Past Conference Report

Hospice 2018

We had successfully hosted the “5^th World Congress on Hospice and Palliative Care” July 18-19, 2018 at Mercure Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia. The conference focused on the theme “Approaches towards better Hospice and Palliative Care”. The conference was successful in bringing together renowned speakers from various reputed organizations and their paramount talks enlightened the gathering.

The pragmatic meet organized by our management received generous response from the academia, talented researchers & young student community. Researchers and students who attended from different parts of the world made their valuable contribution to make it a successful event. The conference was marked with the presence of eminent Speakers, Young Researchers, Students & Business Delegates driving the event into the path of success with thought provoking keynote& plenary presentations.

The Conference focused on recent developments in the field of hospice & palliative care and the meeting engrossed in knowledgeable discussions on novel subjects like:

• Hospice and Palliative Care
• Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
• Palliative Care in Symptom Management
• Palliative Care and End of Life Care
• Palliative Care and Occupational Therapy
• Pediatric Palliative Care
• Palliative Care in Oncology
• Palliative Care in Pain Management
• Palliative Care and Health Issues
• Advance Care Planning
• Palliative Care and Psychiatry

Special Session:

• Title: Developing guidelines to manage diabetes during palliative and end of life care: a collaborative iterative approach
  Trisha Dunning, Deakin University, Australia

• Title: Palliative care for the elderly in India
  Irudaya Rajan S, Centre for Development Studies, India

The proceedings of the conference were embarked with an opening ceremony followed by Special sessions and a series of Lectures delivered by both Honorable Guests and members of the Keynote forum. The adepts who promulgated the theme with their exquisite talks were:

Keynote forum:

• Michaela Bercovitch, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Sven Jennessen, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany
• Hiromichi Matsuoka, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Pushparanee Somasundram, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
• Olfat Zekry, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Masoud Rezaeie, Khatam Hospital, Iran
• Min Min Win, St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Australia

We extend our heartiest thanks to all the Organizing Committee Members for their kind support rendered towards the success of Hospice  2018. At the same time, we take the opportunity to thank all the speakers, delegates and participants for providing their valuable contribution and time for Hospice 2018.

Hospice 2018 Organizing Committee would like to thank the Moderators of the conference, Hiromichi Matsuoka who contributed a lot for the smooth functioning of this event.

With the encouragement from the excellent feedback from the participants and supporters of  Hospice 2018, Conference Series LLC Ltd  is glad to announce “6^th World Congress on Hospice and Palliative Care” during March 13-14^th, 2019 Singapore.

                                                                        Let us meet again @ Hospice 2019