PROGRAM

Thursday 9th October 2025

0900 - 1215   
Workshop 1 - Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
David Naude & Daniel de Viana
0900 - 1215
Workshop 2 - Updates in Radiation Oncology 
Topics
  • Fractionation and breast radiotherapy – What is the expert view on standard of care 2025?
  • Oncoplastic surgery – What are the radiotherapy implications for conserving surgery and mastectomy?
  • Volume delineation for breast radiotherapy - focus on partial breast and reconstructions (implants and tissue based)
  • Volume delineation  -potentials and pitfalls 
  • Treatment planning and delivery  
Philip Poortmans and Orit Kaidar-Person
0900 - 1215
Workshop 3 - Mastering Perforator Flaps in Breast Surgery: Principles, Techniques and Refinements 
Topics
  • Anatomy and vascular supply of perforator flaps 
  • Types of flap, indications and flap placement 
  • Video presentation: mark-up and US/doppler use 
  • Tips and tricks for chest wall perforator flap 
  • Modifications of LICAP flap
  • Getting started and pitfalls   
Ashutosh Kothari, Peter Barry,
Farid Meybodi, Peter Chin
0900 - 1215
Workshop 4 (Communication) - Hearsay: Have you ever said that? An interactive workshop
Details about this workshop can be found here

Lesley Fallowfield 
1215 - 1300Lunch - for Workshop Attendees

1215 - 1300POSTER DISPLAY - AUTHORS PRESENT

1300Conference Opening and Welcome to country

1315 - 1530Session 1 - Hot Topics & Controversies in 2025 
Neoadjuvant systemic therapy and radiotherapy implications 2025 - what is the evidence?
Do anthracyclines still have a place in early breast cancer treatment?  
What the HER2?
Pushing the boundaries of breast conserving surgery  
The patient voice: unmet needs and realities of breast cancer treatment 

Orit Kaidar-Person
Matteo Lambertini
Elena Provenzano
Ashutosh Kothari
Emily Duncan, BCNA Seat at the Table
(SATT) Consumer Representative
1600 - 1745       Session 2 - Wellbeing and Communication
KEYNOTE: When words matter: communicating with the well-informed patient 
Hormone replacement in breast cancer patients: a controversy revisited  
Effective communication with AI
Lessons, losses and hope: a Medical Oncologist reflects 
Q&A panel                                                                                                                                                                       

Lesley Fallowfield
Rhea Liang
Dawid Naude
Nicholas Wilcken 
1745 - 1945Social Function - Welcome/Networking Event (Exhibition Area)                                                     

Friday 10th October 2025

0715 - 830                    Industry Breakfast Session



0715 - 830Industry Breakfast Session



0845 - 1035Session 3 - Risk Assessment and screening strategies                                                                             
KEYNOTE: Talking about risk & uncertainty in genetic testing 

Next-Gen screening: a look at risk-stratified trials & protocols
Is hormone therapy safe for high-risk women without breast cancer?
Revolutionising BreastScreen: a year of live AI readings in NSW 
The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission - a roadmap for personalising breast cancer  prevention        Q&A panel                                                                                                                                      

Lesley Fallowfield    
Nehmat Houssami                           
Rhea Liang   
Matthew Warner-Smith                       
Kelly Anne Phillips  
                                    
1100 - 1245 Session 4 - The Neoadjuvant multidisciplinary approach to management of breast cancer - the complexities              
Case Study 1 - Timing, sequencing and surgery: a complex case of high-risk breast cancer
Case Study 2 - Young and ER-Positive: navigating the challenges of endocrine therapy intolerance 
The pathological assessment of neoadjuvant treated breast cancer 
Preoperative endocrine therapy as a functional biomarker in ER+ breast cancer 
Q&A panel                 


Tivya Kulasegaran 
Tivya Kulasegaran                            
Elena Provenzano   
Belinda Yeo                     
Matteo Lambertini, Ash Kothari. Elena      Provenzano,  Philip Poortmans, 
Orit Kaidar-Person, Lesley Fallowfield,
Belinda Yeo, Owen Ung, Cameron Snell 
 
1245 - 1345Lunch in Trade Area
POSTER DISPLAY - AUTHORS PRESENT


1245ASBD AGM

1345 - 1530Session 5  Rapid fire - Abstracts and oral presentations
KEYNOTE:  The young premenopausal woman the issues facing fertility, survivorship, pregnancy and genetic implications

Q & A
4 x 7 minute oral presentations
Q & A
4 x 7 minute oral presentations
Q & A

Matteo Lambertini
1600 - 1730Session 6 - Innovation and Advances
KEYNOTE: AI, Digital Biomarkers - integration of AI into breast cancer pathology

Smarter Surgery: Strategies to lower re-excision rates
Innovations in Imaging: The PET trial and next-generation PET modalities 
The therapeutic value of mainstream genetic testing 
Q&A panel

Elena Provenzano
Ashutosh Kothari
Remy Lim
Annabel Goodwin 
1900 - 2300Conference Dinner - QT Hotel

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Saturday 11th October 2025


0715 - 830       Industry Breakfast Session
                                                                                                                               

0845 - 1030Session 7 - Concurrent Sessions

7A Surgery and Radiotherapy  - Updates in Management                                                                                            

Global trends in training and practice of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
Sentinel nobe mapping: options beyond Tc99
TAD talk: a practical review of Axillary De-escalation
Debate: Management of residual nodal disease after NACT                                               

Q&A panel                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                          
7B Medical Oncology - Estrogen receptor positive disease                                                              
De-escalation in early HER2+ and TNBC: opportunities for tailored treatment 
HER2 is only half the story: the critical role of ER in HER2+ breast cancer 
What's next? Evolving treatment strategies after CDK4/6 inhibition progression                       
All CLEAR - a strategy aiming at zero deaths from breast cancer
Redefining phase 1: a first step, not a final hope                                                                                          
Q&A panel                                                                                                                                                                                                                              




Ashutosh Kothari
Peter Barry
Farid Meybodi
For further surgery: Ashutosh Kothari 
For radiotherapy: Orit Kaidar-Person                  


Belinda Yeo
Nicholas Wilcken 
Matteo Lambertini
Christine Chaffer
Dhanusha Sabanathan
1100 - 1245Session 8 - Survivorship 
KEYNOTE: Key learnings from a  real-world survivorship clinic

Managing long term toxicities - bone matters
Managing long term toxicities - heart matters 
Lymphoedema & Musculoskeletal issues update
Nutrition, diets and supplements - navigating the plethora of information
Q&A panel                                                                                                                                                                    

Kim Kerin-Ayres
Mike Lin
Matthew Burrage
Louise Koelmeyer
Rewa Keegan
1245 - 1330
Lunch in Trade Area
POSTER DISPLAY - AUTHORS PRESENT

1330 - 1500Session 9 - The last word on controversies panel                                                                                    
Are we overtreating the low-risk cancer? 
High breast density: what now?
Fibroepithelial lesions and predicting behaviour
Radiotherapy to implant reconstruction and after skin sparing mastectomy
Last chance questions - ask before it's too late!                                                                                           

Philip Poortmans
Nehmat Houssami
Sandra O'Tooler
Orit Kaidar-Person
1515Conference Close                                                                                                                                                   Peter Chin & Maree Colosimo

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