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Fuck Cancer Summit

FUCK CANCER.FUND SOLUTIONS.

A summit designed to accelerate solutions to cancer.March 14, 2027Austin, Texas
02THE OPPORTUNITY

CANCER DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER CONFERENCE. IT NEEDS MORE SOLUTIONS FUNDED FASTER.

Extraordinary work is already happening across cancer research, diagnostics, treatment, prevention, technology, and patient care. The problem is not simply a shortage of ideas. It's getting the right ideas connected to the right resources fast enough. The Fuck Cancer Summit brings together researchers, founders, clinicians, investors, philanthropists, corporations, and other problem-solvers around one objective:

IDENTIFY PROMISING SOLUTIONS. CONNECT PEOPLE. FUND WHAT CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE.

03THE ECOSYSTEM

CANCER IS TOO COMPLICATED FOR SILOS.

No single institution, company, researcher, investor, or philanthropist solves this alone. The Summit is intentionally designed to connect disciplines and resources that too often operate separately.

THE
SUMMIT

RESEARCH

Universities, laboratories, and scientists advancing our understanding of cancer.

MEDICINE

Clinicians, health systems, and practitioners working directly with patients.

INNOVATION

Startups and technology companies developing new solutions.

CAPITAL

Investors, family offices, foundations, and philanthropists capable of funding progress.

INDUSTRY

Organizations capable of developing, deploying, and scaling solutions.

PEOPLE

Patients, survivors, advocates, and families who understand what actually matters.

CONNECTION ACCELERATES PROGRESS.

04THE PEOPLE

PUT THE PEOPLE WHO CAN CHANGE THE OUTCOME IN THE SAME ROOM.

01

RESEARCHERS + SCIENTISTS

People discovering what might be possible.

02

FOUNDERS + INNOVATORS

People turning discoveries and insights into deployable solutions.

03

CLINICIANS + HEALTH SYSTEMS

People who understand what works, what doesn't, and what patients actually need.

04

INVESTORS + FAMILY OFFICES

People capable of providing risk capital to promising ventures.

05

PHILANTHROPISTS + FOUNDATIONS

People capable of funding research and progress before traditional capital can.

06

CORPORATE + INDUSTRY LEADERS

People with infrastructure, expertise, distribution, and scale.

07

PATIENTS + SURVIVORS

People with lived experience and the greatest stake in getting this right.

THE POINT ISN'T ATTENDANCE. IT'S ASSEMBLING CAPABILITY.

05THE MODEL
Fund research. Unlock solutions. Connect people. Kill cancer.

FUND

Put resources behind promising research, technologies, and companies.

UNLOCK

Identify the barriers preventing potentially important solutions from moving forward.

CONNECT

Bring together the people, expertise, institutions, and resources required to overcome them.

KILL

Turn those connections into concrete action against cancer.

Research PresentationsSolution ShowcasesFunding ConversationsCross-Disciplinary Working SessionsCurated IntroductionsProblem-Solving RoomsInvestment OpportunitiesCommitments to Action
Rock musician performing in the Fuck Cancer Summit commemorative T-shirt
06FROM ATTENTION TO ACTION

TURN ATTENTION INTO CAPITAL.

The Fuck Cancer Summit isn't designed simply to showcase promising work. IT'S DESIGNED TO MOVE RESOURCES TOWARD IT.

RESEARCH

Philanthropic and grant funding for promising scientific work.

VENTURES

Investment capital for companies capable of commercializing solutions.

PILOTS

Corporate and health-system partnerships that help validate and deploy technologies.

COLLABORATION

Connections between researchers, founders, and institutions that unlock otherwise stranded opportunities.

FOLLOW-THROUGH

A post-Summit process for tracking opportunities, introductions, funding, and progress.

THE SCOREBOARD:$MONEY MOVED TOWARD SOLUTIONS.
07PARTNERSHIP

BE USEFUL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.

IMPACT

Direct resources toward research, technologies, and solutions with the potential to improve outcomes.

ACCESS

Build relationships with researchers, founders, investors, clinicians, and leaders across the cancer ecosystem.

INTELLIGENCE

See emerging approaches and opportunities across disciplines.

PARTICIPATION

Contribute expertise, resources, and capabilities rather than simply putting a logo on an event.

CONNECTION

Meet people your organization should know based on what you're actually trying to accomplish.

ACTION

Help move specific opportunities toward research, validation, funding, deployment, and scale.

SPONSORS SHOULD HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM, NOT DECORATE THE ROOM.

08GET INVOLVED

PUT YOUR RESOURCES TO WORK.

01

SUMMIT PARTNER

Help make the gathering possible.

02

SOLUTION PARTNER

Support the identification, assessment, and advancement of promising solutions.

03

FUNDING PARTNER

Commit capital toward research and/or investable companies.

04

CHALLENGE PARTNER

Bring a specific cancer-related problem or unmet need into the ecosystem.

05

FOUNDING PARTNER

Help build the Fuck Cancer Summit into an ongoing platform for accelerating solutions.

SOMETHING BIGGER IN MIND?

We can build partnerships around research, investment, technology, patient experience, data, clinical deployment, commercialization, or another specific opportunity to accelerate progress.

09FUCK CANCER SUMMIT
Fuck Cancer Summit

FUCK CANCER.

FUNDRESEARCH.
UNLOCKSOLUTIONS.
CONNECTPEOPLE.
KILLCANCER.

FUND SOLUTIONS.

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