Congress Programme *
New dates: Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd August, 2021
Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), Ireland
All sessions are in Irish Standard Time and will be available on a virtual basis. The congress content (except the forensic workshop) will be available on-demand on the virtual platform for 8 weeks after the congress.
For details on the scientific sessions please click here for Saturday and here for Sunday.
To view the list of poster presentations please click here.
Friday 20th August, 2021:
| 9.00am-12.30pm: Pre-Conference Workshops | |
Workshop 1: Justification 9.00 Radiography practitioners, justification and referral guidelines Welcome - Setting the scene 9.10 Authorisation vs Justification 9.30 The importance of clinical history taking & teamwork 9.50 Panel Questions & Answers 10.20 Assessing referrals CT referrals Chest referrals MRI referrals 11.45 Auditing referrals – incident reporting 12.10 Open Panel Discussion & Close of Session |
Donna Newman & Stewart Whitely, ISRRT & Jenia Vassileva, IAEA Dr. Amanda Martin (UK) Dr. Kristin B. Lysdahl (NO) (All) Co-Chairs: Prof. Louise Rainford & Dr. Shane Foley (IRE) & Dr. Frank Zarb (MT) Dr. Amanda Martin (UK) Edel Thomas (IRE) Dr. Nick Woznitza (UK) Dr. Marie Louise Butler (IRE) (All) |
Workshop 2: Forensic Radiography 9.00 Welcome 9.15 The pathologist’s perspective on post-mortem CT 9.35 Setting up a coronial-led post-mortem CT (PMCT) service 9.55 The use of PMCT in Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) 10.15 Tea/Coffee Break 10.45 The radiologist’s perspective on PMCT 11.05 Setting up a European PMCT response to a Mass Disaster 11.25 IAFR ‘Forensic Radiography Response Team’ training 11.45 Imaging of the Mummies in St. Michan’s crypt 12.05 The anthropologist’s perspective on PMCT - Jonathan Swift & Stella 12.25 Questions |
Dr. Sally Anne Collins, Office of the State Pathologist, (IRE) Amy-Lee Brookes, Lead Post-Mortem Radiographer, Royal Preston Hospital, (UK) Jeroen Kroll, Forensic Radiology Consultant, MUMC, (NL) - Dr. Ferdia Bolster, Consultant Radiologist, Mater, (IRE) Phillip Webster & Ann Heathcote, Alliance Medical, (UK) Paul Hunter, IAFR Vice Chair Prof. Jerry Conologue, Quinnipiac University, (USA) Dr. René Gapert, Forensic Anthropologist, (IRE) IAFR Chair |
| 12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch Break | |
| 1.30pm-2.30pm: Official Conference Opening | |
Intro Entertainment Welcome to the Congress
Entertainment Interlude National Societies Flag Ceremony Entertainment Interlude Traditional lighting of the globe & Introduction to Hutchinson Lecture |
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| 2.30pm-3.30pm: Hutchinson Lecture | |
| Professor Patrick C Brennan, University of Sydney, Australia |
Saturday 21st August 2021:
| 9.00am-9.15am: Opening Session | |
| ISRRT & IIRRT Presidents | |
| 9.15am-10.00am: Focus Sessions | |
Focus Session 1: AI in Radiology: Challenges and opportunities Focus Session 2: Quality imaging standards and the patient experience | Dr. Kathleen Curran, UCD (IRE) Co-Chairs: Ann Tate & Gill Hodges |
| 10.00am-11.00am: Scientific Session 1 | Chairs |
Track 1: Radiation Protection 1 Track 2: Artificial Intelligence Track 3: Computed Tomography 1 Track 4: Education 1 Track 5: General 1 Track 6: Radiation Therapy 1 | Liam Downey Alain Cromp Tim Agadakos Jonathan McNulty Yudthaphon Vichianin Theresa O'Donovan & Una Cooper |
| 11.00am-11.30am: Tea & Coffee Break | |
| 11.30am-12.15pm: Plenary 1 | Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Forde & TBC |
| Obesity: the next pandemic (what imaging professionals need to consider) Defining Obesity as a disease Why do Healthcare Professionals Stigmatise Obesity? What can we learn from patient's voice? | Prof. Carel Le Roux, UCD (IRE) Dr. Michael Crotty (IRE) Dr. Emma Farrell (IRE) |
| 12.15pm-1.15pm: Plenary 2 | Co-Chairs: Niamh Moore & Louise Rainford |
| The Big Debate: Shielding in radiography - an outdated practice? | Assoc. Prof. Shane Foley & Prof. Mark McEntee (IRE) |
| 1.15pm-2.15pm: Lunch Break | |
| 2.15pm-3.15pm: Scientific Session 2 | Chairs |
Track 1: Radiation Protection 2 Track 2: Computed Tomography 2 Track 3: Education 2 Track 4: General 2 Track 5: Radiation Therapy 2 Track 6: Joint ISRRT & EFRS session | Hannah Turner Niamh Moore Jonathan McNulty Terry Ell Chek Wee Charlotte Beardmore & Donna Newman |
| 3.15pm-4.15pm: Focus Session 3 | |
COVID on the frontlines - reflections Thailand | Co-Chairs: Sinead O Sullivan & Jenny Grehan Napapong Pongnapang |
| 4.30pm-5.30pm: Scientific Session 3 | Chairs |
Track 1: General 3 Track 2: Computed Tomography 3 Track 3: Education 3 Track 4: General 4 Track 5: Radiation Therapy 3 Track 6: General 5 | Elaine Reidy Hannah Turner & Niamh Moore Suzanne Dennan & Lauren Hurley Stewart Whitley Dean Harper & Leah Sanusi Katie Flynn |
Sunday 22nd August 2021:
| 9.00am-10.00am: Scientific Session 4 | Chairs |
Track 1: General 6 Track 2: Research / Role Development Track 3: Education 4 Track 4: Ultrasound 1 Track 5: Radiation Therapy 4 | Hannah Turner & Katie Flynn Shane Foley & Theresa O'Donovan Michaela Davis Michele Monahan & Elaine Reidy Nigel Anderson & Jessica Mulfaul |
| 10.00am-11.00am: Plenary 3 | Co-Chairs: Donna Newman & Dean Harper |
| The patient experience as a catalyst for change | Margaret Murphy (IRE) |
| 11.00am-11.30am: Tea & Coffee Break | |
| 11.30am-12.30pm: Focus Session 4 | |
Management strategies in radiography Job Satisfaction | Co-Chairs: Marie-Louise Ryan & Michaela Davis Blessing Folayan (IRE) |
| 12.30pm-1.30pm: Scientific Session 5 | Chairs |
Track 1: Education 5 Track 2: Ultrasound 2 Track 3: Role Development Track 4: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Track 5: Radiation Protection 3 | Marie-Louise Ryan Elaine Reidy Shane Foley Napapong Pongnapang Hakon Hjemly |
| 1.30pm-2.00pm Closing Ceremony |
* subject to change
The following societies have endorsed this programme for members CPD:
