The workshop “Ideas and technologies for a next generation facility for medical research and therapy with ions”

Minister of Science Dr. Sanja Damjanović will take part in the workshop “Ideas and technologies for a next generation facility for medical research and therapy with ions”, which will take place on 19-21 June at the European Scientific Institute (ESI) in Archamps, France.

The workshop series “Ions for cancer therapy, space research and material science” aims at highlighting the increasingly important interface between physics and its applications. Over recent decades, many important developments have been built on either basic physics principles or the tools developed to conduct physics research. Notable examples are diagnostic and therapeutic techniques such as particle therapy or innovations in space and material sciences.

It is co-organised by CERN, the leading particle physics laboratory, and GSI, where ion therapy was pioneered since the early ‘90s, and it is hosted by the European Scientific Institute in its premises of Archamps, near Geneva, and focuses on innovative accelerator designs to exploit the potential of ion therapy for cancer treatment.

The Workshop will bring together experts from operating ion facilities, scientific laboratories with interest in medical accelerator programmes, and the medical world, to jointly define the features of future ion accelerators.

In particular, it will provide the opportunity for scientists of related disciplines to exchange ideas, share current experiences and explore future possibilities towards the design for a next generation medical research and therapy facility with ions in Europe.

Previously, members of the Steering Committee of the International Institute (SEEIIST), chaired by Minister Damjanović, have passed a unanimous decision to support Hadron Cancer Therapy and Biomedical Research with Protons and Heavy Ions as the option for the project of the Institute. The implementation of this project in South East Europe will bring social and economic benefits to the entire region and improve the quality of life, especially in the field of health, given that this treatment method will be available to all citizens in the region