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Keynote Speaker




Professor Richard Scolyer

Senior Staff Specialist, Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Co-Medical Director, Melanoma Institute Australia  



Plenary Speakers


Ethics


Prof Christopher Jackson


Professor of Oncology at the University of Otago, Dunedin, Medical Oncologist at Dunedin Hospital and Mercy Cancer Care


Prof Ian Kerridge 



    


Prof Olga Husson 




Epidemiologist, Erasmus University Medical Centre and the Netherlands Cancer Institute


AYAs In Low- and Middle-Income Countries


Dr Gwenda Anga


Paediatric Oncologist, Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea


Dr Zainab Mohamed


Clinical and Radiation Oncologist, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa    


Dr Jyoti Bajpai


Lead - Medical and Precision Oncology, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai and Maharashtra, India    



Rasika Bombatkar

AYA Patient and Advocate, and Physiotherapist  



Plenary Session: Equity: First Nations and Indigenous AYAs with Cancer



Lea Bill  

Registered Nurse, Trainer & Consultant and Indigenous Researcher




Cory Allan Bruno-Carter 


Youth Worker





    


Assoc. Prof Jason Gurney 


Epidemiologist and Director of the Cancer and Chronic Conditions Research Group at the University of Otago.



Plenary Session: Brain Tumours in AYA's 


Dr Julie Bennett


Staff Physician, Neuro-Oncology Section, Division of Haematology/Oncology at SickKids


Dr Cinzia De Luca 



Clinical Neuropsychologist at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne & Research Fellow


Prof Nick Gottardo 


Head of the Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology / Haematology Department at Perth Children’s Hospital



Dr Jim Whittle

Medical Oncologist, Neuro Oncology Lead, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 



Plenary Session: Artificial Intelligence


Prof Stacy Carter 

Founding Director of the Australian Centre for Health Engagement of Sydney, University of Wollongong



Prof Samir H. Patel 


Professor and Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona Cancer Institute


Plenary Session: Medical Care in Areas of Conflict


Prof Danny Kelly



Royal College of Nursing Chair of Nursing Research, Cardiff University 


Dr Zeena Salman  



Pediatric Oncologist 



Dr Yuliya Nogovitsyna 



Program Director
, Tabletochki Charity Foundation



Prof Jeffrey Rosenfeld

Senior Neurosurgeon, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne



Key Dates

Early Bird Registration Closes
Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Standard Registration Available
Thursday, 1 August 2024 

Congress Commences 
Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Congress Concludes
Friday, 6 December 2024

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