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Scientific programme

Monday, November 9, 2026

MR 05 (Level E)
MR 06 (Level E)
MR 07 (Level E)
MR 08 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop 09: Bridging the Gap: Integrating Cancer and Mental Health Care for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions Across Settings Workshop 12: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Applied to Groups in Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care: Experiential Interventions for Emotional and Existential Suffering (Spanish)
9:00 - 17:00 Workshop 01: An introduction to the multiphase optimisation strategy (MOST) for optimising complex interventions in psycho-oncology Workshop 02: Imagery and non-verbal interventions to cope with fear of recurrence (FCR) and fear of death
11:00 - 12:30 Workshop 16: Art in a Box and Beyond An Interdisciplinary and Highly Versatile Art Based Methodology Promoting Resilience and Inclusivity in Cancer Survivorship
13:00 - 14:30 Workshop 13: From listening to action applying the cup model to address psychosocial and existential distress in cancer care
13:00 - 16:00 Workshop 10: Sexual Health, Menopause, and Intimacy in Cancer Survivorship: Integrating Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment for Individuals and Couples
MR 05 (Level E)
MR 06 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00
9:00 - 17:00 Workshop 01: An introduction to the multiphase optimisation strategy (MOST) for optimising complex interventions in psycho-oncology Workshop 02: Imagery and non-verbal interventions to cope with fear of recurrence (FCR) and fear of death
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30
13:00 - 16:00

MR 07 (Level E)
MR 08 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop 09: Bridging the Gap: Integrating Cancer and Mental Health Care for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions Across Settings Workshop 12: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Applied to Groups in Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care: Experiential Interventions for Emotional and Existential Suffering (Spanish)
9:00 - 17:00
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30 Workshop 13: From listening to action applying the cup model to address psychosocial and existential distress in cancer care
13:00 - 16:00 Workshop 10: Sexual Health, Menopause, and Intimacy in Cancer Survivorship: Integrating Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment for Individuals and Couples

MR 12 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00
9:00 - 17:00
11:00 - 12:30 Workshop 16: Art in a Box and Beyond An Interdisciplinary and Highly Versatile Art Based Methodology Promoting Resilience and Inclusivity in Cancer Survivorship
13:00 - 14:30
13:00 - 16:00

MR 05 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00
9:00 - 17:00 Workshop 01: An introduction to the multiphase optimisation strategy (MOST) for optimising complex interventions in psycho-oncology
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30
13:00 - 16:00

MR 06 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00
9:00 - 17:00 Workshop 02: Imagery and non-verbal interventions to cope with fear of recurrence (FCR) and fear of death
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30
13:00 - 16:00

MR 07 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop 09: Bridging the Gap: Integrating Cancer and Mental Health Care for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions Across Settings
9:00 - 17:00
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30 Workshop 13: From listening to action applying the cup model to address psychosocial and existential distress in cancer care
13:00 - 16:00

MR 08 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop 12: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Applied to Groups in Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care: Experiential Interventions for Emotional and Existential Suffering (Spanish)
9:00 - 17:00
11:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 14:30
13:00 - 16:00 Workshop 10: Sexual Health, Menopause, and Intimacy in Cancer Survivorship: Integrating Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment for Individuals and Couples

MR 12 (Level E)
9:00 - 12:00
9:00 - 17:00
11:00 - 12:30 Workshop 16: Art in a Box and Beyond An Interdisciplinary and Highly Versatile Art Based Methodology Promoting Resilience and Inclusivity in Cancer Survivorship
13:00 - 14:30
13:00 - 16:00

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
MR 13 (Level E)
MR 14 (Level E)
MR 04.1 (Level 0)
MR 04.2 (Level 0)
MR 04.3 (Level 0)
8:15 - 9:25 Plenary 1: Global humanitarian crisis in cancer (Lancet commission)
9:25 - 9:30 Award | Jimmie Holland Memorial Award
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 01: Aligning care in oncology interactions: towards trust, justice, and boundary spanning roles Symposium 06: From evidence to implementation: embedding psychologically informed prehabilitation and physical activity behaviour change into routine cancer care Oral 01 (Spanish) Oral 02 Oral 03 Oral 04 Oral 05
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 02: The role of family members in optimising health outcomes in cancer prevention and care Symposium 07: Before the window closes: early integration of palliative care and psychology in glioblastoma populations Oral 06 Oral 07 Oral 08 Oral 09 Oral 10
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
Severe Mental Disorders and Cancer
13:00 - 14:00 Plenary 2: Delivering sustainable psychosocial care for cancer survivors
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30 Symposium 03: Advancing psychosocial outcomes of adolescents and young adults with cancer: Showcasing the development of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society, adolescents and young adults special interest group and research from its members Symposium 08: Carers sustain the healthcare system, but what sustains them? Developing systems to embed cancer carer support across the health system Symposium 11: Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Surveillance-related Worries: New Directions in Research and Psychological Interventions
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 11 Oral 12 Oral 13 Oral 14
15:30 - 16:30 Symposium 04: Breaking the Silence: Challenges and Solutions for people with cancer and severe mental disorder Symposium 09: Building sustainable funding strategies for psychosocial oncology across diverse global regions Symposium 12: Formative research supporting the development of interventions for Latino cancer survivors (Spanish)
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 15 Oral 16 Oral 17 Oral 18
16:30 - 17:30 Symposium 05: Diversity and person-centered care in psycho-oncology Symposium 10: Evaluating and expanding the impact of specialized supportive care models for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer in the United States Symposium 13: Demoralization Across the Cancer Trajectory: Psycho-Existential Distress, Meaning, and Care
17:30 - 18:00 Welcome Opening Ceremony
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail
Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
8:15 - 9:25 Plenary 1: Global humanitarian crisis in cancer (Lancet commission)
9:25 - 9:30 Award | Jimmie Holland Memorial Award
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 01: Aligning care in oncology interactions: towards trust, justice, and boundary spanning roles Symposium 06: From evidence to implementation: embedding psychologically informed prehabilitation and physical activity behaviour change into routine cancer care
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 02: The role of family members in optimising health outcomes in cancer prevention and care Symposium 07: Before the window closes: early integration of palliative care and psychology in glioblastoma populations
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00 Plenary 2: Delivering sustainable psychosocial care for cancer survivors
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30 Symposium 03: Advancing psychosocial outcomes of adolescents and young adults with cancer: Showcasing the development of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society, adolescents and young adults special interest group and research from its members Symposium 08: Carers sustain the healthcare system, but what sustains them? Developing systems to embed cancer carer support across the health system
14:30 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:30 Symposium 04: Breaking the Silence: Challenges and Solutions for people with cancer and severe mental disorder Symposium 09: Building sustainable funding strategies for psychosocial oncology across diverse global regions
16:00 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30 Symposium 05: Diversity and person-centered care in psycho-oncology Symposium 10: Evaluating and expanding the impact of specialized supportive care models for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer in the United States
17:30 - 18:00 Welcome Opening Ceremony
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 13 (Level E)
MR 14 (Level E)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 01 (Spanish) Oral 02
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 06 Oral 07
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30 Symposium 11: Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Surveillance-related Worries: New Directions in Research and Psychological Interventions
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 11
15:30 - 16:30 Symposium 12: Formative research supporting the development of interventions for Latino cancer survivors (Spanish)
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 15
16:30 - 17:30 Symposium 13: Demoralization Across the Cancer Trajectory: Psycho-Existential Distress, Meaning, and Care
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 04.1 (Level 0)
MR 04.2 (Level 0)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 03 Oral 04
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 08 Oral 09
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
Severe Mental Disorders and Cancer
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 12 Oral 13
15:30 - 16:30
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 16 Oral 17
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 04.3 (Level 0)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 05
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 10
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 14
15:30 - 16:30
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 18
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
8:15 - 9:25 Plenary 1: Global humanitarian crisis in cancer (Lancet commission)
9:25 - 9:30 Award | Jimmie Holland Memorial Award
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 01: Aligning care in oncology interactions: towards trust, justice, and boundary spanning roles
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 02: The role of family members in optimising health outcomes in cancer prevention and care
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00 Plenary 2: Delivering sustainable psychosocial care for cancer survivors
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30 Symposium 03: Advancing psychosocial outcomes of adolescents and young adults with cancer: Showcasing the development of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society, adolescents and young adults special interest group and research from its members
14:30 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:30 Symposium 04: Breaking the Silence: Challenges and Solutions for people with cancer and severe mental disorder
16:00 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30 Symposium 05: Diversity and person-centered care in psycho-oncology
17:30 - 18:00 Welcome Opening Ceremony
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 12 (Level E)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 06: From evidence to implementation: embedding psychologically informed prehabilitation and physical activity behaviour change into routine cancer care
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 07: Before the window closes: early integration of palliative care and psychology in glioblastoma populations
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30 Symposium 08: Carers sustain the healthcare system, but what sustains them? Developing systems to embed cancer carer support across the health system
14:30 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:30 Symposium 09: Building sustainable funding strategies for psychosocial oncology across diverse global regions
16:00 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30 Symposium 10: Evaluating and expanding the impact of specialized supportive care models for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer in the United States
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 13 (Level E)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 01 (Spanish)
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 06
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30 Symposium 11: Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Surveillance-related Worries: New Directions in Research and Psychological Interventions
14:30 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:30 Symposium 12: Formative research supporting the development of interventions for Latino cancer survivors (Spanish)
16:00 - 17:30
16:30 - 17:30 Symposium 13: Demoralization Across the Cancer Trajectory: Psycho-Existential Distress, Meaning, and Care
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 14 (Level E)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 02
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 07
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 11
15:30 - 16:30
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 15
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 04.1 (Level 0)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 03
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 08
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 12
15:30 - 16:30
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 16
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 04.2 (Level 0)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 04
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 09
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
Severe Mental Disorders and Cancer
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 13
15:30 - 16:30
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 17
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

MR 04.3 (Level 0)
8:15 - 9:25
9:25 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Tuesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 05
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 10
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch & poster session Tuesday
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Tuesday
14:30 - 15:30
14:30 - 16:00 Oral 14
15:30 - 16:30
16:00 - 17:30 Oral 18
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Opening Reception cocktail

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
MR 13 (Level E)
MR 14 (Level E)
MR 04.1 (Level 0)
MR 04.2 (Level 0)
MR 04.3 (Level 0)
MR 15 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30 Plenary 3: President’s Plenary: Status of the practice an organization of Psychooncology in the regions: achievements, challenges, opportunities and the way forward
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 14: Artificial Intelligence as a tool and partner: Applications and validation in psycho-oncology research Symposium 18: Implementing the Fear of Recurrence Therapy in clinical settings: cultural efforts and considerations Oral 19 Oral 20 Oral 21 Oral 22 Oral 23
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 15: FACING FCR: A Mexican Translational Journey from Evidence to Implementation Symposium 19: Understanding barriers and solutions for inclusive psycho-oncology research Symposium 22: Preserving the human side of cancer in the era of artificial intelligence Oral 24 Oral 25 Oral 26 Oral 27
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15 Plenary 4: Growing up with cancer: Psychosocial needs and support for Adolescents and Young Adults with cancer
14:15 - 14:30 Award | IPOS Arthur Sutherland Award
14:30 - 15:00 Federation Committee meeting (By invite only) Fear of Cancer Recurrence Special Interest Group (FORwards) Implementation Science and Practice (ISP) Special Interest Group
15:00 - 15:30 World Psycho-Oncology Day (WPOD) Committee 2027 World Congress Committee (by invite only)
15:00 - 16:00 Health Promotion & Prevention Committee Survivorship Special Interest Group Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice (JPORP) CARE Special Interest Group (Cancer and Aging: Reflections for Elders)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 16: Developing innovative and sustainable interventions and programs to meet the unique psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults and their caregivers Symposium 20: Expanding psychosocial care through evidence-based electronic patient-reported outcomes implementation in real-world oncology settings Symposium 23: The rare cancer experience: diagnostic delay, information needs and pathways to support Oral 28 Oral 29 Oral 30 (Spanish) Oral 31
17:00 - 18:00 Symposium 30: The Canadian Network for Psychedelic-Assisted Cancer Therapy (CAN-PACT): From network building to clinical trials and everything in-between Symposium 21: Next-Generation ACT: Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Across the Cancer Continuum Symposium 24: New Danish National Clinical Guidelines for the Management of General Transdiagnostic Late Effects after Cancer Oral 32 Oral 33 (Spanish) Oral 34 Oral 35
Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30 Plenary 3: President’s Plenary: Status of the practice an organization of Psychooncology in the regions: achievements, challenges, opportunities and the way forward
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 14: Artificial Intelligence as a tool and partner: Applications and validation in psycho-oncology research Symposium 18: Implementing the Fear of Recurrence Therapy in clinical settings: cultural efforts and considerations
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 15: FACING FCR: A Mexican Translational Journey from Evidence to Implementation Symposium 19: Understanding barriers and solutions for inclusive psycho-oncology research
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15 Plenary 4: Growing up with cancer: Psychosocial needs and support for Adolescents and Young Adults with cancer
14:15 - 14:30 Award | IPOS Arthur Sutherland Award
14:30 - 15:00 Federation Committee meeting (By invite only) Fear of Cancer Recurrence Special Interest Group (FORwards)
15:00 - 15:30 World Psycho-Oncology Day (WPOD) Committee
15:00 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 16: Developing innovative and sustainable interventions and programs to meet the unique psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults and their caregivers Symposium 20: Expanding psychosocial care through evidence-based electronic patient-reported outcomes implementation in real-world oncology settings
17:00 - 18:00 Symposium 30: The Canadian Network for Psychedelic-Assisted Cancer Therapy (CAN-PACT): From network building to clinical trials and everything in-between Symposium 21: Next-Generation ACT: Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Across the Cancer Continuum

MR 13 (Level E)
MR 14 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 19 Oral 20
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 22: Preserving the human side of cancer in the era of artificial intelligence Oral 24
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00 Implementation Science and Practice (ISP) Special Interest Group
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00 Health Promotion & Prevention Committee
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 23: The rare cancer experience: diagnostic delay, information needs and pathways to support Oral 28
17:00 - 18:00 Symposium 24: New Danish National Clinical Guidelines for the Management of General Transdiagnostic Late Effects after Cancer Oral 32

MR 04.1 (Level 0)
MR 04.2 (Level 0)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 21 Oral 22
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 25 Oral 26
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30 2027 World Congress Committee (by invite only)
15:00 - 16:00 Survivorship Special Interest Group
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 29 Oral 30 (Spanish)
17:00 - 18:00 Oral 33 (Spanish) Oral 34

MR 04.3 (Level 0)
MR 15 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 23
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 27
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00 Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice (JPORP) CARE Special Interest Group (Cancer and Aging: Reflections for Elders)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 31
17:00 - 18:00 Oral 35

Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30 Plenary 3: President’s Plenary: Status of the practice an organization of Psychooncology in the regions: achievements, challenges, opportunities and the way forward
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 14: Artificial Intelligence as a tool and partner: Applications and validation in psycho-oncology research
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 15: FACING FCR: A Mexican Translational Journey from Evidence to Implementation
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15 Plenary 4: Growing up with cancer: Psychosocial needs and support for Adolescents and Young Adults with cancer
14:15 - 14:30 Award | IPOS Arthur Sutherland Award
14:30 - 15:00 Federation Committee meeting (By invite only)
15:00 - 15:30 World Psycho-Oncology Day (WPOD) Committee
15:00 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 16: Developing innovative and sustainable interventions and programs to meet the unique psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults and their caregivers
17:00 - 18:00 Symposium 30: The Canadian Network for Psychedelic-Assisted Cancer Therapy (CAN-PACT): From network building to clinical trials and everything in-between

MR 12 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Symposium 18: Implementing the Fear of Recurrence Therapy in clinical settings: cultural efforts and considerations
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 19: Understanding barriers and solutions for inclusive psycho-oncology research
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00 Fear of Cancer Recurrence Special Interest Group (FORwards)
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 20: Expanding psychosocial care through evidence-based electronic patient-reported outcomes implementation in real-world oncology settings
17:00 - 18:00 Symposium 21: Next-Generation ACT: Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Across the Cancer Continuum

MR 13 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 19
11:00 - 12:00 Symposium 22: Preserving the human side of cancer in the era of artificial intelligence
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00 Health Promotion & Prevention Committee
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 23: The rare cancer experience: diagnostic delay, information needs and pathways to support
17:00 - 18:00 Symposium 24: New Danish National Clinical Guidelines for the Management of General Transdiagnostic Late Effects after Cancer

MR 14 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 20
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 24
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00 Implementation Science and Practice (ISP) Special Interest Group
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 28
17:00 - 18:00 Oral 32

MR 04.1 (Level 0)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 21
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 25
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00 Survivorship Special Interest Group
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 29
17:00 - 18:00 Oral 33 (Spanish)

MR 04.2 (Level 0)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 22
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 26
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30 2027 World Congress Committee (by invite only)
15:00 - 16:00
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 30 (Spanish)
17:00 - 18:00 Oral 34

MR 04.3 (Level 0)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00 Oral 23
11:00 - 12:00 Oral 27
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00 Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice (JPORP)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 31
17:00 - 18:00 Oral 35

MR 15 (Level E)
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee break morning & poster session Wednesday
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster session and IPOS AGM Wednesday
13:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 16:00 CARE Special Interest Group (Cancer and Aging: Reflections for Elders)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break afternoon & poster session Wednesday
16:00 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
MR 13 (Level E)
MR 14 (Level E)
MR 04.1 (Level 0)
MR 04.2 (Level 0)
9:00 - 10:00 Symposium 25: From survivorship needs to survivorship systems: Moving psycho-oncology from measurement to implementation for young cancer survivors Symposium 29: Understanding the psychosocial impact of pancreatic cancer across the illness trajectory: Perspectives of people diagnosed, family caregivers, and adolescents Oral 36 Oral 37 Oral 38 Oral 39
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35 Plenary 5: Can Artificial Intelligence support equitable and human care in Psycho-Oncology?
11:35 - 11:40 Award | Hiroomi & Setsuko Kawano New Investigator Award
11:40 - 11:45 Award | Noemi Fisman Award for Lifetime Clinical Excellence
11:45 - 12:45 Symposium 26: Scaling up interventions: Lessons learned to enhance survivorship Symposium 17: Beyond the patient: understanding the psychosocial impact of cancer on partners, families, and close others Oral 40 Oral 41 (Spanish) Oral 42 Oral 43
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45 Plenary 6: Emerging Cancer Trends: Implications for Psycho-oncology Practice and Care.
14:45 - 15:00 Award | IPOS Bernard Fox Memorial Award
15:00 - 16:00 Symposium 27: Integrating early detection and psychosocial support for adolescents and young adults with cancer across the cancer continuum Symposium 31: Perspectives on digital storytelling as a multi-modal arts-based method in healthcare research. Does digital storytelling also have therapeutic potential? Oral 44 Oral 45 Oral 46 Oral 47
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 28: Return to work after cancer treatment: A low- and middle-income countries perspective Symposium 32: Behavioural change for equitable primary cancer prevention: from co-design to personalised intervention across Europe Oral 48 Oral 49 Oral 50
17:00 - 17:30 Closing Ceremonies
Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
MR 12 (Level E)
9:00 - 10:00 Symposium 25: From survivorship needs to survivorship systems: Moving psycho-oncology from measurement to implementation for young cancer survivors Symposium 29: Understanding the psychosocial impact of pancreatic cancer across the illness trajectory: Perspectives of people diagnosed, family caregivers, and adolescents
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35 Plenary 5: Can Artificial Intelligence support equitable and human care in Psycho-Oncology?
11:35 - 11:40 Award | Hiroomi & Setsuko Kawano New Investigator Award
11:40 - 11:45 Award | Noemi Fisman Award for Lifetime Clinical Excellence
11:45 - 12:45 Symposium 26: Scaling up interventions: Lessons learned to enhance survivorship Symposium 17: Beyond the patient: understanding the psychosocial impact of cancer on partners, families, and close others
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45 Plenary 6: Emerging Cancer Trends: Implications for Psycho-oncology Practice and Care.
14:45 - 15:00 Award | IPOS Bernard Fox Memorial Award
15:00 - 16:00 Symposium 27: Integrating early detection and psychosocial support for adolescents and young adults with cancer across the cancer continuum Symposium 31: Perspectives on digital storytelling as a multi-modal arts-based method in healthcare research. Does digital storytelling also have therapeutic potential?
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 28: Return to work after cancer treatment: A low- and middle-income countries perspective Symposium 32: Behavioural change for equitable primary cancer prevention: from co-design to personalised intervention across Europe
17:00 - 17:30 Closing Ceremonies

MR 13 (Level E)
MR 14 (Level E)
9:00 - 10:00 Oral 36 Oral 37
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Oral 40 Oral 41 (Spanish)
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Oral 44 Oral 45
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 48 Oral 49
17:00 - 17:30

MR 04.1 (Level 0)
MR 04.2 (Level 0)
9:00 - 10:00 Oral 38 Oral 39
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Oral 42 Oral 43
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Oral 46 Oral 47
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 50
17:00 - 17:30

Plenary room MR 10 + MR 11 (Level E)
9:00 - 10:00 Symposium 25: From survivorship needs to survivorship systems: Moving psycho-oncology from measurement to implementation for young cancer survivors
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35 Plenary 5: Can Artificial Intelligence support equitable and human care in Psycho-Oncology?
11:35 - 11:40 Award | Hiroomi & Setsuko Kawano New Investigator Award
11:40 - 11:45 Award | Noemi Fisman Award for Lifetime Clinical Excellence
11:45 - 12:45 Symposium 26: Scaling up interventions: Lessons learned to enhance survivorship
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45 Plenary 6: Emerging Cancer Trends: Implications for Psycho-oncology Practice and Care.
14:45 - 15:00 Award | IPOS Bernard Fox Memorial Award
15:00 - 16:00 Symposium 27: Integrating early detection and psychosocial support for adolescents and young adults with cancer across the cancer continuum
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 28: Return to work after cancer treatment: A low- and middle-income countries perspective
17:00 - 17:30 Closing Ceremonies

MR 12 (Level E)
9:00 - 10:00 Symposium 29: Understanding the psychosocial impact of pancreatic cancer across the illness trajectory: Perspectives of people diagnosed, family caregivers, and adolescents
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Symposium 17: Beyond the patient: understanding the psychosocial impact of cancer on partners, families, and close others
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Symposium 31: Perspectives on digital storytelling as a multi-modal arts-based method in healthcare research. Does digital storytelling also have therapeutic potential?
16:00 - 17:00 Symposium 32: Behavioural change for equitable primary cancer prevention: from co-design to personalised intervention across Europe
17:00 - 17:30

MR 13 (Level E)
9:00 - 10:00 Oral 36
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Oral 40
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Oral 44
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 48
17:00 - 17:30

MR 14 (Level E)
9:00 - 10:00 Oral 37
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Oral 41 (Spanish)
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Oral 45
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 49
17:00 - 17:30

MR 04.1 (Level 0)
9:00 - 10:00 Oral 38
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Oral 42
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Oral 46
16:00 - 17:00 Oral 50
17:00 - 17:30

MR 04.2 (Level 0)
9:00 - 10:00 Oral 39
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break morning & poster session Thursday
10:30 - 11:35
11:35 - 11:40
11:40 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45 Oral 43
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch & Poster session Thursday
13:45 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00 Oral 47
16:00 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:30

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