International Conference

About the Conference

Join us for the International EUCanScreen Conference in the historic city of Riga, Latvia. This pivotal one-day event is dedicated to exploring the future of cancer prevention through personalised, risk-based screening strategies.

The conference is organised by the EUCanScreen Joint Action by involving experts from this Joint Action as well as recognised specialists from outside the consortium. The objective of the meeting is to share cutting-edge evidence in personalised cancer screening to facilitate evidence-based decision-making in introducing screening personalisation.

Participants from inside and outside of the EUCanScreen consortium are welcome to participate.

Conference Agenda

Time	Session	Speaker
8:30 - 9:00	Welcome and Registration
9:00 – 10:00	Opening Plenary: risk-based approaches in cancer screening Moderator: Marcis Leja Conceptual framework of risk-based approaches to cancer Paolo Giorgi Rossi Modelling the scenarios of risk-based approach Iris Lansdorp - Vogelaar Personalised Screening: Ethical and Social Implications Signe Mezinska Discussion
10:00 – 11:00	Focus 1: Cervical cancer Moderator: Paola Armaroli Risk-based cervical cancer screening: the RISCC Study Hans Berkhof Personalised cervical cancer screening – Norwegian experience Stale Nygard Towards more scalable screening programs (based on technology development) – how to keep up with the speed?* Mari Nygard *Title subject to change Discussion
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30	Focus 2: Breast cancer Moderator: Paolo Giorgi Rossi Risk-based breast cancer screening: My Pebs trial Suzette Delaloge/ Paolo Giorgi Rossi Organisation implementation issues – lessons my MyPebs and beyond Livia Giordano Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk genetic population screening pilots in Baltic-Nordic region Arvids Irmejs Discussion
12:30 - 13:30	Focus 3: Newly recommended screenings Moderator: Iris Lansdorp - Vogelaar Risk-based approaches in prostate cancer screening Agne Krilaviciute Risk-based approaches in lung cancer screening Harry De Koning The potential of personalised screening for gastric cancer risk Marcis Leja Discussion
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30	Focus 4: Innovative approaches of screenings Moderator: Tala Haddad The Can.Heal recommendations on the implementation of PRS in organised breast cancer screening across European health systems Angelo Pezzullo Liquid biopsies for multi-cancer early detection: opportunities and challenges for population screening Jonathan Wan A holistic approach to assessment of AI Jessie Gommers Discussion
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00	Focus 5: Colorectal Cancer Moderator: Carlo Senore Cancer screening risk-based approaches: monitoring and evaluation Carlo Senore Precision FIT screening and surveillance for colorectal cancer Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen Overview of microbiome as a potential tool for personalised CRC screening Mathieu Almeida Discussion
17:00 –18:00	Closing Plenary: Communication and citizen involvement Moderator: Livia Giordano Communication issues in cancer risk-based approaches: lessons learned from MyPebs Francesca Di Stefano Literature review on cancer screening risk-based communication Cinzia Colombo Discussion