2023 AGENDA
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and poster set-up
09:00 – 09:15
Opening remarks
09:15 – 10:00
Keynote Address
Patrick Bossuyt, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Amsterdam
10:00 – 10:55
Inequalities in cancer detection and diagnosis
Chairs: Kate Brain, Cardiff University
Carmen Guerra, University of Pennsylvania
10:55 – 11:25
Networking break and poster session
11:25 – 12:50
Inequalities in cancer detection and diagnosis (cont)
Chairs: Kate Brain, Cardiff University
Carmen Guerra, University of Pennsylvania
12:50 – 13:50
Networking lunch and poster session
13:50 – 14:25
The Great Debate: We need to shift early detection of cancer away from medical practices and hospitals and into the community
Chair: David Crosby, Cancer Research UK
Debaters: Willie Hamilton, University of Exeter
Clare Turnbull, Institute of Cancer Research
14:25 – 15:20
Understanding pre-cancers to enable early detection
Chairs: Sam Janes, University College London
Irene Ghobrial, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
15:20 – 15:50
Networking break and poster session
15:50 – 17:15
Understanding pre-cancers to enable early detection (cont)
Chairs: Sam Janes, University College London
Irene Ghobrial, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
17:15 – 18:45
Networking drinks and poster session
Wednesday, October 11
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and poster set-up
09:00 – 09:05
Opening remarks
09:05 – 09:40
Panel: What lessons did we learn from COVID-19 that can be applied to early cancer detection?
Chair: Jon Emery, University of Melbourne
09:40 – 10:15
The Great Debate: All cancer screening must be reserved for ‘high risk’ population
Chair: David Crosby, Cancer Research UK
Debaters: Fiona Gilbert, University of Cambridge
10:15 – 10:45
Networking break and poster session
10:45 – 13:05
Risk stratification to inform early detection
Chairs: Yoryos Lyratzopoulos, University College London (UCL)
Sapna Syngal, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Speakers: Rosalind Eeles, The Institute of Cancer Research
Angela Wood, Health Data Research UK / University of Cambridge
13:05 – 14:05
Networking lunch and poster session
14:05 – 14:35
Fireside chat
14:35 – 15:10
Keynote Address
Edward Patz, Duke University School of Medicine
15:10 – 15:45
Panel: How can we integrate information coming from traditional imaging with molecular biomarkers and clinical information to aid the early detection of cancer?
Speakers: Edward Patz, Duke University School of Medicine
Caroline Dive, CRUK Manchester Institute
Shonit Punwani, University College London (UCL)
15:45 – 16:15
Networking break and poster session
16:15 – 17:15
Networking session
17:15 – 18:45
Networking drinks and poster session
19:30 – late
Conference Dinner and Don Listwin Award
Thursday, October 12
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and poster set-up
09:00 – 09:05
Opening remarks
09:05 – 10:00
Multicancer early detection – beyond ctDNA
Chairs: Matthew Thompson, University of Washington
Claude Chelala, Queen Mary University of London
10:00 – 10:30
Networking break and poster session
10:30 – 11:55
Multicancer early detection – beyond ctDNA (cont)
Chairs: Matthew Thompson, University of Washington
Claude Chelala, Queen Mary University of London
11:55 – 12:30
Panel: Patient and Public Involvement in Early Detection Research
12:30 -13:30
Networking lunch and poster session
13:30 – 14:05
Panel: The Health Economics of Early Detection
Chair: Larry Kessler, University of Washington
14:05 – 14:50
Keynote Address
14:50 – 15:05
Conference closing remarks and poster prize winners
