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Scientific Programme
The id number in front of each presentation in the pages for sessions corresponds to the number of the abstract as originally published in Palliative Medicine 2004; 18(4): 299-400
 

  Thursday, 3 June 2004
 09.00 - 18.00  Registration and Distribution of Material
  Friday, 4 June 2004
 Auditorium
 08.40 - 08.45  Opening address: Franco De Conno (I)
 08.45 - 09.45  Plenary Session »
 Chair: Franco De Conno (I)
 09.45 - 10.15  Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
 10.15 - 12.15  New Research Data Session
 Cachexia, Fatigue, Constipation, Dyspnea »
  Chairs: Ken Fearon (UK), Florian Strasser (CH)
 12.15 - 14.15  Satellite Symposium (buffet lunch included):
 New findings in Palliative Care - A European approach
  Chairs: Geoffrey Hanks (UK), Franco De Conno (I)
 14.15 - 16.15  Satellite Workshop:
 Challenging the current practice of managing Cancer
 Breakthrough Pain (BTP) - is current practice best practice? »
 Chairs: Franco De Conno (I), Pål Klepstad (N)
 16.15 - 16.45  Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
 16.45 - 18.45  New Research Data Session
 Conducting clinical trials in Palliative Care »
 Chairs: Edoardo Bruera (USA), Carla Ripamonti (I)
 Evening  Social event: Italian Dinner, at Regina Palace Hotel
 Panoramic Hall
 10.15 - 12.15  Education Session
 Pain measurement and cognitive failure »
  Chairs: Fabrizio Benedetti (I), Augusto Caraceni (I),
 Jon Håvard Loge (N)
 14.15 - 16.15  New Research Data Session
 Measurement tools in Palliative Care - towards a new
 common standard? (part 1) »
 Chairs: Huda Huyer (LB), Friedeman Nauck (D), Philippe Poulain (F)
 16.45 - 18.45  New Research Data Session
 Pain - different aspects »
 Chairs: Pål Klepstad (N), Philippe Poulain (F),
 Walter Zieglgänsberger (D)
 Hall 1
 10.15 - 12.15  Workshop
 Translational research in Palliative Medicine:
 a need for an interdisciplinary approach »
 Chairs: Anthony Dickenson (UK), Pål Klepstad (N)
 14.15 - 16.15  Workshop
 Health services research in Palliative Care: evaluation of services
 and definition of Palliative Care programme and population (part 2) »
 Chairs: Geoffrey Hanks (UK), Stein Kaasa (N), Furio Zucco (I)
 16.45 - 18.45  Education Session
 How to handle missing data »
 Chairs: Cinzia Brunelli (I), Peter Fayers (UK)
 Hall 2
 14.15 - 16.15  Education Session
 How to conduct a study: from the research proposal
 to the paper »
 Chairs: Cinzia Brunelli (I), Peter Fayers (UK)
 Poster display »
  Saturday, 5 June 2004
 Auditorium
 08.45 - 09.45  Plenary Round Table
 Assessment and organisation in Palliative Care Research -
 challenges and solutions »
 Chair: Stein Kaasa (N)
 09.45 - 10.15  Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
 10.15 - 12.15  New Research Data Session
 Health services research in Palliative Care:
 evaluation of services and definition of Palliative Care
 programme and population (part 1) »
 Chairs: Geoffrey Hanks (UK), Marit Jordoy (N)
 12.15 - 14.15  Satellite Symposium (buffet lunch included):
 Current standards in Palliative Care - The role
 of transdermal buprenorphine »
 Chairs: Franco De Conno (I), Philippe Poulain (F)
 14.15 - 16.15  New Research Data Session
 Research in the care of the imminently dying »
 Chairs: John Ellershaw (UK) , Marie Fallon (UK)
 16.15 - 16.45  Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Visit
 16.45 - 18.45  Workshop
 An updated research agenda on ethics in Palliative Care
 (apart from euthanasia and physician assisted suicide) »
 Chairs: Lars Johan Materstvedt (N), Christof Müller-Busch (D),
 Juan Manuel Nuñes Olarte (E)
 19.00 - 20.00  Get Together Cocktail for all Participants
 Panoramic Hall
 10.15 - 12.15  Education Session
 Opioid response: from the lab to the bedside »
 Chairs: Edoardo Arcuri (I), Anthony Dickenson (UK)
 Sebastiano Mercadante (I)
 14.15 - 16.15  New Research Data Session
 Health services research in Palliative Care:
 evaluation of services and definition of Palliative Care
 programme and population (part 2) »
 Chairs: Oscar Corli (I), Marit Jordhøy (N)
 16.45 - 18.45  Education Session
 How to build a research group »
 Chairs: Edoardo Bruera (USA), Stein Kaasa (N), Albert Tuca (E)
 Hall 1
 10.15 - 12.15  Poster Discussion Session
 Chairs: Carla Ripamonti (I), Andrew Wilcock (UK)
 14.15 - 16.15  Satellite Workshop:
 Spinal Delivery of Opiates with Implantable Devices for
 Treatment of Cancer Pain Clinical Evidence: where are we? »
 Chair: Sebastiano Mercadante (I)
 16.45 - 18.45  New Research Data Session
 Qualitative studies »
 Chairs: Cinzia Brunelli (I), John Ellershaw (UK), Mari Fallon (UK)
 Hall 2
 14.15 - 16.15  Education Session
 Measurement tools in Palliative Care - towards
 a new common standard? »
 Chairs: Claudia Bausewein (D), Huda Huyer (LB), Lorenzo Mantovani (I)
 16.45 - 18.45  Education Session
 Family and bereavement »
 Chairs: David Oliviere (UK), Sheila Payne (UK)
 Poster display »
  Sunday, 6 June 2004
 Auditorium
 09.00 - 10.30  Workshop
 Palliative Care and end-of-life decisions
 in six European countries »
 Chair: Luc Deliens (B)
 Co-chair: Agnes van der Heide (NL)
 10.30 - 11.00  Coffee Break, Exhibition
 11.00 - 12.30  New Research Data Session
 Assessment of depression and anxiety in Palliative Care »
 Chairs: Mari Lloyd-Williams (UK), Friedrich Stiefel (CH)
 12.30 - 13.15  POSTER HIGHLIGHT Closing Session »
 Panoramic Hall
 09.00 - 10.30  New Research Data Session
 Measurement tools in Palliative Care -
 towards a new common standard? (part 2) »
 Chairs: Augusto Caraceni (I), Huda Huyer (LB), Friedeman Nauck (D)
 11.00 - 12.30  Workshop
 Spiritual and existential distress.
 Steps towards a research agenda »
 Chairs: William Breitbart (USA), Nathan Cherny (IL),
 Birgit von Oorschot (D)
 Hall 1
 09.00 - 10.30  Education Session
 Assessment of depression and anxiety in palliative care »
 Chairs: Mari Lloyd-Williams (UK), Friedrich Stiefel (CH)
 11.00 - 12.30  Education Session
 Problems and solutions in conducting clinical trials
 in Palliative Care (frail patients, blinding, placebo...) »
 Chairs: Edoardo Bruera (USA), Carla Ripamonti (I)
 Hall 2
 09.00 - 10.30  New Research Data Session
 An updated research agenda on family and bereavement »
 Chairs: David Oliviere (UK), Sheila Payne (UK)
 11.00 - 12.30  Poster Discussion Session
 Chairs: Carl Johan Furst (S), Jon Håvard Loge (N)