8th ANNUAL ELLOK CONFERENCE
“Person- Centered Care: Co – Creating the Framework “
February 2-4, 2024
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2
11:30 – 12:00 Arrival – Light Lunch
12:20 – 12:30 Conference Opening – Presentation of the program
Welcome address George Kapetanakis, President of ELLOK
Moderator: Nelly Kapsi
12:30-12:45 Greetings Vasilis Oikonomou, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Maria Sakoufaki, Thanos Markantonis, Dimitris Nikas
12:45 – 13:00
Keynote Speaker Margaritis Schinas
13:00 – 14:45 Session 1
Prevention as a Strategic Choice
13:00 – 14:00 Cervical Cancer – Lung Cancer
Speaker: Irene Agapidaki
Roundtable Discussion:
Comments: Prof. Theodore Agorastos, Assoc. Prof. Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Georgia Hardavella, Despina Topali
14:00 – 14:45 Hereditary Cancer – The Next Day
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Tania Mandouvalou
Speaker: Elena Fountzila
Comments: Florentia Fostira, Rodiani Kokkinaki, Athena Alexandridou
14:45 – 15:00 Break
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15:00 – 16:00 Session 2
Comorbidities – The Need for an Integrated Interdisciplinary Care Approach
15:00 – 16:00 Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Nikolaos Tsoukalas, Maria Tzima
Presentation: The riddle of cancer pain
Nikolaos Tsoukalas
Presentation: Autoimmune diseases and immunotherapy
Prof. Antonios Fanouriakis
Comments: Christos Daramilas, Evie Orfanou, Vaso-Rafaela Vakouftsi, Theodoros Emmanouil
16:00 – 16:30 Break
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16:30 – 20:15 Session 3
Focusing on Survival
16:30 – 16:45 Message by Minister of Economy and Finance
16:45 – 17:15 Clinical Support for Survival – A best case study
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Ioanna Karavana
Presentation: Prof. Amanda Psyrri, Kalliopi Kalaitzi
Comments: Zoe Grammatoglou, Anastasia Spiridou
17:15 – 18:15 Right to be forgotten – Ending of the economic discrimination.
Session Moderator: Vasiliki Angouridi
Keynote Speaker: Françoise Meunier
Comments: Giannis Kantoros, Ilias Tsolakis, Pisti Crystallidou, Panagiotis Xenos (TBC), George Kapetanakis
18:15 – 18:30 Break
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18:30 – 19:30 Challenges of the Next Day for Adolescents and Young Patients
Session Moderator: Prof. Apostolos Vantarakis, Sofia Polychronopoulou
Speech: Cancer in Childhood: The Next Day After Treatment Completion
Katerina Katsibardi
Roundtable Discussion
Comments: Menia Koukougianni, Konstantinos Papageorgopoulos, Maria Eustratiou
19:30 – 20:15 Presentation of the European Joint Action “e-Can”:
Empowering Digital Health for Cancer Patients
Session Moderator: Georgios Megas
Presentation: Pantelis Natsiavas, Christina Plomariti
Comments: Panagiotis Bogiatzidis, Stella-Stergiani Spyrou, Katerina Nikitara, Markos Sigelakis
20:00 – 20:20: PeCAN – Partners of experience in cancer
Presentation: Prof. Panagiotis Mpamidis, Despina Mantziari, Katerina Nikitara
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3
09:30 – 13:30
World Cancer Day
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome – Presentation of the program
Moderator: Prof. Aristotelis Bamias
09:45 – 10:30 Messages for World Cancer Day
Daphne Kaitelidou, Christos Chatzichristodoulou, Evangelia Larentzaki, Elena Kountoura, Valter Fonseca, Stelios Grafakos, Zenia Saridaki
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote Speech: ‘Oncology in Higher Education’
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Odysseas – Ioannis Zorras
Message of U.I.C.C for World Cancer Day
11:00 – 11:30 Speech: Implementing a national strategy for cancer
Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health
11:30 – 12:00 Break
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12:00 – 13:30 Moderator: Vasiliki Angouridi
Speech: The ECO Manifesto for the European Elections – A Challenge for Europe
Prof. Andreas Charalambous
Norbert Couespel
Richard Price
Dr. Françoise Meunier
Comments:
Zenia Saridaki, Prof. Eleni Kourea, Elisavet Grouzi, Assist. Prof. Ioannis Karaitianos, George Koukourakis, Prof. Evangelos Liatsikos, Assist. Prof. Dimitris Papageorgiou, Ioannis Koutsikos, Despina Makridaki
13:30 – 14:30 Break – Lunch
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14:30 – 16:30
Session 4
Accelerating Progress: The Next Day for Europe
14:30 – 15:30 Quality of Care and Patient Safety
Speaker: Marios Themistocleous
Roundtable Discussion
Moderators: Prof. Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Prof. Kyriakos Souliotis
Comments: Valter Fonseca, Vasilis Balanis, Prof. Ioannis Ifantopoulos, Michalis Nicolaou, Vicky Oikonomou, Eirini Throuvala, Paraskeui Mixalopoulou
15:30 – 16:30 Revising Drug Policy as a Prerequisite for a Resilient and Sustainable Healthcare System
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Kostas Athanassakis, Paraskeui Mixalopoulou
Presentation: Aris Angelis
Comments: Olympios Papadimitriou, Christian Rodseth, Representative of P.E.F (TBC)
16:30 – 17:00 Break
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17:00 – 20:45
Session 5:
All.can International: The Contribution of Artificial Intelligence & Research in Modern Oncology
17:00 – 17:45 Standardization, recording & utilization of efficiency indicators in oncological care
Moderator: Prof. Athanasios Bozikis
Keynote Speech: Matthew Hickey, Madalina Iamandei
Comments: Nikos Kostaras, Thanos Kosmidis, Olga Balaoura (TBC)
17:45 – 18:30 Clinical Research: GRECRIN – An alliance for progress
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Kostas Stamatopoulos
Comments: Anastassia Krithara, Eudoxia Xatzicharisi, Katerina Nikitara, Anastasia Chatzidimitriou, Dimitris Athanasiou, Takis Vidalis (TBC)
18:30 – 18:45 Break
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18:45 – 19:45 Oncological care through the eyes of Artificial Intelligence
Roundtable Discussion
Moderators: Prof. Panagiotis Bamidis, Maria Theodoridou
Presentation: Niki Tsouma
Comments: Dimitris Gerogiannis, Nikolaos Iosif, Alexander Berler, Fotis Psomopoulos
19:45 – 20:45 Precision Oncology in Europe and Greece
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Ioanna Soufleri
Presentation: Lilian Vildiridi
Comments: Prof. Kostas Syrigos, Christos Antonopoulos, Eleftherios Eleftheriadis, Athanasia Samara
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4
09:00 – 12:15
Session 6:
The impact of cancer on mental health
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome – Presentation of the program
09:15 – 9:30 Message: Dimitris Vartzopoulos, Deputy Minister of Health
9:30 – 10:30 Mental Health in Cancer: Management, Palliative Care, Survival
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Maria Tolia, Angeliki Stefanaki
Keynote Speech: Eirini Dimopoulou
Roundtable Discussion
Comments: Peggy Karabatou, Christiana Mitsi
10:30 – 11:15 From Theory to Practice: Movement for Life
Moderator: Eleni Nteliopoulou
Speech: Anastassios Philippou
Comments: Stavroula Ntroufakou, Nena Anestopoulou
11:15 – 12:15 The Informed Patient – Active Citizen
Moderator: George Sakkas
Presentation: Eudokia Perontsi
Roundtable Discussion
Nikos Kikilias, Marousa Protopapadaki, Apostolos Charitonidis
12:15 – 12:30 Conclusions – Closing of the conference
