Posters / Best of the Best Session
The AGITG recognises excellence in the Posters/Best of the Best Session and Fast Forward Session at each annual meeting. The winning presenter in the Posters Best of the Best Session receives a $3,500 prize and framed certificate. The winning presenter in the Fast Forward Session receives a $1,500 prize and framed certificate.
The Awards are presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting Annual Dinner. Award recipients are published on the AGITG website and in the Annual Report. The Award provides an excellent opportunity to be recognised by peers for contributions to the Group and annual meeting.
Come back shortly for details on how to submit your poster ahead of the 2023 ASM which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand on 13-16 November 2023.
Best of Posters Awards 2015
2015 Sponsor
The 2015 Best of Posters Award was proudly supported by Ipsen. 2015 Winner – Best of Posters
The Posters Session continued to grow in 2015. Dr Rebecca Tay from Eastern Health was awarded the Best of Posters for her poster entitled "Survival impact of adjuvant chemotherapy for resected early stage rectal adenocarcinoma".
Best of Posters Awards 2014
2014 Sponsor
The 2014 Best of Posters Award was proudly supported by Ipsen. 2014 Winner – Best of Posters
Dr Matthew Burge of Royal Brisbane Hospital won the Best Poster Award sponsored by Ipsen. Dr Burge’s poster was entitled: “A prospective, single institution study of the impact of Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron Emission Tomograpthy with concurrent non-contract CT scanning (PET/CT) on the management of operable Pancreatic, Ampullary or Distal Bile Duct cancer.”
Best of Posters Awards 2018
2018 Sponsor
The 2018 Best of Posters Award was proudly supported by Clinical Genomics. 2018 Winner – Best of Posters
The winner of the 2018 Best of Posters was Dr Belinda Lee of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for ‘Pancreatic Cancer: An analysis of 'Real-World' stent-related morbidity in the palliative setting’. Dr Lee received $3,500 and a framed certificate. 2018 Winner – Fast Forward
Dr Hui-Li Wong of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute was this year’s Fast Forward winner for ‘Biomarker testing and biomarker-directed treatment utilisation for metastatic colorectal cancer in Australian practice’.
Best of Posters Awards 2019
2019 Winner – Best of Posters
The winner of the 2019 Best of Posters was presented to Dr Swetha Sridharan, for ‘Palliative Oesophageal Chemoradiotherapy: A Phase I Clinical Trial. Dr Sridharan received $3,500 and a framed certificate. 2019 WINNER – FAST FORWARD
Dr Simon Wilkins was awarded the Best Fast Forward Presentation award for ‘The effect of oversewing double stapled anastomoses in oncological colorectal surgery’. Dr Wilkins receives $1,500 and a framed certificate. 2019 Sponsor
The 2019 Best of Posters Award is proudly supported by GenesisCare.
Best of Posters Awards 2020
2020 Winner – Best of Posters
The winner of the 2020 Best of Posters was presented to Dr Oliver Piercey, for ‘Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with stage III colorectal cancer'. Dr Piercey received $3,500 and a framed certificate.
Best of Posters Awards 2021
2021 WINNER – BEST OF POSTERS
Dr Kim Kennedy received the Best of Posters Award at the AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting for her poster 'long term survival and toxicity in patients with progressive advanced neuroendocrine tumours treated with Lutetium-177-Octreotate Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy: A Western Australian long term follow-up study'. 2021 RUNNER UP – BEST OF POSTERS
Dr Andrew Parsonson received Runner Up of the Best of Posters Award for his poster on 'real-world characteristics and outcomes of potentially resectable oligometastatic colorectal cancer'. 2021 Sponsor
The 2021 Best of Posters Award is proudly supported by Servier.
Best of Posters Awards 2022
2022 WINNER OF BEST POSTER
Dr Melanie McCoy received the Best Poster Award at the 24th AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting for her poster Local and systemic Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) pathway activity predicts complete response to chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. 2022 WINNER – FAST FORWARD
Dr Rachel Purcell of the University of Otago was this year's Best Fast Forward winner for her presentation on Human Gene and Microbiome Contributions to Radiotherapy Response in Rectal Cancer.
Best of Posters Awards 2017
2017 Sponsor
The 2017 Best of Posters Award was proudly supported by Ipsen. 2017 Winner – Best of Posters
The winner of the 2017 Best of Posters was Dr Jennifer Mooi of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute for ‘Exploring Consensus Molecular Subtypes (CMS) as predictors of benefit from bevacizumab in first line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: retrospective analysis of the MAX clinical trial’. Dr Mooi receives $3,500 and a framed certificate.
2017 Runner Up – Best of Posters
The runner-up of the Best of Posters was Dr Margaret Lee of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute VIC for her poster and oral presentation ‘The potential of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decision making in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC)’. Dr Lee receives $1,500 and a framed certificate. 2017 Winner – Fast Forward
Dr Melanie McCoy was this year’s Fast Forward winner for ‘The Cancer Stem-Like Cell Marker SOX2 is Prognostic and May Predict Response to Chemotherapy in Colon Cancer’.
Best of Posters Awards 2016
2016 Sponsor
The 2016 Best of Posters Award was proudly supported by Ipsen. 2016 Winner – Best of Posters
The winner of the 2016 Best of Posters was Sharon Pattison of University of Otago for ‘Mismatch repair deficiency, inflammatory score and prognosis in gastric cancer’. The runner up was Melanie McCoy, St John of God Hospital Subiaco for ‘Immune biomarkers of response to chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer’.