SSD Summer School
"Concepts and Trends in Medical Radiation Dosimetry"
University of Wollongong Innovation Campus

September 15-18, 2010

The SSD Summer School is an ACPESM approved educational School. Full CPD points credited for this school is 38

The Summer School on Solid State Dosimetry will follow the successful format of the previous Summer Schools, held in conjunction with SSD13 in Athens, SSD14 in Yale and SSD 15 in Delft and will include lectures by international experts.

Summer School Program

Eligibility

The aim of the SSD Summer School is to teach the skills and knowledge
needed to understand the principles and application of dosimetry
based on solid state detectors. The School allows doctoral students
and early-career researchers as well as personnel employed at dosimetry services.
The Summer School is intended for scientists who are new in the field and for those who like to deepen their knowledge. The School is an international event and we welcome applicants from economically less developed countries.

Dates and Venue

The Summer School will be held from Wednesday September 15 – Saturday September 18, 2010, the week before the Conference. Courses are held at the Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong.

The deadline for Summer School registraiton is August 15th 2010.

Lectures will take place in the ITAMS Building (No. 233) room G01.

Summer School Fee

Online registration On-site registration Participant* AU$500 AU$500

Summer school fee includes:

• Lectures by international experts
• Lecture notes
• Lunches
• Summer School Dinner
• Social

Students are expected to pay the Summer School fee and to fund their own travel and living expenses.

Transport

Transport from Sydney Airport to Wollongong for the Summer School.

There are different options of travel to Wollongong for the Summer School.

1. Leisure Coast Limousine Service: Cost - $50.00 each
1. http://www.leisurecoastlimousine.com.au/airport.php

1. Train:  Sydney International to Wollongong train station.  Approximately $20.00 per person 1 way with approximately 2 hours of travel.  You will need to get a taxi when you arrive at Wollongong station to your hotel destination.
1. http://www.cityrail.info/timetables/#landingPoint
2. Use the 131500 Trip Planner. 
1. The from station, please type in Sydney Airport. 
2. The to station, please type in Wollongong. 
3. Select View Trip. 
4. Here you can selection Sydney International Airport
5. Select Continue
6. From here you have different options listed for your trip to Wollongong.
• Car Hire: Please advise Karen Ford, kford@uow.edu.au if you would like to hire a car. 

The Gong Shuttle provides free transport between the Innovaiton Campus and the UOW main campus as well as the city of Wollongong. Further details are available here

 

Accommodation

We recommend the accommodation available at Wollongong Serviced Apartments (http://www.wsa.com.au/) and also at the Novotel Wollongong. This accommodation is both, affordable and close to the summer school campus.

To obtain discounted rates at Wollongong Services Apartments, when booking, please mention Mrs. Karen Ford at the University of Wollongong.

Another option is to stay at the YHA Wollongong Australia details can be found here: http://www.yha.com.au/hostels/nsw/south-coast/wollongong/

There is also discounted accommodation available to conference delegates via the Conference and Function Centre

 

Registration

Registration for the Summer School has closed.

 

Topics and lecturers

Lecturers will be given on basic topics in solid state dosimetry followed by lectures on applications Special attention will be to Medical Dosimetry in Radiation Therapy and Diagnostics Radiology as well as GEANT 4 Monte Carlo simulations in medical dosimetry with training session. For further details download an overview of the topics and lecturers here.

 

Summer School Organizing Committee

Prof Anatoly Rosenfeld, Dean of School	Australia
Prof Francesco d'Errico	USA/Italy
Prof Marko Moscovitch	USA
Prof Tomas Kron	Australia

 

Summer School Faculty

• Dr Mark Akselrod, Landauer, USA
• Dr Claus Anderson , Risoe, Denmark
• Prof Clive Baldock , IMP University of Sydney, Australia
• Prof Adrie Bos , Delft University , Holland
• Prof Francesco d’Errico, Yale University, USA
• Prof Larry De Werd, Wisconsin University , USA
• Dr Vladimir Feygelman, H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre and Research Institute, USA
• Associate Prof Peter Greer, University of Newcastle and Calvery Mater Hospital, Australia
• Dr Susanna Guatelli , CMRP, UoW, Australia
• Prof Yigal Horowitz, Ben Gurion University, Israel
• Prof Tomas Kron , Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
• Dr Marlies Luszik-Bhadra , PTB, Germany
• Prof Marko Moscovitch , Georgetown University, USA
• Dr Alex Romanyukha, NAVAL Dosimetry Centre, USA
• Prof Anatoly Rosenfeld, CMRP UoW, Australia
• Prof David A. Schauer, Uniform Service University of Health Sciences and NCRP , USA
• Associate Prof Reinhard Schulte, LLUMC , USA
• Prof Richard Smart, St George Hospital, Australia
• Dr Philip Vial, Liverpool Hospital, Australia
• Prof Takayoshi Yamamoto, Osaka University, Japan
• Dr Matthew Williams , ICCC, Wollongong, Australia
• Prof Peter Metcalfe, Centre for Medical Rdaiation Physics , UoW, Australia
• Dr Luis Benevides, NAVAL Dosimetry Centre, USA