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
- 8) Elevation Cancer Care, Ulf Bjelkengren, Siemens Healthcare A/S, Denmark
- 0) An initiative to overcome global inequalities in access to radiotherapy, Prof. Manjit Dosanjh, UK, STELLA (has been cancelled)
- 6) NAAE at ESTRO 2026, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter, UK
- 1) The history of particle acceleration, Dan Johansson, Technologia Sweden AB
- 2) The Basics of a LINAC for Radiation Therapy, Mikael Wendelsten, University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden
- 19) Building a new department and the role of the accelerator Engineer, Richard Tiggelaar, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands, UMC `20 min
- 18) Implementation of RadMachine, Nicky van Lobenstijn, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands `20 min (sponsoring by Radformation or Radicare)
- 4) Principles of operation of modulators and enabling In-line MV imaging using a direct switch solid-state modulator and blue top magnetron, Mark Iskander, Teledyne e2v, UK
- 17) Beyond Reliability: What’s Next for X-Ray Tube Technology in IGRT, Tobias Reusch & Dennis Bersuch, Philips Medical Systems DMC GmbH, Germany
- 21) Cyber security: Is your department ready for a cyberattack? The first steps for a continuity plan, Peter de Graaf, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 3) IGRT: How X-Ray Tube Technology Impacts Performance, Lifetime and Serviceability, Dennis Bersuch & Stefanie Krämer, Philips Medical Systems DMC GmbH, Germany
- 5) Matching out of tolerance to QA results to linac adjustments and dose prediction, Marco Carlone, Linax Technologies Ltd, Canada
- 13) Fault Prediction in Radiotherapy Linacs using Interlock Data, Samuel Leadley, PhD student/researcher, Oxford University, UK
- 0) MLC design & simulation, Armanc Karakoyun, Post doc researcher, Oxford University, UK (has been cancelled)
- 11) Accela, new on the market and the first pre-clinical machine in the Netherlands, Koen Theeuwen, Maastro in Maastricht, The Netherlands (has been cancelled)
- 22) My trip to Ghana including the STELLA and SAPPHIRE projects / An initiative to overcome global inequalities in access to radiotherapy, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter, UK
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PRE CONFERENCE / EDUCATION DAY