World Cancer Day 2024 - Programme

DAY 1 - Thursday, 1 February 2024

Board Room A, 2nd Floor, M Building

09:30-10:00 Welcome coffee

10:00-10:45 World Cancer Day (Video →)

Moderator: Sophie Boutaud de la Combe, Director of the Office of Public Information and Communication, IAEA 

Opening Session 

• Viewing of World Cancer Day video  

• Welcoming remarks by Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, IAEA

• Remarks by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization (video statement) 

Sharing Hope  

• Keynote speaker Bianca Muñiz, singer, songwriter, and three-time cancer survivor  

High-Level Conversation: The Impact of Hope 

• HE Ms Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi  

• HE Ms Karina Rando, Minister of Health, Uruguay (video statement) 

• Raul Doria, Director, Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (INCAN), Paraguay

10:45-11:15 Donors' Perspective

Moderator: Sophie Boutaud de la Combe, Director of the Office of Public Information and Communication, IAEA 

• Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, IAEA

• HE Mr Ian Biggs, Resident Representative of Australia 

• HE Ms Delphine Hournau-Pouëzat, Resident Representative of France  

• HE Mr Kaifu Atsushi, Resident Representative of Japan  

• HE Ms Annika Markovic, Resident Representative of Sweden 

• HE Ms Laura Holgate, Resident Representative of the United States of America 

11.15-12.15 Lessons Learned in Africa's 1st Wave of Hope (Video →)

Moderators:

• Lisa Stevens, Director of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department
• Shaukat Abdulrazak, Director of the Division for Africa, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Panellists:

• HE Ms Caroline Vermeulen, Resident Representative of Belgium
• HE Mr Lorenzo Ravano, Resident Representative of Monaco
• François Kabuya Kazadi, Head, Department of Radiation Safety and Assessment, Congo Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA), Democratic Republic of Congo 
• Elias Kipchumba Melly, Chief Executive Officer, National Cancer Institute, Kenya 
• Kuyeli Sabie Sanderson, Coordinator of the Health Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Health, Malawi
• Adamou Moustapha, Director General for the Promotion of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs, Niger 
• Ndeye Yacine Dieng, Head of Cancer Office, Ministry of Health and Social Action, Senegal 

12.15-13.00 Advancing Rays of Hope in Latin America and the Caribbean (Video →)

Moderators:

• Lisa Stevens, Director of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department
• Luis Longoria, Director of the Division for Latin America and the Caribbean, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Panellists:

• HE Ms Esther Monterrubio Villar, Resident Representative of Spain 
• HE Ms Elena Maria Freije Murillo, Resident Representative of Honduras 
• Gustavo Santa Cruz, Head of Nuclear Applications for Health, National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina
• Edwin Perezmella, Director of the Liga Dominicana Contra el Cancer, Dominican Republic 
• Kristina Hatcher, International Program Director, Office of Radiological Security, U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) 
• Jorge Ortiz Gonzalez, Director of the Veracruz Cancer Centre, Mexico 
• Enrique Lau Cortes, Director of the Caja de Seguro Social, Panama 
• Raul Doria, Director, Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (INCAN), Paraguay 
• Marisa Fazzino, Director of the National Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health, Uruguay 
• Dalia Hernandez, Resident Representative Alternate and Charge d'Affaires,  Venezuela

13:00-14.15 Lunch Break

14.15-15.30 Achieving Success Through a Comprehensive Approach (Video →)

Moderator:

• Shaukat Abdulrazak, Director of the Division for Africa, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Panellists:

• Lisa Stevens, Director of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department
• Hildegarde Vandenhove, Director of the Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety, IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
• Elena Buglova, Director of the Division of Nuclear Security, IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety and Security
• Daniela Leinen, Director of the Office of Procurement Services, IAEA Department of Management
• May Abdel-Wahab, Director of the Division of Human Health, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
• Soehartati Gondhowiardjo, Professor and Radiation Oncologist, Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Jakarta (RSCM), Indonesia 

15:30-16.00 Coffee Break

16.00-16.45 Preparing Strategic Funding Documents for Resource Mobilization at the National Level (Video →)

Moderator:

• Neil Jarvis, Section Head, Division for Africa, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Panellists:

• Kabelo Mputsoe, Clinical and Radiation Oncologist, Ministry of Health, Lesotho 
• Kuyeli Sabie Sanderson, Deputy Director Planning and Coordinator of Health Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Health, Malawi
• Elias Kipchumba Melly, Chief Executive Officer, National Cancer Institute, Kenya 

16.45-17.00 Introducing the Global Radiation Medicine Database (Video →)

Moderator:

• Mickel Edwerd, Section Head, Division for Africa, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department.

Speaker:

• Daniel Berger, Radiotherapy Medical Physicist, IAEA Division of Human Health.

17:00-17.30 Networking and refreshments

DAY 2 - Friday, 2 February 2024

Board Room A, 2nd Floor, M Building

09.00-09.30 Welcome coffee

09.30-10.00 Working Together for Sustainable and Quality Cancer Management Through the Network of Anchor Centres (Video →)

Moderator:

• Daniel Berger, Radiotherapy Medical Physicist, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

Panellists:

• Mauro Carrara, Section Head, Dosimetry and Medical Radiations Physics Section, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications 
• Enrique Estrada, Acting Head of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications 
• Lisbeth Cordero Mendez, Acting Section Head, Applied Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications 
• Cornelia Loechl, Section Head, Nutritional & Health-related Environmental Studies, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications 
• Deniz Yalman, Anchor Centre, Ege University, Türkiye 

10.00-11.30 Partnerships for Hope (Video →)

Moderator:

• Anne Starz, Section Head and Coordinator, Partnership and Resource Mobilization, Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department 

Panellists:

• HE Mr Götz Schmidt-Bremme, Resident Representative of Germany 
• Juan Carlos Furnari, Manager, Coordination and Planning of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Centres, National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina 
• Manlaijav Gun-Aajav, Secretary of Nuclear Energy Commission, Mongolia 
• Somil Nagpal, Lead Health Specialist, World Bank 
• Ammar Abdo Ahmed, Director, Economic & Social Infrastructure Global Practices Department · Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) 
• Habib Nehmé, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Elekta 
• Felix Uedelhoven, Head of Government Affairs and Policy EMEA, GE Healthcare 
• Kevin Massoudi, VP & Head of Public Sector Engagement, MEA, Siemens Healthineers 
• Parth Bahuguna, Senior Director, Clinton Health Access Initiative 

11:30-13.00 Lunch Break

13.00-14.00 From imPACT Review to Effective Cancer Control Planning (Video →)

Moderator:

• Geraldine Arias De Goebl, Section Head, Cancer Control Review and Planning, Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Panellists:

• Tlotlo Ralefala, Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana 
• Kunuz Abdella, Technical Advisor for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia 
• Rigamoto Taito, Medical Superintendent, Lautoka Hospital, Ministry of Health, Fiji 
• Marisa Fazzino, Director of the National Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health, Uruguay

14.00-14.45 Looking Forward – Update on Needs in the Fight Against Cancer Around the Globe (Video →)

Moderator:

• Anne Starz, Section Head and Coordinator, Partnership and Resource Mobilization, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Panellists:

• Shaukat Abdulrazak, Director of the Division for Africa, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department 
• Luis Carlos Longoria Gandara, Director of the Division for Latin America and the Caribbean, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department 
• Gashaw Gebeyehu Wolde, Acting Director of the Division for Asia and the Pacific, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department 
• Mayumi Yamamoto, Programme Management Officer, Division for Europe, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department 
• May Abdel-Wahab, Director of the Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications 

14.45-15.00 Closing remarks

• Najat Mokhtar, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Applications, IAEA
• Hua Liu, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, IAEA