Programme

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The 4th All-Ireland Cancer Conference will be formally opened by Ms Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health and Children, Republic of Ireland

Sunday November 30th
18:30 - 20:00: Welcome introduction and informal supper, followed by film show; Films that honour those who have experienced cancer.
Monday December 1
8:30 - 10:30 Session 1:  CANCER PREVENTION AND SCREENING Chair: Dr Tony Holohan, Department of Health and Children, Ireland Speakers Dr Max Parkin, Oxford University The current and future cancer burden and the potential for prevention strategies. Professor Jack Cuzick, Cancer Research HPV immunization and cervical cancer screening. Dr Michael Cummings, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York Smoking cessation strategies
10:30 - 11:00 Official opening of the Conference by the Minister for Health and Children
11:00 - 11:30 Refreshments and poster viewing
11:30 - 13:00 Session 2: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CANCER CONTROL Chair: Dr Michael McBride, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland Speakers Professor Tom Keane, HSE National Cancer Control Programme The Irish National Cancer Control Programme Dr Dermot Hughes, NICAN The Northern Ireland Cancer Programme Dr Joe Harford, National Cancer Institute International cooperation in cancer control
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and poster viewing
14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
A. CLINICAL TRIALS-FROM DRUG DISCOVERY TO BEDSIDE Chair: Dr Lee Helman, National Cancer Institute Speakers Dr Lee Helman, National Cancer Institute Professor Stephanie McKeown, University of Ulster Dr John Kennedy, Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group - ICORG	B. CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AND SCREENING Chair: Dr Fenton Howell, Health Service Executive, Population Health Speakers Dr Grainne Flannelly, University College Dublin Dr Douglas Lowy, National Cancer Institute	C. LIVING WITH CANCER Chair: Professor David Clark, Lancaster University Speakers Dr Eilis McCaughan, University of Ulster Ms Cherith Semple, Ulster Hospital-Cancer Services, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Professor Josephine Hegarty, University College Cork
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshments and poster viewing
16:00 - 17:00 Session 4: FUNDING FOR CANCER RESEARCH - THE FUTURE Chair: Mr John McCormack, Irish Cancer Society Speakers: Dr Philip Branton, Canadian Institute Of Cancer Research Mr Enda Connolly, Health Research Board Ireland

Tuesday, December 2
8:30 - 10:30 Session 5: COLLABORATION IN CANCER CARE Chair: Dr Joe Harford, National Cancer Institute Speakers Professor David Clark, Lancaster University Professor John Reynolds, Trinity College Dublin Dr Alastair Smith, Southampton General Hospital Collaboration in cancer care
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments and poster viewing
11:00 - 13:00: Session 6: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
A. CANCER IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS Chair: Dr Michael Capra, Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin Speakers: Dr Ronald D Barr, McMaster University Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer - a "Lost Tribe" Dr Les Robison, St Jude’s Hospital – Memphis Dr Lee Helman, National Cancer Institute	B. ADVANCES IN IMAGING Chair: Professor Donal Hollywood, Trinity College, Dublin Speakers: Dr Michael Blake, Massachusetts General Hospital Abdominal PET/CT Dr Joe O’Sullivan, Belfast City Hospital Dr Helen Fenlon, Mater Hospital, Dublin CT Colonography	C. CANCER IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION Chair: Professor Mark Lawler, Trinity College, Dublin Speakers: Dr Giorgio Trinchieri, National Cancer Institute Professor Larry Egan, NUI Galway Professor Kingston Mills, Trinity College Dublin Suppression of regulatory T cell induction as a strategy to enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapeutics and vaccines
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and poster viewing
14:00 - 15:30: Session 7: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
A. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN CANCER DEVELOPMENT Chair: Professor Dennis McCance, Belfast City Hospital Speakers: Dr Curtis Harris, National Cancer Institute Professor Tom Cotter, University College, Cork Cell Survival Strategies used by Tumour Cells Professor Mark Lawler, Trinity College Dublin Genomics and Cancer Development	B. PALLIATIVE CARE Chair: Professor Judith Hill, Northern Ireland Hospice Care Speakers: Dr Phil Larkin, NUI Galway Ms Audrey Agnew, Marie Curie Hospice, Belfast Dr James Cleary, University of Wisconsin	C. PREVENTION WORKSHOP WITH NCI CANCER PREVENTION FELLOWS Chair: Dr Jonathan Wiest, National Cancer Institute Speakers: Dr Lesley Anderson Dr Sharon Glynn Dr Gwen Murphy Dr Amanda Black Dr Bríd M. Ryan
15:30 - 16:00: Session 8: PRESENTATION OF POSTER AWARDS
16:00-16:30 Refreshments and poster viewing
16:30 - 18:30 Session 9: STATE OF THE SCIENCE: CANCER GENOMICS - GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES Chair: Dr Steve Chanock, National Cancer Institute Speakers: Dr Steve Chanock, National Cancer Institute Dr Bob Hoover, National Cancer Institute Dr Richard Hayes, National Cancer Institute

Wednesday December 3
8:30 - 10:30 Session 10: QUALITY IN CANCER CARE Chair: Dr Tracey Cooper, Health Information and Quality Authority Speakers Dr Thomas Burke, MD Anderson Cancer Center – Texas Dr Anna Gavin, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry Dr Jon Kerner, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPACC)
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments and poster viewing
11:30 - 12:30 Session 11: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
A. BIOMARKERS IN PROGNOSIS AND TREAMENT; TARGETED THERAPIES Chair: Professor Elaine Kay, Beaumont Hospital Speakers: Dr Paul Harkin, Queen’s University, Belfast Dr Joe Duffy, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin uPA as a Biomarker in Breast Cancer: From Pilot Studies to Recommendation for Clinical Use. Professor Ken Mills, Queen’s University, Belfast marker in Breast Cancer: From Pilot Studies to Recommendation for Clinical Use.	B. BIOBANKING Chair: Dr Anne Cody, Health Research Board Speakers: Dr Joe Harford National Cancer Institute Professor William Watson, University College Dublin The First Irish Prostate Cancer BioResource - a programme of the Prostate Cancer Research Consortium Professor Bernadette Hannigan, Research & Development Office, Northern Ireland	C. SURVIVORSHIP Chair: Mrs Liz Henderson, Northern Ireland Cancer Network Speakers: Dr Linda Sharp, National Cancer Registry Ireland Cost of cancer for patients and their families in Ireland Dr Kathleen Griffith, University of Maryland, Baltimore Emerging models of care in the cancer survivor Professor JJ Spinetta, San Diego State University Long-term survivors of childhood cancer
12:30 - 13:30 Session 12: KEYNOTE ADDRESS - THE FUTURE OF CANCER CONTROL
Chair: Dr Harry Comber (National Cancer Registry) Speaker: Professor David Hill, International Union Against Cancer - UICC
Lunch
14:30 - 17:00 Satellite meeting: Irish Association for Cancer Research Mini-symposium CANCER BIOLOGY INFORMS CANCER MEDICINE Speakers Professor Noel Lowndes, NUI Galway DNA Damage/Genome stability and cancer Professor Rosemary O’Connor, University College Cork Survival signalling in the cancer cell Dr Daniel Longley, Queen’s University, Belfast Combating cancer drug resistance Dr David Lloyd, Trinity College Dublin Computational drug discovery and rational drug design