Exciting features this year…

• Joint Imaging-Therapy Track is now known as "Multi-Disciplinary Track" and each session will include speakers from multiple disciplines.
• Special 3-Day Program on Ultrasound - Highlighting advances in ultrasound guided radiation therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, and diagnostic ultrasound (Monday - Wednesday, July 15 – 17)
• MedPhys Slam - (Wednesday, July 17 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3)
  
  MedPhys Slam is a research communication competition in which participants prepare a three-minute presentation aimed at sharing the significance of their science in a compelling yet understandable manner. Participants will be judged by a non-physicist panel on three equally weighted categories: comprehension/content, communication, and engagement. Preliminary events held by AAPM Chapters will each select one winner to represent their chapter in the final competition at the AAPM Annual Meeting. If you are interested in participating in the MedPhys Slam, please contact your local AAPM Chapter for more information. Eligible applicants who are not affiliated with an AAPM chapter (i.e. not living in the US) or whose AAPM chapter will not hold a MedPhys Slam qualifying competition, click here to submit a video application.
• Day of scripting and programing in the clinic on Monday, July 15, three sessions in therapy education and practical tracks.
• A Day of QA - (Wednesday, July 15) Investigate how your colleagues are performing QA from adaptive therapy to verification of your linac beams.
• ISMRM –AAPM Joint Symposia on MR Safety
• Interested in developing high impact scientific/clinical physics projects for AAPM Journal? Plan to attend Outstanding Science Published in 2018: Medical Physics & JACMP. Learn from AAPM journal authors and reviewers. (Wednesday, July 17 4:30 - 6:00 PM)
• Enhance your leadership skills by attending a four part Leadership Symposium titled The Understanding and Courage to Lead on Tuesday, July 16th.
• General ePoster Viewing - We have gone ALL electronic. All ePosters can be viewed on viewing stations throughout the exhibit hall. New this year, attendees will be able to view all ePosters on their personal devices such as laptops, tablets and phones. This will allow poster viewing at all times during the meeting, including when the exhibit hall is closed.
  • Moderated ePoster Sessions - High-scoring ePosters are presented by the authors at large screens in a moderated session. Presentations take place at scheduled times in the ePoster Theater.
  • General ePoster Discussions - In addition to the moderated ePosters in the ePoster Theater, we will continue with our ePoster stations throughout the lounge areas in the Exhibit Hall. General ePoster Discussions include a select group of high-scoring posters identified by the Program Directors to be of special interest to attendees of the scientific program. This will allow the authors to present their ePoster at a large screen display, dedicated to only their poster during a specifically assigned 30-minute timeslot. These General ePoster discussions will occur in the ePoster Theater and throughout the Exhibit Hall promoting lively discussion and scientific exchange.
    
• The Science Council Session – Data Science in Medical Physics
• SPS Undergraduate Research & Outreach - The Society of Physics Students (SPS) Undergraduate Research & Outreach ePoster session highlights the work of undergraduate students with an interest in medical physics.  The first author (and presenter) of all ePosters in this session must be an undergraduate at the time of submission. ePosters should reflect either research related to medical physics or outreach to promote the importance of and relationship between physics in medicine. All undergraduate members are invited to submit.
• Joint Scientific Symposium with the World Molecular Imaging Society – Nanotechnology in Oncology
• Distinguished Lectureships
  • The Carson/Zagzebski Distinguished Lecture on Medical Ultrasound – (Tuesday, July 16 11:00 am - 1215 pm) Katherine Ferrara, Professor of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program, at Stanford University. This presentation will be held during the image-guided therapeutic ultrasound sessions within the Special 3-day Ultrasound Track.
  • The Anne and Donald Herbert Distinguished Lectureship in Modern Statistical Modeling – (Thursday, July 18 10:00 am - 12:00 pm) Matthew Schipper, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, from the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan will be discussing statistical models for individualized and adaptive treatment.
• Explore the entire meting program, consider trying a new topic, nearly all sessions are SAMs: Similar to last year, with only a few exceptions, all invited sessions in the Education, Science, Professional, and Practical Tracks will offer SAMs. SAMs questions can be answered on your own following the completion of the session. Attendance is verified and registration for the SAMs Program is required.
• Dedicated time in the meeting program for Visit the Vendors.