International Interdisciplinary Workshop 
on Radiation Protection and Dosimetry

APHYS2003 Workshop

October 13th, 2003

Due to the high number of pre-registration and expressions of interest on this topic, the Conference organization has decided to organize an International Interdisciplinay Workshop on Radiation Protection and Dosimetry replacing the Workshop on Occupational Radiation Protection which was firstly announced.  Occupational Radiation Protection will then be one of the topics of the Workshop. Some other topics will be then included in the Workshop, and specially those relating Radiation Protection with the other conference topics such as Materials Science, Imaging Techniques, Computational Methods, etc.

· Solid State Physics and Materials Science in Radiation Dosimetyr/Dating
· Solid State Dosimetry
· Research and Development on Histocompatible Materials Effective for in-vivo Radiation Dosimetry
· Radiation effects in materials
· Room-temperature semiconductor gamma-ray detectors and gamma-ray imaging devices
· Nanocrystalline materials
· Materials for Radiation Dosimetry (Potassium feldspar, Quartz, Al2O3 fiber optic probes for use in radiotherapy dosimetry, NEw Gels and Porous Media for Radiation Dosimetry, etc.)
· Storage Phosphors for Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry
· Instrument and Sensor Development
· Advanced Materials : ultra high resolution recording films for radiation dosimetry. 
· Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) in radiation dosimetry: application in environmental dosimetry, personal dosimetry, high dose dosimetry, medical dosimetry, retrospective (accident) dosimetry, space dosimetry and archaeological dating. 
· Absorbed dose at interfaces (different types of tissues)
· Radiation Dosimetry by Monte Carlo Method

IMPORTANT SUB-TOPIC: OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION

· Lifetime Occupational Exposure: long time effects
· Advanced thermal and radiation protection materials
· Development of Polymer Composite Materials for Ionizing Radiation Protection and Radiation · Contamination Protection Application
· Non-Uniform Exposure to the Skin
· Emergency or Accidental Exposures
· Records of Embryo/Fetus Exposure and Declared Pregnant Workers
· Improved moni-toring and management of occupational exposures
· Radon Measurements in the Workplace
· Materials Science for protective equipment
· The use of lasers in the workplace
· Routine monitoring of all types of radiation hazards in the workplace
· Occupational radiation protection in workplaces involving exposure to natural radiation
· Occupational radiation protection in industrial and research facilities
· Occupational radiation protection in nuclear facilities
· Infrastructure development: regulatory framework
· Monitoring of occupational radiation exposures
· Occupational radiation protection in medicine

Plenary Speaker
Lars Persson, [www] [www2] "Radiation Protection of Nuclear Workers - Ethical Issues", Retired Scientist of the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Sweden [www]

Advisory Committee and Board of Scientific Reviewers (*)

Dr. P.Galan Montenegro, University of Malaga and Spanish Society of Medical Physics (SEFM), Spain [Web]

Dr. Peter K.N. Yu, Director, Nuclear Radiation Unit, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, PR China [Pub]

Habib Zaidi, Ph.D, Head of PET Instrumentation & Neuroscience Laboratory (PINLab)
Geneva University, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland [Web]

Dr. Yoichi Watanabe, Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, USA [Web]

Prof. Yu-Li Wang, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA [Web] Cell Dynamics Laboratory [Web]

Prof. Antonio M. Lallena, Department of Modern Physics, Specialized Group of Nuclear Physics, University of Granada, Spain [Web]

Dr Suresh K. Aggarwal, Head, Mass Spectrometry Section, President, ISMAS (Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry), Scientific Officer SO(H+), Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India [Pub]

Dr. Jörg Peter, German Cancer Research Center, Head of the Functional & Molecular
Emission Computed Tomography Group, Germany

Mohammed K. Zaidi, Radiological & Environ'al Sciences Lab, Ihaho Falls, USA [Pub]

Dr. Nisy Elizabeth Ipe, Consultant, Shielding Design, Dosimetry & Radiation Protection, La Mesa Drive, CA, USA [Web]

Stanley Batchelor, Head of the Radiation Safety Section, Medical Physics Department, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, UK

Dr. Alexander Anatolievich KAMNEV, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. [Pub]

Dr. Jan Skowronek, Laboratory of Radiometry, Central Mining Institute, Poland

Dr. Luis Chiriboga, New York University School Of Medicine, NYU Cancer Institute and
Bellevue Hospital Center, Department Of Pathology, NY, USA. [Web]

(*) In addition to other experts which will participate at the Conference, which will be kindely asked to act as reviewers for papers dealing with their field(s) of expertise.

Proceedings
Papers presented within the topics of Radiation Protection and Safety will be reviewed for publication in a special issue of Radiation Protection Dosimetry. Also radiation-related papers will be included in the Physica Scripta special issue, as well as in the book "Recent Advances in Applied Physics"

Related topics at APHYS-2003: Medical Physics, Biological Physics, Radiation Physics