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Pan-European Conference 2025

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In November 2025, more than 200 participants from 36 countries gathered in Paphos, Cyprus for the 17th Pan-European Conference of Europa Donna.
Under the theme “Building Bonds and Shaping Networks for Tomorrow,” patient advocates, policymakers, scientists and clinicians came together to exchange knowledge and shape future strategies. Through interactive sessions and collaborative workshops, the conference strengthened connections across the European breast cancer community.
A common thread throughout the discussions was access — and how to ensure it for everyone.
Our team

Meet our experts

Stella Mastora

President, Europa Donna

Marzia Zambon

Executive Director, Europa Donna

Stella Kyriakides

Former European Commissioner for Food Health and Safety

Michael Damianos

Cyprus Minister for Health

Chris McCabe

Health economist from the Centre for Public Health and Business School of Queens University Belfast in the UK, is a recognized research leader in the fields of health economics and health technology assessment

Matti Aapro

Board Member of Union for International Cancer Control [UICC], President of Sharing Progress in Cancer Care [SPCC] and past president of the European Cancer Organisation [ECO]

Sandra Gallina

Director-General for Health and
Food Safety of the European Commission

Georgios Marios Makris

Gynecologist and Obstetrician, Founding President of the Build a Bridge Foundation

Yiola Marcou

Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre

Philip Poortmans

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

Fiorita Poulakaki

 M.D., PhD, FEBS, CEBS, Breast Surgeon and Head of the Breast Surgery Department at Athens Medical Center. She has served as a Member of the Board and Vice President of Europa Donna Coalition

Christos Sotiriou

Currently the Research Director at the “Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique” (FNRS), a full Professor at the oncology department of Jules Bordet Institute, where he was recently appointed as Director of the Bordet Cancer Research Laboratories

Vivianne Tjan-Heijnen

Medical oncologist at MUMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, past president of the National Breast Cancer Organisat of the Netherlands, she initiated the NABON-Breast Cancer Audit

Isabel Mestres

CEO of City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) and a global health leader with over 20 years of experience advancing equitable cancer care

Romana Jerković

MEP and Vice-Chair of the SANT Committee

Stephanie Christodoulidou

Head of Psychosocial Services of Europa Donna Cyprus

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