Draft schedule

Program

SNOSTORM 2027 presents STAR recommendations, intercontinental results, European perspectives, clinical debate, techniques and future research.

SNOSTORM 2027

Detailed scientific agenda

The program is based on schedule draft version 0.3. Dates follow the public flyer: 23-24 April 2027 for the main meeting, with a pre-meeting day listed separately.

Host
Oliver Blanck, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Event Manager
Katharina Baumann
Scientific Committee
STOPSTORM, SNORAD, SNOSTORM 2026, EHRA and ESTRO representatives
Day 0

Thursday, 22 April 2027

Pre-meeting meetings and project corners. All times CET.

STOPSTORM Review Meeting with European Commission

Management Board

  • Project Coordination, Communication and Dissemination · WP7, WP8 · 60 min
  • STOPSTORM Patient Registry Including Audit · WP1, WP3, WP4 · 60 min

Lunch Break

STOPSTORM Consortium and Review Meeting

Open to Consortium

  • Standardization, Harmonization, Guidelines · WP4, WP2, WP1 · 45 min
  • STOPSTORM Main Data Analysis and Evaluation · WP5 · 45 min
  • Ethics, Regulations and Patient Involvement · WP6, WP9 · 30 min

Coffee Break

STOPSTORM Additional Project Corner

Open to All

STAR Students Corner

Open to All

Social Gathering

At own costs

Day 1

Friday, 23 April 2027

Recommendations, intercontinental perspectives, European results and debate. All times CET.

Check-in & Coffee

Welcome

Host and Scientific Committee

  • Welcome from the Host
  • Welcome from Phillip Cuculich and Joost Verhoeff

Session 1 - STAR Recommendations: Introduction and State of the Art

Moderated by Joost Verhoeff and Julian Chun

  • Definition, Processes and Responsibilities · Phillip Cuculich / Matthew Hutton
  • Radiotherapy or Radioablation? Radiobiology! · Poonam Balaji / Stacy Rentschler
  • Indication and Target Definition: EHRA/HRS Consensus · Katja Zeppenfeld / Paul Zei
  • Target Transfer and Contouring: Possibilities and Limits · Rachel Ter Bekke / Brian Balgobind
  • Treatment Techniques: ESTRO Consensus and Workshop · Martin Fast / Francesco Cellini
  • Reporting Standards: STOPSTORM Consensus · Yesim Kaya / Maiwand Ahmadsei / Marcin
  • Wrap-up/QA

Coffee Break

Session 2 - STAR Intercontinental: Focusing on Indications and Results

Moderated by Jose Murino / Katja Zeppenfeld

  • The Canadian-View including CARA-VT · Calum Redpath
  • The USA-View including RADIATE-VT · Paul Zei
  • The Japanese-View · Mariko Kawamura
  • The Australian-View · Pierre Qian
  • Wrap-up/QA

Group Photo and Lunch Break

Session 3 - STAR Europe: Focusing on Indications and Results

Moderated by Garry Hanna / Geoffrey Hugo

  • The Swiss-View · Etienne Pruvot
  • The German-View · Judit Boda-Heggemann
  • The Netherlands-View · Wiert Hoeksema
  • The Italian-View · Mario Levis
  • The Czech-View · Jakub Cvek
  • The French-View · Philippe Maury
  • The UK-View · Matthews Bates / Matthew Hutton
  • Wrap-up/QA

Coffee Break

Session 4 - STAR Competition: Ready for Routine Practice?

Moderated by Federic Sacher / Barbara Jereczek

  • STOPSTORM Registry Results: PRO STAR · Pieter Postema
  • Bi-Polar, Pulsed-Field and Company: CONTRA STAR · Josef Kautzner
  • Ablation vs. STAR: PRO STAR · Phillip Cuculich
  • STAR vs. Ablation: CONTRA STAR · Raffael Martins
  • The Patients View · Gilaine Kleian / Matteo Anselmino / Chiara Crico
  • Voting
  • Closing remarks by the Scientific Committee

Scientific Get-together

Day 2

Saturday, 24 April 2027

Techniques, patient management and future research. All times CET.

Check-in & Coffee

Welcome

Host and Scientific Committee

  • Welcome from the Host
  • Welcome from Cliff Robinson and Katja Zeppenfeld

Session 5 - STAR Mastering: Focusing on Techniques and Patient Management

Moderated by Katja Zeppenfeld, Cliff Robinson

  • Pre-Treatment Management
  • Defining and Transferring the Target
  • Motion Management and Image Guidance
  • Treatment Planning and Quality Assurance
  • Post-Treatment and Side Effect Management
  • Recurrence Management and Re-Treatment
  • Wrap-up/QA

Coffee Break

Session 6 - STAR Future: Back to Workbench and Beyond

Moderated by Rachel Ter Bekke / Axel Loewe

  • Target Modeling: Mapping and Imaging · Pat Boyle / Evgeny Lian
  • Results Modeling: MRI and PET-CT · Ivo Roca / Carmen Bergom
  • New Technology: MR-Linac and Ultrasound-Gating · Guillaume Landry / Judit Boda-Heggemann
  • Proton-Therapy · Barbara Jereczek / Ariadna Cherit Hernandez
  • Radiotherapy for Heart Failure · Bert Vandenberk / Ian Gerard
  • Wrap-up/QA
  • Closing remarks by the Host: The future of STOPSTORM

Preparation

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