Event agenda
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
10:00 - 10:30
Official Opening – Halfway to 2030: Advancing the EU Cancer Mission
Format:Live streamTrack:Opening
3 speakers
10:30 - 11:30
Understanding cancer and importance of data exchange part 1: building a coherent cancer data ecosystem
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
6 speakers
11:35 - 12:30
Understanding cancer and importance of data exchange part 2: improving access and sharing of cancer data
Format:Live stream
4 speakers
12:35 - 14:15
Lunch break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
13:00 - 14:00
Parallel Workshop 1 - Development of National Cancer Data Nodes
Format:In-personTrack:Workshop
7 speakers
14:15 - 15:15
Understanding cancer and importance of data exchange part 3: better models for cancer research and care
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
6 speakers
15:15 - 16:15
Coffee break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
15:20 - 16:10
16:15 - 17:15
Understanding cancer and importance of data exchange part 4: data-driven tools for precision oncology
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
5 speakers
17:15 - 17:30
17:30 - 19:30
Networking Cocktail
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
10:00 - 10:30
Opening – From Strategy to Action: Key Milestones in Europe’s Fight Against Cancer
Format:Live streamTrack:Opening
2 speakers
10:30 - 11:30
Prevention and Early Detection: Shifting the Trajectory. Focus on prevention strategies
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
6 speakers
11:30 - 12:30
Prevention and Early Detection: Shifting the Trajectory. Focus on innovative early detection approaches
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
6 speakers
12:30 - 14:15
Lunch break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
13:00 - 14:00
Parallel Workshop 1- Multi-stakeholder group session to co-create solutions on key topics such as health equity, gender and age, CAYA cancer and survivorship
Format:In-personTrack:Workshop
5 speakers
14:15 - 15:15
Quality of Life, survivorship and palliative care: holistic quality care models and patient engagement
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
7 speakers
15:15 - 16:15
Coffee break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
15:20 - 16:10
16:15 - 17:15
Quality of Life, survivorship and palliative care: patient empowerment and support
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
6 speakers
17:15 - 17:30
Thursday, 1 October 2026
09:30 - 10:30
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment part 1 – making innovation happen
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
4 speakers
10:30 - 11:30
Coffee break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
10:35 - 11:25
Parallel workshop: ‘How can patients benefit from innovation in personalised oncology?’
Format:In-personTrack:Workshop
2 speakers
11:30 - 12:30
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment part 2 – Getting personalised and affordable care to patients
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
5 speakers
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
13:00 - 14:00
Parallel Workshop 2 - Rare Cancer Forum: A stakeholder-led initiative to improve the lives of rare cancer patients
Format:In-personTrack:Workshop
3 speakers
14:15 - 15:15
15:20 - 15:45
Sign-ups available from 1 Aug 2026, 00:00 to 28 Sept 2026, 00:00