Meet the 2026 Faculty
Past Invited Faculty
2025 – Adelaide
- Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Cancer Institute, UK
- Professor Shailesh V. Shrikhande, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
- Professor Patrick Tan, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Dr Connie Yip, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
- Professor Takayuki Yoshino, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan
2024 – Brisbane
- Professor Deborah Schrag, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Professor Cynthia Sears, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
- Professor Cihan Gani, University Hospital Tubingen, Germany
- Dr Rodrigo O Perez, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
- Professor Matthew Katz, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
2023 – Christchurch, New Zealand
- Professor Marc Besselink, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Associate Professor Bishal Gyawali, Queen’s University, Canada
- Professor Diane Simeone, New York University, USA
- Professor Laura Dawson, University of Toronto, Canada
- Professor Leonard Saltz, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Associate Professor Katherine Garman, Duke University in Durham, USA
2022 – Melbourne
- Dr Christopher Booth, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Professor George Chang, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
- Professor Robert Coffey, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, USA
- Professor Christina Curtis, Stanford University, USA
- Professor Håvard E Danielsen, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
- Dr Eugene J Koay, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
- Professor Tim Pawlik, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, USA
- Dr Elizabeth Smyth, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, UK
- Dr Iain Tan, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
2021 – Virtual Meeting
- Professor Ghassan Abou-Alfa, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Professor Pierce Chow, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
- Professor Jérôme Galon, Integrative Cancer Immunology, France
- Associate Professor Jonathan Loree, BC Cancer, Canada
- Professor Alberto Sobrero, Ospedale San Martino, Italy
- Professor Julien Taieb, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Université de Paris, France
2020 – Virtual Meeting
- Professor Kohei Shitara, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan
- Dr Naureen Starling, The Royal Marsden Hospital, United Kingdom
2010-2019
2019 – Adelaide
- Professor James L Abbruzzese, Duke Cancer Institute, USA
- Professor Sharlene Gill, BC Cancer, Canada
- Professor Christian Jobin, University of Florida, USA
- Professor Florian Lordick, University Hospital, Germany
- Associate Professor Manisha Palta, Duke University School of Medicine, USA
- Professor Stephen J Wigmore, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
2018 – Brisbane
- Professor Brendan Moran, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital, United Kingdom
- Professor Sabine Tejpar, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
- Professor Diana Sarfati, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand
- Professor Aldo Scarpa, University of Verona, Italy
- Professor Jae-Ho Cheong, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea
- Professor Graeme Young, Flinders University, South Australia
- Dr Daniel Renouf, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada
- Professor Daniel Chang, Stanford University, USA
2017 – Cairns
- Professor John Bridgewater, University College London Hospitals, UK
- Associate Professor Thierry Alcindor, McGill University / Canadian Cancer Trials Group, Canada
- Dr Ian Chau, The Royal Marsden Hospital, UK
- Professor Karyn Goodman, University of Colorado, USA
- Professor John V. Reynolds, St. James’s Hospital and Trinity College, Ireland
2016 – Melbourne
- Professor Edgar Ben-Josef, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Dr Rebecca Wong, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre / Canadian Cancer Trials Group, Canada
- Dr Jeffrey Meyerhardt, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
- Professor Phil Quirke, University of Leeds, UK
- Professor Alan Venook , UCSF, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
- Associate Professor Magnus Nilsson, The Karolinska Institute , Sweden
- Dr Simron Singh, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, Canada
2015 – Sydney
- Professor Bruce Minsky, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
- Dr James Fleshman, Baylor University Medical Center, USA
- Dr Johanna Bendell, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, USA
- Dr Alberto Bardelli, University of Torino, Italy
- Dr Scott Kopetz , University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
- Professor Tim Maughan, University of Oxford, UK
- Dr Hagen Kennecke, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada
2014 – Brisbane
- Professor Jordan Berlin, Vanderbilt University, USA
- Dr Maarten Hulshof, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam
- Dr David Ilson, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre Memorial Hospital, USA
- Dr Robert Kerbel, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
- Professor Christophe Mariette, University Hospital C. Huriez, France
- Dr Matthew Seymour, Cancer Research UK University of Leeds, UK
2013 – Melbourne
- Professor Yoon-Koo Kang, Asan Cancer Centre, South Korea
- Professor Rob Glynne-Jones, Mt Vernon Cancer Centre, UK
- Professor David Kerr, University of Oxford, UK
- Dr Stanley Hamilton, M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, USA
- Dr Fotios Loupakis, University of Pisa, Italy
- Dr Richard Goldberg, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre, USA
- Professor Ashley Grossman, University of Oxford, UK
2012 – Sydney
- Professor Charles Blanke, BC Cancer Agency, Canada
- Professor Juan Valle, University of Manchester, UK
- Dr Murray Brennan, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Professor Karin Haustermans, Leuven Cancer Institute, Belgium
- Professor Fortunato Ciardiello, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy
- Associate Professor Herb Hurwitz, Duke University, USA
2011 – Melbourne
- Professor Derek Alderson, University of Birmingham, UK
- Professor Arthur William Blackstock, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, USA
- Dr Andres Cervantes, University of Valencia, Spain
- Dr Heikki Joensuu, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Professor Josep Tabernero, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Spain
- Dr Harpreet Wasan, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, UK
2010 – Adelaide
- Dr Lisa Kachnic, Boston University Medical Centre, USA
- Professor John Primrose, University of South Hampton, UK
- Professor Jim Cassidy, University of Glasgow, UK
- Professor David Cunningham, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK
- Professor Hans Schmoll, Martin-Luther-University, Germany
1999-2009
2009 – Brisbane
- Dr Gary Middleton, Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK
- Professor Daniel Haller, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Dr Leonard Gunderson, Mayo Clinic, USA
- Dr Nabil Rizk, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Dr Al Benson, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, USA
2008 – Sydney
- Professor Karin Haustermans, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium
- Professor Robin McLeod, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
- Professor Charles Blanke, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada
- Associate Professor Pierce Chow, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
- Professor Howard Hochster, NYU Cancer Institute, USA
- Professor Andrew Kennedy, Wake Radiology Oncology, USA
- Professor Kjell Öberg, Medical Faculty of Uppsala University, Sweden
- Dr Josep Tabernero, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Spain
2007 – Melbourne
- Professor Bob Benjamin, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA
- Professor David Cunningham, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK
- Dr Jonathan Fletcher, Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
- Associate Professor Laura Dawson, University of Toronto, Canada
- Professor Nick Lemoine, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, UK
- Professor Bernard Nordlinger, Ambroise Paré Hospital, France
- Dr Bruno Sangro, University of Navarra School of Medicine, Spain
- Dr Richie Soong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Dr Christophe Tournigand, St Anthony University Hospital, France
- Dr Louis M. Weiner, Fox Chase Cancer Centre, USA
2006 – Adelaide
- Professor Bruce Minsky, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Dr Takeshi Sano, National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan
- Dr Marc Peeters, University Hospital, Belgium
- Dr Gunnar Folprecht, University Hospital, Fetscherstr, Dresden, Germany
- Dr Rob Glynne-Jones, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Middlesex, UK
2005 – Brisbane
- Dr Norman Wolmark, Drexel University School of Medicine, USA
- Dr Graeme Poston, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK
- Professor David Kerr, University of Oxford, UK
- Associate Professor Jordan Berlin, Vanderbilt Medical Centre, USA
- Professor Claus-Henning Kohne, Hospital for Oncology and Haematology, Oldenburg, Germany
- Professor Christopher Willett, Duke University Medical Center, USA
2004 – Sanctuary Cove
- Dr Axel Grothey, Mayo Clinic, USA
- Professor James Garden, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Professor Ren Adam, Paris-Sud University, France
2003 – Canberra
- Professor Hans-Joachim Schmoll, University of Halle, Germany
- Professor Michael Heinrich, Oregon Health Sciences University, USA
- Professor Eric Van Cutsem, University of Leuwen, Belgium
2002 – Hobart
- Dr David Ilson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
- Dr Pierce Chow, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
- Professor John Northover, Imperial College, UK
- Dr Adrian Crellin, United Leeds Teaching Hospital, UK
2001 – Maroochydore
- Dr Dan Haller, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Professor Aimery de Gramont, Hopital Saint-Antoine, France
- Dr Shinn Yeung, Basingstoke, UK
- Dr Takeshi Sano, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Dr Markus Buechler, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Dr Steven Curley, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
- Dr James Church, Cleveland Clinic, USA
- Dr Chris Crane, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
2000 – Coolum
- Professor Robert Madoff, University of Minnesota, USA
- Professor Bernard Nordlinger, Ambroise Pare Hospital, France
- Professor John Neoptolemos, University of Liverpool, UK
- Professor Jan Leer, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
1999 – Launceston
- Dr Nancy Kemeny, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, USA
- Dr Kevin Conlon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, USA
- Dr Jeffery Milsom, Mount Sinai Medical Centre, USA