Accelerator Technology Forum

Australia/Melbourne
Virtual Conference
Rebecca Auchettl (ANSTO Australian Synchrotron), David Button (ANSTO), Dale Christensen (ANSTO), Rohan Dowd (ANSTO Australian Synchrotron), David Garton (ANSTO), Nicholas Rae (ANSTO)
Description

Image courtesy of Mr Jonathan De Booy (ANSTO)

The Accelerator Technology Forum (ATF) is a three-day workshop aiming at providing a collaborative stage to highlight the most recent medical accelerators, technology advances and accelerator applications in Accelerator Physics in Australia. The ATF will bring together leading members of the Australian scientific, technology and accelerator communities that are contributing to its success.  The 2020 ATF will be hosted virtually via Zoom by the ANSTO Australian Synchrotron and will be held on Monday the 26th of October 2020 to Wednesday the 28th of October 2020.

The aims of the forum are as follows:

  1. Highlight the current state of accelerator development and applications in Australasia
  2. Identify current and future shortfalls for Medical/Particle therapy and Imaging and compact/table-top light sources
  3. Create a community of Australasian organisations that can share information and work together for mutual benefit
  4. Identify development and collaboration opportunities and establish frameworks for the community to work together
  5. Identify pathways towards an accelerator stream of the Graduate Institute
  6. Identify funding sources for accelerator development, including government grants
  7. Raise awareness of accelerator development in Australasia

Recommendations to all ATF Participants*:

  • Please keep your microphone muted and your camera turned off at all times except when giving your presentation (speakers only).
  • If you wish to comment or ask a question during a presentation, please use the Raise Hand button. In addition, you may also send your question via the Zoom chat.
  • The Convener of the Session will tell you when to reactivate your microphone to intervene.
  • Speakers will be requested to share screen using the corresponding Zoom option.
  • Please upload your slides in advance on the ATF Indico page or send your slides to Rebecca Auchettl (rebeccaa@ansto.gov.au)

*Adapted from the VHEE2020 Indico

Registration
ATF 2020 Registration Form
Local Organizing Committee Chair
    • 09:45 10:00
      Welcome to the ATF - Rohan Dowd (ANSTO) 15m
      Speaker: Dr Rohan Dowd (ANSTO Australian Synchrotron)
    • 10:00 10:20
      Technology options and challenges in the design of future ion therapy facilities - Suzie Sheehy (University of Melbourne) 20m
    • 10:20 10:40
      Update on the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research - Scott Penfold (Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research) 20m
      Speaker: Scott Penfold (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute)
    • 10:40 11:10
      Morning tea break 30m
    • 11:10 11:30
      Designing and commissioning potential particle therapy facilities and challenges that hinder the realisation of these facilities in Australia - Richard Garrett (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Richard Garrett (ANSTO)
    • 11:30 11:50
      Ion beams and human health - David Cohen (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: David Cohen (ANSTO)
    • 11:50 12:00
      ATF Group photo 10m
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch break & Breakout room opportunity (networking) 1h 30m
    • 13:30 13:50
      Transferring phase-contrast x-ray imaging from a synchrotron to a compact light source - Kaye Morgan (Monash) 20m
      Speaker: Kaye Morgan (Monash University)
    • 13:50 14:10
      Recent advancements in solid-state dosimetry technologies for radiation therapy and space applications - Anatoly Rozenfeld (UoW) 20m
      Speaker: Anatoly Rozenfeld ( University of Wollongong)
    • 14:30 15:00
      Afternoon tea break 30m
    • 15:00 15:10
      Overview of Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) Radiotherapy - Rebecca Auchettl (ANSTO) 10m
      Speaker: Rebecca Auchettl (Australian Synchrotron - ANSTO)
    • 15:10 15:20
      Radiation Analytics: An Australian small business simulating radiation - Christopher Poole (Radiation Analytics) 10m
      Speaker: Christopher Poole (Radiation Analytics)
    • 15:20 15:30
      MeV Imaging for Security Inspection - Brendan Allman (Rapiscan Systems) 10m
      Speaker: Brendan Allman (Rapiscan Systems)
    • 15:30 15:40
      Beam characterisation and modelling for novel beam diagnostics development for particle therapy - Jacinta Yap (University of Melbourne) 10m
      Speaker: Jacinta Yap (University of Melbourne)
    • 15:40 16:50
      Breakout room opportunity 1h 10m
    • 16:50 17:10
      Webinar concludes for the day 20m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Welcome to Day 2 15m

      Main Topic: Accelerator Technologies

    • 10:00 10:20
      Collaboration in Accelerator Technologies between Australia and CERN - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) 20m
      Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)
    • 10:20 10:40
      Centre for Accelerator Science Overview - David Garton (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: David Garton (ANSTO)
    • 10:40 11:10
      Morning tea break 30m
    • 11:10 11:30
      X-Band Technology Capability for Australia - Geoff Taylor (University of Melbourne) 20m
      Speaker: Geoff Taylor (University of Melbourne)
    • 11:30 11:50
      Update on HIAF operation and developments - Nikolai Lobanov (ANU) 20m
      Speaker: Nikolai Lobanov (ANU)
    • 11:50 12:10
      Addressing the challenges of live human CT on a synchrotron radiation source - Daniel Hausermann (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Daniel Hausermann (ANSTO)
    • 12:10 13:30
      Lunch break & Breakout room opportunity (networking) 1h 20m
    • 13:30 13:50
      Potential Facility Upgrades for the Next Generation Australian Synchrotron Facility - Rohan Dowd (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Dr Rohan Dowd (ANSTO Australian Synchrotron)
    • 13:50 14:10
      XBOX-3/OZ-LAB and the technical challenges of bringing XBOX to Australia - Matteo Volpi (University of Melbourne) 20m
      Speaker: Matteo Volpi (University of Melbourne)
    • 14:10 14:30
      Bladed Photon Beam Position Monitors: Improving Centroid Approximation - Eugene Tan (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Eugene Tan (ANSTO)
    • 14:30 15:00
      Afternoon tea break 30m
    • 15:00 15:10
      Applications of Machine Learning and Accelerator Physics at the Australian Synchrotron - Rebecca Auchettl (ANSTO) 10m
      Speaker: Rebecca Auchettl (Australian Synchrotron - ANSTO)
    • 15:10 15:20
      Industrial photonuclear activation analysis of gold and other metals in mineral ores - James Tickner (Chrysos Corporation) 10m
      Speaker: James Tickner (Chrysos Corporation)
    • 15:20 15:40
      Enhanced ion beam injection for HIAF - Peter Linardakis (ANU) 20m
      Speaker: Peter Linardakis ((ANU))
    • 15:40 16:00
      Are accelerators the world’s most sensitive analytical instruments? - Andew Smith (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Andrew Smith (ANSTO)
    • 16:00 17:00
      Breakout room opportunity 1h
    • 17:00 17:20
      Webinar concludes for the day 20m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Welcome to Day 3 15m

      Main Topic: Accelerator Applications

    • 10:00 10:20
      Accelerators for space research at ANSTO - Simone Richter (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Simone Richter (ANSTO)
    • 10:20 10:40
      The ANSTO Graduate Institute and pathways to an accelerator physics stream - Andrew Peele (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Andrew Peele (ANSTO)
    • 10:40 11:00
      Morning tea break 20m
    • 11:00 11:10
      Group photo day 3 10m
    • 11:10 11:30
      AINSE Highlight - Michelle Durant (AINSE) 20m
      Speaker: Michelle Durant (AINSE)
    • 11:30 11:50
      Haptically-enabled Robotic Teleoperation - Zoran Najdovski (Deakin University) 20m
      Speaker: Zoran Najdovski (Deakin University)
    • 11:50 12:00
      An inverse Compton scattering X-ray source for radiotherapy - Jack Kasahara (Lyncean Technologies) 10m
      Speaker: Jack Kasahara (Lyncean Technologies)
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch break & Breakout room opportunity (networking) 1h 30m
    • 13:30 13:50
      Development/status of the International Linear Collider - Geoff Taylor (University of Melbourne) 20m
      Speaker: Geoff Taylor (University of Melbourne)
    • 13:50 14:30
      Afternoon tea break 40m
    • 14:30 15:30
      Main breakout room discussion to facilitate a Strategic Australian Accelerator Collaboration
    • 15:30 15:50
      ATF Closing Remarks - Andrew Peele (ANSTO) 20m
      Speaker: Andrew Peele (Australian Synchrotron)
    • 15:50 16:10
      ATF webinar concludes 20m
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