The number of cancer survivors is growing every year, and according to a recent EUROCARE study, it is estimated at about 20 million in Europe. Life after cancer is multifaceted yet the focus of this online debate is on the implementation of policies addressing the specific challenge of returning to work for cancer survivors.

Very happy to announce that I was invited as a speaker on June 29 to talk about the support needs in the return to work after cancer, but above all to emphasize the invisible skills developed during the illness, in the presence of by European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.

Agenda
 

10:30 - 10:35 | Introduction and opening remarks

 

• Prof. Dr. Mark Lawler, Professor of Digital Health, Faculty of Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast and ECPC Scientific Committee Member

 

10:35 - 10:45 | Understanding and prioritising the needs of cancer survivors

 

• MEP Cristian Silviu Bușoi (EPP, Romania), Chair of Challenge Cancer Parliamentary Intergroup

 

• Dr. Roberta De Angelis, Senior Research Director for Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità

 

10:45 - 11:00 | Implementing return to work policies for cancer survivors
Discussion panel

 

• Magali Mertens de Wilmars, Founder of Work&Cancer

 

• Barbara Wilson, Founder and Director of Working with Cancer

 

• Stephen Bevan, Head, HR Research Development, Institute for Employment Studies

 

11:00 - 11:10 | Q&A

11:10 - 11:25 | Towards a European cancer survivors day: next steps

 

• Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

 

• MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe, France), Member of the Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) (tbc)

 

• MEP Romana Jerković (S&D, Croatia), Member of the Challenge Cancer Intergroup

 

11:25 - 11:30 | Concluding remarks

 

• Ken Mastris, ECPC President

 

Moderated by Prof. Dr. Mark Lawler

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