The 6th Annual World Cancer Series: Europe Virtual Week (The Economist)

Overview
Coronavirus has turned the global spotlight onto healthcare and upended medical services. It has exposed the frailties of existing systems but also highlighted examples of nimble innovation and success. The sixth annual World Cancer Series: Europe will gather senior policymakers, clinicians, industry leaders, academics and patient advocates to drive forward the conversation on improving the provision of cancer care in Europe. We will look to the quickly changing cancer-care landscape across Europe for lessons that can be applied to achieve improvements in cancer care. We do this not only against the backdrop of the pandemic, but also in the context of the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan. Our discussions will take a deep dive into the key conversations in oncology in Europe. From policymakers to patients, this event will hear from those most affected about the areas of greatest unmet need and how these should be tackled.

Premier global event series
Over the years our global World Cancer Series events have been a forum for announcements of groundbreaking new partnerships and initiatives, and to make commitments to the improvement of global cancer care delivery.

– Launch of the Index of Cancer Preparedness, which tracks a wide range of elements that are relevant to cancer control. It presents data on 45 indicators relevant to specific parts of the prevention and care continuum as well as to the wider context in which such efforts occur

– Presentation of the Optimising cancer care in Latin America research by the Economist Intelligence Unit at the LatAm 2019 event in Mexico City

– Workshops on Identifying areas of unmet need and brainstorming solutions to gather insights from a wide range of cancer-care practitioners across the event series

More information on the conference website.