DIOPTRA project

PIVAC 2023 23rd International Conference on Progress in Vaccination Against Cancer
2023-09-28 - 2023-09-30 | Athens, Greece
PIVAC 23 aims to bring together scientists working on translational and clinical cancer research for three days of presentations on the most recent advances in these fields including (i) immunotherapies (cellular, immune checkpoint blockade, vaccines); (ii) innate immunity and tumor control; (iii) host- tumor interactions in the tumor microenvironment; (iv) in vitro and in vivo models for cancer immunotherapies (v) combinational cancer therapy approaches; and (vi) prognostic and predictive biomarkers in tumors and immune cells.
Improved knowledge of genomic and molecular alterations in tumors has significantly contributed to improved clinical outcomes. However, many hurdles remain to be overcome. Alterations in the tumor genome are associated not only with immune stimulation but also with an immune suppressive microenvironment and tumor immune escape mechanisms. Currently, various promising novel approaches are being employed to improve the efficacy of immunotherapies alone or in combination with targeted therapies, often by seeking to reverse the immunosuppressive environment. Additionally, prognostic signatures are being sought in order to provide a basis for tailored immunotherapies.
During the meeting there will be plenty of time for fruitful discussions between speakers and participants to encourage the emergence of new collaborations.
For more information: https://scep.gr/en/events/event/pivac2023/

European Health Forum Gastein
2023-09-26 - 2023-09-29 | Bad Hofgastein, Austria & Online
Health systems in Europe were facing significant problems pre-COVID, from underfunded primary and social care to workforce shortages and inequities in access to care, while addressing growing challenges such as ageing populations and the rise in non-communicable diseases. The ensuing permacrisis – including an ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis, and the climate emergency – have only exacerbated the situation, stretching health systems, and in particular the health and care workforce, to their limits. Many workers have lost their lives, while others have suffered fatigue, exhaustion, and burnout.
Join the hybrid EHFG 2023 from 26 – 29 September to discuss how to ride out the current shockwaves and explore how crises can help catalyse the development of new approaches to health system problems.
For more information: https://www.ehfg.org/

LUCIA Workshop - Understanding Lung Cancer
2023-09-05 09:00 - 15:00 UTC | Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
The workshop will set up the scene of LUCIA project (Understanding Lung Cancer related risk factors and their Impact)’s contributions in the next years to advance in risk modelling, prevention and early screening of Lung Cancer. It aims to:

Provide clinical and technological insights about the risk factors, prevention, early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
Share LUCIA’s unique contributions beyond the state of the art in such fields, in the framework of the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Cancer mission.
Promote a multidisciplinary community for researchers, industry, policy-makers and practitioners to exchange challenges and solutions to improve the understanding of lung cancer and deliver most effective prevention and screening programmes.

For more information: https://www.vicomtech.org/en/news/detail/lucia-workshop-understanding-lung-cancer

Danish Cancer Research Days 2023
2023-08-31 - 2023-09-01 | Odense, Denmark
Danish Cancer Research Days is Denmark’s largest interdisciplinary cancer conference. It brings together clinicians, researchers, patient organisations and decision-makers across disease areas and research disciplines on 31 August and 1 September at ODEON in Odense, Denmark.
Strong national collaboration is an essential part of the basis for high and uniform quality in research and treatment across cancer pathways and areas. Therefore, the Danish Cancer Research Days focuses on Danish clinical cancer research and how, through national and interdisciplinary projects, creates and improves the treatment of the future. The programme will also focus on translational cancer research, late effects, follow-up, artificial intelligence, clinical research and much more.
Conference website

HTAi Annual Meeting 2023
2023-06-24 - 2023-06-28 | Adelaide, Australia
HTAi invites you to join the leading minds in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) from around the world to discuss and debate the role of HTA in leading health innovation.
The road to policy and clinical integration for health technologies is filled with diverse and complex challenges to overcome, often made more arduous by the intricate and nuanced processes and rules relative to jurisdictions, agencies, policymakers, and systems. Subjugating these challenges requires a harmonized framework to examine and evaluate health technologies, and alignment of processes throughout the health technology lifecycle is crucial.
For more information: https://htai.eventsair.com/htai-23-adelaide-am/

ECPC Annual Congress
2023-06-23 - 2023-06-24 | Brussels, Belgium
ECPC celebrates in 2023 twenty years of cancer patient advocacy in the service of European cancer patients. The European Cancer Patient Coalition – ECPC was officially launched in 2003 at the ECCO 2003 Congress in Copenhagen at a press conference chaired by Kathy Redmond, from the European School of Oncology, and Lynn Faulds Wood, a UK TV presenter, who had survived advanced colon cancer in 2002.
The Annual Congress 2023 will look back on the achievements and challenges of two decades of ECPC, build on the lessons learnt and listen to members, partners and friends about the future of the cancer patient’s voice in Europe in the new cancer landscape to be shaped by the EU Cancer Plan and the Cancer Mission.
More information at: https://ecpc.org/news-events/annual-congress/

ICSN 2023
2023-06-21 - 2023-06-23 | Turin, Italy
ICSN 2023 will take place in Turin, Italy, on June 21-23, 2023, with the theme Cancer Screening: in the present, the future which will provide an opportunity for international experts to exchange knowledge, research methods, practice challenges, and results in the field of cancer screening; and, to prioritize, develop and move forward research projects through interest and working groups.
For more information: https://icsn2023.it/

Radical Health Festival Helsinki
2023-06-12 - 2023-06-14 | Helsinki, Finland
Healthcare is a puzzle where every stakeholder needs to play its part. To support each and everyone of them, Radical Health Festival Helsinki is assembling a different kind of puzzle where renowned content contributors offer their areas of expertise and networks of global experts for the benefit of all. 25+ partners have already joined the movement including the European Society of Cardiology, SITRA, CHiME, Frontiers, H-ISAC, TEHDAS, COCIR, IANPHI, EHTEL, the Reference Sites Collaborative Network to name a few.
This network of knowledge also guarantees that we gather the entire European health innovation ecosystem under one roof: policy-making authorities, public health agencies, patients and patient organisations, hospitals and health systems, pharma and medtech groups, public and private insurers, major IT vendors as well as startups and entrepreneurs, clinicians and health professionals, investors, academics, and more.
For more information: https://radicalhealthfestival.messukeskus.com/

Kick-off ECHoS project on “Establishing of Cancer Mission Hubs: Networks and Synergies”
2023-05-03
On 3 May 2023, the EU Mission on Cancer’s project “Establishing of Cancer Mission Hubs: Networks and Synergies (ECHoS)” will host its launch event in Lisbon.
The event will bring together national and European experts and public entities to discuss synergies between cancer research and policy initiatives as well as multi-stakeholders engagement in cancer research and policy dialogues.
ECHoS, is a new European consortium supported by the EU Mission on Cancer which will play a vital role in supporting the ambitious goals of the Mission. Gathering the experience and expertise of 58 leading organisations from government, health, research and innovation, academia and non-profit sectors, the consortium will support member states and associated countries to gradually create National Cancer Mission Hubs (NCMHs).
Event website
