Course

European Breast Cancer Conference 2026

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Description

The 15th European Breast Cancer Conference, held in Barcelona from 25 to 27 March 2026, brought together more than 1,450 participants, 126 speakers and representatives from 81 countries. As a full co-organising partner, Europa Donna hosted patient advocacy sessions on artificial intelligence, risk factors and prevention, and breast cancer at every age, exploring advances in screening, treatment, policy, communication and equitable access to care.
Our team

Meet our experts

Susanne Dieroff Hay

Susanne Dieroff Hay, Europa Donna Board member and National delegate of Europa Donna Sweden

André Pfob

André Pfob, MD, BSc, is a physician-scientist and Research Director at the Breast Center Heidelberg, Hospital St. Elisabeth and Heidelberg University Hospital

Mireille Broeders

Mireille Broeders is Professor of Personalized Cancer Screening at Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on breast cancer screening, including the long-term benefits and harms of screening and the implementation of risk-based screening approaches. She is a member of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer Working Group.

Sandra Caldeira

Sandra is the Head of the Disease Prevention Unit at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
Her team teases out the science in the areas of public health with a focus on non-communicable diseases for better and healthier policies in the EU. She holds degrees in Microbiology and in Biotechnology as well as a PhD in Biomedical Sciences.

Marzia Zambon

CEO of Europa Donna Coalition

Philip Poortmans

Radiation oncologist at Iridium Netwerk and associated professor at the University of Antwerp

Isabel T. Rubio

Head of Breast Surgical Oncology at Clinica Universidad de Navarra

Stella Kyriakides

Stella Kyriakides, former European Commissioner for Health and past President of Europa Donna Coalition. She now serves as Co-Chair and Senior Lecturer in Cancer Policy for ESO’s 2026–2028 Strategic Plan.

Tanja Spanic

Tanja Spanic: DVM, PhD, Secretary General of ED Slovenia and past President of the Europa Donna Coalition

Marjolein Smidt

Professor surgical oncology. Department of General Surgery, GROW School for Oncology & Reproduction, The Netherlands

Matteo Lambertini

Matteo Lambertini is the Director of the Medical Oncology Unit at Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera and Associate Professor in Medical Oncology at the University of Genova in Genova (Italy)

Hans Wildiers

Prof. Hans Wildiers is a medical oncologist at University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, specialising in breast cancer and geriatric oncology. He is President of the Breast International Group (BIG) and and former President of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). He has authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications.

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