ACE Meeting. August 18, 2026. 12:00pm ET, 3:00pm PT. Advocates often want to connect with cancer researchers at a nearby university, but they may not know who to contact or how to get started. Bob Riter spent twelve years nurturing connections between researchers – mostly in the basic sciences – at Cornell University and individuals…
ACE Meeting. Aug, 6, 2026. 1:00pm ET, 10:00am PT. These experiences help you learn the ropes fast, and even encouraged me to pivot my career into the oncology space. I now work in the melanoma field, once again advocating for a population that I am not part of. But that’s ok, because once an advocate,…
ACE Meeting. July 23, 1:00 pm ET, 10:00 am PT. Dana Deighton will present How to Advocate for a Population You Are Not A Part Of. Dana Deighton is an accomplished communications leader with over 30 years of experience in corporate marketing and communications, publishing, partner/project/program management, and patient advocacy. Currently, she is the Director…
ACE Meeting. July 21, 2026. 6pm ET, 3pm PT. In this session, Steven Bidwell draws on three decades as both a performer and an oral cancer patient to explore the power of storytelling in advocacy. Using his own experience as a teaching tool, he introduces three practical techniques — the cold open, the vulnerability pivot,…
ACE Meeting. Jul 14, 2026. 6pm ET, 3pm PT. Patient advocates and nonprofit representatives chat about ways to partner successfully with cancer nonprofits using specific examples. One example is the collaboration between lung cancer advocates and IASLC that created the STARS Program for training lung cancer research advocates. Janet Freeman-Daily is a writer, speaker, and…
ACE Member Meeting. May 26, 2026. 6:00 pm. Pharma is big business structure. How to understand the layers, the emotional intelligence needed to navigate the waters, and the value you bring to the table. Where do you as an advocate fit into their big picture and how to maximize that well. Donna Short is a…