World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

DOWNUNDER

Sydney, Australia, August 24-29, 2003

The call for abstracts will be released soon.
Deadline for submission of abstracts will be 10th March 2003.

PROGRAM UPDATE

The Radiation Oncology Physics track is shaping up to be a major program of interest to medical physicists, radiation oncologists and radiotherapists.

Dr Rock Mackie (Chair) and Prof Peter Metcalfe (Co-Chair) have set up some 17 topic sessions. Proposed topics include:

  • Brachytherapy (endovascular)
  • Brachytherapy
  • Dose calculation/optimisation
  • Dosimetry 1 protocols and QA protocols
  • Dosimetry 2 (macro and clinical)
  • Dosimetry 3 (micro mini)
  • IMRT 1 planning and delivery
  • IMRT 2 verification
  • Motion compensation
  • Oncology imaging
  • Photodynamic therapy
  • Quality systems
  • Radiobiology
  • Radionuclide therapy
  • Simulation
  • Stereotactic & gamma knife
  • Treatment verification

Topic Chairs - currently being allocated - will be world leaders in their disciplines.

You'll find the final program structure for the Radiation Oncology Physics track on the WC2003 website (www.wc2003.org) in the near future.

EXHIBITION

Five major players have already confirmed their commitment to the WC2003 Exhibition:

  • Siemens Medical
  • LAP Laser Applications
  • Varian Medical Systems
  • PTW Freiburg
  • ICN Worldwide Dosimetry

The Exhibition is an excellent opportunity for organisations to demonstrate products, services and technology to an elite field of delegates, all of whom are directly involved in your target business.

There are also many options available for sponsorship of the Congress - your organisation's name on anything from satchels to sessions. Everything is for sale!

For more on sponsorship or the Exhibition, visit the website at www.wc2003.org or contact the Congress managers at wc2003@tourhosts.com.au.

Join the throng! - add your hit to the 13,624 already recorded at the WC2003 website www.wc2003.org.

A GLIMPSE DOWNUNDER

The Rocks is one of Sydney's oldest areas. It's the site of Australia's first European settlement in 1788, occupied originally by the Eora Aboriginal people. Between the Harbour Bridge and Sydney's bustling ferry terminal, a tangle of old streets, colonial cottages and elegant converted warehouses tumble down to the Harbour.

Join a walking tour and discover the area's rich heritage. Enjoy tales both tall and true as you visit historic pubs, colonial cottages, archaeological dig sites, a quaint corner store, a Gothic church, cobblestone lane ways and leafy courtyards.

Explore the many restaurants and cafes, specialty stores, galleries and boutiques, offering everything from hand-made puppets to Aboriginal artefacts. See glass engravers, clothing designers, painters and jewellery-makers at work. You'll find antiques and old wares alongside innovative Australian design. More than 70 retailers offer tax-free shopping to bona fide international travellers.

The Rocks' heritage pubs are home to some of Sydney's most talented bands and musicians, And every weekend, The Rocks Market offers something for everyone under a sail-like canopy within a sea breeze of Sydney Harbour, while wandering street entertainers put on a show for young and old.