2018 conferences

• Congreso Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (Congress of the Federation of Latin American Nutrition Societies)
  11–15 November
  Guadalajara, Mexico
  WCRF International and AICR will present a symposium on the Third Expert Report and policy implications in Latin America.
• Forum of Public Health and Social Medicine Conference
  24 November
  Larissa, Greece
  WCRF International’s Director of Research, Dr Giota Mitrou, and Continuous Update Project Panel Member Prof Michael Leitzmann will speak about the Third Expert Report and our updated Cancer Prevention Recommendations.
• San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
  5–9 December
  San Antonio, Texas, US
  AICR will be involved in this symposium.

Past conferences

• National Cancer Research Institute Conference
  4–6 November
  Glasgow, UK
  WCRF International’s Head of Research Interpretation, Dr Michelle McCully, and Senior Research Evidence Manager, Susannah Brown, presented posters on our recently updated Cancer Prevention Recommendations and evidence on the links between diet, nutrition, physical activity and the risk of aerodigestive cancers.
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics's 2018 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
  20–23 October
  Washington, DC
  The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) presented a full symposium on our Third Expert Report: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective.
• International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
  15–17 October
  London, UK
  WCRF International’s Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Bryony Sinclair, presented our new policy framework, with other members of the Science and Policy & Public Affairs team in attendance.
• Symposium on Cancer Challenge in Hong Kong
  6 October
  Hong Kong
  The symposium was organised by the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society to provide an opportunity for professionals, academics and policymakers in Hong Kong to learn and deliberate how to develop a sustainable cancer control plan for Hong Kong. World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International supported the symposium with one of our Hong Kong ambassadors, Prof TH Lam, in attendance.
• World Cancer Congress
  1–4 October
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Members of our Science and Policy & Public Affairs teams spoke at sessions within the main programme. These sessions covered our scientific research, including our latest cancer prevention report, and our policy work, such as Building Momentum. Some of our Hong Kong ambassadors and Academy Fellows also attended.
• UK Congress on Obesity
  6–7 September
  Newcastle, UK
  Isobel Bandurek, WCRF International's Science Programme Manager, presented a poster on the upcoming Energy Balance and Body Fatness Report.
• Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research
  30 June–3 July
  Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Ifigeneia Bourgiezi, WCRF International’s Research Activities and External Relations Manager, presented a poster on early growth and development and the risk of cancer. Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds’s Head of Communications and Health Information, Germund Daal, presented a poster on the Third Expert Report and our updated Cancer Prevention Recommendations. We also had a joint stand.
• American Society for Nutrition: Nutrition 2018
  9–12 June
  Boston, US
  AICR hosted a symposium about our Third Expert Report presented by CUP Panel Members Prof Steve Clinton, Prof Ed Giovannucci and Prof Steve Hursting. Prof Elio Riboli also had a speaking slot on the CUP methodology.
• International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity annual meeting
  3–6 June
  Hong Kong
  WCRF International hosted a symposium to present the Third Expert Report main findings and Cancer Prevention Recommendations with our three Hong Kong ambassadors and Prof Hilary Powers, Deputy Chair of our CUP Panel.
• American College for Sports Medicine annual meeting
  29 May–2 June
  Minnesota, US
  AICR presented a poster on physical activity and cancer. CUP Panel Member Prof Anne McTeirnan was a keynote speaker, giving a lecture on physical activity for cancer prevention, treatment and the evidence.
• European Congress on Obesity
  23–26 May
  Vienna, Austria
  WCRF International hosted a symposium to present the Third Expert Report main findings and Cancer Prevention Recommendations. Dr Giota Mitrou chaired the symposium and CUP Panel Member Prof Michael Leitzmann, IARC Scientist Dr Mazda Jenab, and our Policy Officer, Fiona Sing, were speakers.
• European Breast Cancer Conference
  21–23 March
  Barcelona, Spain
  WCRF International’s Senior Research Funding Manager, Dr Anna Diaz Font, presented a poster on the 2017 WCRF/AICR CUP Breast Cancer Report.

2017 conferences

Dr Anna Diaz Font and Ifigeneia Bourgiezi from WCRF International attended the Royal Society of Medicine conference on diet, nutrition and the changing face of cancer survivorship in London, UK, on 5–6 December. Read their blog here.  

At the National Cancer Research Institute annual conference in Liverpool, UK, on 5–8 November, Prof Martin Wiseman, Prof Paul Aveyard, Dr Marc Gunter and Dr Jyotsna Vohra hosted a joint session with Cancer Research UK on the primary prevention of cancer: the role of diet, nutrition and physical activity.

Prof Martin Wiseman, Prof Alan Jackson and Prof Juan Rivera held a symposium at the International Congress of Nutrition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 15–20 October. The symposium discussed diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer, and the upcoming update to World Cancer Research Fund International's Continuous Update Project.