Education and Training CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA VCCC Inaugural Research Conference — Other Symposia The New Dynamic in Australian Cancer Research Four other symposia were convened under the Research Development and Research & Education In September 2017, 512 delegates, including Lead programs: 12 international and 62 Australian speakers, met at five sites across Melbourne for the • Cutting Edge Haematology: Understanding Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre’s Inaugural Response and Resistance to Targeted Therapies Research Conference. This was a landmark event • Pancreatic Cancer: Registries, Trials and for the alliance, directing an international lens on the Translational Research latest knowledge and directions in cancer research, State of the Art in Complex Cutaneous Squamous and shining a spotlight on the research strengths • of the alliance partners. Cell Carcinomas • Evidence, Ideas, Action: Precision Prevention The Survivorship Equation & Tailored Screening Symposium Evidence + Best Practice = Better Outcomes, Conference The 2nd Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference was held in February 2018 at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. The conference showcased stories of lived experience of cancer survivorship from international cricketer Simon O’Donnell, businesswomen Rochelle Serry and Christie Allen who spoke about young people being central to the design of youth-appropriate cancer services. International speakers were Professors Jonathan Sussman and Lonneke van de Poll-Franse who were joined by national keynote speakers Professors Phyllis Butow AM and Janette Vardy. Video: VCCC Inaugural Reserach Conference 2017 Wrap Up VCCC Post-doctoral Symposium — New Frontiers in Cancer Research Held at the VCCC building in June 2018, this conference highlighted the exciting research of Events early and mid-career scientists from across Victoria innovative ways to progress their understanding andwhilst encouraging them to work together to findtreatment of cancer. Plenary speakers focussed on the 8 three cutting edge fields of cancer research: cancer etiology and prevention, novel therapeutic strategies, and immunology. Participants Medicinal Cannabis Symposium 1,472 Special interest symposium held at the VCCC in August 2017 to outline the implications of the Medicinal Cannabis Act 2016 which enabled access to medicinal cannabis to defined groups of patients. 33