Program
8th International PacRim Breast and Prostate Cancer Meeting
Recent advances and current challenges
Click here for the meeting program in PDF.
| Saturday, August 17 | |
| 2:00 – 3:30pm | Registration (MAGNT or Ski Club – TBA) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Guided Tour: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), includes Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Art Awards |
| 5:45 – 10:00pm | Welcome Reception Darwin Ski Club (across the road from MAGNT) |
| Sunday, August 18 George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens Visitor and Events Centre | |
| 8:00am | Registration Visitor & Events Centre |
| 8:30am | Introduction and Meeting Welcome |
| 8:40 – 9:00am | Welcome to Country |
| 9:05 – 10:45am | Session I: NR signalling targets: new insights and novel approaches |
| 10:45 – 11:15am | Break |
| 11:15 – 12:50pm | Session II: Alternative pathways |
| 12:50pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:40pm | Session III: Are we done with ER and AR targeting? |
| 3:45 – 4.30pm | Rob Sutherland Award Finalists Presentations (Session 1) |
| 4:30 – 5:50pm | Poster Session 1 |
| 6:00 – 9:00pm | Mindil Markets (Sunset @6.30pm and extensive local food, crafts and entertainment) |
| Monday, August 19 George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens Visitor and Events Centre | |
| 9:00 – 10:40am | Session IV: Tumour metabolism and the tumour microenvironment as therapeutic targets |
| 10:40 – 11:10am | Break |
| 11:10 – 12:40pm | Session V: Precision prevention, treatment de-escalation and neoadjuvant therapy for “cure”? |
| 12:40 – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 3:45pm | Session VI: The promise, hype, and real impact of sc analyses and spatial profiling |
| 3:45 – 5:15pm | Poster Session 2 |
| 5:30 – 7:00pm | The Great Debate – “130 years of endocrine therapy: are we done yet?” |
| 7:00 – 10:00pm | Dinner & Entertainment – Botanic Gardens |
| Tuesday, August 20 George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens Visitor and Events Centre | |
| 8:30 – 10:10am | Session VII: Cancer evolution and metastasis |
| 10:10 – 11.00am | Rob Sutherland Award Finalists Presentations (Session 2) |
| 11:10am – onwards | Buses depart for tours (11:10 am) and Networking events (evening free) |
| Wednesday, August 21 George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens Visitor and Events Centre | |
| 09:00 – 10:45am | Session VIII: Epigenetic insights |
| 10:45 – 11:20am | Break |
| 11:20 – 12:30pm | Session IX: Hormone-dependent cancers in indigenous communities |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:10pm | Session X: Immunotherapy in breast and prostate cancer – does it work? |
| 3:10 – 3:30pm | Short break |
| 3:30 – 4:30pm | Ron Ross Award |
| 4:30pm | Meeting Close |
| 6.00 – 11.00pm | Gala 21st Anniversary Dinner: Presentation of Awards – Pee Wee’s |
| Thursday, August 22 | |
| 8:00 – 12 noon | Checkout and farewell |
Optional Tours
(organised in conjunction with the official program)
Both tours will depart at the conclusion of the Session VII on Tuesday, August 20.
These tours will run concurrently, so please select one option only.
Litchfield National Park (per person) @$120
Litchfield National Park is a must see if you’re in the Top End. The park covers approximately 1,500 km2. It’s home to several stunning waterfalls that cascade into crystal clear pools, iconic magnetic termite mounds and clusters of weathered sandstone pillars. Litchfield National Park is an ancient landscape shaped by water. Aboriginal people have lived throughout the area for thousands of years. It is important to the Koongurrukun, Mak Mak Marranunggu, Werat and Warray Aboriginal people. Their ancestral spirits formed the landscape, plants and animals and are still present in the landscape today.
Wetlands Sunset Cruise (per person) @$120
Wetlands Sunset Cruise – For those looking to experience amazing landscapes, untouched and untamed nature and an insight which not many travellers achieve, Corroboree Billabong is a great place to visit. Late afternoon is generally the best time of day to see animals and our 2 hour sunset cruise allows you to view wildlife during a very active period. Birds are trying to catch their final meals before flying to roost for the evening and crocodiles are on the move ready for a night of hunting.