In general
TOPIM starts on Monday 25 August at around 16.30h with registration and a welcome coffee.
The scientific part starts with the welcome lecture at 17.30h on Monday. TOPIM 2025 ends on Friday 29 August after lunch. All attendees are asked to stay for the entire duration of the conference. All participants are accommodated at the Certosa di Pontignano, and all meals are common meals. See below for programme details per day.
TOPIM 2025 will kick off with Welcome Lectures on Monday 25 August. Followed by an exciting, well-balanced mix of top-notch keynote speakers, talks, and poster presentations selected from abstract submissions, group discussions, and excursions to the magic environment of Tuscany.
Timeframe per Day
- Breakfast: 07.00h-08.45h
- Lunch: 13.00h
- Dinner: 20.00h
Monday 25 August
- + Arrival Day +
- 16.30h – Registration & Welcome Coffee
- 17.30h – Welcome Lectures – Setting the Stage
- Followed by an informal welcome reception and dinner.
Tuesday 26 August
- 09.00h – Scientific morning session
- 10.30h – Coffee Break
- 13.00h – Lunch
- 15.00h – Afternoon session
- 18.30h – Wine tasting
- 20.00h – Dinner
Wednesday 27 August
- 09.00h – Scientific morning session
- 10.30h – Coffee Break
- 13.00h – Lunch
- 14.00h – Excursion
- 17.30h – Afternoon session
- 20.00h – Dinner
Thursday 28 August
- 09.00h – Scientific morning session
- 10.30h – Coffee Break
- 13.00h – Lunch
- 15.00h – Afternoon session
- 20.00h – Dinner
Friday 29 August
- 09.00h – Scientific morning session
- 10.30h – Coffee Break
- 12.00h – Early Lunch
- End of TOPIM and departure
Programme Elements
- Keynote Speakers
- Shorter talks selected from abstract submissions
- Poster presentations selected from abstract submissions
- Group work
- Social/networking elements
Keynote Speakers
more to come
- Jeff Bulte, John Hopkins University Baltimore – “Theranostic Implants”
- Paula Foster, Robarts Research Institute London, Ontario (Canada) – “Cell Delivery Systems”
- Jolanda de Vries, Nijmegen – “Cell Delivery Systems”
- Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University, East Lansing – “Synthetic Biology”
- Inge Herrmann, ETH Zurich – “Detecting-Acting Systems“
- Melita Irving, Lausanne – “Trigger Responsive Systems“
- Metin Sitti, Koç University Istanbul – “Nanorobots”
Introductory Keynote Speakers
- Wolfgang Weber, TUM Munich – “Where it started – History of Radiotheranostics“
- N.N. – “What’s new – Radioisotopes“
- Margret Schottelius, Lausanne – “Where we are – Overview of (Radio-)Tracer Development“
- Twan Lammers, RWTH Aachen – “Beyond Radiotheranostics – Expansion of the Field”