Across June and July 2026, we will be hosting a series of events designed to accelerate progress on the most pressing issues in earlier cancer diagnosis, at a moment of significant political change and opportunity.
In collaboration with the cancer community, these events aim to respond to policy and clinical practice opportunities as we work to drive evidence into practice.
The events will cover a range of topics including:
A focus on primary care and symptomatic risk assessment
AI and early diagnosis of cancer
For the latest news and updates relating to our ED Event Series and future conferences, please sign up to our Early Diagnosis Newsletter.
Date: Thursday 2 July
Time: 1pm - 4pm
We are hosting an online event about how we can better navigate the rapidly expanding AI landscape for cancer in a way that supports consistent, evidence-based decision making. The event will be virtual and is open to anyone to attend, however, we particularly encourage cancer policymakers and clinical leads, cancer transformation and improvement organisations and those supporting the translation of cancer innovation into practice. The programme will focus on real world examples of navigating this complex landscape, national enablers and support on the horizon for the cancer community.
Speakers so far include:
Prof Alastair Dennison (CERSI-AI and National Commission on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare)
Dr Chris Johns (Consultant thoracic radiographer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals)
Dr Rob Dale (Digital Diagnostics and AI, NHSE).
If you have any questions or want to know more about this events series, please contact EDConference@cancer.org.uk.
Cancer Research UK Early Diagnosis Conferences have run every two years since 2011. During the pandemic, we shifted to Virtual Events which were hugely successful. Read more about our previous sessions.
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