#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
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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
