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Agenda of the Conference
Monday 7 October 2024
In-person workshop
(no online participation possible)
14:00-14:15 Welcome and opening by the European Commission
14:15-15:15 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 Organisation
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
Stefan Lorenzl - 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
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
14:30-15:30 SESSION 4
Future challenges in cancer palliative care:
Changing demographics
Speaker:
Lieve Van den Block - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University
Marius Ciurlionis - Baltic Palliative Care Association
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:
Stein Kaasa - University of Oslo
Piret Paal - Tartu University
Andrea Škripeková - National Institute of Oncology Slovakia
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