It will also look to the future and how the best minds on the island of Ireland, can significantly contribute to a world without cancer.

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Programme

Welcome from the Co-Chairs

Professor Ian Young Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health Northern Ireland (NI) and Director of R&D for Health and Social Care NI and Dr Mairead O’ Driscoll CEO, Health Research Board of Ireland.

Opening Remarks

Professor Ian Greer, Vice-Chancellor and President, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB); Robin Swann MLA, Former Minister of Health, NI; Stephen Donnelly TD, Minister of Health, Ireland (TBC); Professor Karen McCloskey Deputy Director, Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research QUB, “The Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research: A Global Team Translating Research into Reality”

The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement: Cancer Knows No Borders

Chairs: Professor Chris Scott, Director, Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research and Deputy Head School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, QUB; Professor Maeve Lowery, Academic Director, Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, Trinity College Dublin.

• Professor Mark Lawler Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics/Professor of Digital Health, QUB and Co-Lead All Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI) - “Honouring Paddy’s legacy – putting the island of Ireland on the global map and driving the European cancer research effort"
• Professor Richard Sullivan Director, Institute of Cancer Policy, Kings College London - “Cancer 2023 – the need for global solutions”
• Professor Aedin Culhane Professor of Cancer Genomics, University of Limerick and AICRI - “Developing an eHealth Hub for the island of Ireland”
• Dr Satish Gopal Director, Center for Global Health NCI, USA - “The Ireland - Northern Ireland - US National Cancer Institute Cancer Consortium: a quarter of a century of tripartite achievement”
• Professor Robert Ladner CEO, CV6, QUB and Belfast, UK - “The Good Friday Agreement: Bringing Northern Ireland to the frontline of Cancer Drug Development”

Question and Answer Session

Hosted by Dr Satish Gopal

Professor Mark Lawler QUB and Co-lead of AICRI; Professor William Gallagher, Professor of Cancer Biology, University College Dublin and Co-lead of AICRI; Jennifer Feighan, Patient advocate, AICRI; Debbie Keatley, Patient advocate, AICRI; Professor Suneil Jain, Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Centre of Excellence, QUB; Eibhlin Mulroe, CEO, Cancer Trials Ireland; Dr Mohamed Genead, Aviceda Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Looking to the Future – investing in the unbelievable talent on the Island of Ireland

Special Announcement.

Closing remarks

Speaker TBC