Invitation to NCD Global Forum for Civil Society—Cancer Session

We greatly appreciate your continued support of Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI). To confront the realities of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), HGPI is holding global forums within each therapeutic area, aiming to crystalize policy issues from patients’ perspectives, to propose necessary policies, and to bring together multi-stakeholders such as industry, academia, policy makers, and civil society including patient leaders from both inside and outside Japan to amass discussion on a level playing field. In May 2018, HGPI organized a workshop and an expert meeting focused on diabetes, compiling and widely distributing the event report in hopes of improving NCD measures in Japan as well as globally.

This time HGPI will hold a session that focuses on cancer. Together with multi-stakeholders, including cancer patient leaders and patient leaders from other therapeutic areas, we will deepen discussions on patient-centered cancer policy-making for sustainable healthcare systems. In light of the Third High-level Meeting on NCDs held in September at the United Nations General Assembly, this session will also serve as an opportunity to introduce what was addressed.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to attend.

■ Date & Time 
Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 14:00–16:30
(Registration: 13:30-) (Networking Reception: 16:30-)

■ Venu
Gakushikaikan, Hall 201
3-28 Kandanishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8459

■ Organizer
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)

■ Participants
Patient leaders, healthcare policy experts, ministry officials, industry leaders, etc. (approx. 80 persons)

■ Program
 (Speakers under request/ In no particular order/ Honorifics and titles omitted)
* Simultaneous English translation available throughout, * Details subject to change

13:30 Doors Open
14:00-14:05 Welcoming Remarks
Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman, HGPI)

14:05-14:15 Report from Patient Leader Workshops and Opinion Exchange
Hiroki Takeda (Executive Director, Japan Chronic Disease Self-Management Association (J-CDSMA))

14:15-14:25 Keynote Address: Cancer Policy in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Masahiro Sasaki (Director, Cancer and Disease Control Division, Health Service Bureau, MHLW)

14:25-14:35 Special Session 1: Cancer Policy and Patient Voices from a Global Perspective
Kathy Oliver (Co-Director and Chair, International Brain Tumor Alliance (IBTA))

14:35-14:45 Special Session 2: Civil Society Participation in the Third United Nations High-level Meeting on NCDs
Nina Renshaw (Policy and Advocacy Director, NCD Alliance)

14:55-16:20 Panel Discussion:
Patient Involvement in Cancer Policy-Making for Sustainable Healthcare Systems

Panelists:
Shinsuke Amano (Chair, The Japan Federation of Cancer Patient Groups)
Kathy Oliver (Co-Director and Chair, IBTA)
Kenneth Thorpe (Chairman, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD))
Amadou Diarra (Vice President, Global Policy and Governmental Affairs, Bristol-Myers Squibb)
Hanako Jimi (House of Councillors)

Moderator:
Hiroko Nishimoto (Manager, HGPI)

16:20-16:30 Closing Address

16:30- Networking Reception

■ Registration Fee
No fee required (Please furnish your own transportation)

■ Registration
If able to attend, please register online, on or before Sunday, November 4, 2018
(Please complete online registration once per individual registrant)