Former Australian Test cricketer, Simon O’Donnell shares his cancer experience at the 2nd Victorian Cancer Survivorship conference, February 2018 consumers. Consumers have been involved in the I would also like to thank the Board, the Executive clinical trials consumer focus group from concept Director and his team for all their support of us in development to drafting the framework for the our work and in making us feel welcome. Without clinical trial plan. Consumers were also included on their support we would be unable to participate and the Cancer Survivorship for Primary Care Practitioners contribute in meaningful ways to achieving effective working group making a significant contribution to consumer participation. primary care. Sophy Athan Our activities throughout the year included the Chairperson, VCCC Cancer Consumer 2nd Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference— Advisory Committee encompassing a keynote speaker, consumer presentations, session chairs and participation in discussion panels; the Palliative Care Conference; the VCCC Post-Doctoral Symposium; the VCCC Medicinal Cannabis Symposium and the Supportive Care in Cancer Refresh Project Reference Group Committee. The forthcoming Consumer Engagement Action Plan will build on these strong foundations to ensure that we position the VCCC as an example of international best practice in this area. We look forward to implementing the action plan and achieving further learnings as we progress the work of our committee. I would like to express my sincere thanks to our committee members for their commitment and dedication, for sharing their expertise, skills, personal experience and volunteering their time to make a difference to the consumer experience of cancer. 11