Friday, 27 October 2023 | |
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19:00 | Welcome Dinner (honouring Susan Knox, Europa Donna Executive Director Emeritus) Esplanade Zagreb Hotel Ul. Antuna Mihanovica 1, Zagreb, Croatia |
Saturday, 28 October 2023 | |
9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome Marzia Zambon, CEO/Executive Director, Europa Donna Welcome and Opening of Conference Tanja Spanic, President, Europa Donna Vesna Ramljak, Board Member, Europa Donna |
9:15 – 9:45 | Keynote Speaker: “EBCP Update – the Path to Better Breast Cancer Care: successes and challenges to come” Chair: Stella Mastora, Board Member, Europa Donna Speaker: Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Brussels, Belgium |
9:45 – 10:00 | Discussion |
10:00 – 10:10 | A Screenshot of the Inequalities across Europe in Breast Cancer – where to act now? (introducing panel discussion) Chair: Vesna Ramljak, Board Member, Europa Donna Speaker: Bettina Borisch, Prof Dr FRCPath, MPH Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland and CEO, World Federation of Public Health Associations |
10:10 – 10:45 | Panel Discussion: What Can We Do, as Advocates, to Help Overcome Inequalities on National and International Levels? Speakers: Tit Albrecht, Centre for Health Care, National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia Bettina Borisch, Prof Dr FRCPath, MPH Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland and CEO, World Federation of Public Health associations Tanja Spanic, President, Europa Donna |
10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee |
11:00 – 11:30 | Where are We with the European Breast Cancer Guidelines and Quality Assurance Scheme? Achievements and Challenges Still to be Faced Chair: Marzia Zambon, CEO/Executive Director, Europa Donna Speakers: Bettina Borisch, Prof Dr FRCPath, MPH Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland and CEO, World Federation of Public Health Associations Robert Mansel, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK and QASDG Chair |
11:30 – 11:45 | Discussion |
11:45 – 12:15 | PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Chair: Ellen Verschuur, Board Member, Europa Donna
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12:15 – 12:30 | Discussion |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 – 14:45 | When Breast Cancer Hits: DIFFERENT AGES, DIFFERENT ISSUES Panel discussion focusing on breast cancer in young women vs. breast cancer in post-menopausal women Chair: Elizabeth Bergsten Nordström, Board Member, Europa Donna Speakers (Young Women): Tanja Spanic, President, Europa Donna Fedro A. Peccatori, Medical Oncologist, European Institute of Oncology, Italy Speakers (Post-menopausal Women): Susan Knox, Executive Director Emeritus, Europa Donna Laura Biganzoli, Director of the Breast Centre at the Oncology Department of the Hospital of Prato, Italy |
14:45 – 15:30 | SURVIVORSHIP AND QUALITY OF LIFE PANEL: How to Help and Who to Ask for Help Chair: Rowena Enriquez, Board Member, Europa Donna |
15:45 – 16:00 | Breast Cancer Management of Treatment Side Effects, QoL Speaker: Ines Vaz Luis, Medical Oncologist, Gustave Roussy, France |
16:00 – 16:15 | Exercise and Metastatic Breast Cancer: updates on the PREFERABLE Study Speaker: Anne May, Lead Researcher, PREFERABLE project, The Netherlands |
16:15 – 16:30 | Discussion |
16:30 – 16:45 | Why and How can Patient Advocates Get Involved in Research Chair: Fiorita Poulakaki Speaker: Ximena Montano, Principal Investigator and Lecturer at King’s College and Westminster University, Board Member, Europa Donna |
16:45 – 16:55 | Discussion |
16:55 – 17:10 | EXERCISE SESSION |
17:10 – 18:25 | COFFEE WITH OUR EXPERTS: Get the Latest Updates |
17:10 – 17:25 | How Breast Cancer Treatment is Evolving Expert: prof. Natalija Dedić Plavetić, MD.PhD, Medical Oncologist, Department of Oncology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia |
17:25 – 17:40 | The Latest Updates on Breast Cancer Surgery Expert: Fiorita Poulakaki, M.D., Ph. D, CEBS Breast Surgeon, Head of Breast Surgery Department, Medical Center Athens, Board Member, Europa Donna |
17:40 – 17:55 | What About Radiation? Expert: Zrinka Rendić, MD, Oncology and Radiotherapy Specialist, University Hospital for Tumors, Clinical Hospital Centre SM, Zagreb, Croatia |
16:55 – 18:10 | Genetic Testing Today Expert: Iva Kirac, MD,PhD, Surgical Oncology Specialist, University Hospital of Tumors, Zagreb, Croatia |
Sunday 29 October 2023 | |
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9:00 – 9:10 | Prevention: Breast Health Day Speaker: TBD, Europa Donna |
9:10 – 9:30 | EUROPA DONNA MBC Campaign Overview Speaker: Sarah-Jane Parker, VMLY&R, U.K. |
9:30 – 10:15 | EUROPA DONNA NATIONAL FORA SHOWCASE Presentations from 3 countries |
10:15 – 10:30 | Discussion |
10:30 – 10:45 | CONCLUSION OF CONFERENCE |
10:45 – 11:00 | COFFEE |
11:00 – 12:30 | Europa Donna General Assembly (for ED members only) |
13:00 | BOX LUNCH FROM HOTEL RESTAURANT |
Early registration fee before 31 July 2023: Euro 75.00
Late registration fee from 1 August 2023: Euro 95.00
Accompanying person rate for social events only*: Euro 150.00
*Friday night cocktail & dinner, lunch Saturday and Sunday, conference dinner Saturday night
The closing date for registration is: XXX
Payment method:
Bank transfer
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VENUE
The Westin Zagreb
Krsnjavoga 1
10000, Zagreb
Croatia
+385 1-4892000
Hotel Website
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Each conference participant is responsible for making her/his own travel arrangements and hotel reservations. The hotel reservations are not handled by EUROPA DONNA- The European Breast Cancer Coalition.
HOTEL AND ROOM RATES AVAILABLE FOR THE 16TH EUROPA DONNA PAN-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE:
Renaissance Deluxe Single occupancy: €XXX inc. breakfast
Renaissance Deluxe Double occupancy:€XXX inc. breakfast
Link for Reservation: XXXX
For questions relating to the hotel reservations please contact Ms. Romana Ficko.
Take advantage of the special rates and book your place at the Westin Zagreb Hotel. The release date for the hotel rooms is XXX. After this date the hotels do not guarantee the conference rates and availability!