Survivorship 2017 - Convenor Welcome

I am delighted to welcome you to the second Flinders Survivorship Conference.

This year, the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer is partnering with the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia to co‐host this event. This exciting partnership will help ensure this conference is closely aligned with the national directions for cancer control and continues to expand its reach and relevance to a diverse range of cancer health professionals, policy makers and to all those affected by cancer.

Following the success of the two previous biennial conferences, the 2017 Flinders COSA Survivorship Conference will bring together a diverse group of clinicians, researchers, policy makers and consumers from Australia and beyond, to learn, to be challenged and to make a lasting impact on the lives of those affected by cancer 

The theme this year is “Cancer Survivorship 2017: Pathways to better policy and practice” which focuses our thinking on how we can translate the growing evidence in this area into day to day applications. We will explore diverse perspectives from Australia, UK, US and countries of our region to identify how collaboratively we can accelerate progress, share learnings and promote best practice. We will explore stories of survivors themselves, and ask some challenging questions like what is survivorship like if it is not life after cancer, but life with cancer? And in the spirit of translating knowledge into practice, we will not just listen and note but reflect, engage and experience what practice of good survivorship is all about.

I hope that you will learn and be inspired; that you will connect with old friends and make many new ones and that you will find some time to enjoy the beauty of our wonderful city and its surrounds.

With best wishes,

Professor Bogda Koczwara
Conference Convenor