RegistrationLevel 5, Sunway Square8.00am – 9.00am
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Conference Programme
Three days of plenaries, breakout workshops and networking · 26–28 June 2026 · Sunway University.
Friday, 26 June 2026
Sunway University
Harnessing the Power of Communication: Listen, Support, Connect
RegistrationLevel 5, Sunway Square9.00am – 10.00am
Breakfast and networking
OpeningQ Lecture Theatre10.00am – 10.10am
Welcome Address from Reach to Recovery International (RRI)
Leonie Young DUniv · Australia
OpeningQ Lecture Theatre10.10am – 10.20am
Welcome Address from Sunway Education Group
Prof. Dato' Dr Elizabeth Lee (CEO, Sunway Education Group) · Malaysia
OpeningQ Lecture Theatre10.20am – 10.30am
Opening address
Dato Dr Saunthari Somasundaram (NCSM) · Malaysia
Keynote Plenary 1Q Lecture Theatre10.30am – 11.45am
The Power of Communication: When the Message and the Tone Align
Chair: Leonie Young · Australia
- 10.30am – 10.45am
My Voice in My Care
Ng Mei Theng · Malaysia
- 10.45am – 11.00am
Doctor and Patient — A Shared Conversation: Two voices, one goal, better care
Dr Janice Tsang · Hong Kong
- 11.00am – 11.15am
Nurse and Patient — Listening, supporting, connecting
Dr Janine Porter-Steele · Australia
- 11.15am – 11.45am
Panel Discussion Q&A
Break11.45am – 12.00pm
Coffee break and networking
Plenary 2Q Lecture Theatre12.00pm – 1.15pm
Living well after breast cancer: shared care, survivorship, and support
Chair: Stephné Jacobs · South Africa
- 12.00pm – 12.15pm
Preventing and managing post-surgical lymphedema in breast cancer survivors
Prof Sandi Hayes · Australia
- 12.15pm – 12.30pm
Body confidence and femininity
Heidi Flaherty (Amoena Australia) · Australia
- 12.30pm – 12.45pm
Financial literacy across the cancer journey: Empowering survivors and families
Swee Lee Liew · Malaysia
Submitted abstract
- 12.45pm – 1.15pm
Q & A
Lunch1.15pm – 2.30pm
Lunch and Friday Prayers
Concurrent breakout workshops2.30pm – 4.30pmChoose one track
Breakout WorkshopsLevel 5, Sunway Square
1.1 Diversity in Providing RTR Support in a Changing Environment
Chair: Cathy Hirsch · USA
Successful examples of peer support volunteer training
Stephné Jacobs · South Africa
The changing face of peer support delivery
Cathy Hirsch · USA
RECENTRE — A 12-week virtually delivered recovery program for women after breast cancer
Dr Janine Porter-Steele · Australia
Reach to Recovery in modern day Athens
Joanna Grecos · Greece
Q&A / Facilitated discussion
All speakers
Breakout WorkshopsLevel 5, Sunway Square
1.2 Understanding and supporting those in marginalized or diverse communities
Chair: Ann Steyn · South Africa
- 2.30pm – 2.45pm
Addressing health inequities in cancer care: Reaching underserved and diverse populations
Dr Melissa Lim · Malaysia
- 2.45pm – 3.00pm
Reaching diverse and hard to reach communities: The Timor Leste story
Jo Lovelock & Quella Pascola · Australia & Timor-Leste
- 3.00pm – 3.15pm
Rural barriers to breast cancer care in Nigeria: Lived experiences and impact of alternative therapies
Gloria Chinyere Okwu · Nigeria
- 3.15pm – 3.30pm
Reaching the unreached: A community military partnership for breast cancer early detection across Indonesia
Fardiana Djamal · Indonesia
- 3.30pm – 3.45pm
Breast cancer in the economically and culturally marginalised in Tamil Nadu, India
Radhika Santhanakrishnan · India
- 3.45pm – 4.30pm
Q&A / Facilitated discussion
All speakers
Breakout WorkshopsLevel 5, Sunway Square
1.3 Supporting Recovery After Breast Surgery
Chair: Leonie Young · Australia
Fitting workshop: bras, breast forms, lymphoedema garments
Heidi Flaherty (Amoena Australia) · Australia
Amoena to facilitate the fitting workshop
Please note that seats for each workshop are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Break4.30pm – 5.00pm
Coffee break and networking
Session types
Keynote
Plenary
Breakout workshop
Panel / interactive
Opening / closing
Social
Registration
Break / lunch
* Programme is subject to change. The final agenda will be confirmed closer to the conference date.