Innovative palliative care for people with cancer
Agenda of the Conference
Monday 7 October 2024
In-person workshop (limited to 90 participants)
(no online participation possible)
14:00-14:15 Welcome and opening by the European Commission
14:15-15:15 Presentation and discussion on the Policy Brief Document
15:15-15:45 Networking coffee
15:45-16:45 Early career researcher pitching
16:45-17:00 Voting on the pitches
Tuesday 8 October 2024
09:30-09:40
OPENING
Speakers:
Joanna Drake – EU Cancer Mission manager, European Commission
Nela Riehl – Member of the European Parliament
09:40-10:00 KEYNOTES:
What does palliative care mean for people with cancer?
Palliative care determinants, inequalities and policies.
Speakers:
Gauden Galea – World Health Organization
Libby Sallnow – University College London
10:00-11:00 SESSION 1
How interdisciplinary palliative care works in practice:
Enhance Quality of Life with kindness & compassion
Moderator:
Kasia Jurczak – European Commission
Speakers:
Matthew Maddocks – King’s College London
Roma Maguire – University of Strathclyde
Miklós Lukács – Hungarian Hospice-Palliative Association
Aline De Vleminck – Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University
11:00-11:30 NETWORKING COFFEE
11:30-12:30 SESSION 2
Parallel Session 2A
The social science perspective:
Life with family and friends & community involvement
Speakers:
Jeroen Hasselaar – Radboud University
Inna Shchepanska – Spark&Heal Ukraine
Parallel Session 2B
Innovative approaches, new technologies and future trends
Moderator:
Federica Zanca – European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Speakers:
Maria Teresa Carrillo De La Peña – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Christiane Weck – Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg
Christoph Ostgathe – Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Judith Rietjens – Delft University of Technology
12:30-13:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
13.30-14:30 SESSION 3
Session 3A
What research do we need in the future?
Research to overcome barriers to palliative care
Moderator:
Stéphane Hogan – European Health and Digital Executive Agency
Speakers:
Cinzia Brunelli – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Milano
Barbara Gomes – University of Coimbra
Julie Ling – World Health Organization (Regional Office for Europe)
Session 3B
Paediatric palliative care
Moderator:
Matthias Schuppe – European Commission
Speakers:
Sergi Navarro Vilarrubi – Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Danai Papadatou – University of Athens
Thomas Nørrelykke Nissen – Palliative Team For Børn og Unge, København
Anda Jansone – Latvian Children’s Palliative Care Society
14:30-15:30 SESSION 4
Future challenges in cancer palliative care:
Changing demographics
Moderator:
Dana-Carmen Bachmann – European Commission
Speaker:
Lieve Van den Block – Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University
Marius Ciurlionis – Baltic Palliative Care Association
Nicoleta Mitrea – HOSPICE Casa Sperantei
15:30-15:40
PITCH OF AN EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER
15:40-16:10 NETWORKING COFFEE
16:10-17:10 SESSION 5
Wrap up:
How Palliative Care can be a natural part at all stages of cancer care
Moderator:
Irene Norstedt – European Commission
Speakers:
Tomasz Dzierżanowski – Medical University of Warsaw
Stein Kaasa – University of Oslo
Piret Paal – Tartu University
Andrea Škripeková – National Institute of Oncology Slovakia
Registration
On-site and online registration deadline is Friday 27th September 2024.
