SAVE THE DATE!
DiCE General Assembly & 9th Masterclass
will be held in Munich, 27 – 29 June 2024
Bringing together our Member Organisations across Europe to maximise impact in patient advocacy. The diverse interactive programme includes innovative hands-on workshops, scientific lectures, and networking opportunities.
Agenda
09.00 - 13.00 | Registration | |
12.00 - 13.00 | Buffet lunch | |
13.00 - 14.45 | 2023 DiCE Annual General Assembly | |
14.45 - 15.00 | Break | |
15.00 - 17.00 | Session 1: Update in Science | Dr. Cathy Eng, Epidemiology of GI Cancers in Young Patients |
Dr. Thomas Gruenberger, Advances in Liver Surgery for mCRC | ||
Dr. Myriam Chalabi, New Approaches in treating GI cancers | ||
Dr. Eric Van Cutsem, Open discussion with the audience (ALL Digestive Cancers) | ||
Prof. Eric Van Cutsem As co-founder of DiCE and renowned Professor of Clinical Digestive Oncology, Eric is the organisation’s guiding voice on all medically relevant matters. Dr Eric Van Cutsem, MD, PhD, is full professor and Division Head of Digestive Oncology at University of Leuven (KUL) and University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. He became in 2018 doctor honoris causa of the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. He is Member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine and president of the Belgian Foundation against Cancer. He received several awards, amongst which were in 2019 the ESMO Award and the European Awards in Medicine for Cancer Research. His research focuses on the development of new diagnostic and treatment strategies for GI cancers. He published > 623 articles (Pubmed) and more than 1333 (Thomson Web of Science), leading to more than 85.000 citations and an H-factor of 133. In 2013, Capital magazine ranked him in the top 3 reputed colon cancer experts globally. Thomson Reuters ranks him in the top 1% for impact in his domain. He co-founded ESMO GI/World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, and is Chair of the meeting in Barcelona, Spain. He serves/served on the board or key committee of ESMO (executive board and several committees), ASCO (program committee and international affairs committee), EORTC (executive board and chair GI Cancer group), ), ENET (advisory board), ECCO (program committee), ESDO (president), UEG (Scientific Committee, public affairs committee), ESO (scientific committee), BGDO (Belgian Group Digestive Oncology), FAPA (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Association) and of the patient advocacy groups, Europacolon and Digestive Cancers Europe (co-founder and executive board). He was chairman of the governmental colon cancer prevention task force in Flanders, Belgium. |
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17.00 - 17.15 | Discussion and Key Takeaways from Day 1 |
09.00 - 09.05 | Welcome to the Masterclass Day 2 | |
09.05 - 11.15 | Session 2: For and From Members | |
09.05 - 09.20 | 5TH Year Anniversary Celebration | |
09.20 - 09.30 | Presentation of DiCE grants and support | |
09.30 - 10.30 | Updates from Members supported via DiCE grants | |
10.30 - 11.15 | Policy Update and National Policy Meetings | |
11.15 - 11.30 | Group Photo + Break | |
11.30 - 13.00 | Session 3: Health Technology Assessment | |
HTA Session 4Patients presented by EUPATI | ||
13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
14.00 - 15.30 | Session 4: Physical Activity for Prevention and Preservation | |
15min | Update on StepApp | |
20min +10QA | Activity at all stages | |
20min + 10QA | Outdoor Against Cancer presented by Petra Thaller | |
15.15 - 15.30 | Break | |
15.30 - 16.30 | Session 5: Launch of my My DiCE Companion | |
Presenting the App | ||
Patient testimonials | ||
MOs experience sharing the App | ||
16.30 - 17.00 | Discussion and Key Takeaways from Day 2 | |
20.00 - 22.30 | Official Dinner |
09.00 - 09.05 | Welcome to the Masterclass Day 3 | |
09.05 - 11.30 | Session 6: The Early-Age Onset Project | |
09.05 - 10.30 | Communication session + workshop | |
10.30 - 11.30 | Introduction to “You're Young, But It Might Be Cancer” | |
Book readings | ||
Introduction to ENTERO | ||
11.30 - 11.45 | Close of the 8th Masterclass |