The Beaumont RCSI Cancer Conference 2026 will take place on Thursday, 21 May 2026 at the Smurfit Education and Research Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9.

Speakers on the day will include:

• Dr Ruth Dunne, Consultant Radiologist, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Ms Teresa Loftus, Chief Medical Scientist, Molecular Pathology, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Professor Daniel Ryan, Respiratory Consultant, Lung Health Check Clinical Lead, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Professor Danny Cheriyan, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Clinical Lead Advanced Endoscopy, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Professor Brian O'Neill, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, St. Lukes' Radiation Oncology Network, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Professor Antonio Toesca (keynote speaker), Director of the Breast Surgery Program at the Candiolo Cancer Institute – Torino IRCCS
  
• Professor Arnold Hill, Dean of Medical Programme RCSI and Consultant Surgeon, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Dr Vicky Cooper Lunt, Honorary Clinical Lecturer RCSI, Head of Psychology Department Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre
  
• Professor Margaret Flanagan (keynote speaker), Associate Professor and Chair of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Registration

Registration for this event is now open, and a draft of the programme will be available here in the coming weeks. Below is a summary of the schedule which is subject to change and to be finalised:

• 9.30: Delegate registration open
  
• 10.00: Session 1: Prevention and Early Detection
  
• 11.30: Refreshments
  
• 11.50: Session 2: Innovative Care
  
• 13.10: Lunch break
  
• 14.00: Session 3: Personalised follow-up and Survivorship
  
• 15.20: Award Presentations and Closing

Call for abstracts

Invitations are open for poster abstracts under the theme, 'From Prevention To Personalised Care', for the Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre Research Award.

Submission guidelines:

• 200 words max. excluding title and affiliations
• Abstracts should include introduction, methodology and findings
• Abstracts should not include tables or graphs
• Abstract submission is by email to cancerdirectorate@beaumont.ie.

A number of abstracts will be selected for poster presentation at the Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre Conference on Thursday, 21 May 2026. One poster will be selected by a panel of judges to receive the Cancer Centre Award.

Final date for abstract submissions: Friday, 24 April 2026 at 4pm.

CPD

RCSI are awarding CPD credits for attendance at this event, delegates must check-in on arrival to receive these credits post event.