Registration

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Registration to the launch of the EC Knowledge Centre on Cancer.

Agenda

14:00 - 14:05 Welcome and Introduction to EC Knowledge Centre on Cancer (KCC)

• Stephen Quest, Director-General, EC DG Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• Launch of video Knowledge Centre on Cancer

14:05 - 14:15 Keynote session

• Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
• Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

14:15 – 14:25 High-Level Panel Discussion

(Moderated by Stephen Quest, Director-General, DG JRC)

Speakers:

• Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General, EC DG Research and Innovation (R&I)
• Sandra Gallina, Director-General, EC DG Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)

14:25 – 14:45 Launch of the European Guidelines and Quality Assurance Schemes for Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care

• Chaired by John Ryan, Director (DG SANTE) and Irene Norstedt, Director (DG R&I)

Speakers:

• Guy Van Den Eede, Director (DG JRC)
• Ciarán Nicholl (DG JRC)
• Annette Janusch Roi (DG JRC)
• Axel Gräwingholt, Holger J. Schünemann and Robert Mansel (Chairs of the Development Groups)

14:45 – 15:10 Technical Session

Moderated by Sandra Caldeira and Magdalena Stepien (DG JRC)

• What are the competence pillars of KCC?

Manola Bettio (DG JRC, Cancer registry data and information), Jan Wollgast (DG JRC, Cancer prevention), Simona Martin (DG JRC, Rare cancers and the European Platform on Rare Disease Registration).

• How will the KCC support the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Mission on Cancer?

Barbara Kerstiens (DG R&I), Stefan Schreck (DG SANTE) and Ciarán Nicholl (DG JRC)

15:10 – 15:25 Open discussion with stakeholder, questions from the audience

(SliDo: Q & A), moderated by Sandra Caldeira (DG JRC)

15:25-15:30 Wrap up and close of meeting, Ciarán Nicholl, Head of Unit (DG JRC)

Contact: For information about the event, please contact ec-kcc@ec.europa.eu