The 3rd ELIMED Workshop was held at LNS-INFN on 7-10 September 2016. ELIMED is a project and international network which aim to demonstrate the validity of new approaches based on laser-driven ion sources for potential future applications in medical and other multidisciplinary fields, including hadrontherapy. In 2018, a User-oriented beam-line, ELIMAIA (ELI Multidisciplinary Applications of laser-Ion Acceleration) equipped with diagnostics and dosimetry end-points will be commissioned at the ELI-Beamlines facility in the Czech Republic with the main goal to perform proof-of-principle experiments, dosimetry measurements and radiation biology investigations at high repetition rate.
Within this framework, the main goal of the 3rd ELIMED workshop was to strengthen the collaboration among the international research groups involved in this challenging project and gather new ideas, proposals and advanced user requirements from a broad community of users coming from different fields (Physics, Engineering, Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Material Science, etc.) interested in exploiting the availability of non-conventional (laser-driven) ion beams at ELI-Beamlines.
The workshop gathered more than 60 international specialists of different disciplines who contributed to high-level presentations and discussions on the ELIMED program topics.
The presentations were distributed as follows:
- 5 oral presentations on “Non-conventional Ion Acceleration Techniques”
- 10 oral presentations on “New generation Ion Acceleration Beam-lines”
- 7 oral presentations on “Radiation Biology and Medical Applications”
- 9 oral presentations on “Multidisciplinary Applications”
- 11 oral presentations on “Targetry, Diagnostics and Dosimetry”
The finale Round Table discussion has highlighted the necessity of establishing an international “road map” to switch from laser driven “acceleration” to a real “accelerator” for multidisciplinary applications, including laser driven hadrontherapy.
