Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 22/Oct/2024 | |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am | Registration Location: Bühnen Bern city theater / Stadttheater |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Welcoming ceremony Location: Bühnen Bern city theater / Stadttheater |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Plenary 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 - 2:00pm | Lunch break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Plenary 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 - 4:00pm | Coffee break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | D-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 - 5:30pm | Parallel 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 - 5:30pm | Parallel 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 - 5:30pm | Parallel 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 - 5:30pm | Workshop 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 - 5:30pm | Workshop 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 - 5:30pm | Workshop 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 - 6:00pm | Break |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Free 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 - 10:30am | Plenary 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 - 11:00am | Coffee break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Art 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 - 12:30pm | D-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 - 12:30pm | Parallel 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 - 12:30pm | Parallel 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 - 12:30pm | Parallel 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 - 12:30pm | Workshop 2a: Evaluating Compassionate Communities initiatives: Learnings from the Compassionate Connector program Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler" Language: English |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshop 2b: Building a compassionate Community: where do I start? Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer" Language: English |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshop 2c: Away from words: Using art-making toalleviate death anxiety in the palliativecare workforce Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge" Language: English |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch 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 - 3:30pm | Art 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 - 3:30pm | D-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 - 3:30pm | French 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 - 3:30pm | Parallel 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 - 3:30pm | Parallel 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 - 3:30pm | Parallel 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 - 3:30pm | Workshop 3a: Unpacking causality and impact in public health palliative care initiatives: Exploring research approaches Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler" Language: English |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshop 3b: Emerging compassionate communities in Japan and international partnership Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer" Language: English |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Plenary 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 - 6:30pm | Break |
| 6:30pm - 9:00pm | Flying dinner - get togehter Location: Kornhauskeller Pre-registration required |
| Date: Thursday, 24/Oct/2024 | |
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| 8:30am - 9:00am | Warm up: with Seniorstars Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall "Don Quixote Revisited" - Choreography by Clare Guss-West , Carla Winkelmann & Nina Müller |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Plenary 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 - 11:00am | Coffee break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Art 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 - 12:30pm | Parallel 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 - 12:30pm | Parallel 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 - 12:30pm | Parallel 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 - 12:30pm | SWISS 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 - 12:30pm | Workshop 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 - 12:30pm | Workshop 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 - 12:30pm | Workshop 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 - 2:00pm | EAPC: Reference group meeting Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall This meeting is open to all participants |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Art 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 - 3:30pm | Parallel 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 - 3:30pm | Parallel 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 - 3:30pm | Parallel 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 - 3:30pm | SWISS 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 - 3:30pm | Workshop 5a: Building on evidence, experiences, and mutual reflections to develop Compassionate Schools: a practical workshop Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Hodler" Language: English |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshop 5b: Africa in the spotlight: empowerment of people and communities Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer" Language: English |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 4:00pm - 10:00pm | City 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 - 10:30am | Art 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 - 10:30am | Parallel 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 - 10:30am | Parallel 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 - 10:30am | Parallel 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 - 10:30am | SWISS 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 - 10:30am | Workshop 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 - 10:30am | Workshop 6b: Disrupting Death; Engaging in community conversations about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Location: Hotel Kreuz - Room "Fischer" Language: English |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Workshop 6c: Compassionate Workplaces in Europe: sharing experiences and resources Location: Le Cap - Room "Arche/Refuge" Language: English |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Coffee break Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Plenary 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 - 1:00pm | Conference wrap up Location: Kornhausforum - Plenary hall Language: English |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Take away lunch bags Location: Kornhauskeller |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Art 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 - 5:00pm | The 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 —————————————————————————————————————— 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 —————————————————————————————————————— 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) —————————————————————————————————————— 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. —————————————————————————————————————— 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 —————————————————————————————————————— 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 —————————————————————————————————————— 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 —————————————————————————————————————— 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. —————————————————————————————————————— 16:30 Governance of the Digital Afterlife • Khadiza Laskor, PhD Student at the University of Bristol’s Cyber Security Centre for Doctoral Training Programme —————————————————————————————————————— 16:55 Closing remarks —————————————————————————————————————— 17:00 close 17:00 onwards (Meet-up, Food and Drink) |
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