Daily Program

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3F 301 (Lotus)

08:30-09:00

Registration (1F Lobby)

09:00-09:45

Plenary Meeting 5 - Compassionate Communities development in Asia Pacific
Moderator: YingWei Wang

Making Care Whole: Spirituality, Compassion, and the Future of Public Health Palliative Care
Prof. Christina Puchalski

09:45-10:30

PHPCI Awards/ Presentation

Award Introduction: Prof. Luc Deliens
Community Building Awards Report: Dr. Emma Hodges
Scientific Awards Report: Dr. Steven Vanderstichelen

10:30-11:00

Lunch Break

Parallel Sessions

11:00-12:30

Symposium

Compassionate Schools Across the Globe
Chair: Astrid Verhue
Speakers: Sarah Dury, Honghui Pan, Anita Padmanabhanunni

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:00

Workshop

When Being Understood Brings Calm: Compassion Education for Children and Communities Informed by Hospice Care
Facilitator: Keiko Chida
Speakers: Emma Hodges, Rina Iraha, Hiroaki Nagano

Research, Theory, and New Frontiers
Chairs: Hsien Seow, Cheng-Pei Lin

 

Title

Presenter

11:00-11:12

Coming, Calibrating, and Interactive Looping: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Parental Suffering in Pediatric Cancer

LI Yaxuan

11:12-11:24

Evaluating Policy Reforms In Palliative Care: Challenges, Lessons, And Methodological Insights for Complexity-aware Evaluation Research

Joachim Cohen

11:24-11:36

Comparing Methodological Approaches to International Public and Patient Involvement: Insights from Two Multi-national Randomised Controlled Trials.

Didar Karadağ Akkaya

11:36-11:48

Social Inequalities in Perceived Quality of End-of-life Care in Europe: Evidence from the SHARE End-of-life Interviews

Clément Meier

11:48-12:00

Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Support and Emotional Outcomes in the Last Three Months of Life: a Population-Based Study from England

Clément Meier

12:00-12:12

Environments Shaping End-of-Life Experiences: Towards an interdisciplinary model and research agenda

Charlotte Van Campfort

12:12-12:24

Toward a Global Measurement Paradigm for Serious Illness Communication: A Theory Driven Environmental Scan of Patient and Caregiver Outcomes

Hsien Seow

12:24-13:30

Lunch Break

Research, Theory, and New Frontiers
Chair: Sang-Ju Yu

 

Title

Presenter

13:30-13:42

Accompanying the Dying Process as a Catalyst for Living: A Qualitative Descriptive Study on the Transformative Experiences of Bereaved Family Caregivers in Japanese Home Hospice

So Nishimura

13:42-13:54

Principles and Foundations of Contemplative Presence in Holistic Care
A Person-Centered Approach to Presence, Wholeness, and Spiritual Well-Being

Chen Yi-Ju

13:54-14:06

The Role of Governance in Bereaved Families’ Enactment of Grief Labour in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Jodi Hall

14:06-14:18

Exploring the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Influencing Factors of Healthcare Professionals from Various Specialties Regarding End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care Consultation Service

Wei-Min Chu

14:18-14:30

Beyond Disenfranchisement: Rethinking Professional Grief Among Medical Social Workers In Singapore

He Sok I, Michelle

14:30-14:42

Beyond Loneliness: The Transformative Power of Solitude in Times of Loss

Jing Ning

Compassionate Communities and Engagement
Chair: Joson Mills

 

Title

Presenter

11:00-11:12

Extending Hospice-Informed Care into Taiwanese Communities: The Transcendence–Others–Environment–Self Model

Chen Yi-Ju

11:12-11:24

Death Literacy and Perceived Community Support After Bereavement: A One-Year Longitudinal Panel Study of Bereaved Adults in Japan

Kenjiro Kawaguchi

11:24-11:36

Piloting Adaptable Compassionate Community Training Models for Institutional and Community-Based Carers in the Philippines

Shanelle Jopio-Sion

11:48-12:00

Caring Across Borders: A Mixed Methods Study of Employees With Transnational Care Relationships Related to End-of-Life Situations and Workplace Support in Four European Countries

Dzenana Pupic

12:00-12:12

From Bedside Grief to Advocacy: A Medical Student’s Experience Organising a Health-Promoting Palliative Care Event

Phakhaphol Sophonsakulsuk

12:12-12:24

Beyond the Wheelchair: Exploring Forest Bathing Experiences among Children with Neuromuscular Diseases and Their Families in Thailand

Arisa Phochaisarn

12:24-13:30

Lunch Break

PHPC – Policy, Planning, Service Delivery, and Health Promotion
Chair: WEI-CHUN Lin

 

Title

Presenter

13:30-13:42

Moving beyond clinical care: A nominal group technique study on strengthening family death preparation

Hui-Ju Liang

13:42-13:54

Identifying For Policy Gaps Within The Caregiver Community: A Baseline Death Literacy Index Study In Hong Kong

Norman Kwan

13:54-14:06

Reimagining Aged Care: Innovative International Models of Geriatric Palliative Care

DR SHAMPA SINHA

14:06-14:18

Rethinking Hospital-Community Collaboration In Care Toward End of Life: A Critical Public Health Palliative Care Study

Joanna McIlveen

14:18-14:30

Between MAID and PC: A Policy Ethnographic Account of Advancing Thailand's Good Death Bill

THIRANUN

14:30-14:42

Transitioning from Active Living to a Dignified End: A Nationwide Mixed-Methods Study in Taiwan

Tzung-Jeng Hwang

14:42-14:54

Empowering Primary Care Teams: A Decade Analysis of the Joint Visitation Mechanism in the Chiayi Community Palliative Care Network

Mei-Ling Liu

11:00-12:30

Symposium

Facing Life and Death Through a Buddhist Lens: Experiences from Thailand, Taiwan, and Australia
Chair: Kwong Chan
Speakers: Huang, Hsiang-Ruei, Patiphat Anuraktham, Shih De Di, Kwong Chan

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

Oral Presentation: Education, Literacy, and Training
Chair: Jen-Kuei Peng

 

Title

Presenter

13:30-13:42

A Decade of Palliative Care Excellence: Building and Sustaining the Integrated Community Palliative Shared-Care Network in Chiayi

Mei-Ling Liu

13:42-13:54

How Do People Become Death Literate? A Conceptual Causal Model Based On Expert Panels And A Scoping Review

Astrid Verhue

13:54-14:06

You’re death literate, so what? Theorized outcomes of death literacy based on expert panels and a scoping review

Astrid Verhue

14:06-14:18

Activating Community Capacity: A Death Literacy Community Pilot

Rebecca Lyons

14:18-14:30

Narrative Conference: Creating space to embrace stories of illness and enhance holistic care at Karunruk Palliative Care Center, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Chutchon Ajanakitti

14:30-14:42

Does Mortal Distress in Healthcare Professionals Have Negative Impacts Only?

Wang Juan, Joy

14:42-14:54

Not on my watch? – Understanding final year medical students’ preparedness for clinical death as interns.

Kwong Chan

13:30-15:00

Symposium

Transitioning from Medical Outreach to Community Symbiosis: Cultivating Compassionate Communities in Metropolitan Taiwan
Chairs: Wang Ying-Wei, Chang Hsien-Cheng
Speakers: Chen Ying-chao, Hsieh Wan-ting, Chang Kai-ping

Oral Presentation (Chinese)
Chair: Huang-Ren Lin

 

Title

Presenter

9:00-9:12

安寧居家護理對多重喪親家庭之介入成效:從症狀控制到跨專業支持網絡構建

Chien Szu-Chia

9:12-9:24

From Isolation to Intimacy: How Community Spiritual Care Volunteers Deepen Social Connections in Palliative Home Care

Yuming Kuo

9:36-9:48

Effect of End-of-Life Care Experience on Death Competence in Home-Care Workers

HUANG YU-HUI

9:48-10:00

超越疾病的生活:四道人生的人文臨床實踐

Gu-Syue Liou

10:00-10:12

Exploring the Transformative Process of Comfort Care in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Hospice Holistic Care Perspective

Chia-Hui Tai

10:12-10:24

Developing Death Literacy Through Life Education Workshops for Middle-Aged Adults With Intellectual Disabilities in a Day Care Center

Xuan Liu

10:24-10:36

Accompanying Children and Families Through Uncertainty Toward Good Care: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences of Initiating Pediatric Palliative Care Family Meetings

Kai-Ling Chang

10:36-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Symposium (invited) (English/Chinese)

How Home-Based Medical Care Teams Build Local Compassionate Communities
Moderator: Sang-Ju Yu, Yi-Ling Yeh, Wei-Min Chu
Speakers: Tomohiko Dobata, Umiko Meguro, Ting-Ya Kuo, Frank L. Lu,Ling Yang

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:00

Photo Gallery

Many Lights, One Community:Building Compassion Together

9:00-10:30

Symposium

Towards an LGBTQ+ Public Health Palliative Care
Chairs: Max Kleijberg, Jed Jerwood
Speakers: Max Kleijberg, Jed Jerwood, phrai-Akekawat Pimsawan, Maya Chew, Jodi Hall

13:30-15:00

Workshop

Support for end-of-life experiences: Exploring what workplaces do differently
Facilitators: Steven Vanderstichelen, Deborah De Moortel, Joachim Cohen, Dzenana Pupic

3F 301 (Lotus)

15:30-16:00

Conference Wrap-up

16:00-16:30

Closing Ceremony

 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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