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2026 ASTRO Annual Meeting

This applied learning or working session in Education / Training / Career shows 29 visible agenda rows from astro.org and scores 44/100: a moderate design signal with incomplete evidence. The clearest public signals sit in Future-of-Work Fit and Participation Architecture; the main limits are Follow Through and Network Design. Visible mechanisms include Participant work, Network design, and Learning transfer. The public record does not show follow-up or tracking, so the score should be read as design intent... A practical reading: For a reader, this is a comparison record more than a model to copy: it reads as an applied learning or working session, with the strongest visible signal in future-of-work fit and participation architecture and the biggest open question around follow through and network design. The practical test is whether the published agenda connects the room to post-event continuation and evidence. This page is an original public-evidence analysis, not a copy of the source agenda or an endorsement of the event. The score places the visible agenda in the moderate design signal band. The strongest visible pillars are Future-of-Work Fit, Participation Architecture, and Learning Transfer; the thinnest visible pillars are Follow Through, Network Design, and Problem Specificity. Visible mechanisms include Participant work, Network design, and Learning transfer. The extracted agenda preview includes 56 visible rows. The most common formats are Workshop, Presentation, and Unknown; the most common inferred purposes are Knowledge Transfer, Participant Work, and Co Creation.

Primary source evidence: astro.org ↗

Eight-pillar fingerprint

Hover any pillar to see what it measures and, where it scored low, what the agenda is missing.

Participation Architecture?68
Participation Architecture - 68/100. Participant work, contribution, interaction, and alternatives to passive broadcast.
Follow Through?5
Follow Through - 5/100. Owners, dates, commitments, progress checks, and accountability after the room.Missing: Add named owners, dates, implementation checkpoints, and a visible post-event continuation path.
Problem Specificity?40
Problem Specificity - 40/100. A clear costly problem, objective, decision, or performance target.Missing: Name the costly problem, decision, or performance target the gathering is meant to move.
Personalization?42
Personalization - 42/100. Role, path, goal, preparation, or connection tailoring for participants.
Network Design?32
Network Design - 32/100. Structured weak ties, bridge-building, mixers, and relationship persistence.Missing: Replace generic networking blocks with designed introductions, ask-offer exchanges, peer groups, or bridge-building rituals.
Learning Transfer?58
Learning Transfer - 58/100. Applied practice, feedback, workplace use, refreshers, and 30-90 day transfer.
Evidence Maturity?45
Evidence Maturity - 45/100. Baseline, comparison, follow-up, isolation, and attribution confidence.
Future-of-Work Fit?70
Future-of-Work Fit - 70/100. Value against time, hybrid reality, accessibility, AI, and meeting load.

Fix the gaps

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Agenda Preview

The actual agenda we captured. Every block is classified by format and purpose. Open any block to see how we read it; the colored edge shows whether it is participant work, broadcast, logistics, or a showcase.

Room vs wrapper

36 percent of the 56 classified blocks put participants to work; the rest broadcast, show, or handle logistics. That mix is what drives the participation score.

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Participant workBroadcastShowcaseLogistics
all eventPhysics WorkshopWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
all eventNetworking OpportunitiesNetworkingRelationship building+
Format · LogisticsNetworkingUnstructured mixing. Can carry incidental connection, but is not scored as designed network work.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
all eventKeynote SpeakersKeynoteExpert framing+
Format · BroadcastKeynoteA featured talk from the stage. Builds awareness and energy, produces no participant output on its own.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
all eventPhysics Insights for Advanced Clinical Practice: Adaptive, Re‑irradiation, AI and Trials WorkshopWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.mWorkshop Schedule: .WorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.mLunch Break: .BreakPacing+
Format · LogisticsBreakA pacing or recovery block between sessions.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
all event$75 Boxed Lunch - Member/Nonmember/Student/Resident/Fellows/Members-in-training/Post Doc Fellow/Grad Student/Patient AdvocatesTrainingSkill building+
Format · Participant workTrainingGuided skill building where participants practice. Counts as participant work and learning transfer.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.mOpening Keynote - The Physics Advances in Modern RadiotherapyKeynoteExpert framing+
Format · BroadcastKeynoteA featured talk from the stage. Builds awareness and energy, produces no participant output on its own.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Clinical TrialsWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisSession topic references decisions or metrics; event-level follow-through is not shownRead from source
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Implementation - What's Next on the HorizonPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisSession topic references decisions or metrics; event-level follow-through is not shownRead from source
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Imaging/dose Escalation in TrialsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisSession topic references decisions or metrics; event-level follow-through is not shownRead from source
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Clinician PerspectiveWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisSession topic references decisions or metrics; event-level follow-through is not shownRead from source
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Eastern time BreakBreakPacing+
Format · LogisticsBreakA pacing or recovery block between sessions.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
11:15 a.m. - 11:40 a.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part I: Clinical Rationale for ARTWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
11:40 a.m. - 12:05 p.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part I: From Function to Adaptation: Imaging Biomarkers as Triggers for Adaptive Radiation TherapyPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:05 p.m. - 12:15 p.mQ&A . Eastern timePresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:15 p.m. - 1:47 p.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part II: Technical - Technical Considerations and Quality/Safety for ARTPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:47 p.m. - 2:03 p.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part II: Technical - Online ART for Proton TherapyPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:15 p.m. - 2:18 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technology in Clinical Trials: Opening RemarksOpeningOrientation+
Format · BroadcastOpeningFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:18 p.m. - 2:43 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technology in Clinical Trials: The Evolving Role of Medical Physics in Leading and Shaping Radiotherapy Clinical TrialsWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
2:43 p.m. - 3:08 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technology in Clinical Trials: Implementing New Technologies and Quality Assurance Frameworks within Multi-center Radiotherapy TrialsWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
3:08 p.m. - 3:33 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technologies in Clinical Trials: Physics Partnership in Technology-driven Radiotherapy Clinical TrialsWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
3:33 p.m. - 3:47 p.mPanel DiscussionPanelDiscussion+
Format · BroadcastPanelExperts discuss while the audience watches. Surfaces perspective but rarely creates participant work.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.mSession 4 - Cross-cutting Module - AI Empowered PhysicsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.mSession 5 - Key TakeawaysPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
5:15 p.m. - 5:23 p.mSpeaker: Wensha Yang, PhD - University of California San Francisco, San FranciscoPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
5:23 p.m. - 5:30 p.mSpeaker: Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, PhD - Thomas Jefferson University, PhiladelphiaPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
all eventPhysics WorkshopWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
all eventSubnavigationUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisLowRead from source
all eventNetworking OpportunitiesNetworkingRelationship Building+
Format · LogisticsNetworkingUnstructured mixing. Can carry incidental connection, but is not scored as designed network work.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
all eventKeynote SpeakersKeynoteThought Leadership+
Format · BroadcastKeynoteA featured talk from the stage. Builds awareness and energy, produces no participant output on its own.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
all eventPhysics Insights for Advanced Clinical Practice: Adaptive, Re‑irradiation, AI and Trials WorkshopWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.mWorkshop Schedule: .WorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.mLunch Break: .MealWellbeing+
Format · LogisticsMealA pacing block. Can carry unstructured networking, not scored as participant work.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
all event$75 Boxed Lunch - Member/Nonmember/Student/Resident/Fellows/Members-in-training/Post Doc Fellow/Grad Student/Patient AdvocatesTrainingSkill Building+
Format · Participant workTrainingGuided skill building where participants practice. Counts as participant work and learning transfer.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
all eventASTRO Annual Meeting PortalUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisLowRead from source
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.mOpening Keynote - The Physics Advances in Modern RadiotherapyKeynoteThought Leadership+
Format · BroadcastKeynoteA featured talk from the stage. Builds awareness and energy, produces no participant output on its own.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Clinical TrialsWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Implementation - What's Next on the HorizonPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Imaging/dose Escalation in TrialsPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.mSession 1 - Re-irradiation: Data Driven Decision-Making: Clinician PerspectiveWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Eastern time BreakBreakWellbeing+
Format · LogisticsBreakA pacing or recovery block between sessions.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
11:15 a.m. - 11:40 a.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part I: Clinical Rationale for ARTWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
11:40 a.m. - 12:05 p.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part I: From Function to Adaptation: Imaging Biomarkers as Triggers for Adaptive Radiation TherapyPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
12:05 p.m. - 12:15 p.mQ&A . Eastern timeUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
1:15 p.m. - 1:47 p.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part II: Technical - Technical Considerations and Quality/Safety for ARTPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
1:47 p.m. - 2:03 p.mSession 2 - Adaptive Therapy Part II: Technical - Online ART for Proton TherapyPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
2:15 p.m. - 2:18 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technology in Clinical Trials: Opening RemarksOpening RemarksOrientation+
Format · BroadcastOpening RemarksFraming or welcome from the stage. Orients the room, not participatory.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
2:18 p.m. - 2:43 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technology in Clinical Trials: The Evolving Role of Medical Physics in Leading and Shaping Radiotherapy Clinical TrialsWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
2:43 p.m. - 3:08 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technology in Clinical Trials: Implementing New Technologies and Quality Assurance Frameworks within Multi-center Radiotherapy TrialsWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
3:08 p.m. - 3:33 p.mSession 3 - Advanced Technologies in Clinical Trials: Physics Partnership in Technology-driven Radiotherapy Clinical TrialsWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
3:33 p.m. - 3:47 p.mPanel DiscussionPanelDeliberation+
Format · BroadcastPanelExperts discuss while the audience watches. Surfaces perspective but rarely creates participant work.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.mSession 4 - Cross-cutting Module - AI Empowered PhysicsPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.mSession 5 - Key TakeawaysPresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
5:15 p.m. - 5:23 p.mSpeaker: Wensha Yang, PhD - University of California San Francisco, San FranciscoUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source
5:23 p.m. - 5:30 p.mSpeaker: Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, PhD - Thomas Jefferson University, PhiladelphiaUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisMediumRead from source

The Full Reading

Why It Ranks This Way +

Calibrated from GES design 45/100 and verified 45/100, then capped for no visible follow-up, tracking, or impact mechanism.

Reader Takeaway. For a reader, this is a comparison record more than a model to copy: it reads as an applied learning or working session, with the strongest visible signal in future-of-work fit and participation architecture and the biggest open question around follow through and network design. The practical test is whether the published agenda connects the room to post-event continuation and evidence.

Strongest signals: Future-of-Work Fit, Participation Architecture, and Learning Transfer. Weakest signals: Follow Through, Network Design, and Problem Specificity.

How This Agenda Could Improve +
  • Add named owners, dates, implementation checkpoints, and a visible post-event continuation path.
  • Replace generic networking blocks with designed introductions, ask-offer exchanges, peer groups, or bridge-building rituals.
  • Name the costly problem, decision, or performance target the gathering is meant to move.

Fastest next move: Add named owners, dated next steps, and a visible continuation path before treating the event as outcome-ready.

Role-Specific Reading +

Event owner lens

Use this record to benchmark whether a comparable event makes the work after the room visible. The score is 44/100, so the next move is to benchmark the weakest pillars before repeating the format.

Sponsor lens

Look beyond exposure. Strong sponsor value would show qualified interaction, problem work, buyer learning, customer evidence, or follow-up. The practical sponsor move is to look for structured introductions, buyer-seller fit, and relationship persistence.

Designer lens

The agenda is useful as a pattern sample from astro.org. Redesign attention should go first to the lowest-scoring pillars; in practice, turn the thinnest agenda blocks into participant work.

Executive lens

Treat the visible agenda as an operating plan. The executive move is to require owners, dates, and evidence before treating the event as strategic. If owners, proof, and follow-through are not visible, the public record does not yet prove strategic movement.

Aggregator lens

Treat the source URL as evidence, not decoration. The data-product move is to label the source boundary clearly before ranking the record before ranking or syndicating the record.

What GES Means Here +

The Gathering Effectiveness Score is a strict 0-100 public-evidence reading of the agenda across eight pillars. It rewards visible participant work, follow-through, transfer, network design, and proof mechanisms more than polish, speaker fame, attendance, or satisfaction.

Visible mechanisms: Participant work, Network design, Learning transfer.

Evidence boundary: Scores reflect visible agenda/source evidence and should not be read as proof of causal event impact.

Limitations, Score Caps, and Review Flags +

Limitations

  • No visible follow-up, progress monitoring, or longitudinal tracking.
  • No baseline measurement is visible.

Score caps

  • 42: No visible follow-up, tracking, or impact mechanism.

Review flags

  • Fourth-loop score cap: No visible follow-up, tracking, or impact mechanism.
  • No source-backed follow-up, validation, baseline, tracking, or impact evidence.
  • No tracking, validation, feedback, or impact measurement found in the visible source text.
Is this proof the event worked? +

No. This is a strict public-evidence reading of the agenda. Proof would require baseline, comparison, follow-up, attribution, and impact evidence beyond the listing.

What should a reader inspect first? +

Start with the source URL, then compare the eight pillar scores against the agenda rows. The biggest opportunities usually sit in follow-through, evidence maturity, and participant work.

Why publish weak records? +

Weak records are part of the map. They show where public agendas still describe sessions and speakers more often than outcomes, commitments, transfer, or proof.

How should I use the rows? +

Read the agenda rows as the visible design trace: formats, purposes, and evidence labels show what the public source made inspectable, not everything that happened in the room. This is a source-grounded interpretation of the public agenda record, not a copy of the source, and not an endorsement of the event.

Where To Go Next

Compare this agenda against other Education / Training / Career events scored on the same eight pillars.