Updated: 2026-09-22
The program is still being edited.
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.
08:30 Your arrival at Karolinska University Hospital, room J3:06 / Registration
08:50 (5) Welcome to NAAE-33, Paul Schepers (chairman) & Richard Baker (conference moderator), NAAE
. including information on evacuation routes and the assembly point.
08:55 (10+5) The Karolinska University Hospital, Mattias Hedman (director of Radiation Therapy)
09:10 (5) Agena – conference no. 33, Henrik Cederfjord (secretary) & Dan Johansson (cashier), NAAE
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09:15 (25) Company speed presentations, product news etc. (max 2 minutes/company in alphabetical order)
AEP Linac, Elekta Instrument AB, HOY Scandinavian ApS, IBA Dosimetry, LAP GmbH Laser Applications, Philips Medical Systems, Scanflex Medical AB, Siemens Healthineers, Technologia Sweden AB, Teledyne e2v, Vision RT Ltd, X-Ray Doors, YourRad AB
09:40 (15+5) 6 NAAE at ESTRO 2026, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter, UK
10:00 (60) Exhibition / Coffee, Tea & Refreshments will be served
11:00 (25+5) 7 Elekta Parts Consumption & Efficiency Program, Justin McMorrow, Elekta Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
11:30 (25+5) 8 Elevatation Cancer Care, Ulf Bjelkengren, Siemens Healthcare A/S, Denmark
12:00 (25+5) 9 Brachy Therapy at Karolinska University Hospital, Maria Persson
12:30 (60) Lunchbuffet
13:30 (90) Technical discussions – divided into groups
Note: The Elekta group has its technical discussion at Elekta’s office, located across the street (Eugeniavägen).
. The Varian group remains in the conference room Ulf von Euler.
15:00 (30) Exhibition / Coffee, Tea & Refreshments will be served
15:30 (25+5) 10 The Leksell Gamma Knife at Karolinska University Hospital, Pierre Barsoum
16:00 (25+5) 11 Our Three-Month Journey to Implement Ethos at Karolinska University Hospital, Muhammed Almufti
16:30 (10) Instructions for the tour of the Radiation Therapy Department, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital
16:40 (5) Information about the evaluation form, Henrik Cederfjord, NAAE
16:45 Joint walk to the therapy department at Karolinska
17:00 – 19:00 Tour of the Radiation Therapy Department
19:10 NAAE-bus to the conference restaurant
19:30–22:00 Conference dinner at restaurant Fotografiska
NOTE: The dining room at Fotografiska has a maximum capacity of 100 people.
We will not be visiting any exhibition at Fotografiska; such a ticket is not included in the conference fee.
22:00–22:30 NAAE-bus back to the hotel area nearby Karolinska
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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.
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
. including information on evacuation routes and the assembly point.
09:10 (20+5) 12 Fault Prediction in Radiotherapy Linacs using Interlock Data, Samuel Leadley, PhD student, University of Oxford
09:35 (20+5) 13 3D Technology, Megan Davies, Christie NHS Manchester
10:00 (15+5) 14 SGRT / LUNA 3D, technology and calibration, Jan Mathis Freytag, LAP GmbH Laser Applications
10:20 (30) Exhibition / Coffee, Tea & Refreshments will be served
10:50 (15+5) 15 myQA Blue Phantom³, technology and precision, Michael Adolph, IBA Dosimetry
11:10 (20+5) 16 IGRT: Tube and imaging technology, _____________, Philips Medical Systems DMC GmbH
11:35 (20+5) 17 Implementation of RadMachine, Nicky van Lobenstijn, Amsterdam UMC
12:00 (20+5) 18 Building a new department and the role of the accelerator Engineer, Richard Tiggelaar, Amsterdam UMC
12:30 (60) Lunch buffet
13:30 (15+5) 19 Cyber security: Practical network segmentation strategies for secure radiotherapy systems, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
13:50 (15+5) 20 Cyber security: Is your department ready for a cyberattack? The first steps for a continuity plan, Peter de Graaf, Radboudumc, Nijmegen
14:10 (15+5) 21 MLC design & simulation, Armanc Karakoyun, Post doc researcher, _____________,Turkey (preliminary)
14:30 (20+5) 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
15:00 (45) NAAE Annual Member Meeting, including discussion of ideas and deciding on future activities.
15:45 (15) Coffee/tea & sandwich to go
16:00 End of Conference
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LECTURES
- Our Three-Month Journey to Implement Ethos, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
- The Leksell Gamma-knife at the Karolinska Hospital, Pierre Barsoum, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
- Brachy Therapy at Karolinska University Hospital, Maria Persson
- Cyber security: Practical network segmentation strategies for secure radiotherapy systems, Muhammed Almufti, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
- SGRT / LUNA 3D, technology and calibration, __________ LAP GmbH Laser Applications
- myQA Blue Phantom³, technology and precision, Michael Adolph, IBA Dosimetry
- 3D Technology / Megan Davies, Christie NHS Manchester
- Elekta Parts Consumption & Efficiency Program, Justin McMorrow, Elekta Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
- Elevatation Cancer Care, Ulf Bjelkengren, Siemens Healthcare A/S, Denmark
- SAPPHIRE workshop – Experiences from Linac training for Medical Physicists in Ghana, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter
- An initiative to overcome global inequalities in access to radiotherapy, Prof. Manjit Dosanjh, STELLA (has been cancelled)
- NAAE & ESTRO 2026, Torsten Liebig, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT, Exeter
- Accelerating waveguides and the history of accelerating particles, Dan Johansson, Technologia Sweden AB
- The Basics of a LINAC for Radiation Therapy, Mikael Wendelsten, University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden
- Buiding a new department and the role of the accelerator Engineer, Richard Tiggelaar, Amsterdam UMC `20 min
- Implementation of RadMachine, Nicky van Lobenstijn, Amsterdam UMC `20 min (sponsoring by Radformation or Radicare)
- 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
- IGRT: Tube and imaging technology, _____________, Philips Medical Systems
- Cyber security: Is your department ready for a cyberattack? The first steps for a continuity plan, Peter de Graaf, Radboudumc Nijmegen
- Matching out of tolerance to QA results to linac adjustments and dose prediction, Marco Carlone, Linax Technologies Ltd, Canada
- Fault Prediction in Radiotherapy Linacs using Interlock Data, Samuel Leadley, PhD student, University of Oxford
- MLC design & simulation, Armanc Karakoyun, Post doc researcher, _____________,Turkey ________________________________________
PRE CONFERENCE / EDUCATION DAY