BELNUC Brugge’25 – Scientific Programme

Aside from the Scientific Programme of the conference, a Poster Walk will be installed in the Industry Exhibition Hall.


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

M1: Plenary Opening Session: Molecular Imaging guidance for surgery

Chairpersons: Nadia Withofs

 

09:00-09:30:

Intraoperative micro-PET in Head and Neck and breast oncology

Jens Debacker/ 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

 

 

T1:

 

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

M2: BELNUC Award Top 6 Scientific Abstracts

R1: 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

P1: 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

 

 

T2:

 

11:00-11:30:

FAPI overview

Ayça Arcay Ozturk

 

11:30-12:00:

Dose calibrators

Pedro Fragoso Costa

     

12:00-13:30

Lunch & Industry Exhibition

 

Posters: Meet the Author

 

     

13:30-14:00

Sponsor Meeting

 

 

 

14:00-15:30

M3: Interactive Session: Read with the Experts

Chairpersons: Renaud L’Hommel, Gil Leurquin-Sterck

 

14:00-14:30:

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

Koen Van Laere

 

14:30-15:00:

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

Donatienne Van Weehaege

 

15:00-15:30:

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

Donatienne Van Weehaege / Koen Van Laere

R2: 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)/Anne-Sophie Derouaux (CHU Liege)

 

14:30-15:00:

Practical considerations for compliance

Regine Cornelis, Julie Cousaert

 

15:00-15:30:

Panel discussion

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

P2: To 3D CZT SPECT/CT or not in Belgium

 

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:

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Bruno Vanderlinden

Kristof Baete, Roland Hustinx and Victor Nuttens

T3:

 

14:00-14:45:

PET reconstruction – The Magic that turns a positron into pixels

Claudiu Pestean

 

14:45-15:00:

Abstracts

     

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

     

16:00-17:30

M4: Young Nuclearist Challenge

 

 

R3: Emerging radio isotopes 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:

Oral presentations

P3: Scientific session

 

16:00-16:30:

Astrid Delker

 

16.30-17:00:

Oral scientific abstract presentations

 

 

 

     

17:30-18:30

M5: Keynote lecture & Award Ceremony

Chairperson: Tim Van den Wyngaert

 

17:30-17:50:

Catalysts of Change: Elevating Young Professionals and Shaping Careers in Nuclear Medicine

Paola Erba

 

17:50-18:10:

Panel discussion

 

18:10-18:30:

BELNUC award

 

 

 

     

19:30-01:30

Social Event

     

 

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Track

MEDICAL

 

Auditorium A

09:0010:00

M6: Ethics & Economy

Chairperson: Mariana Andrade

 

09:00-09:30:

Sustainability and Healthcare

Grégoire Wieërs

 

09:30-10:00:

Pauline Modrie

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:15

M7: 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

12:15-12:20

Closing Remarks