Advocacy Summit

PROGRAM DETAILS

IGCAN Update – Why we’ve gathered Abhishek Shankar, Advocacy Committee Chair (India)  Tracey Adams, Advocacy Committee Co-Chair (South Africa) Advocacy Committee Chairs welcome participants and outline what to expect from the Summit. They will also share IGCAN achievements over the past year and priorities that will shape the future of the network.

EDI Grant Presentation - Harvesting Life - Women Coffee Growers Towards a Future Without Cervical Cancer Harold Salamanca, Fundación Salamanca Borrero SalBo (Colombia) Showcases the 2026 IGCAN EDI Grant recipient, highlighting the advocacy work achieved since receiving the grant. For this year’s grant recipient, this presentation will highlight the organization “SalBo,” a a cervical cancer survivor family foundation leading a screening and prevention campaign in Huila Department, Colombia.

Same Cancer, Different Postal Codes Ovarian Cancer patients Moderator: Cidalia Sluce (Canada) Through personal journeys from ovarian cancer patients, this session will explore how geography, healthcare access, and social determinants influence the cancer journey. The session will emphasize the need for equitable access for quality treatment and support.

 Your Voice, Your Power: Turning Lived Experience into Change in Gynecologic Cancer Care Alvina Nadeem (Canada) Thomas Hofmarcher (Sweden) Patients and caregivers experience the entire cancer journey, giving them unique insight into where care works, where it fragments, and where change is needed. Through an interactive conversation combining lived experience with evidence from IHE’s global report on women’s cancers, this session will explore four areas for action: earlier intervention, more connected care, equitable access to innovation, and stronger political prioritization and investment. Participants will identify how their own experiences can contribute to advocacy and leave with a practical framework for turning individual insights into action within care teams, organizations, communities, and health policy.

Patient Reported Outcomes 101 Alison Ross (Canada) Italo Fernandes (Canada) Moderator: Shannon Salvador Learn the fundamentals of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and the increasing role in clinical care, research, and quality improvement. This introductory session will explore how PROs capture the patient perspective and inform more patient-centered decision-making.

ORAL ABSTRACT & POSTER PRESENTATIONS Discover innovate gynecologic oncology advocacy initiatives from global advocates through showcasing their work and efforts to improve awareness and drive meaningful change.

IGCAN AWARD PRESENTATION

AFTERNOON INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY Interactive opportunities for participants to engage, network, and collaborate together as they are led through a collective art therapy segment, with option to engage in this activity at each of their tables.

COFFEE AND LUNCH BREAK INCLUDED