AGENDA. All Ireland Colorectal Cancer Conference Agenda: Friday 11th September 2026The Gibson Hotel, Dublin Please note this is a draft agenda Welcome Expand 08:25 Welcome Address: Session 1: What’s New in Colorectal Cancer? Expand 08:30 Experience of Non Operative Management for Rectal Cancer in an Irish Centre Prof Michael Kelly, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 08:50 Short Course Versus Long Course in the Era of Non Operative Management Dr Sean O’Cathail, Cork University Hospital 09:10 Preoperative Assessment of Colon Cancer & Assessment of the Response Dr Jennifer Sammon, Cork University Hospital 09:30 The Robot is Going to Take Over Ms Nuha Yassin, University Hospitals Birmingham 09:50 Q&A 10:00 Coffee Break Session 2: Supportive Approaches Expand 10:30 The Challenge of Implementing Exercise for our Patients Dr Vicky Coyle, Queen’s University Belfast 10:50 An Aspirin a Day Keeps the Cancer Away? 11:10 Setting Up a Genetics Clinic & Nurse Centre Dr Lynda McSorley, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 11:30 Doctor, What Should I Eat for my Colon Cancer? Emma Forde, University Hospital Galway 11:50 Q&A Session 3: Research Awards Chair:Dr Vicky Coyle, Queen’s University Belfast Expand 12:00 Paddy Johnston Research Awards Presentations Session 4: Plenary session 1 Expand 12:45 The Growing Problem of Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers Dr Kimmie Ng, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston 13:15 Lunch Session 5: Hot Topics in Colorectal Cancer Chair: Mr Emmet Andrews, Cork University Hospital Expand 14:00 How Can I START to Help my Patients? Dr Austin Duffy, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 14:15 Radiotherapy for Oligometastatic Disease Dr Maeve Keys, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 14:30 Time to Move on From Chemotherapy? Dr Emily Harrold, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 14:45 CT DNA Surveillance is the New Standard of Care Dr Darren Cowzer, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 15:00 Q&A 15:15 Coffee Break Session 6: Plenary Session 2 Expand 15:45 Perioperative Immunotherapy for Colon Cancer Prof Naureen Starling, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Session 7: Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion Expand 16:15 MDM Cases 17:00 Meeting Close