Agenda — SGBCC Africa 2026

09:00–10:00

Registration

Opening / Closing

10:00–14:00

Hands-On Computational Digital Pathology Workshop (In Partnership with AFSDP)

Prof. Bassma ElSabaa & Prof. Khadiga Ali

Session

14:00–14:30

Coffee Break

Break

14:30–15:00

Digital Pathology Symposium

Leica Biosystems

Session

15:00–15:20

National Digital Pathology Project: From Implementation to Execution

Prof. Manal ElMahdy

Keynote

15:20–15:40

Digital Pathology for All: A Low-Resource Roadmap

Prof. Azza AbdelAziz

Keynote

15:40–16:40

Symposium

Leica Biosystems

Session

16:40–17:00

Q & A

All

Opening / Closing

08:00–09:00

Registration & welcome coffee

Grand Ballroom Foyer

Break

09:00–09:30

Opening ceremony & Keynote Lecture

Dr. Heba Gamal · NCI (Egypt)

Opening / Closing

09:30–10:30

Minimizing the Burden of Treatment in Early Breast Cancer

Prof. Giuseppe Curigliano (Italy) Prof. Abdullah Jebriel (Libya). Prof. Duvern Ramiah (South Africa). Prof. Michael Gnant (Austria)

Session

10:30–11:00

Satellite Symposium

Session

11:00–12:30

Personalizing Early Breast Cancer Treatment / MDT Masterclass on Early Breast Cancer

Prof. Omar Abdihamid (Kenya), Prof. Sherif Naguib, Prof. Emad Shash & Prof. Ahmed Magdy, Prof.Loay Kassem

Session

12:30–13:30

Opening Ceremony

Opening / Closing

13:30–14:00

Coffee Break

Break

14:00–15:30

Immunotherapy & Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Prof. Hamdy Abd El Azim (Egypt), Prof. Abeid M. Athman Omar (Kenya),Prof. Abdullah Jebriel (Libya),Prof. Mosheera Mohamed Ossman (Sudan),Prof. Dafallah (Sudan)

Session

15:30–16:00

Optimizing endocrine treatment in early breast cancer

Prof. Tamer El Nahas

Session

16:00–16:30

Lunch Break

Break

16:30–17:30

Screening & Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Africa

Prof. Ashraf Selim, Prof. Naglaa Abdelrazek, Prof. Maha Helal, Prof. Sahar Mansour

Session

17:30–19:00

HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer

Prof. Alaa Kandil, Prof. Dr. med. Beat Thürlimann (Switzerland), Prof. Mohamed Abdullah Ali (Somalia), Prof. Heba El Zawahry (Egypt), Prof. Amr Shafik (Egypt) -SERD trial PI, Egypt

Session

19:00–19:30

Satellite Symposium

Session

19:30–20:30

Official Conference Dinner

Nile Terrace, Hilton Cairo Grand Nile

Opening / Closing

09:00–12:30

AFRICAN IMPLEMENTATION FORUM; The Economics of Modern Breast Cancer Care: Balancing Innovation, Access and Sustainability

Interactive Expert Forum

Session

14:00–19:00

AFRICAN IMPLEMENTATION FORUM: Research Challenges in Africa (Infrastructure, Clinical Trials & Innovation)

Session