Programme

Overview: Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated all aspects of our daily life. Nowadays, AI-driven products are being used to inform important decisions. A particular example in radiotherapy is auto-segmentation based on deep learning (DL), a sub-field of AI, which is actively used to plan for hundreds of patients. Depending on the way AI models have been trained, they can reproduce biases present in the training data, impacting their application. When AI is applied in the healthcare setting, it is essential to recognize and address this algorithmic bias from the development phase to the application. Beyond model training, fair AI should also consider the impact on other aspects: implementation replacing 'human' jobs, and costs attached to these new technologies that can be out of reach for low- and middle-income countries. In this symposium, we will explore the concept of AI fairness and its possible impact in radiotherapy, examining it from the training data to its global-scale impact.

Overview: The profession of radiation oncology continues to evolve with the rapid onset of practice changing technologies. In combination with this technological change, the changing global landscape has the real potential (and in some cases, is already) to impact practice and expectations in the RTT profession. The presentations in this session will delve deeper and provoke thinking into the current and future opportunities for the integration of sustainability practices into our workflows, post-pandemic lessons learnt and how these can be adopted moving forward, and preparing radiation oncology departments for cyber attacks- a real threat for a profession that relies on information technology platforms to deliver care.

Overview: Automation and AI has significant potential to create more efficient work flows and to provide more consistent quality of brachytherapy. By joining this symposium you will get insights into both commercial solutions and novel research within the topics of AI for contouring and treatment planning in brachytherapy. You will also hear about challenges in implementation, needs for validation as well as limitations of the methods. Finally, it will be discussed how ChatGPT can impact clinical workflows in brachytherapy.

Overview: Mini-Orals are presented at one of the sessions scheduled in the two mini-oral theatres. Each author will present a 4-slide PowerPoint orally for 4 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be recorded.

Overview: Mini-Orals are presented at one of the sessions scheduled in the two mini-oral theatres. Each author will present a 4-slide PowerPoint orally for 4 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be recorded.

Overview: Poster Discussions are presented in one of the sessions scheduled at the two poster discussion theatres. Each author will present a digital poster orally for 2 minutes, followed by 2 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be recorded.

Overview: Poster Discussions are presented in one of the sessions scheduled at the two poster discussion theatres. Each author will present a digital poster orally for 2 minutes, followed by 2 minutes for discussion. Sessions will not be recorded.

Overview: Proffered Papers are presented in one of the sessions scheduled in the main session halls. Each author will present orally for 7 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for discussion. Sessions will be recorded and available on-demand.