2020 Summit on National and Global Cancer Health Disparities
April 3-4, 2020
Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA
Proudly presented by the Binaytara Foundation
Program Agenda
DAY 1 – APRIL 3, 2020
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Cancer health disparities
Moderator: Dr. Edith Mitchel
Dr. Robert Winn, Dr. Otis Brawley
a. Disparities in cancer health – current state – 30 minutes
b. Solving cancer health disparities – how? – 30 minutes
c. Panel discussion – 30 minutes
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM Break
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM : Professional societies’ role
Moderator: Chadi Nabhan
Panelists: Damiano Rondelli (ASBMT) and Jane Brock (ASCP)
Keynote speech – TBD (30 minutes)
ASBMT’s efforts – Dr. Rondelli (10 minutes, 3 slides)
ACSP’s efforts – Dr. Brock (10 minutes, 3 slides)
Panel discussion – 40 minutes
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Roundtable discussion: Financial toxicities of cancer care – potential solutions
Moderator: Gary Lyman (Fred Hutch)
Panelists: Veena Shankaran (Fred Hutch), Kevin Knoff (Highland hospital/UCSF)
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch/Poster presentation
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Healthcare insurance and cancer disparities
Moderator: Hannah Linden
a. ACA – impact on disparities, and next step forward – 30 minutes Dr J. Richard Goss (Harborview)
b. Access to insurance and access to cancer care – 30 minutes Amy Davidoff (Yale)
c. panel discussion – 30 minutes
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM Break
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM Preventing cancer
a. Improving adoption of cancer screening – 30 minutes
b. Lifestyle intervention -– 30 minutes
c. Panel discussion – panel discussion – 30 minutes
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM – The Binaytara Foundation’s 2nd Annual Charity Gala Benefiting the Cancer Center in Janakpur Nepal
DAY 2 – April 4, 2020
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Technology and cancer health disparities
Moderator: David Aboulafia
a. Immunotherapy – Narjust Duma
b. Liquid biopsy – Jack West
c. Electronic health record – Jeremy Warner
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM Cancer care in low income countries
Moderator: Ben Anderson
Keynote speech: Julie Gralow – 30 minutes
Steve Kussick (10 minutes)
Ophira Ginsburg (10 minutes)
Wilfred Ngwa (10 minutes)
Panel discussion 30 minutes
Focus on Manpower development, Infrastructure development, Cancer policy, Affordable care
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM – Roundtable Discussion on Breast Health Disparities
Panelists TBD
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Debate: Universal Healthcare
Moderators: Saurabh Jha, Axel Grothey
Panelists: TBD