World Cancer Day 2024 - Programme

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