Agenda

	Registration
10:45-10:55	Welcome: Prof Neoptolemos,	President of the EPC
10:55-12:15	1st section: Key issues in managing pancreatic cancer	Chair: Prof J Kleeff & William Swindlehurst
	Role of surgeon in managing advanced pancreatic cancer ( + discussion)	Professor Paula Ghaneh, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
	Research to support earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer ( + discussion)	Dr Eithne Costello-Goldring, Reader of Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool
	Pancreatic Cancer; taking it on together	Sarah Bell, Pancreas Cancer UK
	Pancreas Cancer Action	Natasha North, Pancreas Cancer Action
	Patient Experience: Surviving Pancreatic Cancer	William Swindlehurst, Patient
12:15 - 12:45	Lunch Break
12:45 - 13:45	2nd section: Key issues in managing severe necrotizing acute pancreatitis	Chair: Mr Vincent Yip, Consultant HPB Surgeon, Royal Liverpool University Hospital & William Swindlehurst (Patient)
	Intervention for Severe chronic pancreatitis ( + discussion)	Mr Chris Halloran, Senior Lecturer, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
	Role of endoscopic management for acute pancreatitis ( + discussion)	Dr J Ramesh, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
	Patient experience: Surviving severe necrotizing acute pancreatitis	Hal Darlington, patient
13:45 - 14:30	3rd section: Key issues in managing patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour	Chair: Dr J Ramesh & William Swindlehurst
	Gastroenterologist prospective	Prof Mark Pritchard, Professor of Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
	Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours: A Surgeon’s prospective	Mr Krishna Menon, Consultant HPB/ Liver Transplant Surgeon, King’s College Hospital
14:30 – 14:40	Coffee break
14:45 - 15:00	Raising Money For Research	Nicole Rimmer, Fund-raiser
	How can we involve patients in research	Stacey Carruthers, Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit
15:00-15:55	Section 4: Patient discussion forum:	Chair: William Swindlehurst and Mr Phil Whelan
Group 1	Issues in Pancreatic cancer:
Group 2	Issues in Acute pancreatitis:
Group 3	Issues in Pancreatic NET:
15:45 - 16:00	Feedback from discussion and HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION AWARD for the Best lay Person contribution to pancreatic cancer research	Chair: Mr Vincent Yip and William Swindlehurst