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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 22/Oct/2024
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9:30am - 10:30amRegistration
Location: Bühnen Bern city theater / Stadttheater
10:30am - 11:00amWelcoming ceremony
Location: Bühnen Bern city theater / Stadttheater
11:00am - 12:30pmPlenary 1: Connections - from compassion to self-compassion to clinical care
Location: Bühnen Bern city theater / Stadttheater
Session Chair: Philip J Larkin, CHUV /University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Session Chair: Jason Mills, Flinders University, Australia
Session Chair: Sofia C. Zambrano, University of Bern, Switzerland
Language: English
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch break
Location: Kornhauskeller
2:00pm - 3:30pmPlenary 2: Death literacy - how to develop, how to measure
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Joachim Cohen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Session Chair: Ekkapop Sittiwantana, Compassionate Communities Research and Devlopment Institution Foundation Thailand, Thailand
Session Chair: Carol Tishelman, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Language: English
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee break
Location: Kornhauskeller
4:00pm - 5:30pmD-A-CH session 1: Die Care-Transformation in den DACH-Ländern … auf dem Weg zum gemeinsamen Verständnis.
Location: Le Cap - Room "Nicolas Manuel"
Session Chair: Raymond Voltz, University Hospital Köln, Germany
Session Chair: Veronika Schönhofer-Nellessen, Bildungswerk Aachen, Germany
Language: German
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel Session 1a: Building equity
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Therese Johansson, King's College London, United Kingdom
Session Chair: Stephen Robert Connor, Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, United States of America
Language: English
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel session 1b: Supporting professional caregivers
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chair: Sofia C. Zambrano, University of Bern, Switzerland
Session Chair: Luc Deliens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Language: English
4:00pm - 5:30pmParallel session 1c: Experiences of dying
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Kelli Stajduhar, University of Victoria, Canada
Session Chair: Bert Quintiens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Language: English
4:00pm - 5:30pmWorkshop 1a: “What if our last breaths could be breathtaking?”: A “walkshop” exploring parks/nature connection in palliative and grief care
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
Language: English
4:00pm - 5:30pmWorkshop 1b: Connecting communities in palliative care: Using a design science approach for co-developing humility guidance
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer"
Language: English
4:00pm - 5:30pmWorkshop 1c: How to use storytelling and gamification to communicate complex realities? The case of the Stay Room™ and palliative care
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
Language: English
5:30pm - 6:00pmBreak
6:00pm - 8:00pmFree classical concert: "Building Bridges"
Location: French Church / Französische Kirche
Free concert for all participants and the people from Bern and around.
The concert takes place in the Französische Kirche Bern (French Church Bern)
- with the choir of the Kirchenfeld Gymnasium Bern
- with the instrumental ensemble of the Kirchenfeld Gymnasium Bern
- with the cello quartet of the Swiss Medical Orchestra SMO
- with Martin Hostettler, tenor
Date: Wednesday, 23/Oct/2024
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9:00am - 10:30amPlenary 3: The end of life in marginalized populations
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Farzana Khan, University of Edinburgh / Fasiuddin Khan Research Foundation, Bangladesh, People's Republic of
Session Chair: Kelli Stajduhar, University of Victoria, Canada
Announcement of the PHPCI Community Building award winner
Language: English
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
Location: Kornhauskeller
11:00am - 12:30pmArt and culture experience 2: Rehearsal visit: the Bern Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Mario Venzago
Location: Casino Bern
The meeting point: entrance of Kornhauskeller
11:00am - 12:30pmD-A-CH session 2: Die Care-Transformation in den DACH-Ländern … auf dem Weg zu einer gelebten Praxis.
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Anker"
Session Chair: Elisabeth Medicus, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
Session Chair: Roman Rolke, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany
Impulse durch Community-Projekte Language: German
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel session 2a: Accessing care
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Malin Eneslätt, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Session Chair: Christian Ntizimira, African Center for Research on End of Life Care (ACREOL), Rwanda
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel session 2b: Promoting inclusion and participation
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chair: Emma Hodges, Compassionate Communities UK, United Kingdom
Session Chair: Joachim Cohen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel session 2c: Embracing story telling and caring cultures
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Vilma Adriana Tripodoro, Institute Pallium Latinoamerica/ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care WHO CC, Argentine Republic
Session Chair: Steven Vanderstichelen, Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertise, Belgium
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmWorkshop 2a: Evaluating Compassionate Communities initiatives: Learnings from the Compassionate Connector program
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmWorkshop 2b: Building a compassionate Community: where do I start?
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer"
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmWorkshop 2c: Away from words: Using art-making toalleviate death anxiety in the palliativecare workforce
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
Language: English
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch break incl. poster walk
Location: Kornhauskeller
The poster walk starts at 1:15 PM at the entrance to the poster exhibition
Chair: Libby Sallnow, United Kingdom
Chair: Joachim Cohen, Belgium
2:00pm - 3:30pmArt and culture experience 3: Guided city walk
Start: entrance of Kornhauskeller

"Life in view, end in sight' is the motto of a walk on the subject of the end of life, which takes you from the cathedral platform to the Bernese Generation House. We will hear about the customs and rituals of the past, as well as the latest regulations on the end of life - a moving history, a festival of ideas and a cause that brings generations together. The tour ends where some ideas are put into action, and where you will find yourself asking questions you have never asked before.
2:00pm - 3:30pmD-A-CH session 3: Die Care-Transformation in den DACH-Ländern … auf dem Weg in die Zukunft.
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Anker"
Session Chair: Birgit Weihrauch, Caring Community Köln; Verein Endlich Palliativ & Hospiz UK Köln e. V., Germany
Session Chair: Monica Fliedner, Inselspital, Switzerland
Language: German
2:00pm - 3:30pmFrench session
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
Session Chair: Sibylle Bart, Palliativakademie Bern, Switzerland
Session Chair: Philip J Larkin, CHUV /University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Language: French
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 3a: Experiencing bereavement and caregiving
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Julia Rehsmann, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Session Chair: Ekkapop Sittiwantana, Compassionate Communities Research and Devlopment Institution Foundation Thailand, Thailand
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 3b: Building death literacy
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chair: Elizabeth Mary Johnson, The Peaceful Presence Project, United States of America
Session Chair: Marc-Antoine Berthod, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 3c: Adapting and reorientating health services
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Samar Aoun, Perron Institute, Australia
Session Chair: Jason Mills, Flinders University, Australia
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmWorkshop 3a: Unpacking causality and impact in public health palliative care initiatives: Exploring research approaches
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmWorkshop 3b: Emerging compassionate communities in Japan and international partnership
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer"
Language: English
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee break
Location: Kornhauskeller
4:00pm - 5:30pmPlenary 4: Bereavement companionship programs - luxury or societal standard?
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Saif Mohammed, Institute of Palliative Medicine, India
Session Chair: Libby Sallnow, University College London, United Kingdom
Announcement of the PHPCI Research Impact award winner
Language: English
5:30pm - 6:30pmBreak
6:30pm - 9:00pmFlying dinner - get togehter
Location: Kornhauskeller
Pre-registration required
Date: Thursday, 24/Oct/2024
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8:30am - 9:00amWarm up: with Seniorstars
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
"Don Quixote Revisited" - Choreography by Clare Guss-West , Carla Winkelmann & Nina Müller
9:00am - 10:30amPlenary 5: Policy summit of PHPCI 2024: Global compassion! The ‘Bern Declaration’ on community engagement for the end of life
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Christian Ntizimira, African Center for Research on End of Life Care (ACREOL), Rwanda
Session Chair: Steffen Eychmueller, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

with
- Marie Charlotte Bouësseau, former Team Leader at the WHO Integrated Health Services Department
- Anne Lévy, Director-General of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Switzerland
- Christian Ntizimira, Executive Director of African Center for Research on End of Life Care (ACREOL), Rwanda

Language: English
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
Location: Kornhauskeller
11:00am - 12:30pmArt and culture experience 4: Qi Gong Class
Location: Waisenhausplatz
The meeting point: entrance of Kornhauskeller.
In case of bad weather the event will take place in the French Church / Französische Kirche.
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel session 4a: Developing sustainable policies
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Kerrie Noonan, Death Literacy Institute, Australia
Session Chair: Allan Kellehear, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel session 4b: Volunteering and citizen perspectives
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chair: Farzana Khan, University of Edinburgh / Fasiuddin Khan Research Foundation, Bangladesh, People's Republic of
Session Chair: Birgit Weihrauch, Caring Community Köln; Verein Endlich Palliativ & Hospiz UK Köln e. V., Germany
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmParallel session 4c: Creating public education
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Claudia Michel, BFH, Switzerland
Session Chair: Saif Mohammed, Institute of Palliative Medicine, India
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmSWISS session 1: Bereavement in the workplace - a public health issue
Location: Le Cap - Room "Nicolas Manuel"
Session Chair: Marc-Antoine Berthod, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland
Session Chair: Corina Wirth, Public Health Schweiz, Switzerland
Session Chair: Ursula Zybach, Nationalrätin, Switzerland
Language: German and French -> Interpreters and headphones will be provided
11:00am - 12:30pmWorkshop 4a: Fostering community engagement through Death and Grief Festivals: Insights from four case studies from Scotland, England, Belgium and Canada
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmWorkshop 4b: Successful public messaging about early palliative care: The 7 keys of the Waiting Room Revolution
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer"
Language: English
11:00am - 12:30pmWorkshop 4c: The art of invitation: convening community groups to promote participatory action learning
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
Language: English
12:30pm - 2:00pm'Lunch break incl. poster walk
Location: Kornhauskeller
The poster walk starts at 1:15 PM at the entrance to the poster exhibition
Chair: Kelli Stajduhar, Canada
Chair: Carol Tishelman, Sweden
12:30pm - 2:00pmEAPC: Reference group meeting
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
This meeting is open to all participants
2:00pm - 3:30pmArt and culture experience 5: The Portrait Memoir of Love
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
Session Chair: Ekkapop Sittiwantana, Compassionate Communities Research and Devlopment Institution Foundation Thailand, Thailand
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 5a: Measuring death literacy
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Corina Wirth, Public Health Schweiz, Switzerland
Session Chair: Roman Rolke, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 5b: Transforming professional education
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chair: Monica Fliedner, Inselspital, Switzerland
Session Chair: Max Kleijberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 5c: Exploring research methodology
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Kristina Alexis Smith, University of Victoria, Canada
Session Chair: Raymond Voltz, University Hospital Köln, Germany
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmSWISS session 2: Wege zur Compassionate Community
Location: Le Cap - Room "Nicolas Manuel"
Session Chair: Claudia Michel, BFH, Switzerland
Session Chair: Renate Gurtner Vontobel, palliative.ch, Switzerland
Language: German and French -> Interpreters and headphones will be provided
2:00pm - 3:30pmWorkshop 5a: Building on evidence, experiences, and mutual reflections to develop Compassionate Schools: a practical workshop
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
Language: English
2:00pm - 3:30pmWorkshop 5b: Africa in the spotlight: empowerment of people and communities
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer"
Language: English
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee break
Location: Kornhauskeller
4:00pm - 10:00pmCity festival endlich.menschlich.
Free festival for all participants and the people from Bern and around.
Opening speech at 4pm on the stage at Zeughausgasse.
Date: Friday, 25/Oct/2024
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9:00am - 10:30amArt and culture experience 6: Exhibition “What comforts you?” and authors' talk on the new “Hidden object book on saying goodbye“
Location: Kornhausbibliothek / Kornhaus library (3rd floor of Kornhaus)

The interactive exhibition invites us to reflect on our transience and what comforts us in moments of grief and despair. We will also gain an insight into the conception and stories of the new hidden object book by palliative care physician and family grief counselor Sophia Bartenstein and book illustrator Andrea Peter.
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 6a: Fostering compassionate communities
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Esther Nafula Wekesa, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
Session Chair: Clément Meier, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Language: English
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 6b: Engaging with children and young adults
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 1"
Session Chair: Sibylle Felber, Local Organizing Committee | University Centre for Palliative Care Bern, Switzerland
Session Chair: Guy Peryer, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Language: English
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 6c: Understanding and evaluating compassionate cities
Location: Hotel Bern - Room "Unionssaal 2"
Session Chair: Sally Paul, University of Strathlcyde, United Kingdom
Session Chair: Libby Sallnow, University College London, United Kingdom
Language: English
9:00am - 10:30amSWISS session 3: Self-reflection: how to stay healthy as a compassionate carer
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Anker"
Session Chair: Philip J Larkin, CHUV /University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Session Chair: Julia Rehsmann, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Language: German and French -> It is translated in both languages
9:00am - 10:30amWorkshop 6a: Towards equity-oriented palliative care: A pan-Canadian workshop on improvements in palliative care for individuals experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler"
Language: English
9:00am - 10:30amWorkshop 6b: Disrupting Death; Engaging in community conversations about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer"
Language: English
9:00am - 10:30amWorkshop 6c: Compassionate Workplaces in Europe: sharing experiences and resources
Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge"
Language: English
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
Location: Kornhauskeller
11:00am - 12:30pmPlenary 6: Compassionate cities international
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Session Chair: Vilma Adriana Tripodoro, Institute Pallium Latinoamerica/ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care WHO CC, Argentine Republic
Session Chair: Allan Kellehear, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Session Chair: Steffen Eychmueller, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Announcement of the PHPCI Early Career award winner
Language: English
12:30pm - 1:00pmConference wrap up
Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall
Language: English
1:00pm - 2:00pmTake away lunch bags
Location: Kornhauskeller
2:00pm - 3:30pmArt and culture experience 7: Reflection path
From the beginning and the end. Take some time for yourself and immerse yourself in the beautiful, peaceful atmosphere at the Bremgarten cemetery. Take a walk along the path of reflection with a guided tour by Barbara Shankar. You willl encounter philosophical, poetic, comforting and encouraging texts and impulses for dealing with the subject of life and death.

Bremgartenfriedhof (cemetery) can be reached by public transport from the main train station (up stairs near the parking). Take bus (Post Auto) #100 or 101, destination Bremgartenfriedhof. Parking for private cars is limited. Meeting Point: main office
2:00pm - 5:00pmThe Digital Legacy Conference 2024
Location: Le Cap - Room "Nicolas Manuel"
The Digital Legacy Conference 2024 will take place as part of PHPCI. It is an annual conference that explores and celebrates the positive impact technology can have within the end of life and bereavement.

Attendees will learn about emerging best practices in areas relating to digital assets planning and digital legacy safeguarding. It is free to attend for all PHPCI badgeholders.

Agenda
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13:50 Welcome message from the Digital Legacy Association
This year's MC's are James Norris (The Digital Legacy Association & MyWishes) and Cale Bole (a digital thanatosensitivity (the design of products that anticipate the eventual death of the user) researcher and Masters student
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14:00 Understanding the use of digital technologies in public health palliative care
• Dr Jason Mills is an Associate Professor at the Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying. He holds fellowships with the Royal Society for Public Health, Higher Education Academy, and is Editor-in-Chief for the international journal Progress in Palliative Care
• Professor Shyla Mills is the CEO at Palliative Care South Australia (PCSA)
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14:25 Public Health approaches to Digital Assets, Digital Legacy and Digital Bereavement
• James Norris, Founder of The Digital Legacy Association & MyWishes. Digital Research Fellow at Harlington Hospice & Design Research Fellow at the Velindre Cancer Centre.
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14:50 Meta and Facebook’s approaches to memorialisation
• Emilar Gandhi, Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Policy Development within Meta’s Trust and Safety Policy
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15:15 Opportunities and Risks of the Digital Afterlife: results from a comprehensive Swiss Technology Assessment Study
• Dr. Jean-Daniel Strub: Dr. of theology; independent ethics researcher and consultant; clinical ethicist
• Prof. Dr. Ralf J. Jox: Professor of biomedical ethics, neurologist and palliative care specialist at the University of Lausanne (Chair of Palliative Geriatric Care/University Hospital Lausanne)
• Prof. Dr. Francesca Bosisio: professor of management and public health; specialist in advance care planning and advance directives
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15:40 Navigating Digital Remains: Ethical Challenges and Cultural Perspectives from Japan
• Professor Akiko Orita, Japanese scholar based in Japan, holds a Ph.D. from Keio University and has served as faculty at Chuo University, Keio University, and Kennesaw State University. She is currently a Professor at Kanto Gakuin University. Her research focuses on privacy, digital identity, and the ethical handling of data after death
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16:05 Importance of Digital Inheritance During Natural Disasters
• İlayda Yılmaz Murat, PhD Candidate at Bilkent University Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences. She completed her LL.M. degree with the Master’s Thesis titled “Digital Inheritance”. She studies in the field of Civil Law.
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16:30 Governance of the Digital Afterlife
• Khadiza Laskor, PhD Student at the University of Bristol’s Cyber Security Centre for Doctoral Training Programme
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16:55 Closing remarks
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17:00 close
17:00 onwards (Meet-up, Food and Drink)

 
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