SIOG 2023 Annual Conference

 “Global solutions for global challenges”

The SIOG 2023 Annual Conference took place in Valencia, Spain from November 9 to 11. SIOG extends its heartfelt appreciation to the scientific committee, organizing company, participants, speakers, as well as partners and sponsors for their valuable contributions to the conference’s remarkable success. Notably, the excellence of discussions and presentations underscores the translation of our delegates’ research into clinical applications. Highlights from the conference:

  • Over 400 participants representing 36 countries
  • Top five countries: USA, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom and France
  • 23 scientific sessions and 1 workshop with a total of 67 talks and 19 oral abstract presentations
  • 82 speakers and chairs from 20 countries
  • 212 onsite posters in total (181 submissions from Abstract authors and 31 from Treviso Course participants)
  • 2,448 tweets using #SIOG2023 reaching 224,423 thousand people, 291 shares, 2,198 likes

Co-chairs:

Medical Oncologist: Regina Gironés Sarrió (Spain) and Enrique Soto Pérez de Celis (Mexico)

Members:

SIOG President: Nicolo Matteo Luca Battisti (UK)

Geriatrician: Anupama Roy Chowdhury (Singapore) & Myriam Rodríguez Couso (Spain)

Medical Surgeon: Tyler Chesney (Canada)

Haematologist: Raul Cordoba (Spain)

Oncologist: Richard Simcok (UK)

NAH group representative: Kristen Haase (Canada)

Young SIOG Representative: Gabor Liposits (Denmark)

CEO, Ex-officio: Najia Musolino (Switzerland)

You can access the SIOG 2023 Scientific Programme here.

The scientific programme covered the following 5 tracks:

  • Track 1: Therapeutic trials in geriatric oncology
  • Track 2: Precision medicine in older adults with cancer
  • Track 3: Biology and epidemiology of cancer and aging
  • Track 4: Implementation strategies in geriatric oncology
  • Track 5: Supportive care in older adults with cancer

“The SIOG 2023 Annual Conference , Valencia, Spain 09/11/2023 – 11/11/2023 , has been accredited by the European
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 12.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). ”

Accreditation Statement

Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

Live educational activities occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC® credits are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Information regarding the conversion of EACCME® credits

Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applictations to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.

The SIOG 2023 Abstract Book is available here. All abstracts of the SIOG 2023 Annual Conference are published in a supplement of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology (JGO) – the official journal of SIOG.

The SIOG 2023 Paul Calabresi Award: Dr Cindy Kenis (BEL)

The SIOG 2023 National Representative of the Year Award: Felipe Coutinho (PRT)

The 2023 BJ Kennedy award for best poster: Angeline Galvin (FR) –Patient-reported and patient-related outcomes in cancer trials: the DATECAN-ELDERLY initiative.

The SIOG 2023 Nursing & Allied Health Investigator Award: Darren Walsh (IRL) – Proton Pump Inhibitor use in Older Adults with Cancer

The SIOG 2023 Young Investigator Award: Adolfo González Serrano, (MEX) – Cost-effectiveness of geriatric assessment for reducing treatment toxicity in older cancer patients

After completing the attendance survey, the general Certificate of Attendance and the CME Certificate will be sent to all attendees.

Please let us know if you have not received a survey link with your personal login data.

In case you need a Certificate of presentation, please send us an email at siog-scientific@kit-group.org.

Please find the Photo Gallery of the Conference here.

By entering your name and email address you will be allowed to download the pictures.

                                             

                                                           

Supported by an independent education grant from Pfizer.