UKONS DAY: THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER - BOPA

BOPA DAY: Saturday 15th OctoberTo tweet about this conference, please use #BOPA08.00–08.45 Industry sponsored satellite - AmgenPreventing Skeletal Related Events (SREs) - can we afford not to?Refreshments served from 07.45 outside the auditoriumChair: Andrew Stanley, Network Lead Pharmacist, Pan Birmingham Cancer NetworkSpeaker: Janet Brown, Consultant in Medical Oncology, University of Leeds08.45–09.30 Royal Pharmaceutical Society - the vision 1 year onChair: David Thomson, BOPA ChairSpeaker: Dr Catherine Duggan, Director of Professional Development and Support, Royal Pharmaceutical Society09.30–09.35 Oncology needs you?Andrew Stanley, Network Lead Pharmacist, Pan Birmingham Cancer Network09.35–09.45 And now for something completely differentBOPA surprise announcementDavid Thomson, BOPA ChairClinical UpdateALSH ROOMChair: Joel Myers, Lead Clinical Pharmacist,Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHSFoundation Trust09.50–10.20 Malignant melanoma*Professor Jeff Evans, Professor of TranslationalCancer Research and Head of ExperimentalTherapeutics Unit, University of Glasgow;Consultant in Medical Oncology, Beatson Westof Scotland Cancer Centre; Group Leader,Beatson Institute for Cancer ResearchPolicy / Strategy / IndustryBOISDALE ROOMChairs: Ian Costello, Chief Pharmacist,The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust& Andrew Hay, Business Unit Director,Celgene LtdThe need for joint workingbetween industry and BOPA*Paul Catchpole, Value and AccessDirector, Association of the BritishPharmaceutical IndustryHot TopicsCARRON ROOMChair: Sandra Melville, Clinical PharmacyManager, Lorn and Islands HospitalCPD recording and requirements*Penny Thursfield, Lead Pharmacist-Oncology, Nobels Hospital, Isle of Man10.20–10.50 Tea & coffee served in the exhibition hallFaculty of Cancer Pharmacy Forum to be held in the Alsh Room10.50–12.00 Poster discussion sessionChair: Geoff Saunders, Consultant Oncology Pharmacist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of the Faculty of Cancer PharmacyThe Faculty of Cancer Pharmacy in association with BOPA is proud to host this year’s plenary session showcasing excellence in oncologypharmacy research. This special session will include six 10-minute presentations featuring the best posters in three categories—originalresearch, audit and innovation. One of BOPA’s aims is to expand practice research in oncology pharmacy, and highlight achievements inthis area. This is the MUST SEE session of this year’s conference.12.00–12.45 Industry sponsored satellite - Sanofi OncologyBeyond docetaxel: Evolving care pathways in prostate cancerChair: Andrew Stanley, Network Lead Pharmacist, Pan Birmingham Cancer NetworkSpeakers: Rob Jones, Consultant Medical Oncologist, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre; Simon Chowdhury,Medical Oncologist, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals; Brian McGlynn, Lead Nurse Urology Oncology, Ayr Hospital12.45–14.05 Buffet lunch served in the exhibition hall14.05–14.30 BOPA Annual General MeetingClinical UpdateALSH ROOMChair: Champa Mistry, OncologyPharmacist, Barts and The LondonNHS Trust14.35–15.05 Gynaecological tumours*Dr Charlie Gourley, Senior Lecturer andHonorary Consultant in Medical Oncology,University of Edinburgh Cancer ResearchCentre15.10–15.40 Breaking news from ESMO*Bruce Burnett, M.Med.Sci., B.Sc. Hons,M.R.Pharm.S.Policy / Strategy / IndustryBOISDALE ROOMChair: Lisa Currie, Clinical ProjectsCo-ordinator, Cancer Centre London & AndrewHay, Business Unit Director, Celgene LtdValue-based pricing - the solutionto access to cancer medicines orjust another “sticking plaster”?*Professor David Taylor, Professor ofPharmaceutical and Public Health Policy, TheSchool of Pharmacy, University of LondonEric Low, Chief Executive and Founder,Myeloma UKKevan Wind, Medicines Procurement SpecialistPharmacist, London and East of EnglandPaul Catchpole, Value and Access Director,Association of the British PharmaceuticalIndustryHot TopicsCARRON ROOMChair: Jayne Davis, Lead ClinicalPharmacist, Haematology, RoyalHallamshire HospitalClinical update - multiplemyeloma*Dr Grant McQuaker, ConsultantHaematologist, Beatson West of ScotlandCancer CentreClinical update - acuteleukaemia*Dr Nicholas Heaney, ConsultantHaematologist, NHS Greater Glasgowand Clyde15.40–16.10 Tea & coffee served in the exhibition hall16.10–17.10 The Succinct Lecture: ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ - Sir Ranulph FiennesChair: Lisa Dodgshon, Company Director, Succinct Healthcare Communications19.30–6 midnightBOPA Black-tie Gala DinnerArgyll Suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel (19.30 pre-dinner drinks. 20.00 dinner)