CoppaFeel! Conference 2026

Introduced by: Natalie Haskell, Chief Executive, CoppaFeel!

Maren Sheldon, Co-Founder, CoppaFeel!

Introduced by: Natalie Haskell, Chief Executive, CoppaFeel!

Dr Liz O’Riordan, former Breast Cancer Surgeon, Speaker and Author

Building breast cancer awareness into the system

Chaired by: Caroline Nokes MP, Deputy Speaker, House of Commons

Sarah D Adomah, Lead Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist, Royal Marsden, CoppaFeel! Trustee

Dr Ronx Ikharia, Emergency Medicine Doctor, Activist

Dr Funmi Abari, TEDx Speaker, Health Advocate

James Barge, Senior Director of Group Corporate Affairs, PR, and Community Relations, Asda

Option 1: Health inequities: from cultural barriers to collective solutions

Dr Tiago Moutela, Associate Director, Claremont
Caroline Cook, Early Diagnosis Programme Lead, North East London Cancer Alliance

Location: Harvey Room

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Option 2: Moving upstream: Should we be bolder on prevention and risk reduction? 

Chaired by Prof Cliona Kirwan, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, Clinician Scientist and Professor of Surgical Trials

Prof Michelle Harvie, Dietitian and Researcher, Prevent Breast Cancer Research Unit
Prof Ashu Gandhi, Consultant Surgeon, Honorary Professor, University of Manchester
Dr Juliet Usher-Smith, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge

Location: Great Hall

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Option 3: From “it’s nothing” to referral: Bridging the breast care gap before screening and why the breast care journey matters for younger people

Prof Emma Wilson, Professor of Public Health, University of Nottingham

Location: Bevan Suite

Should we start to screen based on risk, not age alone?

Chaired by: Steve Brine, Former Cancer Minister

Prof Gerald Lip, Clinical Director, NHS Grampian

Prof Lynda Wyld, President-Elect, Association of Breast Surgery

Dr Juliet Usher-Smith, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge

Option 1: Breast cancer as a younger person: Life through and beyond treatment

Chaired by: Leanne Pero MBE, Founder, Black Women Rising

Anisa Ali, CoppaFeel! Storyteller

Amber Burton, CoppaFeel! Storyteller

Erin Kennedy OBE, CoppaFeel! Storyteller

Location: Great Hall

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Option 2: Do we know enough about breast cancer and pregnancy?

Prof Ashu Gandhi, Consultant Surgeon, Honorary Professor, University of Manchester

Dr Jenny Harris, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Care and Health Statistics, University of Surrey

Sophie Conway, Head of Policy and Engagement, CoppaFeel!

Location: Bevan Suite

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Option 3: Refining support for younger people with secondary breast cancer

Dr Sarah Thomas, Director of Research & Programmes, Make 2nds Count

Location: Harvey Room

Unseen, unheard – tackling the data and research gap

Chaired by: Lily Parsey, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, CoppaFeel!

Prof Robert Hills, Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Oxford

Dr Simon Vincent, Chief Scientific Officer, Breast Cancer Now

From ambition to action

Chaired by: Natalie Haskell, Chief Executive, CoppaFeel!

Ashley Dalton MP, former Minister for Public Health and Prevention

Sharon Hodgson MP, Minister for Public Health and Prevention

Improving breast cancer outcomes for younger people

Natalie Haskell, Chief Executive, CoppaFeel!

Dr Liz O’Riordan she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer whilst working as a consultant breast surgeon in 2015 aged just 40.

Her first book, ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’, was her way of helping women when a local recurrence forced her to retire. She’s of the top 100 Female Key Opinion Leaders in Oncology to follow on social media and continues to help patient with her podcast and YouTube channel. Her podcast ’So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer’ aims to guide people through their treatment journey.  Her latest book ’The Cancer Roadmap’ explains what cancer is, what causes it and how it should be treated, along with a healthy dose of myth-busting.

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Caroline Nokes MP is one of the three female Deputy Speakers of the House − the first time ever there has been an all-female team supporting the Speaker.

A former chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, she has been the MP for Romsey and Southampton North since 2010.

In her parliamentary career, Nokes has served as a Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Cabinet Office, and from January 2018 to July 2019 she worked in the Home Office as the minister of state for immigration.

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Ashley is the Member of Parliament for West Lancashire. Up until recently she was the government minister for public health and prevention and led the development of the new National Cancer Plan launched in February 2026.

Ashley was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in late 2013 and in summer 2024 with metastatic triple negative breast cancer. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy.

Ashley stepped down as a government minister in March 2026 to focus her energies on her treatment and being a constituency MP. Ashley continues to be the MP for West Lancashire and is working on local priorities as well as taking a keen interest in how the cancer plan is delivered particularly around breast cancer and metastatic disease.

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Sharon Hodgson MP is Minister for Public Health and Prevention at the Department for Health and Social Care.

She has held this role since March 2026, which includes responsibility for cancer policy and performance.