ACE Programming

ACE Meeting. August 25, 2026. 3:00pm PT, 6:00pm ET. A cancer diagnosis often leads patients to explore every available option to improve their health, manage symptoms, and enhance their quality of life. As patients navigate complex decisions alongside conventional treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy, advocacy plays an essential role in helping individuals access…

ACE Meeting. August 18, 2026. 3:00pm ET, 12:00pm 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. (To be rescheduled) Cancer trials are only useful to patients if they compare a new treatment against a current and meaningful standard of care. This presentation will explain, in plain language, why control arms matter, how changing treatment standards can affect trial results, and why sometimes the standard of care may change during…

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. 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 Meeting. September 3, 2026. 1pm ET, 10am PT. For patient advocates, LinkedIn can be much more than an online résumé, it can become a powerful Advocacy Portfolio. This presentation will explore how to intentionally transform your LinkedIn profile to reflect your lived experience, advocacy work, leadership, and impact. Participants will learn practical strategies for creating…