IOLC Florence 2026 Agenda

Sunday 1 November

14:00 - 16:00 Florence Walking Tour (subject to a separate registration fee)

17:30 - 19:00 Registration & Welcome Reception at The Hoxton Florence

Monday 2 November

9:00 - 9:20 Arrivals

9:20 - 9:30 Welcoming Remarks - Cindy Chavira, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, USA, IOLC Florence 2026 Chairperson

9:30 - 10:00 Keynote Speaker Session - Valentina Zucchi, Director, MUS.E Foundation

10:00 - 11:00 Double Leadership Session - From Expert to Enterprise Leader: Developing the Next Generation of Oncology Executives
Speakers:
Amber Campbell, CEO, Ambulatory, Sutter Health, United States
Barrett Blackmon, Service Line Executive, United States
Tiffany Hughes, Administrative Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

11:00 - 11:30 Networking Break

11:30 - 12:00 Standardization vs Adaptability in Oncology: A Leadership Framework for Complex Systems
Speaker:
Mohammad Bakhtiari, WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, United States

12:00 - 12:30 From Chair to Home: Achieving up to 90% Active Nurse Time Reduction through Self-Administration and Connect & Go in Oncology
Speakers:
Aart Beeker, MD, Clinical Oncologist, Spaarne Gasthuis, The Netherlands
Roelof van Leeuwen, PharmD, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center/ Healthbridgers, The Netherlands

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch on Your Own

14:00 - 14:45 World-Class Patient Experience: Lessons Learned from Two Industry-Leading Health Systems
Speakers:
Alan Dubovsky, Vice President and Chief Patient Experience Officer, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, United States
Juliana Mordant, Patients Partenaires Programme, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland 

14:45 - 15:15 Rehabilitation Is Not Ancillary: A Leadership Imperative in Global Oncology
Speaker:
Leslie Waltke, PT, DPT, Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist, Waltke Cancer Rehabilitation, United States

15:15 - 15:45 Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines in Breast Cancer Surgery: Benefits for Patients and Healthcare Resource Utilization
Speaker:
Carlos A. Garcia-Etienne, Breast Center, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (University of Pavia)

Tuesday 3 November

9:00 - 9:30 Arrivals

9:30 - 10:15 Keynote Speaker Session
Shawn Stapleton, PhD, Director of AI Lifecycle Management, MD Anderson

10:15 - 11:00 Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer: A European Perspective
Speakers:
Lorenza Marotti, Executive Director, EUSOMA, Italy
Didier Verhoeven, Vice-Chair, European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) 

11:00 - 11:30 Networking Break

11:30 - 12:15 Clinical Care Best Practice: The Role of Pharmacy in Successfully Translating Cellular Therapy from Bench to Bedside
Speakers:
Rachel Mashburn, Executive Director, Pharmacy, City of Hope, United States
Wafa Samara, Vice President, City of Hope, United States

12:15 - 13:30 Networking Lunch

13:30 - 14:15 The Power of the Dyad: Translating Oncology Strategy into Scalable Operational Impact
Speakers:
Amanda Wheeler, MD, Chair, Cancer Service Line, Sutter Health, United States
Rochelle Lonn, DNP, Sutter Health, United States

14:15 - 15:00 Cancer Patterns, Comorbidities, and Functional Status Among Patients at Nelson Mandela Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study (April–June 2020)
Speakers:
Jafta Zukiswa, Head of Radiation Oncology Department, Frere Hospital, Academic Head, Radiation Oncology, Director, Cancer Research Innovation Platform
Professor Wezile Chitha, Executive Dean, Medicine and Health Sciences, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy, Walter Sisulu University

(Agenda Subject to Change)