COSA-IPOS Joint Scientific Meeting 2012 — ASN Events

COSA-IPOS Joint Scientific Meeting 2012 — ASN Events

Tuesday 13 November	Wednesday 14 November	Thursday 15 November
07:00 - 08:00 COSA Breakfast Symposium - Training physicians to use PRO in daily practice
	07:15 - 08:30 PoCoG Breakfast - Early Career Research Mentoring Workshop	07:15 - 08:45 COSA Breakfast Symposium - Quality and Safety in Cancer Care. Bridging the gap between the practice and policy. Joint Breakfast Symposia: Launch of PoCoG SOPs - Streamlining psycho-oncology research – introducing psycho-oncology Standard Operating Procedures & how to use them
08:30 - 09:00 Joint Opening Ceremony
09:00 - 09:20 Joint Opening Ceremony Presentation	09:00 - 10:30 IPOS Plenary - Changing policy to influence implementation COSA - Wound care and management COSA - “Of mice and men” - SCC and melanoma COSA - Next-gen lung cancer management COSA Best of the Best Orals: Health Services COSA Best of the Best Orals: Clinical Sciences COSA Best of the Best Orals: Epidemiology	09:00 - 10:30 COSA Plenary - Who you are, where you live and how much money you earn: Inequalities in cancer care ASCO/IPOS/COSA Symposium - Optimising outcomes after lung cancer – Targets and strategies (Part A) IPOS - Side-effects, symptoms and psyche, inter-relationships of physical symptoms and adjustment IPOS - Not an even playing field - Factors affecting adjustment of survivors IPOS - What if? Psychosocial issues associated with increased genetic risk of cancer IPOS - More measurement - A closer look at assessment in psycho-oncology IPOS - Focused communication skills training in oncology - What works? IPOS - Distress and quality of life - The big picture
09:20 - 10:30 Joint Opening Plenary: Implementing psycho-oncology: Evidence into practice
10:30 - 11:00 Joint morning tea and poster viewing	10:30 - 11:00 Joint morning tea and poster viewing	10:30 - 11:00 Joint morning tea
11:00 - 12:30 IPOS - President's Plenary COSA - The public health approach to cancer survivorship COSA - Radiotherapy for the non-radiation oncologists COSA Concurrent Session - Medicine matters COSA Best of the Best Orals: Education and Professional Development COSA Best of the Best Orals: Basic and translational COSA Best of the Best Orals: CUP and supportive care	11:00 - 12:30 COSA Plenary: Beyond the surface IPOS Symposium - In sickness and in health: Coping and needs of spouses and children caring for adult and older cancer patients, clinical observations and research data IPOS Symposium - Exploring the role of peer support in psychosocial care: From research to practice IPOS - 'I’m worn out' – Fatigue and sleep issues affecting people with cancer IPOS - Screening for distress, what have we learned? IPOS - Enhancing psychological outcomes - Community, consumer and health professional initiatives IPOS - Burnt out or just feeling the heat - Health professional burnout and workforce issues IPOS - Interventions to reduce distress and promote well-being IPOS - Taking a biopsychosocial approach, exploring biological contributions to psychosocial status	11:00 - 12:30 ASCO/IPOS/COSA Symposium - Optimising outcomes after lung cancer: Targets and strategies (Part B) IPOS Symposium - Integration of psychosocial support throughout cancer care: Perspectives from around the globe IPOS Symposium - An international perspective on advances in the treatment of fear of cancer recurrence COSA - A-Z of mental health: An update for clinical practitioners COSA - Breast cancer: The challenge of diagnostic uncertainty COSA - Gut instinct: Getting it right in bowel cancer diagnosis, treatment and care COSA Symposium - Translating the evidence to improve cancer care for Indigenous people COSA Best of the Best Orals: Supportive Care
12:30 - 13:30 Joint lunch and group meetings IPOS - Annual Business Meeting COSA - Oncology Social Work (OSWA) AGM COSA - Psycho-Oncology Group (OZPOS) AGM COSA - Familial Cancer Group AGM COSA - Clinical Research Professionals Group AGM COSA - Medical Oncology Group (MOGA) Meeting COSA - Cancer Pharmacists Group AGM	12:30 - 13:30 Joint lunch COSA AGM	12:30 - 13:30 Joint lunch
	12:50 - 13:30 IPOS - Ongoing trials in progress (Oral poster presentations)
13:30 - 15:00 COSA Plenary: "Where's Wally?" - Carcinoma of unknown primary IPOS Symposium - Well-being of older cancer patients: Identification of specific characteristics, care needs and interventions IPOS Symposium - What can we learn from Australian and United Kingdom (UK) adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer psychological research and practice: A CanTeen and Teenage Cancer Trust symposium IPOS - Moving beyond cancer treatment – issues facing cancer survivors IPOS - Early diagnosis is best – knowledge about cancer risk and participation in screening programmes IPOS Symposium - Excellence and innovation in Australian oncology social work practice and research: The OSWA experience IPOS - Measuring up – evaluation of measures in psycho-oncology research IPOS - Children and cancer – impact on their world and extended family IPOS - When cancer is no longer curable – issues facing patients and their families	13:30 - 15:00 Joint Plenary Panel Discussion: Responding to challenges in the treatment of patients with melanoma and skin cancer	13:30 - 15:00 COSA Plenary: Presidential Lecture Professor Ian Frazer AC IPOS Awards Plenary: Featuring Bernard Fox Memorial and Arthur M. Sutherland Awards Lectures
15:00 - 16:00 Joint afternoon tea IPOS Posters: General psycho-oncology COSA Posters: Clinical Research COSA Posters: Epidemiology and Health Services	15:00 - 16:00 Joint afternoon tea IPOS Posters: The Best of the Best IPOS Posters: Trials in Progress IPOS Posters: Clinical Issues, Case Reports and Service Delivery COSA Posters: Translational Research COSA Posters: Education and Supportive Care	15:00 - 16:00 Joint Plenary Hot Topic Debate - Whose life is it anyway? Arguing for greater regulation to promote optimal outcomes in oncology
15:15 - 16:00 COSA Best of the Best Posters: Clinical Research COSA Best of the Best Posters: Epidemiology and Health Services	15:15 - 16:00 COSA Best of the Best Posters: Translational Research COSA Best of the Best Posters: Education and Supportive Care
16:00 - 17:30 IPOS - Self directed therapeutic interventions: Evidence supporting use and efficacy IPOS - Is older age a contributing factor for avoiding disclosing the truth about cancer? Quandaries within a family dynamic: A clinical case IPOS - The promise of the new - innovative application of technology in psychosocial care IPOS - Talk to me - Pattern of communication about cancer IPOS - Clearing the fog: Advances in understanding and treatment of cognitive dysfunction IPOS - Avoidance and cancer: What factors influence delay and failure to adhere to treatment MASCC/IPOS/COSA - “More than just a pain in the neck” – improving our understanding and responses to the supportive care needs of patients with head and neck cancer COSA - Participant follow-up in 21st century: Efficient follow-up and workforce issues for the Cancer Cooperative Trials Groups COSA - The unknown primary: Why bother looking? COSA - Unexpected winners and losers COSA Symposium - Nutrition: An essential ingredient for cancer care COSA Best of the Best Orals: Melanoma and Skin Cancer	16:00 - 17:30 COSA - Effects of therapy: “It’s not only skin deep” COSA - Minding your P's and Q's: Psychosocial aspects of urologic cancer COSA - Managing non melanomatous skin cancer IPOS - Translating training into practice: Examining the process from training to implementation IPOS Symposium - Optimising family’s adjustment during the transition from palliative care to bereavement IPOS - Innovative approaches to psychological intervention (Griffith University) IPOS - Screening for distress: A practical guide to what really works IPOS - Living, loving and working - issues for survivors IPOS - Doing it tough: Cancers associated with high morbidity IPOS - A global perspective, culture and cancer experiences
17:30 - 19:00 Joint Welcome Function and Luminous Awards	17:30 - 18:30 COSA - Complementary & Integrative Therapies Group Meeting COSA - Urologic Group Meeting
19:00 - 22:30 Roche Industry Dinner Symposium	19:00 - 21:00 COSA-IPOS Joint Conference Dinner