📣 Important Opportunities for SPAGN Members

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Dear SPAGN Members and Friends,

February brings several important opportunities for SPAGN members, from capacity-building resources to upcoming congress & conference participation and advocacy recognition. Below you will find key updates and actions you can take to get involved.

All the best from the
SPAGN Board of Directors & Team

🎓 New Online WECAN Course Launch

To mark World Cancer Day on 4 February, WECAN will launch the Patient Experience Data (PED) online course (Modules 1–4). This is a valuable opportunity for patient organisations and advocates to strengthen their knowledge and capacity in patient experience data.

🔎 Explore more here!

🧬 ESMO Sarcoma & Rare Cancers Congress 2026

ESMO Sarcoma & Rare Cancers congress
📅Save the date: March 12-14, 2026
📍Location: Lugano, Switzerland

As in previous years, SPAGN will be represented with a booth at the ESMO Sarcoma & Rare Cancers Congress to ensure the patient voice is visible and represented throughout the meeting. We have offered 15 complimentary registrations for SPAGN members, with only 6 spots remaining.

To apply, email info@sarcoma-patients.org with:

Full name
Organisation name
Full address
ESMO ID (if available)

📌 Registrations are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

📣 Register for the SPAGN Annual Conference 2026 & Submit Your Projects

As announced the SPAGN Annual Conference 2026 will take place on 1–3 May 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden (Karolinska University Hospital & Elite Hotel Carolina Tower). Registration is already open & we have just added the draft agenda, so we encourage all SPAGN members to visit our page and explore.

A limited number of travel grants will be available for SPAGN full members to help cover travel and accommodation costs.

We also warmly invite members to submit their projects/initiatives for the SPAGN Advocacy Awards 2026:

Advocacy in Action Award – recognising impactful advocacy projects across all sarcoma types (excluding bone sarcomas).
Paola Gonzato Memory Award – highlighting bone sarcoma advocacy projects with tangible impact on care or quality of life.

Submissions must be from regional or national SPAGN members, be evidence-based, be already completed and van not be sumbited in previous years.

Learn more about the awards!