NCRI Festival programme

The NCRI Festival (8-12 November 2021) was designed for you to inspire and be inspired by others in the cancer research community. Delegates joined one of our three stages each afternoon to watch sessions live. They then had the option of switching between stages or catching up on the sessions they missed by watching the recordings on-demand. We also included a number of exciting interactive sessions including ‘live from the laboratory’, book club, cooking, and relaxation time.

Take a look at the programme below, and use the purple filter tab to discover sessions that are relevant to you. Alternatively, you can download a PDF version of the programme to browse at your leisure.

Monday 8 NovemberTuesday 9 NovemberWednesday 10 NovemberThursday 11 NovemberFriday 12 November

Time	Strategy stage	Research stage	Fringe stage
13:00-13:15	Opening session
13:15-13:30
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30
14:30-14:45	This House believes every patient should have an avatar to inform best treatment response
14:45-15:00			Earlier stages of cancer: is there scientific rationale for targeting the immune system? - Bristol-Myers Squibb sponsored session
15:00-15:15
15:15-15:30
15:30-15:45
15:45-16:00		Difficult to treat
16:00-16:15	SARS-COV-2 vaccine effectiveness in cancer
16:15-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00			Live from the lab: Tumour hypoxia and prostate cancer research
17:00-17:15
17:15-17:30		Understanding cancer risk factors	Live from the lab: Ovarian cancer biobank
17:30-17:45	Predicting side effects of cancer treatment
17:45-18:00
18:00-18:15
18:15-18:30
18:30-18:45			Relaxation time
18:45-19:00
	Short talks - Discovery/underpinning research

Time	Strategy stage	Research stage	Fringe stage
13:00-13:15	Year 2035: When equality, diversity and inclusion are no longer an issue in the cancer research community
13:15-13:30		Focus on testicular cancer	BRAFV600E early detection in patients with metastatic CRC: prognostic and therapeutic implications - Pierre Fabre sponsored session
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30		Focus on colorectal cancer
14:30-14:45	Year 2035: When equality, diversity and inclusion are no longer an issue in trial recruitment
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:15
15:15-15:30
15:30-15:45			Cooking for people living with and beyond cancer: experts and patients discussing taste, nutrition and science
15:45-16:00		Focus on radiotherapy trials
16:00-16:15	Year 2035: When GPs, geriatricians and oncologists become one
16:15-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00
17:00-17:15
17:15-17:30		Focus on breast cancer
17:30-17:45	What is the gut microbiome and why does it matter in cancer?
17:45-18:00
18:00-18:15
18:15-18:30
18:30-18:45
18:45-19:00
	Short talks - Clinical trials

Time	Strategy stage	Research stage	Fringe stage
13:00-13:15	This House believes that the economic and survival impact of cancer prevention is superior to that of cancer treatment
13:15-13:30			Practical management of cardiovascular risk factors in prostate cancer patients - Ferring sponsored session
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30		Living with and beyond cancer interventions
14:30-14:45	Liquid biopsy for cancer early detection and precision medicine- on and beyond circulating protein and DNA
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:15
15:15-15:30
15:30-15:45
15:45-16:00		Cancer trials intelligence / creating better trials
16:00-16:15	Pharmacogenomics: The imprecision in precision
16:15-16:30
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00			Actionable targets – genomics and genetics - Bayer sponsored session
17:00-17:15
17:15-17:30		Genome and genetics
17:30-17:45	Immuno-therapeutics: What’s next?
17:45-18:00
18:00-18:15
18:15-18:30
18:30-18:45			Book club: Cross Everything - A personal journey into the evolution of cancer
18:45-19:00
	Short talks - Living with and beyond cancer

Time	Strategy stage	Research stage	Fringe stage
13:00-13:15	Harnessing the patient voice to remove the road-blocks around tissue donation and data sharing
13:15-13:30
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30		Focus on immunotherapy
14:30-14:45	Ditch the stethoscope, the datascope is here to stay
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:15
15:15-15:30
15:30-15:45
15:45-16:00		Patient & Public Involvement along the drug development pathway. How NCRI and NCRI Consumers can help.
16:00-16:15	This House believes that frequent failure of stratified medicine trials is due to a lack of understanding of fundamental biology
16:15-16:30
16:30-16:45			Live from the lab: Proton research
16:45-17:00
17:00-17:15
17:15-17:30		Trials in palliative settings
17:30-17:45	How do we make the most of molecular radiotherapy? Novel radiotherapeutics and individualised therapy
17:45-18:00
18:00-18:15
18:15-18:30
18:30-18:45			Relaxation time
18:45-19:00
	Short talks - Prevention and early detection

Time	Strategy stage	Research stage
13:00-13:15	Improving the resilience of global elective cancer surgery systems: Surgery2035
13:15-13:30
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30		Cancer surgery
14:30-14:45	Year 2035: Cancer clinical trials post COVID – evolution or revolution?
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:15
15:15-15:30
15:30-15:45
15:45-16:00
16:00-16:15
16:15-16:30	Closing remarks and take-away messages
16:30-16:45
16:45-17:00
17:00-17:15
17:15-17:30
17:30-17:45
17:45-18:00
18:00-18:15
18:15-18:30
18:30-18:45
18:45-19:00
	Short talks - Treatment

NCRI Festival programme

Registration for the NCRI Festival is now closed. We will be releasing details of our plans for the 2022/23 events programme very soon.

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