Powerful Event Platform to Deliver RANZCR2021 ASM First Virtual Experience

Despite our hope and determination that this year’s ASM would be delivered as a hybrid event in Melbourne, the ongoing uncertainty and increasing number of cases in our two largest capital cities had the College’s Board approve a decision to switch the ASM to a full virtual experience.

Over the past two years, ASM Convenors Prof Meng Law and A/Prof Farshad Foroudi alongside their sub committees have worked tirelessly to deliver a program that would be sure to engage delegates.

While we are disappointed that we cannot come together in person, we encourage our members to support their colleagues by registering to attend the ASM and acknowledging the countless hours of time and effort invested in designing the program

Professors Law and Foroudi

Under the theme of Elysium: Now and The Future with AI, RANZCR2021 will unveil the emerging trends in artificial intelligence (AI) from multiple perspectives, exploring the power of AI in diagnosis, treatment, and patient outcome in clinical radiology and radiation oncology. Spanning over three and half days, the ASM 2021 will proudly present over 300 thought-provoking presentations across nearly 60 sessions, eight educational workshops and panel discussions, a dedicated Trainee Day for each discipline, as well as a number of prestigious awards and grant programs alongside virtual industry exhibitions.

The 2021 ASM has attracted the largest number of international speakers across the depth and breadth of the globe including Prof Ben Slotman on MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy, Dr Anne Osborn and Prof Paul Parizel on neuroradiology, Prof Andrew Loblaw on prostate cancer, Dr Jonathan Kruskal on post-COVID rebuilding, Prof Cristopher A. Meyer, Dr Heather Moriarty, Dr Ram Senasi, Dr Ferco H. Berger, and more. They will shed light on cutting-edge technology, reveal ground-breaking research findings and new data, tackle challenges in cancer treatment, highlighting future opportunities in radiology and radiation oncology.

RANZCR2021 is also an arena of scientific competitions for further learning and education to nurture medical advancements.

• The RANZCR CLiP Kaggle Challenge: with a total of $50,000 prize and run for three months, the inaugural Kaggle challenge encouraged data scientists worldwide to develop an algorithm which can detect the mispositioning of catheters and lines on chest x-rays reducing human error. It has attracted over 1,500 teams of health professionals and data engineers from around the world with 28,112 solution entries.

• The Varian Challenge: established in 1984, the annual Varian Challenge recognises an outstanding student member for the best scientific paper in Radiation Oncology with the aim of encouraging medical research. This year, twelve trainees from around Australasia will present their research to compete for this highly regarded prize.

• Branch of Origin: the battle of the branches as the brightest clinical radiology trainees from each branch compete for the best presentation prize and a ticket to the Radiological Society of North America scientific meeting 2022 in Chicago, USA.

Former Victorian Deputy Chief Health Officer Professor Allen Cheng, will deliver the Nisbet Oration on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout. This year the Nisbet Oration will be given in the opening plenary session, an ASM tradition with previous Nisbet Orators including Prof Fiona Wood, Dr Mike King and Prof Brian Schmidt.

RANZCR’s 3D virtual conference platform will be visually appealing and engaging for delegates to participate in discussion forums, live question and answer sessions, virtual meeting hubs with fellow delegates, as well as an interactive virtual exhibition with resource and demonstration videos.

Register now to join the 2021 ASM conversations and receive 120 days exclusive access to the recordings to watch at your own leisure.

Register here: www.ranzcr2021.com