Ancillary meetings that take place prior to the start of the Congress are listed hereafter. Check back for updated events as they are confirmed.

All medical students and nursing students are invited to join a Forum that will provide a place to learn, share and discuss ideas with leading experts in oncology. This Forum will take place on Thursday and Friday mornings (see agendas hereafter) and participants can join the main congress sessions in the afternoon. Also, congress delegate who are interested in joining a stimulating session are free to participate. The programme has been developed in collaboration with the European School of Oncology and is chaired by Prof. Nicholas Pavlidis (Ioannina, Greece).

• Dates: Thursday 28 and Friday 29 August from 09:00 to 12:00 (including free access to the congress sessions in the afternoons)
• Location: Geneva Palexpo - room H - 120 people capacity
• Number of hours: 6 hours
• Registration fee: 180 CHF which includes access to the forum, the congress sessions of Thursday and Friday afternoon, 2 lunches and the Final programme (no congress bags).

Places are limited to 80 - Click here to sign-up now and avoid waitlists

Thursday 28 August 2008


Friday 29 August 2008

A cancer information service (CIS) provides accurate and up-to-date information to cancer patients, their families and friends, health-care professionals, and the public. It is defined as a one-on-one interaction between a client and a specially trained information specialist. A CIS provides high-quality, personalized interactions by telephone, email, or in person.

This pre-conference workshop is presented by the International Cancer Information Service Group (ICISG) in collaboration with UICC. The ICISG is an organization composed of more than 45 member organizations from 30+ countries that provides assistance to cancer organizations interested in implementing or expanding cancer information services.

The objective of this workshop is to present a basic framework and key elements of a successful CIS based on worldwide experience. The workshop is designed for organizations interested in starting a cancer information service or enhancing an existing one.

Using presentations, case studies and discussions, the topics of the workshops will include:

The American Cancer Society (ACS) will hold an ACS University (ACSU) on August 23 & 24, 2008 in Geneva immediately preceding the UICC World Cancer Congress.

The ACSU is in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and will include participants from NGOs in the six PACT countries of Albania, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Yemen. Training modules include advocacy, recruiting and working with volunteers, and collaboration skills.

Following the ACSU, the ACS and the IAEA will conduct a Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Forum on August 25 & 26 with the six countries. The CCC Forum will assist the participating PACT countries in initiating or enhancing comprehensive cancer control planning activities in their respective countries. Country teams will include representatives from government and non-governmental organizations. The primary outcomes of the Comprehensive Cancer Control Forum include clear and improved understanding of the concept of comprehensive cancer control planning and its key components, an action agenda for starting or enhancing the comprehensive cancer control planning activity in each country, and completed evaluations on the effectiveness of the Forum as an approach for enhancing national comprehensive cancer control planning activities.

Participation in these events is by invitation only.