Programme

IWPCT 2023 – 8th International Workshop on Plasma for Cancer Treatment

Raleigh, NC, USA – March 13-15, 2023

March 13:  Mini course on Basic Principles of Plasma Oncology and Applied Aspects, with panel discussions.

March 14-15: IWPCT Workshop.

Program to download as PDF with practical information (updated March 10): click here to downlaod PDF

Schedule (updated March 2):

Monday, March 13
Tuesday, March 14
Wednesday, March 15
08:30 Minicourse Registration (Talley Student Union, 3rd floor, Piedmont Ballroom) 08:30 Workshop Registration (Talley Student Union, 3rd floor, Piedmont Ballroom) 08:30 Workshop Registration (Talley Student Union, 3rd floor, Piedmont Ballroom)
09:00 Welcome Mini-Course Plasma & Cancer 09:00 Welcome IWPCT 2023 09:00 Invited Lecture 4:

C. Miron

09:15 Plasma-induced cellular changes – cancer cells vs. normal cells

Dr. Angela Privat Maldonado, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

09:15 Invited lecture 1:

E. Smits

 

09:30 Oral 10:

J. Polito

10:00 Plasma treatment of cancers – ablation vs. immunotherapy

Dr. Sander Bekeschus, INP, Greifswald, Germany

09:45 Oral 1:

H. Versyvel (presented by A. Lin)

09:50 Oral 11:

B. P. Lopes

10:05 Oral 2:

M. Živanić

10:10 Oral 12:

J. Sutter

10:45 Coffee Break 10:25 Coffee Break 10:30 Coffee Break
11:15 Plasma devices as a controllable source of RONS delivery for cancer treatment

Dr. Ali Mesbah, University of California, Berkeley, USA

11:00 Invited lecture 2:

E. Hartsough

11:00 Invited Lecture 5:

B. S. Kwon

11:30 Oral 3:

L. Boeckmann

11:30 Oral 13:

V. Soni

12:00 Indirect plasma application

Cristina Canal, PhD, Universitat Politecnica de Cataluny, Barcelona, Spain

11:50 Oral 4:

A. Pavy

11:50 Oral 14:

I. Schweigert

12:45 Lunch 12:10 Lunch / ISC meeting 12:10 Lunch / ISC meeting
13:45 Plasma for oncotherapy – road to the clinic

Dr. Audrey Glory, Montreal Cancer Institute, Montreal, Canada

13:15 Invited Lecture 3:

E. Martínez

13:15 Oral 15:

A. Lin

13:45 Oral 5:

A. Espona-Noguera

13:35 Oral 16:

T. Murakami

14:30 Lessons from clinical experience with treatment of precancerous lesions with plasma

Dr. Peter Friedman, The Skin Center Dermatology Group, New City, NY, USA

Dept. Dermatology, Columbia University, NY, USA

14:05 Oral 6

E. Biscop

13:55 Oral 17:

J. Polito

14:25 Poster Pitches 14:15 Oral 18:

Z. Hou

15:15 Coffee Break 15:15 Poster Session 14:35 Oral 19:

A. Lin

15:45 Panel Discussion 14:55 Student Award

Closing Ceremony

17:00 Late Groundbreaking:

J. Canady

17:00 Final Remarks 17:30 Oral 7:

L. Lin

17:50 Oral 8:

A. Kazemi

17:30 Workshop registration (Talley Student Union, 3rd floor, Piedmont Ballroom) 18:10 Oral 9:

S. Bekeschus

18:30 Welcome Reception (Talley Student Union, 3rd floor, Currituck Ballroom) 19:00 Workshop Dinner (The Wine Cellar at Gravy’s, Bus leaves 18:30 pm at Talley Student Union)