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BIR Annual Radiotherapy and Oncology Meeting 2026 Full 12 Feb 2026

Looking to the Future - Endorsed by ESTRO


The sixth BIR Annual Radiotherapy and Oncology Meeting brought together national and international experts in Radiotherapy and Oncology. This face-to-face meeting had plenty of opportunities for networking with fellow professionals and discussing the latest offerings from industry. 


Topics include:

  • Looking to the future - NHS 10 year plan
  • New modalities
  • Advanced practice/workforce
  • Proffered papers
  • Improving workflows
  • Trials
  • Patient experience
  • Implementing advancing safer radiotherapy
  • Adaptive Radiotherapy
  • International collaboration

As part of an on-going collaboration with the Association for Radiation Research (ARR), this year’s meeting will also feature a session organised by the ARR; which will include invited and proffered talks complementary to BIRTO26.


Chairs:

  • Inbaraj Baskara
  • Phil Neal
  • Sarah-Jane Ketterer
  • Dr Keith Langmack
  • Professor Jason Parsons
  • Andrew Poynter
  • Scott Hanvey
  • Shaista Hafeez
  • UKHSA

Speakers:

  • David Miles, Director, ZAP Surgical
  • Francesco Porcu, Cancer Therapy Imaging Zones Business Lead for Great Britain, Ireland, Nordics and Baltics, Siemens Healthineers
  • Paul King, Senior Manager, Head of Sales GB & Ireland, Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company
  • Gillian Smith, Clinical Applications Specialist
  • Leoné Glackin, Account Manager Oncology Imaging Systems
  • Yvette Wilbur, Senior Global Product Marketing Manager, Radformation
  • Hassan Mohamed Hassan, Customer Success Specialist, MVision AI
  • Tuana Haznedar, Resident Doctor, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Revd Canon Dr Mike Kirby, Honorary Lecturer (Radiotherapy Physics), School of Allied Health professions and Nursing, University of Liverpool School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester
  • Dr. Med. Philipp Reinhardt, Radiation Oncology Resident, Paul Scherrer Institut Center for Proton therapy
  • Rachel Lennon, Trainee Clinical Scientist (Radiotherapy Physics), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Claire Fletcher, Operations Lead for Radiotherapy Physics, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
  • Ellen Gibson, Senior Radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, University of Liverpool
  • Professor Peter Hoskin, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
  • Dr Alison Tree, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  • Professor Daniel McGowan, Head of Education and Research, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Michael Kosmin, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Clinical Lead for Radiotherapy, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Morena Sallabanda, Radiation Oncologist, Institute of Advanced Radiosurgery (IRCA)/ Protontherapy Center Quironsalud, Madrid (Spain)
  • Nicky Hutton, Primary Care Cancer Engagement Manager and Professional Lead for AHPs, Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance
  • Emma Hallam, Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Dr Kevin Chiu, Consultant Head and Neck Oncologist, Clinical Lead Radiation Services
  • Neeha Sheikh, Team Lead Radiographer, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East & North Herts NHS Trust
  • Professor Chris Talbot, Professor of Radiotherapy Genetics, University of Leicester
  • Anna Wilkins, Clinician Scientist and Group Leader, Institute of Cancer Research
  • Emma Melia, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Birmingham
  • Aldijana Osmanagic, Head of Government Affairs Europe, Elekta
  • Dr Katie Wakeham, Clinical Oncology Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Hester Burger, Clinical Development Program Manager, Varian Medical Affairs, Siemens Healthineers
  • Jonathan Lane, Head of Radiotherapy Physics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Martin Buschmann, Medical Physicist, University Hospital Vienna/Medical University of Vienna, Austria
  • Micheal Pearson, Operational Lead for Dosimetry, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
  • Virginia Marin Anaya, Clinical Scientist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Amy Hancock, Director of Medical Imaging, University of Exeter
  • Dr Fay Manning, Lecturer, Department of Health and Care Professions, University of Exeter
  • Jo McNamara, Rad Chat Co-Host/Senior Lecturer, Rad Chat/Sheffield Hallam University
  • Mr Andrew Blakeman, BIR Honorary Treasurer
  • Damian Parr, Head of Therapeutic Radiography Services, NHS Tayside
  • Helen Best, Senior Clinical Radiotherapy Officer, UKHSA
  • Cristiona Logan, Specialist Clinical Officer, Radiotherapy, UKHSA
  • Carmel Anandadas, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
  • Professor Jo Patterson, Professor of Speech and Language Therapy, Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, University of Liverpool
  • Professor Thomas Zilli, Head of the Radiation Oncology Department at the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI - EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland and Professor at Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland and at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Switzerland (PD)
  • Dr Alexandra Stewart, Consultant Clinical Oncologist/Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Surrey County Hospital/University of Surrey, Guildford
  • Professor Daniela Thorworth, Full Professor in Biomedical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Germany
  • Dr Alex Dunlop, Advanced Clinical Research Physicist The Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital
  • Dr Nicola Thorp, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Vice President Faculty of Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Royal College of Radiologists
  • Professor Neil Burnet, Senior Demonstrator in the Human Anatomy Centre at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Research Fellow at the Austrian particle therapy centre at MedAustron
  • Dr Rob Chuter, Principal Clinical Scientist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, The Christie NHS FT and University of Manchester

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