AGENDA.
All Ireland Colorectal Cancer Conference
Agenda: Friday 11th September 2026
The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
Please note this is a draft agenda
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
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
12:00
Paddy Johnston Research Awards Presentations
12:45
The Growing Problem of Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers
Dr Kimmie Ng, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
13:15
Lunch
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
15:45
Perioperative Immunotherapy for Colon Cancer
Prof Naureen Starling, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
16:15
MDM Cases
17:00
Meeting Close