ECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit

The ECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit on 12-14 September 2019 in Brussels, Belgium will bring together worldwide leaders from cancer care, research, patient advocacy and public-private sectors in a unique multi-stakeholder forum. The theme of the second edition of the ECCO Summit is: “European Cancer Care: Across Borders”.

?Reaching the 70:35 Vision for cancer – 70% long term survival for all cancer patients across Europe by 2035 – requires breaking down the borders of cancer care: between countries, professions, sectors and stakeholders.

The ECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit will:
• Debate leading-edge ideas in achieving improvement in cancer care
• Determine consensus resolutions for improving health care systems
• Decide on an action plan for the way forward to ensure ideas translate into policies that will impact daily clinical practice.

Who should attend?
Current and future leadership and officers from staff and professional levels of:
• Representatives of ECCO Member Societies 
• Patient organisations including patient advocates
• Healthcare providers including hospitals, cancer centres and oncology departments
• Healthcare insurance providers and other payer organisations
• Education providers
• Commercial providers to the healthcare sector
• EU and national/regional government officials
• Public affairs professionals
• Elected policy makers in the healthcare sector
• Academic researchers
• Regulatory professionals

Why should you attend?
• The Summit unites the multidisciplinary community
• Share knowledge and drive the debate on achieving improvement in cancer care
• Demand the changes required to improve patient outcomes
• Engage in resolution-forming to shape the EU cancer policy agenda
• Translating ideas into policies that will impact daily clinical practice
• Network with leaders from cancer health care, patient advocacy and stakeholder communities
• Represent your organisation’s voice to the change-making community of European cancer care

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.