Tuesday 27 October 2026 · SEE Institute, Dubai

Breast Cancer Awareness Morning

A morning of awareness, health and wellbeing for everyone, men and women, with a dedicated track for people living with and beyond breast cancer. Expert panels, short talks, workshops and guided meditation. Meet doctors, wellness practitioners and breast cancer survivors.

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Breast cancer survivors trained as spokespeople at SEE Institute, standing together in a line
Breast cancer survivors trained as speakers through SEE Institute’s spokesperson programme. Photo: Stu Studios.
Brought to you by SEE Institute British Chamber of Commerce Dubai Canadian Business Council Dubai and Northern Emirates Female Fusion

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.

Breast cancer survivors from SEE Institute’s spokesperson programme, seated together
Spokesperson training session at SEE Institute

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 panels, 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.

  1. Registration, coffee and market

    Wellness and treatment room in the Majlis, open all morning · Optional reflective session in ImmerSEE

  2. Welcome

  3. Panel: The Whole Journey, from Early Detection to Life Beyond Cancer

    Doctors, specialists and survivors together on one panel

  4. Audience Q&A, prizes and breakout sessions

  5. Networking break

  6. 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

  7. Break and room change

  8. 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

  9. Market, coffee and networking

  10. Close

Programme subject to change. Speakers are listed below.

Confirmed speakers

More speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.

Hosts & moderators

  • Katy Keenan

    British Chamber of Commerce Dubai

  • 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

Panel: The whole journey

  • 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

  • Catherine Vander Cammen PhD

    Survivor speaker

  • Shivani Radia

    Survivor speaker

Mini keynotes

  • Scott Armstrong

    CEO, mentl

    “When Cancer Comes to Work”

  • Lauren O'Connell

    Beauty Editor, Cosmopolitan Middle East

Survivor workshops

  • Dr Stefano Pompei

    Consultant Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon, Fakeeh University Hospital

    Breast reconstruction

  • Dr Serife Simsek

    Consultant Breast Surgeon, Fakeeh University Hospital

    Breast reconstruction

  • Sharon James

    Educational session

    Menopause and cancer

Wellbeing in ImmerSEE

  • Manisha Sahni

    Survivor · Guided meditation

  • Jessica Abou Jaoude

    Survivor · Oncology yoga specialist · Guided meditation

Photography

  • Yasmin Hussain

    Survivor photographer · Paid for her work at this event

Bookings

Tickets include refreshments and snacks throughout the morning. You choose your breakout sessions when booking.

  • General admissionAED 180
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Prices include VAT.

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