Welcome to the EJPC Noticeboard, our calendar of palliative care events.
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2008

30th European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Congress. (English)
13–16 September 2008, ITALY
Contact: ESPEN Secretariat c/o MCI Suisse SA.
Tel: +41 22 33 99 580.
Fax: +41 22 33 99 601.
email: espen2008@mci-group.com
website: www.espen.org/npages/florence.html

17th International Congress on Palliative Care. (English, Spanish, French)
23-26 September 2008, Montréal, CANADA
Contact: April O’Donoughue
2008 Congress Secretariat
c/o O’Donoughue & Associates Event Management
75 chemin Mountain
Mansonville, Québec, Canada J0E 1X0
Tel: +1 (450) 292-3456 ext. 227
Fax: +1 (450) 292-3453
email: info@pal2008.com
website: www.pal2008.com

8th Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. (English)
24–27 September 2008, AUSTRALIA
Contact: Alicia White, Conference Secretariat.
Tel: +61 2 4973 6573.
Fax: +61 2 4973 6609.
email: anzspm@willorganise.com.au
website: www.willorganise.com.au/anzspm08

27th Annual Congress of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy. (English)
24–27 September 2008
Genoa, Italy
Contact: c/o Kenes International, 1–3 Rue du Chantepoulet, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland.
Tel: +41 22 906 9162.
Fax: +41 22 732 2607.
email: esramem@kenes.com
website: www.kenes.com/esra

7th Congress of the German Association for Palliative Care (DGP). (German)
25-27 September 2008, Wiesbaden, GERMANY
Contact: Jan Gramm
Tel: +49 (0)611 43-3911
Fax: +49 (0)611 43-3740
email: info@dgpkongress2008.de
website: www.dgpkongress2008.de

What Works? Palliative Nursing Course. (English)
26 September 2008
London, England
Contact: Education Administrator, St Christopher’s Hospice, London.
Tel: +44 (0)208 768 4694.
Fax: +44 (0)208 659 8680.
email: education@stchristophers.org.uk
website: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education

Lower GI Cancers. (English)
1 October 2008
Leicester Racecourse
Contact: Karen Mann, Palliative Care Team
Tel: 0116 258 7512
Fax: 0116 258 5021
email: karen.mann@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

Oncology Update for Palliative Care Physicians. (English)
2 October 2008, Preston, ENGLAND
Contact: Association for Palliative Medicine
of Great Britain and Ireland.
Tel/fax: +44 (0)1489 565665.
email: sabine.tuck@palliative-medicine.org
website: www.palliative-medicine.org

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference and AGM. (English)
2 October 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland
Contact: Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, 1a Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2DY.
Tel: +44 (0)131 229 0538.
Fax: +44 (0)131 228 2967.
email: office@palliativecarescotland.org.uk
website: www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/cousesandconfs/index.htm

French Conference: What Works in Palliative Care? Colloque Francophone: Qu'est-ce qui marche bien en soins palliatifs? (English and French)
9-10 October 2008
9.00 - 16.30 each day
Contact: St Christopher's Hospice, London
Two days at St Christopher's - a chance to explore the range of services offered by the hospice, and the principles and practice of palliative care in other settings, to determine what really works in palliative care.
Reservez votre place en ligne.
email: education@stchristophers.org.uk
website: www.stchristophers.org.uk/colloquefrancophone

Mental Health in Palliative Care. (English)
13–15 October 2008
London, England
Contact: Education Administrator, St Christopher’s Hospice, London.
Tel: +44 (0)208 768 4694.
Fax: +44 (0)208 659 8680.
email: education@stchristophers.org.uk
website: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education

Anglo-Dutch Day 2008. Grief Research and Bereavement Care: How Can the Twain Meet? (English)
17 October 2008, 9.30-16.00
St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK.
Leading researchers from the UK and the Netherlands come together to present cutting edge bereavement work and linking research with delivery of care.
email: education@stchristophers.org.uk
website: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education

Reviving the Spirit within Palliative Care Practice. A Multi-Professional Learning Conference. (English)
29–30 October 2008
Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Contact: Doreen Mullen, Strathcarron Hospice, Randolph Hill, Denny FK6 5HJ.
Tel: +44 (0)1324 826222.
email: conference@strathcarronhospice.org
website: www.strathcarronhospice.org

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
11 October 2008
Contact: Claire Morris, Help the Hospices.
Tel: +44 (0)207 520 8250.
Fax: +44 (0) 207 278 1021.
email: worldday@helpthehospices.org.uk
website: www.worldday.org

Multi-Professional Week in Palliative Care. (English)
10–14 November 2008
London, England
Contact: Education Administrator, St Christopher’s Hospice, London.
Tel: +44 (0)208 768 4694.
Fax: +44 (0)208 659 8680.
email: education@stchristophers.org.uk
website: www.stchristophers.org.uk/education

Fundamental Palliative Care for Health and Social Care Support Workers working in hospitals, care homes and the community. (English)
10, 17 and 24 November 2008
Ayr, Scotland
Contact: Mary McGarva, The Ayrshire Hospice, 37 Racecourse Road, Ayr KA7 2TG.
Tel: +44 (0)1292 294408.
Fax: +44 (0)1292 294403.
email: mary.mcgarva@ayrshirehospice.org
website: www.ayrshirehospice.org

2nd National Congress Palliative Care. Organized by NPTN
12-14 November 2008, Lunteren, NETHERLANDS
Contact: Wim Jansen and Mieke Vink
Tel: 030-6575898
email: wjansen@palliatief.nl
website: www.nationaalcongrespalliatievezorg.nl

8th Annual Congress of the Société Française d’Étude et de Traitement de la Douleur (French Society for the Study and Treatment of Pain). (French)
19–22 November 2008
Strasbourg, France
Contact: Adeline Jahan, Philippe Brégaint, Douleur 2008/Colloquium, 12 Rue de la Croix-Faubin, 75011 Paris, France.
Tel: +33 1 44 64 15 15.
Fax: +33 1 44 64 15 16.
email: douleur@colloquium.fr
website: www.sfetd-douleur.org

RCN Breast Cancer Care Nursing Society Annual Conference and Exhibition (English)
28 November 2008
Thistle Marble Arch, London, UK
Contact: Laura Benfield, Conference Organiser
+44 207 647 3591
email: breastcare@rcn.org.uk

2009

International Conference on Public Health and Palliative Care.
16-17 January 2009
Kalicut, Kearala, INDIA
Contact: Professor Allan Kellehear, Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
email: a.kellehear@bath.ac.uk
website: www.pubhealthpallcare.in

16th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care. (English)
13-15 February 2009, New Delhi, INDIA
Contact: Dr Sushma Bhatnagar
Mobile No: +91 9868398300/9868398303
Fax: +91 11 26588227
email: iapcon2009@gmail.com
website: www.iapcon2009.org

11th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care. (English)
7–10 May 2009, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Contact: Heidi Blumhuber, EAPC Head Office, Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Tel: +39 02 2390 3391.
Fax: +39 02 2390 3393.
email: Heidi.Blumhuber@istitutotumori.mi.it
website: www.eapcnet.org/Vienna2009

2010

6th Research Forum of the EAPC. (English)
10-12 June 2010
Glasgow, UK.
email: m.i.bennett@lancaster.ac.uk