Oliver Blanck, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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.
Day 0
Thursday, 22 April 2027
Pre-meeting meetings and project corners. All times CET.
STOPSTORM Review Meeting with European Commission
- 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
- 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
STAR Students Corner
Social Gathering
Day 1
Friday, 23 April 2027
Recommendations, intercontinental perspectives, European results and debate. All times CET.
Check-in & Coffee
Welcome
- Welcome from the Host
- Welcome from Phillip Cuculich and Joost Verhoeff
Session 1 - STAR Recommendations: Introduction and State of the Art
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- Welcome from the Host
- Welcome from Cliff Robinson and Katja Zeppenfeld
Session 5 - STAR Mastering: Focusing on Techniques and Patient Management
- 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
- 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
Suggested reading
EHRA/HRS Statement
ESTRO STOPSTORM Statement · in preparationin preparation
STOPSTORM Interim Analysis
Radiobiology Overview
STAR Power Overview
STOPSTORM community
SNORAD publications