African Organisation of Research and Training in Cancer Conference was held in Marrakech in November 2015 (as mentioned in Section 2 – Let’s talk). This conference featured important input from IPOS members in the form of Academy sessions on Psychosocial and Behavioural Aspects of Cancer Care in Africa, with particular attention to Special Issues for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (link: http://aorticconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-AORTIC-Abstract-Publication.pdf). A full report on the Academy’s content and proceedings is attached

British Psychosocial Oncology Society 2016 Annual Conference: The conference was held on 3–4 March 2016 in Cambridge, UK. The focus of the conference was on promoting the advancement of education, clinical practice, and research in psychosocial oncology. Psycho-oncology recently published the proceedings for free to readers. (link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.v25.S1/issuetoc)

American Psychosocial Oncology Society 13th Annual Conference was held in San Diego, California, USA from 3-5 March 2016. The conference theme was “Psychosocial cancer care for all – achieving equity in psychosocial oncology” (Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.v25.S2/issuetoc)

Association of Oncology Social Work 32nd Annual Conference was held in Tampa, Florida, USA from 4-6 May 2016. The attention of the conference was "Oncology Social Workers: A Safe Harbor in the Storm" (Link: https://www.aosw.org/AOSW/media/Main-Site-Files/2016%20Annual%20Conference/Documents/AOSW-PP-16-FNL-3_22.pdf)