Final Programme
Brookes Lawley Building, Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG
Monday 21 September 2026

09:00	Registration & coffee                                        Chair – 	
09:30	Welcome and introduction	Prof. Helen McNair	
09.40	MR image contrast mechanisms & Clinical Applications	Ms Erica Scurr	
10:10	MRIgRT: Why do we need MR in Radiotherapy? - Clinician perspective	Dr Shaista Hafeez	

10:30	MRIgRT: How do we use MRI in Radiotherapy? - Physicist perspective	
Dr Joan Chick	
11:00	Panel Discussion	Erica, Shaista, & Joan	
11:10 	 Coffee Break	 Chair – 	

11:30	MRIgRT: How does the use of MRI change the Radiotherapy clinical workflow?- Radiographer perspective	
Ms Trina Herbert	

11:50	MRI for pelvic radiotherapy-
Challenges and solutions prostate cancer
+ new & future trials	
Dr Angela Pathmanathan	
12:10	MRI for pelvic radiotherapy-
Challenges and solutions Gynaecological rectum and bladder cancer + new & future trials	Dr Manasi Ingle	
12:45	Lunch (safety forms)		
13:35	
MRI Safety Lecture & Pitfalls of screening    	Ms Erica Scurr	
14:15	
  Finalise any screening forms
		
14:30	Group 1
Interactive Session/Electronic voting system.
Owen White	  Group 2
  Coffee & Exhibition	Group 3
MR Linac Demo	
15:15	Group 1
Coffee & Exhibition	Group 2  
MR Linac Demo	Group 3
Interactive Session/ Electronic voting system.	
16:00	Group 1
MR Linac Demo	Group 2
Interactive Session/ Electronic voting system.
	Group 3
Coffee & Exhibition	
16:45	 ‘De-metal’ put anything in suitcases not able to take to MRI Suite	
17:00	Transfer to Diagnostic MR	

17:15	Practical Sessions in MRI and Radiotherapy Depts
 
1.	RT patient set up and equipment safety – Sola/Aera
2.	Imaging - interpretation/contrast appearances – Vida 1
3.	Working environment and safety aspects – Vida 2	
Supported by MR Dept staff members:-

Geogina Hopkinson, Mihaela Rata, and Owen White.	
18:45	Transfer back to Brookes Lawley Building

Retrieve belongings

Wine & Cheese – an opportunity to talk to speakers	

Brookes Lawley Building
Atrium	
19:45	End  		

	

 

Programme
Brookes Lawley Building, Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG

Tuesday 22 September 2026

                                                                                             Chair –	
08:30	Guidance for MRI in RT	Dr Richard Speight	
08:55	MR Linac QA	Dr Stefanos Diamantopoulos 	
09:20	MR Linac planning	Mr Adam Mitchell	
10:45	Coffee	Chair – 	
11:10	MRI for Oligimetastases – challenges and solutions	Dr Guido van Bogerijen	
11:35	MRI for abdominal (liver and pancreas) radiotherapy – challenges and solutions	TBA	
12:00	MR Brachytherapy  	Emma Jane White	
12:25	Questions		
12:45	Lunch	Chair – 	
13:30	Advanced Imaging Techniques:
In Practice 	Ciara Harrison	
13:55	Advanced Imaging Techniques:
Future Concepts 	  Dr Andreas Wetscherek	
14:20	Coffee	Chair – 	
14:40	The Impact of AI on our roles in MRI & Radiotherapy 	Dr Matthew Blackledge	
15:10	Future developments in MRIgRT	Prof Uwe Oelfke	
15:40	Questions 		
16:15	Close