2019 World Cancer Leaders' Summit Programme

07:30 – 08:30

UICC Young Leaders' breakfast
By invitation only
Closed to press & media

09:00 – 09:20

09:20 - 09:50

Master of Ceremony - Tanya Beckett
Welcome and Keynote addresses

• H.R.H. Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, President, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
• H.E. Berdibek Saparbaev, Deputy Prime Minister, Kazakhstan

Perspectives on cancer and UHC from UN agencies

• Ren Minghui, Assistant Director General, UHC, Communicable Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases of World Health Organization
• Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• May Abdel-Wahab, Director, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Chaired by - Tanya Beckett

• H.E. Madam Sika Kaboré, First Lady of Burkina Faso
• Hon. H.E Yuthar Al Rawahy, Host of the 2020 World Cancer Leaders’ Summit and World Cancer Congress in Oman; Founder and Honorary Life President of the Oman Cancer Association
• H.R.H. Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, President, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

10:20 – 10:35

Keynote presentation – "Ensuring UHC reforms prioritise cancer services"

• Robert Yates, Head of UHC Policy Forum, Centre on Global Health Security

10:35 – 10:55

Interviews and discussion panels conducted by Charles Goddard, The Economist
Interview - Providing sustainable coverage of cancer services: A perspective from the OECD

• Francesca Colombo, Head of the Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

10:55 – 11:15

​Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45

Presentation/talk: "Defining the essential national UHC package"

• Perspective from Uruguay: H.E. Dr Jorge Basso, Minister of Public Health
• Perspective from Mongolia: Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh, Founder & CEO, National Cancer Council, Advisor to the Health Minister

11:45 – 12:05

Interview - Investing in UHC: A perspective from Kazakhstan

• H.E. Yelzhan Birtanov, Minister of Healthcare, Kazakhstan
• H.E. Ruslan Yensebayev, Vice Minister of Finance, Kazakhstan

12:05 – 12:20

Keynote presentation: "Towards cervical cancer elimination: The central role of UHC" 

• Karen Canfell, Chair, Cancer Screening and Immunisation Committee, Cancer Council Australia

13:50 – 14:35

Discussion panel: Multi sectoral perspectives on ‘Access creates Progress’

• Bente Mikkelsen, Director, Director of the Division of NCDs and Promoting Health through the Life-Course, WHO/EURO
• Carmen Auste, CEO, Cancer Warriors Foundation, Philippines
• Jeffrey Sturchio, CEO, Rabin Martin
• Ahmedin Jemal, Scientific Vice President, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society (ACS)

14:35 – 14:50

“Shaker session”: introduce yourself and share two points of view / take home messages from the day. Feedback from the audience.

• Esteban Burrone, Head of Policy, Medicines Patent Pool
• Jayasree K. Iyer, Executive Director, Access to Medicine Foundation
• Indranil Bagchi, Senior Vice President, Global Head, Value & Access, Oncology, Global Value and Access, Novartis
• Lisa Stevens, Director, Programme for Action for Cancer Therapy, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Mary Gospodarowicz, Past President, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) - Medical Director, Princess Margaret Cancer Center

• Filip Meheus, Health Economist, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

15:50 – 16:00

Live Q&A session - participants can submit questions through the WCLS mobile app

16:20 – 16:40

Views and perspectives from the audience - how do we make cancer treatment affordable?

16:40 – 16:50

16:50 – 17:00

Call to action

• Cary Adams, CEO, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Closing addresses​

• Wahid Ali Al Kharusi, Board member, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
• Anil D’ Cruz, President-elect, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)