Event agenda
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
10:00 - 10:30
Official Opening – Halfway to 2030: Advancing the EU Cancer Mission
Format:Live streamTrack:Opening
1 speaker
10:30 - 11:30
Understanding Cancer and importance of data exchange, 1st part (Session A)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
6 speakers
11:35 - 12:30
Understanding Cancer and importance of data exchange, 1st part (Session B)
Format:Live stream
3 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
2 speakers
14:15 - 15:15
Understanding Cancer and importance of data exchange, 2nd part (Session A)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
5 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, 2nd part (Session B)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
5 speakers
17:15 - 17:30
Closing remarks
Format:Live streamTrack:Closing
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
1 speaker
10:30 - 11:30
Prevention and Early Detection: Shifting the Trajectory (Session A)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
4 speakers
11:30 - 12:30
Prevention and Early Detection: Shifting the Trajectory (Session B)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
3 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
3 speakers
14:15 - 15:15
Quality of Life, survivorship and palliative care (Session A)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
4 speakers
15:15 - 16:15
Coffee break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
15:20 - 16:10
Parallel Workshop 2 - Expand palliative care: boost innovation, prevent complications and ensure dying with dignity
Format:In-personTrack:Workshop
16:15 - 17:15
Quality of Life, survivorship and palliative care (Session B)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
3 speakers
17:15 - 17:30
Thursday, 1 October 2026
09:30 - 10:30
Innovation in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Towards Personalised, Affordable and Equitable Care (Session A)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
1 speaker
10:30 - 11:30
Coffee break and project showcase
Format:In-personTrack:Break and Project Showcase
10:35 - 11:25
11:30 - 12:30
Innovation in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Towards Personalised, Affordable and Equitable Care (Session B)
Format:Live streamTrack:Session
1 speaker
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
14:15 - 15:15
15:20 - 15:45
Closing Session
Format:Live streamTrack:Closing
Sign-ups available from 1 Aug 2026, 00:00 to 28 Sept 2026, 00:00