Daily Program

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3F 301 (Lotus)

08:30-09:30

Registration (1F Lobby)

09:30-10:00

Opening Ceremony

10:00-12:00

Plenary Meeting 1 - Different paths, same goal
Moderator: Prof. Luc Deliens / Dr. Shao-Yi Cheng

Public Health Palliative Care Education for palliative care professionals
Prof. Julian Abel

Compassionate Communities: the global landscape
Prof. Libby Sallnow

12:00-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-14:30

Plenary Meeting 2 - Compassionate Communities: Strategy, Systems, and Scale
Moderator: Dr. Steven Vanderstichelen / Dr. Yong Hao Ng

Demystifying compassionate communities: A focus on systems change
Prof. Samar Aoun

Shifting the Ground: Singapore’s Journey Towards Compassionate Communities
Ms. Bee Hia Sim

14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions

15:00-16:30

Symposium

Compassionate Communities in Action
Chair: Emma Hodges

16:30-18:00

Symposium

The Comma (,): the space the caregivers who mourn or experience losses share when language lacks but breath returns
Chairs: 
Vennus Ho Yuen Wai, Ming-Fu Wu

Compassionate Communities and Engagement
Chair: Ekkapop Sittiwantana, InFun Li

 

Title

Presenter

15:00-15:12

Who cares and is cared for? A typology of compassionate workers and their socio-demographic, job and workplace characteristics

Deborah De Moortel

15:12-15:24

Impact of neighborhood civic engagement initiatives regarding serious illness, death and loss: ripple effect mapping of a compassionate community.

Steven Vanderstichelen

15:24-15:36

Cultivating Death Literacy and Compassionate Connections in the Community: Motivations and Experiences of Participants at a Bookstore-Hosted "Death Carnival"

Hsieh Wan Ting

15:36-15:48

Unseen Strengths: Rethinking Empowered Communities Through Local Practices in Asia Pacific Palliative Care

Laura Monzón Llamas

15:48-16:00

Advance Care Planning in Prison: An Experiential Learning Model for Building Compassionate Communities in Khon Kaen Central Prison, Thailand

Patiphat Anuraktham

16:00-16:12

Dignity in Our Shared Humanity: A Reflective Journey of Advance Care Planning for the Homeless

Sasiwimon Wongsawad

16:12-16:24

Bridging Compassion and Action: A Youth-Led Initiative for Hospice Care and Free Lunch Programs for Isolated Elders Across China

Laura Niu

Compassionate Communities and Engagement
Chair: Ekkapop Sittiwantana, InFun Li

 

Title

Presenter

16:30-16:42

An Embodied Understanding of Death through Metaphors in Taiwanese College Students: a Mixed-Method Design

Wan Lin Lee

16:42-16:54

Cultivating Compassion in Everyday Life: Practice-Based Initiatives for Compassionate Communities in Hong Kong

Cherry Hoi-tung CHAN, Nga-lam CHEUNG

16:54-17:06

20 Case Practices of Life Celebration in the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Fire Tragedy in Hong Kong

Fan Ning

17:06-17:18

From One Person’s Life Story to the Creation of a Compassionate Community

Sumiko Kanegae

17:18-17:30

Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All Model: A Comparative Ethnography of Community Engagement in Two Compassionate Communities

Émilie Lessard

17:30-17:42

Prevalence of experiences of serious illness, caregiving and loss in the workplace and their impact on health: A quantitative survey of 14 European workplaces

Steven Vanderstichelen

17:42-17:54

Death Literacy and Death Anxiety Among Postsecondary Students: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of Health and Non-Health Disciplines

Jodi Hall

17:54-18:06

The Beautiful Death Project: Empowering Youth Engagement in Thailand Through Health Systems Science

Natthaweekorn Mala

Research, Theory, and New Frontiers
Chair: Ednin Hamzah, Wei Sue Lai

 

Title

Presenter

15:00-15:12

Exploring the Relationship Between Psychosocial Issues and Lyrics in Therapeutic Songwriting for Palliative Care Patients: A Retrospective Chart Review

Puchong Chimpiboon

15:12-15:24

A Global Delphi Consensus on Indicators for Assessing the Quality of End-of-Life Care Across Health Systems

Chetna Malhotra

15:24-15:36

Whānau and assisted dying: A qualitative study of family experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand

Manu Pelayo

15:36-15:48

Collective Digital Grief: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Framework

Zoélie Prickartz Lewkowicz

15:48-16:00

The ECLIPSE Study : Evaluating community death literacy, death competency and social capital to inform public health palliative care community-based programs in a public health setting.

Joanna McIlveen

16:00-16:12

Developing A Community Pharmacy Palliative Care Model For New Zealand

Sheng-Ting Chiu

16:12-16:24

The Potentialities of Queer Theory in Advancing a Public Health Approach to Palliative Care Research

Claude Chidiac

Research, Theory, and New Frontiers
Chair: Ednin Hamzah, Wei Sue Lai

 

Title

Presenter

16:30-16:42

What Could Epistemic Justice mean for Public Health Palliative Care?

Natasha Bradley

16:42-16:54

Maintaining What Remains Possible at the End of Life: A Socially Supported Developmental Process Between Recovery and Decline

Hana Kodba Čeh

16:54-17:06

Looking Forward or Looking Back? Longitudinal Evidence on Expectations, Age, and End-of-Life Planning

Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne

17:06-17:18

What Triggers Advance Directive Completion? Descriptive evidence based on population-level data of adults aged 50 and older

Giuliano Pigazzini

17:18-17:30

From Attribution To Contribution: Advancing Complexity‑Informed Evaluation In Public Health Palliative Care

Guy Peryer

17:30-17:42

Advancing Early Palliative Care Measurement: Feasibility of Patient  and Caregiver Reported Outcomes for Serious Illness Communication

Hsien Seow

17:42-17:54

Effects of Dignity-Based Interventions on Psychological Distress in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ju-Chien Jeng

Cultural Competency, Collective Identity, and Diversity
Innovation and Technology
Movies, Arts, Festivals, and Exhibitions
Chair: James Norries, Tsung-Yu Yen

 

Title

Presenter

15:00-15:12

Humanizing Palliative Home Visits Through The Satir Model: A Qualitative Study Of Providers’ Internal Transformation

Janejira Locha

15:12-15:24

Learning Care Where Faith Lives: Illness, Dying, and Bereavement in a Rural Muslim Community—A Non-Muslim Doctor’s Autoethnography

Boonjira Kheawkhum

15:24-15:36

LGBTQ Life-Course Experiences and Societal Changes Affecting Access to Community and Social Support at the End-of-Life in Sweden

Max Kleijberg

15:36-15:48

Developing a Digital Advance Care Planning Support Tool Using the Double Diamond Model: A Life Exploration Approach

Chia-Hsuan Chiang

15:48-16:00

‘The Life Express’: Journeying Through Story and Senses Toward Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes

Xin Xiao Chang

16:00-16:12

The Role of Place in Community Grief Initiatives: A multiple case study

Charlotte Van Campfort

16:12-16:24

Queer Life:Moving : Using Film To Change Perceptions Of End Of Life

Michele Aaron

Developing the Public Health Palliative Care Network – Experience Sharing
Chair: James Norries, Tsung-Yu Yen

 

Title

Presenter

16:30-16:42

Hong Kong Experience: Developing A Multi-Stakeholder Palliative And End-Of-Life Care Network In The Community

Charles Ho

16:42-16:54

Developing An International Observatory On Assisted Dying

Paola Sillitti

16:54-17:06

The Present and Future of Home Hospice Volunteering in Community Palliative Care in Japan

Satoko Teramachi

17:06-17:18

Beyond Death: Tzu Chi Humanism as Post-Death Compassionate Care Through Volunteerism and the Silent Mentor Tradition

Shih, De-Di

17:18-17:30

Public Health Palliative Care Endorsement Taking Shape

Emma Hodges

17:30-17:42

From Need to Action: A Territorial Intelligence Framework to Identify Palliative Care Gaps and Support Policy Implementation in Brazil

Tania Pastrana

17:42-17:54

Transforming Educational Evidence into Advocacy Action

Tania Pastrana

15:00-16:30

Workshop

Co-design of a novel model of MUTSA Compassionate Communities (MUTSA - helping each other with compassion) using Ubuntu philosophy to support people in rural and urban Zimbabwe. (MUTSA study)
Facilitator: Flora Tarisai Dangwa

16:30-18:00

Workshop

Exploring the Transferability and Adaptation of Measures of Palliative Care Knowledge, Attitudes, and Confidence for Home-Based Care Across Cultural Contexts and Health Care Systems
Facilitator: Jingjing Shang

15:00-16:30

Symposium (Invited) (English/Chinese)

People with Intellectual Disabilities (1)
Chair: Denise MeiChi,Lai
Speakers: Chen Shiling, Amy Chow, Mei-hua Charity Yang

16:30-18:00

Symposium (Invited) (Chinese)

People with Intellectual Disabilities (2)
Chair: Denise MeiChi,Lai
Speakers: Heng-Yu Tien, Su-Ling Wang

13:00-14:30

Workshop

From Silence to Legacy: Creative Hands and Digital Twins as Enabling Strategies for Inclusive Palliative Care
Facilitator: Raymond CHING, Lok Man WAN, Olivia JIM

14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-16:30

Workshop

Activating Patients, Families, and the Public to Initiate an Early Palliative Care Approach: Results from the Waiting Room Revolution Workshop
Facilitator: Hsien Seow

16:30-18:00

Symposium (English/Chinese)

Three Pillars of End-of-Life Autonomy
Speakers: Chun-Kai Fang, Frank Wang, Ching-Pang Chao

2F

18:30-20:00

Welcome Reception

 Important Dates

Abstract Submission Opens:
January 31, 2026

Workshop/Symposium Submission Closes:
March 31, 2026

Abstract Submission Closes:
April 30, 2026
Postponed to June 15, 2026

Online Registration Opens:
Closed

Early Bird Registration Closes:
June 30, 2026
Postponed to July 31, 2026

Online Registration Closes:
September 28, 2026 

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