Record breaking figures for the 2016 World Cancer Congress

Leaders bringing cancer at the forefront of their political agenda

• The President of France, Mr François Hollande
• HM The Queen Letizia of Spain
• HRH Princess Lalla Salma from Morocco
• The First Ladies from Burkina Faso, Congo and Niger
• 12 Ministers of Health from Europe and Africa
• 7 Ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Jordan, Morocco, Niger, Spain and Senegal

Worldwide experts in cancer control who headed to Paris to make a difference

• 3’260 registered participants (2’700 at the 2014 Congress in Melbourne)
• 139 countries represented (115 in 2014)

Inspiring themes and speakers that strengthened the skills and potential of the audience

• 144 interactive sessions presented by 500 speakers (120 sessions and 350 speakers in 2014)
• 688 abstracts presented

A strong and influential network of supporters

• 40 sponsors (34 in 2014)
• 57 organisations in the Global Village (52 in 2014)

An active online community raising the event's visibility

• 13,300 tweets using #2016WCC or #CancerCongress
• 2,953 people took part in the Twitter conversation (2,000 in 2014)
• 6.7 million unique twitter users reached (5m in 2014)
• Congress' exposure increased by 76% on Twitter
• #2016WCC trending hashtag in France
• 94% engagement rate of our 2016WCC-related tweets

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