2nd Synergies Forum on Cancer – Policy, Research & Funding Strategies

Following the highly productive 1st Greek Forum on Cancer in July 2024, the Hellenic Cancer Federation – ELL.O.K. is organizing the “2nd Synergies Forum on Cancer Policy, Research & Funding Strategies”, which will take place in Athens on June 30 – July 1, 2025, at the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel.

The 2nd Synergies Forum will be open to the public, while the sessions will also be live-streamed in both Greek and English.

This Forum aims to highlight the opportunities, challenges, and actions that can lead to more effective cancer control and management, while also focusing on the strategies needed to support the development of robust cancer policies. A key objective is also to ensure the optimal utilization of the EU-funded Cancer Mission program, which promotes collaborative research across stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of translating research outcomes into real-world impact through the implementation of innovative practices and interaction across Member States in cancer care.

Key topics to be addressed at the “2nd Synergies Forum on Cancer Policy, Research & Funding Strategies” include:

  • Developments in the National Cancer Action Plan

  • Investing in prevention and strengthening public health systems

  • Precision medicine, gene and cell therapies as the core of innovation

  • Increasing cancer research funding and revisiting pharmaceutical policy

  • Translating research into added value for patients and healthcare systems

  • Enhancing the integration of digital technologies in cancer care

  • European Health Data Space: Where we are and where we need to go

  • Pharos AI Factory: Driving innovation in healthcare

  • The role of National Cancer Mission Hubs in advancing policy through the EBCP and Cancer Mission

  • Improving the cancer care pathway: Digital tools for patients and healthcare systems (Patient Navigation / Survivorship)

This Forum will bring together stakeholders from across Europe and Greece — policymakers, researchers, healthcare professionals, patient organizations, and innovators — to foster dialogue, share knowledge, and build the synergies required to transform cancer care.

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Σε συνέχεια του εξαιρετικά παραγωγικού 1st Greek Forum on Cancer τον Ιούλιο 2024 , η Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Καρκίνου-ΕΛΛΟΚ διοργανώνει το “2nd Synergies Forum on Cancer Policy, Research & Funding Strategies”, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στην Αθήνα στις 30 Ιουνίου-1 Ιουλίου 2025 στο ξενοδοχείο Wyndham Grand Athens.

Το 2nd Synergies Forum θα είναι ανοικτό για το κοινό, ενώ παράλληλα, οι εργασίες της διημερίδας θα μεταδίδονται με Livestreaming στην Ελληνική και Αγγλική γλώσσα.

Στόχος του “2nd Synergies Forum on Cancer Policy, Research & Funding Strategies”, αποτελεί η ανάδειξη των ευκαιριών, των προκλήσεων και δράσεων, που θα οδηγήσουν στην αποτελεσματική αντιμετώπιση και διαχείριση του καρκίνου και παράλληλα των στρατηγικών που θα υποστηρίξουν την ανάπτυξη των αναγκαίων πολιτικών υγείας. Επιπλέον, στοχεύει στην βέλτιστη αξιοποίηση του ερευνητικού Ευρωπαϊκού προγράμματος Αποστολή για τον καρκίνο (Cancer Mission), το οποίο μέσα από τη χρηματοδότηση της έρευνας για τον καρκίνο, προωθεί τις συνεργασίες όλων των εμπλεκόμενων φορέων, επιδιώκοντας στη μετάφραση των τελικών ερευνητικών αποτελεσμάτων σε εφαρμόσιμες πρακτικές στον πραγματικό κόσμο, ενθαρρύνοντας τη διάδραση στην ογκολογική φροντίδα μεταξύ των κρατών μελών.

Ορισμένα από τα θέματα που θα συζητηθούν στο “2nd Synergies Forum on Cancer Policy, Research & Funding Strategies”:
➢ Οι εξελίξεις στην ανάπτυξη του Εθνικού Σχεδίου δράσης για τον καρκίνο
➢ Επένδυση στην πρόληψη – ενίσχυση της δημόσιας υγείας
➢ Εστιάζοντας στον πυρήνα της καινοτομίας: Ιατρική ακριβείας – γονιδιακές / κυτταρικές θεραπείες
➢ Αύξηση της χρηματοδότησης – Αναθεώρηση της φαρμακευτικής πολιτικής
➢ Μεταφράζοντας τα ερευνητικά προγράμματα για τον καρκίνο σε υπεραξία για τους ασθενείς και τα συστήματα υγείας
➢ Ενίσχυση της ενσωμάτωσης των νέων ψηφιακών τεχνολογιών στη φροντίδα του καρκίνου
➢ European Health Data Space: Που βρισκόμαστε – που πρέπει να πάμε
➢ Pharos ΑΙ Factory: Οδηγώντας τις εξελίξεις στην υγείας
➢ Ο ρόλος των National Cancer Mission Hubs στην εφαρμογή αποτελεσματικών πολιτικών για τον καρκίνο μέσα από την προώθηση του EBCP και του Cancer Mission
➢ Βελτιώνοντας τo μονοπάτι του καρκίνου : Οι ψηφιακές εφαρμογές στην υπηρεσία των ασθενών και του συστήματος (Patient Navigation / Survivorship)

The 2nd Synergies Forum will take place on June 30 – July 1 at the Wyndham Grand Athens Hotel. If you wish to attend the Forum in person, please fill in your details to register.

Το 2nd Synergies Forum θα διεξαχθεί 30 Ιουνίου – 1 Ιουλίου, στο Ξενοδοχείο Wyndham Grand Athens. Αν επιθυμείτε να παρακολουθήσετε το Forum δια ζώσης, παρακαλούμε συμπληρώστε τα στοιχεία σας για να δηλώσετε συμμετοχή.

ADONIS GEORGIADIS

Minister of Health

AGAPIDAKI EIRINI

Alternate Minister of Health

THEMISTOCLEOUS MARIOS

Deputy Minister of Health

BREDA JOÃO

WHO Athens Office for Quality of Care and Patient Safety

ANGELIS ARIS

Secretary General of Strategic Planning, Ministry of Health

VILDIRIDI LILIAN

Secretary General for Health Services, Ministry of Health

AAPRO MATTI

President of SPCC & Board of UICC

ALBREHT TIT

President of the European Public Health Association

ALEXOPOULOS LEONIDAS

Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA, Director & Co-founder of Protavio

ANDREAKI ANTIGONI

Journalist

ANGOURIDI VASILIKI

Health Editor, Managing Editor at News4Health.gr – Flash.gr, Capitals Health Editor/Euractiv.com

ARKADOPOULOS NIKOS

Professor of Surgery, Medical School of the NKUA, Vice Dean of the Medical School, NKUA

ATHANASAKIS KOSTAS

Assistant Professor in Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment at the Department of Public Health Policy of the University of West Attica

BAKOPOULOU FLORA

President of the Committee for the Evaluation & Reimbursement of Medicines, Ministry of Health, Professor of Pediatrics – Adolescent Medicine – Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School, NKUA

BALASOPOULOU ANASTASIA

Head of the Planning and Development Directorate of Health Service Provision Policies, 1st Health Region (1st H.R.), former Director of the General Hospital of Athens ‘ALEXANDRA’ and General Hospital of Athens ‘HIPPOKRATEIO’

BAMIAS ARISTOTELIS

Professor of Therapeutics, Internal Medicine & Oncology, NKUA

BAMIDIS PANAGIOTIS

Professor of Medical Physics and Informatics in Medical Education at the Laboratory of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, AUTh

BARBOUNIS VASILEIOS

Director, 3rd Oncology Clinic “Metropolitan” Hospital, Athens

BENSENOUSI ALEX

Cofounder of Ainigma Technologies

BELTRAN MARIA EYGENIA

Senior R&D Project Manager and Head of Big Data in LifeSTech

BERLER ALEXANDER

HL7 Hellas Vice Chair

BILLIS ANTONIS

Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Medical Physics & Digital Innovation, School of Medicine AUTH

BORDA GAUCI IAN

National Contact Point and Program, Committee Member for Health, the Cancer Mission

BOUBAKI ASIMINA

Head of the eHealth Services Department, Ministry of Health

BRAOUDAKI EMMANOUELA

Senior Consultant, Health Policy & Management Unit at CMT Prooptiki

CASOLINO RAFFAELA

MD, Oncologist, Technical Officer , WHO, Geneva

CHARALAMBOUS ANDREAS

Past President of ECO, Associate Professor of Oncology and Palliative Care, Adjunct Professor at University of Turku

CHATZIDIMITRIOU ANASTASIA

Director of Research, Applied Biosciences Institute, CERTH

CHEIMONIDI MARIA CHRISTINA

Technology Transfer Consultant, Greek National Contact Point for EIC, ERC, MSCA under Horizon Europe

CHONDRELIS IOANNIS

Director of the Medical Department at FARMASERV-LILLY, Coordinator of the Clinical Trials Team at SFEE

CHOULIARA ELENA

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AstraZeneca

CONSTANTINIDOU ANASTASIA

Ass. Professor in Oncology/ Haematology and Consultant Medical Oncologist, Medical School University of Cyprus & BoC Oncology Centre

COUESPEL NORBERT

ECO Policy Research & EU Projects Manager

COURNIA ZOI

Director of Research at the Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, National representative in the the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

DEDOUSIS GEORGIOS

Dean of the Harokopeion University, Athens

DIMOPOULOS MELETIOS - ATHANASIOS

Professor & Chairman Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Unit Section of Hematology, Med. Onc. Deptment of Clinical Therapeutics School

DIONYSIOU DIMITRA

Senior Researcher-Scientific Project Manager Head of Health Technologies Division – i-Sense ICCS

DUROSINI ILARIA

Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Post-doc Researcher at the Dept. of Oncology & Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan

EFSTATHOPOULOS SARANTOS

Director of the Metaxa Cancer Hospital in Piraeus

EFTHIMIADOU DIMITRA

Health editor at Ethnos, HealthReport.gr

ESSIAF SAMIRA

SIOPE’s CEO/ Chief Executive Officer of SIOP Europe

FOURLAS LOUCAS

Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus

FOTIADIS DIMITRIOS

Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina (UoI)

GAZOULI MARIA

Professor of Biology, Genetics, Nanomedicine NKUA

GEROGIANNIS DIMITRIOS

AI and Me, Founder & Tech Lead / AI Catalyst

GIOKA VASSILIKI

Quality Manager MSc, PhD, Quality Control, Research and Continuing Education Dpt. “Saint Savvas” Hospital

GOGOZOTOU NANDIA

NE President at EOPYY & President of the Greek Drug Price Negotiation Committee

GUNTHER PENILLA

Former Member of Parliament, Sweden, and Member, Mission Board for Cancer

HATZIMICHAEL ELEFTHERIA

Associate Professor of Haematology Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences University of Ioannina

IOSIF NIKOLAOS

CEO Brains I.C.S.

ISIDRO ANABELA

Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (AICIB) – ECHoS Coordinator

KAMPOSIORAS KONSTANTINOS

Consultant in Medical Oncology at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust Honorary Senior Lecturer, Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Manchester

KAGGELIDES KOSTIS

Chief Executive Officer at Gnomon Informatics SA

KAPETANAKIS GEORGE

President of ELLOK

KARAGIANNIS IOANNIS

CEO of IDIKA S.A. – e-Government Center for Social Security Services

KARAHALIOS GEORGE

Medical Affairs Director at Genesis Pharma

KARAVANA IOANNA

Board Member of ELLOK, President of the Cancer Patients Association of Larissa

KATTAMIS ANTONIS

Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology NKUA

KOLLIAS STEFANOS

Emeritus Professor of the NTUA, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Infrastructures for Research & Technology Network

KONTOGIORGOS IOANNIS

Public & Governmental Affairs Senior Manager ELPEN

KONTOZAMANIS VASILIS

Member of the Board of the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)

KOSTIKAS KONSTANTINOS

Co-founder & Managing Partner HIPA

KOTSEKIDOU GIOTA

Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Director AstraZeneca

KOTSIANIDIS IOANNIS

Professor of Hematology, Democritus University of Thrace,Head of the Hematology department, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis

KOTSIAROS ATHANASIOS

General Director of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies

KOTSIOPOULOS IOANNIS

General Manager, Pharma Innovation Forum Greece (PIF)

KOUKLI IOANNA

President of the HBio Cluster, Founder & Managing Director of Pharmassist Ltd

KOUKOUGIANNI MENIA

Co-Founder NGO Karkinaki, Awareness for Childhood & Adolescent Cancer, CAYAS Coordinator

KOUNTOURA ELENA

Member of the European Parliament

KOUREA ELENI

Professor of Pathology, University of Patras, President of the Hellenic Society of Pathology – H.S.P.

LAIRD DARIEN

Executive Director, Global Coalition for Radiotherapy, Switzerland

LANTOS ZOLTAN

Associate professor, Head of Department, Department of Virtual Health Guide Methodology

LINARDOU ELENA

Director, 4th Oncology Dept & Comprehensive Clinical Trials Center, Metropolitan Hospital- ESMO Council Member, Chair ESMO W4O Committee

LIONTOS MICHALIS

Associate Professor of Therapeutics – Oncology, Medical School of the NKUA, Member of the Board of Directors of HESMO

LUGOWSKA IWONA

Board Member of Organization European Cancer Institute (OECI)

MAKRIDAKI DESPOINA

President of the Panhellenic Association of Hospital Pharmacists (PEFNI), Member of the board of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)

MARGETIDIS GEORGE

Head of Sector of the European Commission, Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)

MARTINS HENRIQUE

Associate Professor in Health Management and Leadership at FCS-UBI, ISCTE-IUL, HL7 Europe Foundation, Board of Directors

MATHIOUDAKIS KONSTANTINOS

Director of Systems for Primary Healthcare Sector at e-Government Center for Social Security (IDIKA S.A.)

MEGAS GEORGIOS

Innovation Ecosystems & EU affairs, Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (ICCS) Leader Innovation & Networking Unit

MICHALITSIS KONSTANTINOS

Head of the Directorate of Secondary Health Care Systems, IDIKA S.A. – General Directorate of e-Health, Directorate of Secondary Health Care Systems

MIHALOPOULOU PARASKEVI

Vice President of ELLOK, President of Alma Zois

MYSTAKIDOU KYRIAKI

Professor of Palliative Care, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Head of the Palliative Care Unit “Jenny Karezi”

NATSIAVAS PANTELIS

Electrical and Computer Engineer, Researcher, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (INAB|CERTH)

NEGKIS AIMILIOS

Medical Editor, Director of Virus.com.gr, Pharma & Health Business magazine

NENA EVANGELIA

Professor & Head, Lab. of Social Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace
Adj. Assoc. Prof., Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Alternate Member of the Board of Directors. Hellenic National Public Health Organization

NEVENKA MAHER

Member EU Cancer Mission Board

NICOARA DELIA

Chairperson of the OECI Working Group EPIC-CARE

NIKOLAOU MICHALIS

Medical Oncologist, Senior Registrar at the Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital “Agios Savvas”, Member of HeSMO

PAPADIMITRIOU OLYMPIOS

General Manager at Novo Nordisk & President of Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies

PAPAGEORGIOU DIMITRIOS

Asst. Prof. University of Peloponnese, President of the Hellenic Oncology Nursing Society

PAPANDREOU NIKOS

Member of the European Parliament for PASOK

PAPANDREOU PANOS

Scientific Director of CibusMed

PAPASAVAS EMMANOUIL

President of the Child Onco Hospital “Marianna Vardinogiannis”

PASALOGLOU STAVROS

Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Director – AstraZeneca

PATTIXIS CONSTANTINOS

Prof. of Computer Science, University of Cyprus & HealthXR Group, CYENS Centre of Excellence

PEFKIANAKI MARIA

Opthalmologist, Head of Ocular Oncology Center, Specialist in Ocular Oncology Adult and Children “Hygeia” hospital

PETELOS ELENA

Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, Lecturer in Evidence-Based Medicine & Evidence-Informed Policy, University of Crete

PETRIDOU ANGELIKI

Project Manager Erasmus State Scholarships Foundation/ IKY- Greece

PETROV IVAYLO

CEO & CDO, Co-Founder, Shemha Health, Board Member, Bulgarian Joint Cancer Network (BJCN)

PRINTZA ATHANASIA

Professor of Otolaryngology-Phoniatrics, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

PSALTOPOULOU THEODORA

Internist, Professor in Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, NKUA

PSIRRI AMANDA

Professor of Medical Oncology NKUA, Chair of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital

RIZVI KATIE

Co-Founder and Executive Director of Youth Cancer Europe (YCE)

SAKKAS GEORGE

Health Editor “To Vima” newspaper

SAKOUFAKI MARIA

President of the Panhellenic Association of Health Visitors (PSEY)

SALOUSTROS EMMANUEL

Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly

SARIDAKI ZORAS ZENIA

Medical Oncologist,  Director at the 1st Oncology Dept. Metropolitan Hospital, Scientific Director of the Oncology Department “Asklepios DIAGNOSIS”

SARIGIANNIS DIMOSTHENIS

Director & Chairman of the Board of the National Hellenic Research Foundation

SMYRNAKIS EMMANUEL

Associate Professor of Primary Health Care – AUTH

SOARES HUGO

Co-coordinator of ECHoS project, Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (AICIB)

SPERANZA ESTEVE

Managing Director Servier Hellas & Cyprus

SPYROU STELLA

Chief Information Officer of the 3rd Greek Health Region

STEFANAKI ANGELIKI

Treasurer of ELLOK, President of Alma Zois N. Achaias

STRATAKIS KONSTANTINOS

Head of the EDIMO Unit

SYMEONIDIS SIMOS

Managing Partner, CEO and CIO of Kos Biotechnology Partners (KBP)

SYRIGOS KONSTANTINOS

Prof. of Medicine & Medical Oncology, Head of the 3rd Dept. of Medicine, NKUA

TAMAMYAN GEVORG

Editor-in-Chief, OncoDaily | Chair & Professor, Dept. of Ped. Oncology & Hematology, YSMU

TAVERNARAKIS NEKTARIOS

Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, Chairman of the Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH)

TOLIA MARIA

Associate Professor of Radiotherapy – Medical School, University of Crete/Head of Radiotherapy Department, Herakleion University Hospital

TOLMA ELENI

Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Primary Care and Population Health,University of Nicosia Medical School, European Commission Cancer Mission Board

TSAGKARIS CHRISTOS

Member of the Horizon Europe Cancer Mission Board, Member of the Board of Trustees, Institute of Cancer & Crisis

TSAKOU GIANNA

Senior Project Manager / Senior Analyst, R&D, Maggioli S.P.A Greek Branch

TSALIKAKIS DIMITRIS

Governor of the 3rd Regional Health Authority

TSIODRAS DIMITRIS

Member of the European Parliament

TSOUKALAS NIKOLAOS

MD, MSc, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Internist, MSc Bioinformatics, Director, Oncology Department, 417 NIMTS, Scientific Associate, “Errikos Dunant” Hospital

TZIMA MARIA

Board Member of ELLOK, Secretary of the Association of Cancer Patients, Friends & Families of Northwestern Greece “WE ARE TOGETHER”.

VAN LAER CARLA

Strategic advisor & Program manager, Nederlands Kanker Collectief

VASILEIOU CHARALAMBOS

Consultant for the European Commission at Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)

VASILOPOULOS GEORGIOS

Professor & Head of the Dept. of Hematology at Larisa University Hospital, President of the Hellenic Society of Haematology

VASMATZIS GEORGE

Co-director, Biomarker Discovery Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Consultant, Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic , Associate professor, Department of Molecular Medicine

VASSOS NIKOLAOS

Professor of Surgery, Heidelberg University, Professor of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, European University Cyprus

VASTARDI MARIA

PhD, MBA-TQM, BScBA, RN, Directorate of Research and Education, Organization for Quality Assurance in Health (O.DI.PY. S.A.)

VOUTSINOS IOANNIS

Head of EU Affairs & Funding Initiatives, PwC of Greece

VOZIKIS ATHANASIOS

Professor at the Dept. of Economics & Director of The Laboratory of Health Economics & Management of the University of Piraeus (UNIPI)

XESFINGI SOFIA

Innovation Consultant, National Contact Point in Horizon Europe (Cluster Health & Cancer Mission)

YFANTOPOULOS IOANNIS

Professor of Health Economics at the University of Athens

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