Conference Program
Three days of keynotes, panels, thematic sessions, and workshops.
Monday, 28 September 2026
APOCP 25th Anniversary Celebration
Welcome Note
Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy
Organising Chair of APOCP 13th General Assembly and Scientific Conference
Opening Ceremony
YB Datuk Amar Prof. Dr Sim Kui Hian
Deputy Premier of Sarawak
Keynote Address 1: Closing the Gaps — Women, Families, and Equity in Cancer Care
YB Dato Sri Hajah Fatimah Abdullah (Malaysia)
Minister for Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development, Sarawak, Malaysia
Keynote Address 2: Turning Knowledge into Action — Accelerating Cancer Control in Asia-Pacific
Prof Jeff Dunn AO (Australia)
Past President, UICC; Past President, APOCP
Morning Tea Break
Panel 1: Cancer Intelligence, Prevention, and Priority-Setting in Asia-Pacific
Moderator: Isabelle Soerjomataram (France)
Panelists:
- Melissa Lim Siaw Han (Malaysia)
- Muthukkumaran Thiagarajan (Malaysia)
- Shahid Pervez (Pakistan)
- Ophira Ginsburg (UK)
- Le Tran Ngoan (Vietnam)
Panel 2: What Worked, What Didn’t — Cancer Control Lessons from Asia-Pacific
Moderator: Abhishek Shankar (India)
Panelists:
- Soehartati Gondhowiardjo (Indonesia)
- Carmen Auste (Philippines)
- Saunthari Somasundaram (Malaysia)
- Bogda Koczwara (Australia)
- Chew Lee Ping (Malaysia)
Lunch
Panel 3: Future-Ready Cancer Control — A Practical Playbook for Asia-Pacific
Moderator: Richard Sullivan (UK)
Panelists:
- You-Lin Qiao (China)
- Malcolm Moore (Thailand)
- Elizabeth A. Mittendorf (USA)
- Maqsood Siddiqi (India)
- Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy (Malaysia)
Anniversary Special Symposium: Policy to Bedside — The Cancer Care Continuum
Runs alongside the Parallel Workshops.
Chairs: Cheng-Har Yip (Malaysia), Malcolm Moore (Thailand)
Keun-Young Yoo (South Korea)
“Korea’s Journey in Cancer Control”
Paulus Ripa (Papua New Guinea)
“From Evidence to Elimination: Cervical Cancer Control in Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands”
Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi bin Abu Hassan (Malaysia)
“From Registry to Screening: Malaysia’s Journey in Colorectal Cancer Control – Development and Implementation of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in a Maturing Public Health System”
Kazuo Tajima (Japan)
“Cancer Care at the Other End: Ageing, Home and Community in Rural Japan”
APOCP General Assembly
Welcoming Cocktail
Program details are subject to change. Please check back for updates.