BELNUC Brugge’25 – Scientific Programme

Friday, May 16, 2025

Auditorium A+B

Catering Hall

19:30-21:00

Satellite Symposium 1: TBD

21:00-23:00

Opening Reception

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Track

MEDICAL

RADIOPHARMACY/CHEMISTRY

ENGINEERING/PHYSICS

TECHNOLOGISTS

Auditorium A

Meeting Room 1+2

Meeting Room 4+5

Auditorium B

08:30-09:00

Welcome Address

08:45-09:00:

Welcome by President

Nadia Withofs

Welcome Address

08:30-08:45:

Welcome by President

Nadia Withofs

08:45-09:00:

Welcome by President of Technologists / Overview congress

09:00-10:30

Molecular Imaging guidance for surgery

Chairpersons: Nadia Withofs, Victor Nuttens

09:00-09:30:

Intraoperative micro-PET in head and Neck and breast oncology

Jens Debacker and Menekse Göker

09:30-10:00:

Molecular imaging in robot surgery

Fijs van Leeuwen

10:00-10:30:

Nanobody-based tracers in image-guided surgery applications

Sophie Hernot

Innovations in Radiopharmaceuticals and Imaging For Cancer Diagnosis

Chairperson: Sara Vieira e Vieira

09:00-09:45:

Alpha Emitters

Magdalena Mileva

09:45-10:30:

PET tracers for NET

Hannes Leupe

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:00

Proffered papers

Chairpersons: Anne-Leen Deleu and Vanessa Schelfhout

11:00-12:00:

Presentation of selected scientific abstracts (6×10 min.)

Radiochemistry

Chairpersons: Simon Lacroix, Pieter-Jan De Jonghe

11:00-11:20:

F-18 Vs Ga-68 labelling

Thibaut Gendron 

11:20-11:40:

Labelling with AlF

Ken Kersemans

11:40-12:00:

Proffered papers

Dose in diagnostic clinical routine: how are we doing?

Chairpersons: Victor Nuttens

11:00-11:20:

A nationwide approach: the DRL

An Dedulle (FANC)

11:20-11:40:

The role of CT in nuclear medicine

Gwenny Verfaille (Jan Yperman)

11:40-12:00:

Panel discussion

An Dedulle and Gwenny Verfaille

Advanced Techniques in Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Calibration

Chairpersons: Christelle Terwinghe, Fabian Hoek

11:00-11:30:

Lung Scintigraphy

Maxime Herchuelz

11:30-12:00:

Dose calibrators

Pedro Fragoso Costa

12:00-13:30

Lunch break & Industry Exhibition

Posters: Meet the Author

13:30-14:00

Sponsor Meeting

14:00-15:30

Interactive session: read with the experts

Chairpersons: Renaud L’Hommel, Gil Leurquin-Sterck

14:00-15:00:

FDG-PET in dementia: read with the experts – lecture

Koen Van Laere and Donatienne Van Weehaege

15:00-15:30:

FDG-PET in dementia: read with the experts – case overview

Koen Van Laere and Donatienne Van Weehaege

PIC/S in radiopharmacy

Chairpersons: Filip De Vos, Dominique Vanderghinste

14:00-14:30:

Introduction to PIC/S: initiatives from the VZA

Pieter-Jan Dejonghe, Nele Cromphout, Amandine Louppe (UCL) and Anne-Sophie Derouaux (CHU Liege)

14:30-15:00:

Practical considerations for compliance

Regine Cornelis and Julie Cousaert

15:00-15:30:

Panel discussion

Regine Cornelis, Raf Verscuren, Margriet Gabriels, Thomas De Rijdt and Amandine Louppe

To CZT or not in Belgium

Chairperson: Bruno Vanderlinden

14:00-14:30:

New technologies and opportunities with 3D CZT SPECT/CT

Roland Hustinx

14:30-14:50:

Making a case for 3D CZT SPECT/CT in Belgium

Victor Nuttens

14:50-15:10:

Making a case against 3D CZT SPECT/CT in Belgium

Kristof Baete

15:10-15:30:

Discussion

Victor Nuttens, Kristof Baete and Roland Hustinx

Emerging Trends in PET Imaging and Molecular Diagnostics

Chairpersons: Nele Eecloo and Jean-Paul Thys

14:00-14:45:

PET reconstruction – The magic that turns a positron into pixels

Claudiu Pestean

14:45-15:15:

FAPI Overview

Ayça Arcay Ozturk

15:15-15:45:

Proffered papers

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

Young Nuclearist Challenge

Chairpersons: Mariana Andrade, Olivier Gheysens

16:00-17:30:

Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (8×10 mins)

Emerging radioisotopes in nuclear medicine

Chairpersons: Vicky Caveliers, Zena Wimana

16:00-16:25:

Emerging radioisotopes in nuclear medicine

Maarten Ooms

16:25-16:50:

Quality control of alpha emitters

Frank Bruchertseifer

16:50-17:30:

Proffered Papers

Scientific session

16:00-16:30:

Key Speaker

Astrid Delker

16:30-17:00:

Proffered papers

17:30-18:30

Catalyst of change: Elevating Young Professionals and Shaping Careers in Nuclear Medicine

Chairperson: Tim Van den Wyngaert

17:30-17:50:

Keynote Lecture

Paola Erba

17:50-18:10:

Panel discussion

Paola Erba

18:10-18:30:

BELNUC award ceremony

19:30-01:30

Social Event

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Track

MEDICAL

Auditorium A

09:00–10:00

Sustainability and Healthcare (Ethics & Economy)

Chairperson: Mariana Andrade

09:00-09:30:

Sustainability and Healthcare: The nuclear medicine’s bioethics beam

Grégoire Wieërs

09:30-10:00:

Sustainable transformation of healthcare: a systemic view

Pauline Modrie

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:15

FAPI

Chairpersons: Olivier Gheysens, Vanessa Schelfhout

10:30-11:00:

Role of fibroblasts in cancer and inflammation

Bart Lambrecht

11:00-11:40:

FAPI in oncology

Philipp Backhaus

11:40-12:00:

FAPI beyond oncology

Anne-Leen Deleu

12:00-12:15:

Round table discussion

12:15-12:20

Closing Remarks