Professor Tomas Kron
Tomas Kron, born and educated in Germany, earned his PhD before migrating to Australia in 1989 to begin his career in radiotherapy physics. Between 2001 and 2005, he worked in Canada at the London Regional Cancer Centre, contributing to the commissioning of one of the first helical tomotherapy units. In 2005, Tomas joined Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, where he is now the Director of Physical Sciences.
An expert in medical physicist education, ionizing radiation dosimetry, image guidance, and clinical trials, Tomas has delivered around 100 invited conference presentations and published over 330 refereed journal papers. He serves on the editorial boards of journals like Radiother. Oncol. and is an associate editor for Radiat. Meas. and Clin. Oncol (RCR). Tomas is a regular consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and has held leadership roles, including president of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (2009-10). He organized major conferences such as EPSM 2000 and ICCR 2013 and was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2014 for his services to medicine, research, and education.
Matthew Paris
The rewards and pitfalls of establishing a radiation protection framework in the Pacific Islands
Matthew Paris is a medical physics consultant and director of Radiation Healthcare Solutions Ltd. specialising in health-industry and corporate radiation protection. Prior to that he was Chief Physicist for Dunedin Hospital for eighteen years. His research interests include small field dosimetry and image guidance techniques.
Professor Christopher Jackson
Conference welcoming address
Chris Jackson is a medical oncologist and Professor of Cancer Medicine with a special interest in gastrointestinal cancers and melanoma. He graduated from the University of Otago and trained in New Zealand before undertaking sub-specialist training at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London – the world’s first specialist cancer hospital.
Chris holds national and international roles in the research and management of colorectal cancer, cancer services and standards, and was Medical Director of the Cancer Society from 2015-2021.
Born and raised in Otago, Chris is strongly committed to the region. He co-founded Mercy Cancer Care with Mercy Hospital in 2011, with a vision that patients should be able to get world class cancer care with the best possible treatments available in their own region.
Dr Sabeena Beveridge
Development of a framework for film dosimetry audits
Dr Sabeena Beveridge is currently the Head of Research and Development at the Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service (ACDS) and has been working on projects related to motion management, MR-Linac, and SRS audits. She has extensive experience in the field of film dosimetry and was recently the lead author in an international collaboration to develop a framework for a film dosimetry audit.
Sabeena was trained as a Medical Physicist in Canada and has worked clinically in the US, Australia, UK, and Canada. She has been working with the IAEA, IROC, and NPL in developing auditing services and has also provided training for Medical Physicists in developing countries. Being in the field for more than 20 years, Sabeena has presented and published her work related to LDR prostate brachytherapy, breast motion management, SABR, SRS, and synchrotron related research projects.
Mark Derby
John Strong Memorial Lecture
Mark Derby is a Wellington writer and historian. His books include Kiwi Compañeros – New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War (2009) and Frontline Surgeon – New Zealand medical pioneer Douglas Jolly, (2024.) He is currently writing a history of the New Zealand Wars in the Bay of Plenty, 1864-1870. He has also written research reports for the Waitangi Tribunal and other government agencies. His work has been published in several countries and languages, including French, Spanish and Māori.
Lee Collins
Lee is a medical physicist, and until 2014 Director of the Medical Physics Department at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia where he now has an honorary position. His interests are in laser and ionising/other non-ionising radiation safety, diagnostic radiology physics, and nuclear medicine.
Since leaving university in 1968, he has worked in 4 hospitals in Australia and the UK, and during a radiation safety research appointment in Germany, became interested in laser applications in medicine. He is Chair of the Standards Australia medical laser committee which is responsible for a number of medical laser-related standards, especially AS/NZS 4173, and represents Australia on International Electrotechnical Commission committee TC76 which develops the international laser safety standards from which many national standards are derived. He is currently project leader for a joint IEC/ISO project developing a laser protective eyewear user’s guide.
Lee is a Fellow and past President of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM), an Honorary Fellow and past President of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society (ARPS), and the current non-ionising radiation ministerial appointee to the NSW Radiation Advisory Council. He has also performed many Technical Expert missions for the International Atomic Energy Agency in developing countries, predominantly teaching radiographers, radiologists and other interventionalists who use radiology imaging, in radiation safety and image quality in diagnostic and interventional radiology.
He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2003, was awarded a Distinguished Service award by the ACPSEM in 2002 and was given a 1906 Award by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 2013 and again in 2024.