Media invited to IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine: X Ray Vision, 8 – 12 December 2025

On Monday 8 December, the IAEA’s International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine: X Ray Vision will commence at 10:30 CET at the IAEA headquarters, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). 

The week-long conference will be open to the press and will be livestreamed here.

Radiation protection and safety in medicine need to keep up with new and upcoming developments in radiological imaging, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. 

The latest research shows that about?4.2 billion?diagnostic imaging procedures are performed every year, and this number continues to grow. In addition, an estimated 6.2 million courses of radiation therapy treatment are performed annually, while medical radiation technology and procedures continue to be developed, including AI and automated systems.

The conference, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization, will convene 600+ experts to examine trends and challenges in the field including radiation protection of patients and staff in various diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and in interventional procedures, learning from unnecessary, unintended and accidental exposures in medicine, strengthening radiation safety culture in healthcare and more.

Together, they will create a vision for the future through A Call to Action - grounded in the 2012 Bonn Call for Action - to further enhance global radiation protection of patients and medical workers against harmful effects of ionizing radiation. 

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will open the Conference at 10:30 CET on 8 December. More information, including the list of speakers and detailed programme, are available online. 

The Conference will feature poster presentations on latest research in various specializations and exhibition booths. 

For those interested in interviewing speakers, please send detailed requests to the IAEA Press Office.

Accreditation

All journalists interested in covering the meeting in person — including those with permanent accreditation — are requested to inform the IAEA?Press Office?of their plans. 

Journalists without permanent accreditation must send copies of their passport and press ID to the IAEA?Press Office?by 14:00 CET on Thursday, 4 December. 

We encourage those journalists who do not yet have permanent accreditation to request it at?UNIS Vienna. 

Please plan your arrival to allow sufficient time to pass through the VIC security check. 

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