Katy Keenan
British Chamber of Commerce Dubai
Tuesday 27 October 2026 · 8:30am – 12pm · SEE Institute, Dubai
Breast Cancer Awareness Morning
Join the British Chamber of Commerce Dubai, Canadian Business Council Dubai & Northern Emirates, Female Fusion and SEE Institute for a morning that goes beyond pink.
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Every October the world goes pink.
This morning is about what actually makes a difference.
Knowing the signs and getting checked. Understanding what diagnosis, treatment and life afterwards really look like. Learning how to show up for colleagues, friends and family going through it. Honest conversations with people who have lived it, plus practical input from doctors and specialists. The focus is breast cancer, but this is for everyone, whoever you are and whatever cancer has touched your life.
Who should come
- Everyone, men and women, who wants to understand the signs, screening and their own risk
- Employers and HR teams supporting staff through treatment and return to work
- Managers and colleagues who don’t know what to say, and want to get it right
- Patients, survivors and the people who support them
You’ll leave ready to
- Know the signs and get checked, or help someone else to
- Talk about cancer without fear
- Support someone going through cancer, or who has been
- Build a more inclusive workplace
Doing something different this year
We’re training and paying breast cancer survivors for their expertise.
Every survivor who speaks, runs a workshop or leads a meditation at this event is paid for their time. Through SEE Institute’s spokesperson programme, women who have lived through breast cancer are professionally trained in storytelling and public speaking. Lived experience has value, so they are paid like any other speaker. Even our photographer, Yasmin Hussain, is a survivor, and is paid for her work. Funds raised from this event go towards supporting and paying breast cancer survivors.
Programme
We’ve built three tracks into the morning so there is something for everyone: expert mini keynotes, survivor workshops, and wellbeing sessions in ImmerSEE. Everyone comes together for the panel, then you choose the sessions that suit you. A wellness and treatment room runs all morning with wellbeing and wellness activities you can drop into at any time.
8:30 Registration, coffee and market
Wellness and treatment room in the Majlis, open all morning · Optional reflective session in ImmerSEE
9:00 Welcome
9:10 Panel: The Whole Journey, from Early Detection to Life Beyond Cancer
Doctors, specialists and survivors together on one panel
9:50 Audience Q&A, prizes and breakout sessions
10:00 Networking break
10:15 Breakout round 1 · Choose one
Auditorium
Mini keynotes
Short talks and expert Q&A on cancer at work and life after treatment
Lecture Theatre 1
Survivor workshop: Breast reconstruction
Led by a consultant breast surgeon and a consultant reconstructive plastic surgeon
ImmerSEE
Wellbeing: Guided meditation
Led by a survivor in the immersive 360° space
10:50 Break and room change
11:00 Breakout round 2 · Choose one
Auditorium
Mini keynotes
Short talks and expert Q&A on cancer at work and life after treatment
Lecture Theatre 1
Survivor workshop: Menopause and cancer
Educational session
ImmerSEE
Wellbeing: Guided meditation
Led by a survivor and oncology yoga specialist
11:45 Market, coffee and networking
12:00 Close
Programme subject to change. Speakers are listed below.
Confirmed speakers
More speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.
Hosts & moderators
Diana Szyszka-Pompei
Executive Director, Canadian Business Council Dubai and Northern Emirates
Jen Blandos
Female Fusion & SEE Institute · Co-organiser · Two-time breast cancer survivor
Lamya Gabr
Co-organiser · Programme partner · Breast cancer survivor
Breast cancer survivors
Catherine Vander Cammen PhD
Survivor speaker
Shivani Radia
Survivor speaker
Manisha Sahni
Guided meditation
Jessica Abou Jaoude
Oncology yoga specialist · Guided meditation
Yasmin Hussain
Event photographer
Medical doctors
Dr Serife Simsek
Consultant Breast Surgeon, Fakeeh University Hospital
Dr Stefano Pompei
Consultant Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon, Fakeeh University Hospital
Dr Deema Siwheil
Clinical Director and Psychologist, Carbone Clinic
Practitioners & experts
Scott Armstrong
CEO, mentl
Lauren O'Connell
Beauty Editor, Cosmopolitan Middle East
Sharon James
Menopause and cancer
Bookings
Tickets include refreshments and snacks throughout the morning. You choose your breakout sessions when booking.
Members of participating business councils and Female Fusion - AED 150
Non-members - AED 180
Breast cancer patients and survivors - Free, by application
Tickets are sold by the British Chamber of Commerce Dubai and Canadian Business Council Dubai. Prices include VAT.
Market stalls
Guests browse the market over coffee before the sessions and again at the close. Stalls are open to member businesses and to cancer survivors.
Female Fusion, BCCD and CBC Dubai members - AED 150
Cancer survivors - Free, by application
Sponsorship & enquiries
Contact the organisers:
Jen Blandos
jen@seeinstitute.ae
+971 50 157 0087
Lamya Gabr
lamya@zari.health
+971 55 540 7616
Gail · Female Fusion
gail@femalefusionnetwork.com
+971 50 779 4972