CEO Programme

Supporting a community of leaders, strengthening leadership capacities across the UICC membership

Serving as the leader or CEO in organisations of all sizes and from all sectors can be a difficult and lonely job. Cancer organisations are no different. Whether a CEO of a national cancer society, Medical Director of a cancer unit, Head of a patient support group, or Secretary General of a professional association, leaders from across the UICC membership face challenges unique to their role.

The UICC’s CEO Programme aims to provide CEOs* of UICC member organisations with a suite of tailored platforms to share perspectives, discuss with peers and hear latest insights around strategic, management and organisational issues relevant to their role.

Leveraging UICC’s global convening platforms, the offer includes a dedicated CEO-stream at the World Cancer Congress, interactive leadership workshops at the World Cancer Leaders' Summit, a CEO Award and travel grants for CEOs. Alongside this core offer, CEOs of member organisations have access to other relevant learning opportunities through Virtual Dialogues, Leadership in Action meetings, Leadership Development Grants and Master courses programmes.

*UICC defines a CEO as the most senior executive or administrator in charge of managing the organisation and who is responsible for developing and executing the organisation's long-term strategy and managing the overall operations and resources on a daily basis.

Upcoming activities

Due to the cancellation of all in-person meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CEO Programme will run on a wholly virtual model in 2020 through the newly launched UICC Virtual Dialogues. Check out below latest CEO-relevant dialogues. View the full list of Virtual Dialogues.