#Forward Together Programme
Saturday 11th September 2021
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Welcome
10.00 hrs
Hosts Patricia McColgan, CanCare4Living, Mary-Claire Rennick, Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland, and Evelyn Griffith, CanTeen will provide a warm welcome and an introduction to the inaugural CAYAS conference on Children, Adolescent, Young Adult Cancer & Survivorship.
SESSION 1
What’s been happening?
10.10 am
10.50 am
10.35 am
NCCP Welcome from Prof O’Laoide, Director
Presenter: Prof Owen Smith, NCCP
Q&A: Dr Scheryll Alken and Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
Irish Cancer Society Welcome from Averil Power, CEO
Presenter: Mr Donal Buggy, Irish Cancer Society
Q&A: Dr Scheryll Alken and Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) Welcome from Eilish Hardiman, CEO
Presenter: Dr. Michael Capra, CHI at Crumlin
Q&A: Dr Scheryll Alken and Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
Break
11.00 am
Take a moment for yourself
SESSION 2
Information Session
11.10 am
11.50 am
11.30 am
Fertility – What are my options?
Presenter: Dr Lucia Hartigan & Dr. Scheryll Alken
Q&A: Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
Research – Playing our part
In conversation: Dr. Cormac Owens and Dr Scheryll Alken
Q&A: Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
CCI-Europe – Anita Kienesberger and Zuzana Tomasikova
SESSION 3
Meet the Experts
11.55 am
The Lived Experience
Interviews with Colin Holden, Jessica Heffernan, Emma & Freya Fitzpatrick and Sam O'Reilly
Followed by Q&A: Dr Scheryll Alken and Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
Lunch
12.50 pm
Networking sessions, entertainment, on demand videos and exhibition
Remembrance
1.20 pm
For all children and young people lost to childhood cancer
SESSION 4
Wellness – it’s all about you
1.25 pm
2.20 pm
3.20 pm
3.45 pm
Wellbeing – Let’s Get Moving
Presenter: Karl Corcoran, Rachael Keating, Dr. Cliona Godwin, Dr. Fiona Skelly, Jennifer Fitzpatrick
Practical session: Dr. Fiona Skelly
Q&A: Dr Scheryll Alken, Ms Niamh O’Sullivan and Ashleigh Kiernan
Wellbeing – The importance of emotional wellbeing
Presenter: Dr. Aifric O’Kane, CHI at Crumlin, Evelyn Griffith, CanTeen Ireland, Laura Cullinan & Stacey Braddish
Q&A: Dr Scheryll Alken and Ms Niamh O’Sullivan
Brian Lobel - Enjoy !
#ForwardTogether - Reflections
We invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy the reflections and humour of the wonderful Brian Lobel. (have a look at the speakers page to read more about him !
MUSIC
Mount Sion Choir
