Conference Programme


Tuesday 4th November 2025
Mary Ward House, London

Time Session Speaker(s)

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Registration

Join us for coffee and refreshments and poster display prior to the opening session.

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Welcome and plan for the day

Dr David Gilligan

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Reflections on 20 years of the UKLCC

Session Chair Professor David Baldwin

Professor Mick Peake OBE

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A few words from the UKLCC Board

Session Chair Professor David Baldwin

Dr David Gilligan
Professor Robert Rintoul

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Improving access across the lung cancer care continuum

Session Chair Professor David Baldwin

Dr Sammy Quaife

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Refreshment break

Tea and coffee

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Are we on track for 25 by 25?

Session Chair Dr Emma O'Dowd

Professor Neal Navani

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Using digital healthcare to improve lung cancer outcomes

Session Chair Dr Emma O'Dowd

Dr John Maclay

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Delegate Flash Talks – Session 1

1. Why do some people not have treatment? The DECLINE study
2. Lung cancer in a rural setting; Challenges?
3. Screen detected cancer – A patient story
4. East of England: End-to-end genomics testing TAT data

Session Chair Dr Emma O'Dowd

Dr Helen Morgan
Anna Prytherch
David Sutcliffe
Dr Emily Scott

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Lunch, Networking and Posters

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Lung Cancer Screening – what can other nations learn from the journey in Wales?

Session Chair Professor Neal Navani

Dr Sinan Eccles

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Delegate Flash talks – Session 2

1. Investigating why never smokers get lung cancer – The ENLItN Study
2. Update from NHS England Lung Cancer Screening

3. Developing a professional framework for lung cancer navigators

Session Chair Professor Neal Navani

Dr Maya Bienz
Shauna Eddery
Charlotte Elyan
Julia McAdam

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Break-out sessions

(with tea/coffee available)

1. Improving integration of smoking cessation in lung cancer pathways
2. Survivorship – Living well with cancer

3. Survivorship – Second primary lung cancer
4. Optimising interface with primary care
5. Practical aspects to improving access to complex care

Professor Matthew Evison
Professor Gini Harrison
Rebecca Welsh
Professor Robert Rintoul
Dr Daryl Freeman
Professor Mick Peake OBE

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Feedback from the breakout sessions

Session Chair Dr David Gilligan

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Keynote: What will lung cancer care look like in 20 years?

Session Chair Dr David Gilligan

Professor Peter Johnson

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What does the next 10 years hold for the UKLCC?

Session Chair Dr David Gilligan

Professor Robert Rintoul

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Closing remarks

Dr David Gilligan

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Welcome and introductions

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Session 1: The UKLCC and lung cancer care in Scotland

Session ends with speaker Q&A session

1. Introduction to the UKLCC
2. Trends in lung cancer in Scotland
3. Lung cancer policy making – making and delivering cancer plans for Scotland

Dr David Gilligan
To be confirmed
To be confirmed

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Tea/coffee and refreshments

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Session 2: Delivering lung cancer care: issues specific to Scotland

Session ends with speaker Q&A session

1. Delivering lung cancer care in a rural setting
2. Delivering lung cancer care in areas of socioeconomic deprivation
3. Understanding the patient journey – rural and urban

Beth Sage
Doug Rigg
To be confirmed

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Lunch, Networking and Exhibition

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Session 3: Lung Cancer Screening in Scotland

Session ends with speaker Q&A session

1. Current delivery of lung screening: a practical guide
2. LungSCOT study, a lung screening study in Scotland
3. Lung screening in Scotland, ready for rollout?

Richard Lee
To be confirmed
Tasmin Sommerfield

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Session 4: Innovation and the future

Session ends with speaker Q&A session

1. Lung cancer care moonshots 2035 and beyond (breakout session)
a. Patient pathway
b. Diagnostics and MDT
c. Management and treatment
2. Rethinking lung cancer survivorship for the 21st Century
3. Innovation in the lung cancer pathway
a. AI in Radiology
b. AI in Pathology
c. AI in patient treatment decisions

Professor Robert Rintoul
To be confirmed
Dr David Dorward
Sean Ducan

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Closing summary