Documentation of the 2016 ECPC Annual General Meeting
ECPC Annual General Meeting 2016
”Advancing the Rights of Cancer Survivors”
Event organised under the high patronage of EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis
From 3rd to 5th June 2016
Brussels, Belgium
Hotel Renaissance
Download the meeting handouts
Welcome to the new ECPC Board and Audit Committee!
| Name | Country | Role |
| Francesco De Lorenzo | Italy | President |
| Kathi Apostolidis | Greece | Vice President |
| Jana Pelouchova | Czech Republic | Secretary |
| Andrew Winterbottom | United Kingdom | Treasurer |
| Szymon Chrostowski | Poland | Board Member |
| Dan Cimpoeru | Romania | Board Member |
| Natacha Bolanos | Spain | Board Member |
| Name | Country | Role |
| Pietro Presti | Italy | Chair |
| Nicolas Philippou | Cyprus | Audit Committee Member |
| Istvan Balogh | Hungary | Audit Committee Member |
Check the full results of the ECPC 2016 Elections clicking here
Photos courtesy of: Dafne Salis, Michael Yared, Francesco Florindi
Speakers’ presentations
FRIDAY 3 JUNE – OPENING CEREMONY
- ECPC President, Board and Secretariat
PRESENTATION – ECPC 2013 – 2016: What have we achieved in the past three years? - Martin Seychell – Deputy Director General, DG SANTE, European Commission
Message from the European Commission - Prof. Jane Maher – MacMillan’s Chief Medical Officer
Macmillan – Information for patients at its best - Martin Inderbitzin – Initiatior of “My Survival Story” project
Presentation of ‘My Survival Story’ project
SATURDAY 4 JUNE
Session 1: Honouring Cancer Survivors
PANEL I – A EUROPEAN CANCER SURVIVORSHIP PLAN
- Prof. Francesco De Lorenzo – President of ECPC
ECPC – ESMO Collaboration: Survivorship and update of ESMO Guidelines - Regine Kiasuwa Mbengi – Belgian Cancer Centre, Scientific Institute of Public Health
CanCon WP 8 Survivorship and Rehabilitation
PANEL II – CANCER AND WORK: BEST PRACTICES AT NATIONAL LEVEL
- Isabelle Lebrocquy – oPuce
- Seda Kansu – Founder of Pembe Hanim Cancer Patient Organisation, Turkey
The Relay of Life – presentation
PANEL III – YOUNG CANCER SURVIVORS – UNDERESTAMATED AND NEGLATED POTENTIAL
- Dr Lars Hjorth – Project Coordinator
The PanCare Network and its EU related projects
Session 2: Understanding Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
- Prof. Bruno Flamion – Head of the Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology Research Unit, University of Namur
What is HTA and why patients should be involved? - Karen Facey – PhD, Usher Institute of Population, Health Science and Informatics, University of Edinburgh
How can patients improve HTA decision making? - Wim Goettsch – Leader of EUnetHTA Joint Action 3
European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA): Is a centralised HTA procedure for Europe feasible? - Prof. Francesco De Lorenzo – President of ECPC
ECPC triggering change: our contribution to the revision of Regulation 726/2004
Session 3: Joint Action on Rare Cancers
- Dr. Annalisa Trama – Fondazione IRCCS Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Member of JARC, coordinating team
The Joint Action on Rare Cancers
Session 4: Value of Innovation in Oncology
- Francesco Florindi – ECPC Public Affairs Coordinator
Value of Innovation in oncology. Accesing new medicines – faster, better
Session 5: ECPC-OECI Joint Declaration
- Patrick Miqueu, PhD, Project Manager, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels
Francesco Florindi – ECPC Public Affairs Coordinator
Towards a Joint Declaration
Session 6: M-HEALTH and E-HEALTH: Understanding the Future of Cancer Care
- Kathi Apostolidis – ECPC Vice President
Introduction - Dee O’Sullivan – Managing Direcor of myhealthapps.net
mHealth and eHealth: Understanding the Future of Cancer Care - Dave de Bronkart – Leader of the Participatory Medicine Movement
SUNDAY 5 JUNE
General Assembly Meeting
- Mihaela Militaru – ECPC Director
Presentation of the Financial Report - Minutes of the AGM
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ECPC Members registering after the 15th March will have their accommodation covered and travel expenses reimbursed after the General Assembly.
ECPC will reimburse costs only for one representative per organisation.
The reimbursement will be performed after the 2016 AGM upon submission of the original tickets/proof of payments, up to 250 EUR.