Our Global Network is dedicated to funding research and health education programmes into the links between food, nutrition, physical activity, body fatness and cancer risk.
Conferences and launches
The Second Expert Report was officially launched at a series of conferences in 2007 with a launch in China in 2009. The Policy Report was launched on 26 February 2009 at a press conference in London. These launches were organised by the WCRF/AICR global network.
The Continuous Update Project and both Reports have also been promoted at a number of other conferences. See below for details of these and upcoming events.
| Location | Date | Nature of Event |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Canada | 27-30 August 2012 | UICC World Cancer Congress M. Wiseman and K. Allen from WCRF will be presenting. Teresa Norat, Ricardo Uauy and Shiriki Kumanyika will also be presenting |
| Barcelona, Spain | 7-10 July 2012 | European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 27-30 April 2012 | 3rd World Congress of Health and Nutrition G. Cannon is attending |
| Liverpool, UK | 6-9 November 2011 | 7th NCRI Cancer Conference |
| Washington DC, USA | 3-4 November 2011 |
AICR Annual Research Conference 2011 on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Cancer |
| London, UK | 27-29 September 2011 |
2nd Annual Cancer Care Congress |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 12-15 September 2011 | Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) 2011 |
| Edinburgh, UK | 7-11 August 2011 | IEA World Congress of Epidemiology A poster on the CUP was presented by WCRF/AICR, as well as posters and an oral presentation by the CUP team from Imperial College London. |
| Singapore | 13-16 July 2011 | XI Asian Congress of Nutrition: Nutritional Well-Being for a Progressive Asia: Challenges and Opportunities This conference was organised by the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association and Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies. J Chen presented findings from the Policy Report. |
| Valencia, Spain | 28-30 October 2010 | Cancer & Obesity Hot Topic conference This conference was jointly organised by WCRF International, IASO and UICC. Expert and Policy Reports, Summaries and educational materials were available. |
| Porto, Portugal | 23-25 September 2010 | 2nd World Congress on Public Health Nutrition WCRF/AICR held a symposium. |
| Shenzhen, China | 18-21 August 2010 | 2010 UICC World Cancer Congress J Chen gave a plenary lecture that included findings from both the Second Expert and Policy Reports. |
| Geneva, Switzerland | 11-15 July 2010 | 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion K Beck presented a poster based on the Policy Report and the Policy Report Executive Summaries. |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 11-15 July 2010 | International Congress on Obesity WCRF/AICR sponsored a symposium. M Wiseman chaired the session, T Byers gave the lecture. |
| Washington DC, USA | 4 February 2010 | Launch of the Latin American Executive Summary D McGinley-Gieser, PAHO Deputy Director Dr. Jon K. Andrus and PAHO advisor Dr Enrique Jacoby launched the Policy Report Regional Summary for Latin America. |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4 February 2010 | National Launch of the Brazilian Executive Summary G Cannon and the INCA Director General Dr. Luiz Antonio Santini launched the Policy Report Executive Summary for Brazil. |
View 2007-2009 Second Expert Report conferences and launches.