Program

The program for our 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting is now live! This year, we are excited to host many robust discussions around the research and findings of sarcoma in Australia and New Zealand as well as worldwide. 

Friday 10 November 2023

8:30am: Welcome and Opening Speaker

  • Grant Pang
  • Ged Kearney (Department Federal Minister Health)
  • Rob Krikori (KGFX Foundation consumer)

9:00am: Session 1 - IMPACTS OF INNOVATION

  • Ajay Puri (Guest Speaker)
  • Jason Hornick (Guest Speaker)
  • Michael Penniment
  • Panel Discussion

10:50am MORNING TEA

11:20am: Session 2 - NEW SUBTYPES OF SMALL ROUND BLUE CELL SARCOMA AND THEIR CHALLENGES

  • Jason Hornick (Guest Speaker)
  • Emmy Fleuren
  • Martin Lowe
  • Liz Connolly
  • Andrew Pullar

12:40pm LUNCH

1:20pm: ANZSA Annual General Meeting (MEMBERS ONLY)

2:00pm: Session 3 - I WANT PEOPLE TO LEARN FROM MY CANCER: HOW PATIENTS DRIVEN DATA CAN INFLUENCE RESEARCH

  • Jonathon Granek
  • Vivien Lau
  • Susie Bae
  • Philip Rowell
  • Kelly Mercier

3:15PM AFTERNOON TEA

3:30PM: Session 4 - WHAT'S NEW IN SARCOMA

  • Mandy Ballinger
  • Philip Rowell
  • Daniel Wong
  • David Coker
  • Paola Kabalan Baeza
  • Frank Saran
  • Yeh Chen Lee

5:00PM: Poster Session and 15th Anniversary Event

  • Speaker: Jayesh Desai

6:00PM: END OF DAY

7:00PM: GALA DINNER - Taxi Kitchen


Saturday 11 November 2023

8:00AM - Boehringer Ingelheim Sponsored Breakfast Session

9:00AM - Session 4 - SARCOMA OF THE YEAR - PEComa

  • Jason Hornick (Guest Speaker)
  • Fiona Maclean
  • David Gyorki
  • Peter Grimison
  • Case Discussion

10:20AM MORNING TEA

10:35AM - Session 5 - FUTURE DIRECTIONS

  • Fiona Maclean
  • Sarat Chander
  • Liz Connolly
  • Madeline Strach
  • Maya Kansara
  • Top 3 Abstracts

12:00PM - THE GREAT DEBATE

12:50PM LUNCH

1:20PM - Session 6 - CARE FOR THE CLINICIAN

  • Fiona Maclean
  • Christina Arnold
  • Michael Cheong

Session 7 - LESSON LEARNT - WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US

  • Where do you go with everything you now know? Panel Discussion

Session 8 - BEST OF THE BEST POSTER PRESENTATION

3:00PM - MEETING CLOSE