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 Chairperson

9:30 - 10:00 Keynote Speaker (TBD)

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

Speaker:
Roelof van Leeuwen, PharmD, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center / Healthbridge, The Netherlands

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch on Your Own

14:30 - 15:15 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 

15:15 - 15:45 Rehabilitation Is Not Ancillary: A Leadership Imperative in Global Oncology

Speaker:
Leslie Waltke, PT, DPT, Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist, Waltke Cancer Rehabilitation, United States

15:45 - 16:15 Session (TBD)

Tuesday 3 November

9:00 - 9:30 Arrivals

9:30 - 10:15 Keynote Speaker (TBD)

10:15 - 11:00 Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer: A European Perspective

Speakers:
Lorrenza Marotti, Executive Director, EUSOMA, Italy
Didier Verhoeven, Vice Chair, Belgium

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 Session (TBD)

15:00 - 15:45 Cancer Patterns, Comorbidities, and Functional Status Among Patients at Nelson Mandela Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study (April–June 2020)

Speaker:
Jean Paul Milambo, MD, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Africa

(Agenda Subject to Change)