The congress will be followed by a 3-day workshop (28th to 30th September 2017) organised in collaboration with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine International Science Exchange Programme (AAPM-ISEP). The workshop will be conducted by 6 international experts in the field of Radiation Therapy Physics and will focus on specialised techniques and advances in Radiation Therapy. The AAPM faculty will also present at the congress. These events are endorsed by the Federation of African Medical Physics Organisations (FAMPO), the International Organisation of Medical Physics (IOMP) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Important Dates Abstract submission has been extended till 19 June Notification of acceptance/decline will the 3rd of July Early Bird registration from 3 April-14 June Late registration applies from the 15th June Registration closes 6th September Exhibition registration extended to 30 June 2017 Exhibition cancellation by 31 July 2017 SAAPMB 2017 Gala Dinner is on the 27th of September AAPM-ISEP 2017 Gala Dinner is on the 29th of September SOURCE: http://www.saapmb2017.co.za/

Members are hereby informed that the FAMPO Elections into the 4 (Four) Executive Committee (ExCom) positions: President Vice-President Secretary-General Treasurer will follow the guidelines below with the timelines as stated : 1. The election will be in an electronic way: by emails. 2. All the applications will be assessed by the Nominating Committee (NC) before circulating to all FAMPO members for elections. 3. The approved applications will be announced to the applicants. 4. 2 (Two) members from the NC will be appointed to receive the votes from members by emails. 5. The 2 members will forward the results to the NC. 6. The President of the NC will announce the final results of the four positions to FAMPO members and to IOMP ExCom. 7. After the acceptance by the Four new ExCom members, the new ExCom will be in position to lead FAMPO. DEADLINES: Applications are hereby solicited from interested members in “good financial standing” till April 15, call for applications and receipt of the applications to be sent to this address: ahmed.ibnseddik@gmail.com April 16 to May 7: Evaluation of the applications by the NC May 8 to May 31: Announcement of the approved applications to concerned applicants and Election Campaign from candidates to FAMPO members June 1 to June 18: Elections by emails to the 2 appointed NC members (not yet done) June 19 to June 25: Despoliation/Counting of the votes and Announcement of the results to the NC June 26 to July 2: Approval of the results by the NC (and dealing with any complaints or fall-outs from the elections) and Announcement of the final results to FAMPO members and IOMP ExCom.   SOURCE: https://www.federation-fampo.org/index.php/main/index/7320OK