Improving care & research for adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYA)

Date: Friday 26 May 2023, from 2:00 pm. until 7:00 p.m. (cocktail)

Address: Brederodestraat 13, 1000 Bruxelles (The conference room is kindly offered by the lawfirm Linklaters)

Part 1: Setting the scene

14:30 - Welcoming words - Delphine Heenen (Kicker-in-Chief, KickCancer)

14:40 - Patient's testimonial - Tim Van Hoorebeke & TBC (Patients)

14:50 - The challenges of AYA care - Lore Lapeire (Medical Oncologist, UZ Gent)

15:10 - State of play in Belgium - Fabienne Van Aelst and Hélène Antoine-Poirel (Sciensano)

Part 2: AYA care in Europe

15:30 - The JANE Project - Andrea Ferrari (Paediatric oncologist, Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan, Italy)

15:40 - Foreign best-in-class examples as pioneers - Louise Soanes (Chief Nurse, Teenage Cancer Trust, United Kingdom) & Nathalie Gaspar (Paediatric oncologist, Gustave Roussy, France)

16:10 - Break

Part 3: AYA in Belgium

16:25 - Belgian examples - Nathalie Belpame (AYA care coordinator, UZ Gent) & Hans Neefs (Expert cancer care, Kom op Tegen Kanker)

16:45 - Formalising existing practice - Manon Le Roux (Paediatric oncologist, UCL)

16:55 - The cabinet perspective - Anouk Waeytens (Advisor at Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health)

17:05 - Panel and Q&A

17:55 - Closing remarks - Delphine Heenen (Kicker-in-Chief, KickCancer)

18:00 - Cocktail

19:00 - End