Tuesday, November 3, 2026

“SIOP Global Mapping: Supporting Research and Collaboration”

Time: 12:00 – 13:00 GMT

Description:
This event will provide an update on the Global Mapping Programme (GMP) and highlight critical opportunities to strengthen cross-border collaborations. We will showcase pioneering childhood cancer initiatives emerging from Oceania and explain how the programme actively supports research designed to transform patient outcomes worldwide. The session will conclude with an open discussion, offering all attendees a platform to ask questions, share perspectives, and shape the future of collaborative paediatric oncology research.

Target Audience:
Oncologists, haematologists, clinicians, survivors, advocates, policy makers, WHO representatives, and researchers.

Moderators: Neil Ranasinghe and Jennifer Geel

Agenda & Speakers:

SIOP Global Mapping Programme (GMP) Update: Key progress, collaborations, and future directions – Maite Gorostegui (Chair, SIOP GMP)
Spotlight on Oceania: Pioneering regional advancements in paediatric cancer care – Trisha Soosay Raj
Research Support: How the programme enables and strengthens research efforts to improve patient outcomes – Guillermo Chantada
Open Discussion: Interactive Q&A and community dialogue with members of the Global Mapping Programme and former SIOP President Eric Bouffet

Submit your questions:
We encourage the global paediatric oncology community to join us and take an active part in the discussion. Questions can be sent ahead of the session to Maite Gorostegui, Chair of the SIOP GMP, at maite.gorostegui@sjd.es.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
“The Missing Children”
Co-organised by SIOP and the International Pediatric Association (IPA)
Time: 11:30 – 13:00 GMT
Format: Online
Description: The WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer aims for at least 60% survival for children with cancer worldwide by 2030, but survival can only improve for children who enter the health system and receive a diagnosis. Millions never reach an oncologist, lost to delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, poverty, and fragile health systems. Bringing together WHO leaders, paediatricians, health system experts, survivors, and policymakers, this session is a global call to action to find the missing children and ensure no child with cancer remains invisible.

Thursday, November 5, 2026
“Beyond the Cure in Childhood Cancer: Survivorship, Care Transition, and Quality of Life”
Time: 13:00 – 14:30 GMT
Description: Co-hosted by SIOP and CCI, this session explores the lifespan journey of childhood cancer survivors, presenting global statistics, care transition models, and scalable best practices across settings.
Target Audience: Oncologists, hematologists, clinicians, survivors, advocates, policy makers, WHO representatives, and researchers.
Objectives

• Highlight Disparities: Examine global trends, late effects, and inequalities.
• Share Best Practices: Showcase surveillance guidelines and scalable models.
• Elevate Lived Experience: Center survivor perspectives to improve care transitions.
• Strengthen Health Systems: Integrate survivorship into primary care in LMICs.

Agenda & Speakers

• Opening Remarks: Rob Pieters (SIOP President) & Alejandra Mendez (CCI President)
• Keynote: Leontien Kremer (Princess Máxima Center) & Kate Johnson (Parent and Board Member, CCI)
• Panel Discussion:
  • Patrick Yip (Survivor and Lead of SurNet, CCI) – Survivor Journey & Needs
  • Maya Prasad (SIOP Survivorship Network) – Global Clinician Perspective
  • Matthew Ehrhardt (St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and COG) – Survivorship Guidelines
  • Roberta Ortiz (WHO) – Primary Care in LMICs
• Closing: Rob Pieters (SIOP President) & Alejandra Mendez (CCI President)

Monday, November 2, 2026
“Democratizing Oncology: Who Gets the Trial, the Drug, the Chance?”
Hosted by OncoDaily
Time: 15:00 – 16:30 GMT
Format: Online
Description: A 90-minute session with international leaders in oncology, clinical research, health policy, and global cancer care, exploring how access to cancer innovation can be made more equitable worldwide. Three expert-led panels cover barriers to timely access to cancer medicines, ways to expand clinical trial participation, and sustainable approaches to strengthening the global oncology workforce.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026
“How to Achieve Best Practice for a Chemotherapy Service for Children with Cancer in LMICs”
Hosted by CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association (Global Childhood Cancer Group)
Time: 09:30 – 11:30 GMT
Format: Online (Zoom) | Free and open to everyone
Description: We know what best practice looks like in the UK, but how can LMICs achieve it, or work towards it, when funds, facilities, or trained staff are limited or absent? This session looks at storing, handling, and giving chemotherapy within the hospital, drawing on UK children’s cancer partnerships with Malawi, Nepal, Ghana, and Pakistan. Speakers from both high-income and low- and middle-income settings will show what works now, where help is needed, and how to achieve better and safer chemotherapy delivery for children with cancer. (Medicine manufacture and supply chain are outside its scope.)
Target Audience: Paediatric oncology pharmacists, nurses, and doctors at all levels of training, and healthcare and charity professionals.
Contributions from:

• Hannah Di Lullo, Nurse Specialist, Newcastle
• Lamia Samrin, Specialist Pharmacist, London
• Roger Ahiable, Specialist Pharmacist, Accra, Ghana
• Shakila Mushtaq, Chief Oncology Pharmacist, Lahore, Pakistan
• Andjela Milivojevic, Global Health Team, The Bureau for Investigative Journalism

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
“Advancing Global Cancer Care: Generating Health Economic and Patient-Centred Evidence”
Hosted by the University of Hertfordshire (with Global Academic Foundation, Egypt) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Time: 15:30 – 18:30 GMT
Format: Online (Microsoft Teams)
Description: Research teams present evidence on the cost-effectiveness of cancer treatment and diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries, including childhood cancer treatment and next-generation sequencing, alongside patient-centred studies on cancer awareness, knowledge, and risk factors.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
“Power of Partnership: Rays of Hope for Childhood Cancer”
Hosted by St. Jude Global and IAEA
Time: 17:00 – 18:00 GMT
Format: Online
Description: This session shows how coordinated partnerships can turn global commitments and technical expertise into stronger childhood cancer services and systems. It brings together St. Jude, IAEA, WHO, Childhood Cancer International, and SIOP, and looks at how partnership across the care continuum can strengthen access to radiotherapy and support country priorities.

Thursday, November 5, 2026
“Technology and Innovation in the Future of Cancer and Health in the Middle East: What Are the Effects on Equity in Cancer Care and the Human Experience?”
Hosted by the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL)
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 GMT
Format: Online (Zoom)
Description: As AI, precision medicine, robotics, and digital health transform healthcare, this international panel explores a critical question: how can innovation advance cancer care without leaving patients, communities, or health systems behind? Moderated by Dr. Vivek Muthu, the discussion brings together experts in cancer policy, childhood oncology, digital transformation, and healthcare technology, alongside the lived experience of a childhood cancer survivor.
Target Audience: Cancer organizations, clinicians, policymakers, researchers, patient advocates, technology leaders, and members of the international health community.

Thursday, November 5, 2026
“Update on Cancer in Conflict Zones in Africa: Have We Moved the Needle?”
Hosted by AORTIC (African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer)
Time: 15:00 – 16:30 GMT
Format: Online
Description: Hosted by the AORTIC Cancer in Conflict Zones in Africa Special Interest Group, this session covers paediatric cancers in Sudan and Ethiopia, haematologic malignancies in young adults during conflict, updates from Cameroon and Haiti, cancer care for internally displaced people in Nigeria and Burkina Faso, and quick dispatches from around the continent.

Watch the recordings from our various 2025 sessions below: