eCAN

XIV Campus Gutenberg
2024-09-18 - 2024-09-19 | Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa, Isaac Newton, 26, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi,, Barcelona, Barcelona, 08022, Spain
Campus Gutenberg consists of an annual conference offered free of charge to science communication professionals to update knowledge and discuss the challenges of science communication and popularisation. Each edition of this conference focuses on a central theme and this year’s theme is “drought”: how we inform the public and what we can do in public communication to address this serious and urgent problem.
Although drought is the central theme, Campus Gutenberg is a participatory event and will not be limited to a single topic; it will address, in different and innovative formats, the topics of greatest interest proposed by the participants from the very construction of the programme.
Campus Gutenberg 2024 will take place in person on 18-19 September 2024 at the CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona. There, eCAN WP2 members will give a presentation in Spanish entitled “Malabares y piruetas para comunicar la ciencia europea” (“Juggling and pirouettes to communicate European science”), in which they will reflect and share their experiences from their position as the responsibles of the JA’s Communication Work Package.

OpenLivingLab Days 2024 - Transformative Potential of Living Labs in Oncology: Empowering Patient Advocacy and Cancer Prevention
2024-09-25 - 2024-09-27 | ICAM Institute, Strada Oituz 4, Timișoara, Romania
This session provides an overview of living labs in patient advocacy and primary cancer prevention, aligned with the EU Mission on Cancer Recommendation. We explore the transformative potential of oncology-focused living labs from European R&I initiatives like eCAN, ONCODIR, ONCOSCREEN, and LIFECHAMPS Horizon projects. The session also introduces the “Partners of Experience in Cancer” (PECan) initiative, a patient-led living lab empowering patients & caregivers to lead agenda-setting and drive research & innovation in oncology care.
We highlight the success of the Romanian living lab in Arges county, addressing societal and environmental barriers to cancer prevention, and the first patient-led living lab in Greece, powered by Thess-AHALL and the Hellenic Cancer Federation. Offering practical strategies for multi-stakeholder collaboration and advancing research, join us to explore Living Labs’ role in patient advocacy and cancer prevention, emphasizing patient leadership in co-creating a future where patient voices drive healthcare innovation and reduce inequalities.
Participants of the session will walk away with a comprehensive understanding of the pivotal role Living Labs play in accelerating the transition to carbon neutrality preparing the right conditions for embracing collaborative innovation across sectors and the arguments for the society and the industry ‘’fair’’ involvement.

TRANSiTION Stakeholder Forum
2024-10-09 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online Event
On October 9th, the TRANSiTION project organises the TRANSiTION Stakeholder Forum, that will gather healthcare education experts to shape a European curriculum on digital skills in oncology. This meeting will address how digital technologies are changing cancer care.
Our colleague from the 3rd Regional Health Authority of Greece, Dr. Stergiani, Spyrou (WP8 leader) will present the eCAN JA and its training programme in the context of this forum. The meeting aims to ensure that healthcare professionals can work effectively with the latest tools and technology. Stakeholders, policymakers and co-researchers will have the chance to contribute to its creation during the design and development phase through this forum. A high-level report will be issued following the forum to capture the main points of the discussions and to facilitate drawing conclusions and further connections.

Psychosocial Oncology Care: Challenges and Opportunities
2024-10-16 08:30 - 14:30 (Europe/Helsinki) | Limassol Municipal Library, Karaiskaki & Agiou Andreou, 26, Limassol, 3035, Cyprus
Psychosocial Oncology Care: Challenges and Opportunities Awareness Event will take place next October 16th at Limassol’s municipal library (Cyprus). The event, organised by DESIPOC project, aims to address challenges and seize opportunities in psychosocial oncology care and explore critical aspects in this field.
Our colleague from WP7, Efthyvoulos Kyriakou, will present the eCAN JA and the digital tools our project developed for conducting 2 pilot projects for online pyschological support and rehabilitation. Along with other professionals, Kyriakou will talk about the eCAN during the first session of the event, dedicated to leveraging technology to optimize care.
If you are a nurse, doctor, oncology patient, family caregiver, researcher in the field of oncology, student, or simply someone interested in psychosocial care in oncology, you can join the event from 08:30 to 14:30 (GMT +3).

Deployment of EU4Health in Spain: improving the integrated approach to cancer
2024-11-12 09:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Salón de actos Ernest Lluch, Paseo del Prado 18-20, Madrid, 28029, Spain
Cancer continues to be one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and in Spain. In Europe, the European Commission has the EU4Health programme to promote the implementation of the European Cancer Plan (EBCP), which aims to tackle the disease in a comprehensive manner.
Spain participates in the EU4Health programme through several Joint Actions demonstrating its commitment to the fight against cancer. This conference will allow us to learn about the results obtained in the three Joint Actions of the 2021 health programme: CRANE, JANE and eCAN, the result of collaboration between countries of the European Union.

17th European Public Health Conference
2024-11-12 11:40 - 2024-11-15 15:55 (Europe/Dublin) | Lisbon Congres Centre, Praça das Indústrias 1, Lisbon, 1300-307, Portugal
The European Public Health (EPH) Conference is an annually organised scientific conference on public health issues in Europe. Each year the conference is organised in a different country by the EPH Conference Foundation in close cooperation with one or more local partner(s). The conference actively seeks a larger partnership with other European NGOs and institutions.
The conference of this year in Lisbon (Portugal), under the title Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation, will focus on a journey of innovation and discovery in public health. They seek to push the boundaries, discover new approaches, and chart the course for the future of public health in Europe.
eCAN Joint action members from WPs 1, 3 and 8 will present four posters and a workshop at the event:

Integrating telemedicine in European healthcare settings: Key enablers for healthcare professionals (WP1 poster)
Inequities to the access to and use of telemedicine among cancer patients in Europe: A scoping review (WP1 poster)
Validated translation of telehealth and health app usability questionnaires to 8 European languages (WP3 poster)
Involving stakeholders in participatory design activities: The eCAN approach (WP8 poster)
Envisioning telemedicine in the EU health systems: Insights from policy experts and cancer patients (WP1 workshop)

European Cancer Summit 2024
2024-11-20 08:30 - 2024-11-21 18:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Hybrid event
A new European Parliament finds itself at a crossroads. Will it keep its eyes on the prize and its unprecedented focus on improving cancer care? Or will it grow distracted and turn away to other issues? Will Europe’s ambitious Beating Cancer Plan be allowed to reach its full potential? Or will so many promising, life-saving initiatives be left to wither on the vine? The next five years will be game changing.
In this context, it is essential to find consensus and to work together seamlessly in advancing cancer care. On 20-21 November, Europe’s leading oncology experts, patient advocates, and policymakers will gather in Brussels and online for the most significant cancer policy event of the year. The European Cancer Summit 2024 is the one event you cannot afford to miss!
The Summit is a showcase of what’s possible when we put aside our differences and work together for more effective, efficient, and equitable cancer care throughout Europe. The theme of this year’s Summit is United Against Cancer: Forging New Frontiers:

United Against Cancer: Our collaboration transcends medical disciplines and professions, tumour types and treatments, politics and nationalities. We stand firmly together to confront this relentless, unforgiving disease.
Forging New Frontiers: Alone, our vision is often limited. We cannot see the full potential of what lies ahead. But together, we dare to imagine the unimageable. We proceed with greater confidence and creativity, constantly expanding the boundaries of cancer care.

The European Cancer Summit will be followed by an exclusive Showcase Event for the smartCARE and PROTECT-EUROPE projects on 22 November, at the same venue. The eCAN project will also be presented at the event by Victoria Leclerq from Sciensano (WP1).

eCAN Final Conference
2024-11-28 09:00 - 2024-11-29 12:15 (Europe/Brussels) | BIP Meeting Center, Rue Royale 2-4, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium
After two years of work, eCAN is coming to an end with its final conference. The Joint Action is organising a hibrid event bringing together all participants, stakeholders and policy makers in Brussels (Belgium) on 28 and 29 November.
This event will summarise and briefly present all the achievements of the project and discuss future perspectives. It will also bring together project leaders, stakeholders, Member States, the European Commission and key players in the field of health digitisation and cancer prevention and care to discuss the issues addressed by the JA and the main areas for reducing inequalities in cancer care across the European Union, especially in cross-border emergencies and health crises.
One of the main objectives of the conference is to engage stakeholders and key organisations to share eCAN’s concrete results for the integration of telemedicine and remote monitoring into European health systems and adopt together a path of action for the future. If you are interested in following the conference online, please send us an e-mail at ecan@sciensano.be and we will provide you the link on time.
Check eCAN’s Final Event agenda
Join us online on Day 1
Join us online on Day 2

"Your Health, Our priority" Session
2024-12-12 10:00 - 13:55 (Europe/Brussels) | IDIVAL, Cardenal Herrera Oria, Santander, Cantabria, 39011, Spain
On Thursday, 12 December, the Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), in collaboration with the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) and the Ministry of Health, will hold the conference ‘Your Health, Our Priority’ at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (Gómez Durán Hall).
This event, which is free of charge and open to the general public with prior registration, will create a space for the exchange of knowledge on health at European level, focusing on the EU4Health European funding programme.

Athens Digital Health Week 2025
2025-01-27 09:00 - 2025-01-31 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Royal Olympic Hotel, Athanasiou Diakou 28,, Athina, 117 43, Greece
Athens Digital Health Week 2025 is co-organised by the Hellenic eGovernment Center for Social Security Services and the National eHealth Authority (NeHA) of Cyprus and is hosted in Athens by HL7 Hellas. A wide range of events covering many topics of digital health in Europe and beyond are also hosted during ADHW2025 rendering it into a high-profile networking event of digital health innovators in Europe.
e-Health governance bodies as well as several European projects (like eCAN) are brought together in one venue to interconnect, share outcomes and discuss further steps towards adopting and implementing digital technology in healthcare in Europe.
Stergiani Spyrou and Despoina Mantziari (eCAN members) will showcase how education and telehealth are reshaping care delivery.

World Cancer Day 2025: HaDEA project showcase
2025-02-04 09:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online Event
HaDEA is organising a showcase event in Brussels on ‘Fostering synergies to beat cancer: The impact of EU-funded projects’. This will be an important occasion to mark the World Cancer Day and demonstrate the impact of various grants and tenders managed by the Agency in relation to the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the Cancer Mission.
This event will bring together representatives of EU-funded cancer projects like eCAN, NGOs, health organisations working in the field of cancer, National Contact Points and National Focal Points and policymakers. The event will be held in person in Brussels and also online.
Marc Van den Bulcke, eCAN coordinator, will moderate the last panel discussion of the event, Reducing inequalities and improving quality of life of cancer patients and survivors, and will represent our JA.

1st Pancyprian Oncology Conference
2025-02-06 - 2025-02-08
The 1st Cyprus Oncology Conference, organized by the Cyprus Oncology Society will take place on 06-08 of February 2025, at Hilton, Nicosia. This conference is under the auspices of the Cyprus Medical Association. The event will bring together experts from around the world to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and advance the critical field of cancer research and treatment.
