The Digital Legacy Conference will return in 2026
This year’s Digital Legacy Conference will focus on Digital Legacy and its importance within public health campaigning and policy.
Society is spending an increasingly large amount of their lives online. Our personal photos, videos and items of both a sentimental and monetary value are often locked behind password protected devices and online accounts. It is therefore becoming increasingly important that we make plans for our digital life before we die.
Programme overview
‘Public Health, Digital Legacy’ will introduce this field of work from the lens of societal attitudes and public health, palliative care professionals. Examples of professional and public health interventions will be explored, analysed and celebrated, Those attending will reflect and document their own digital lives using a ‘Digital & Social Media Will booklet (provided to all for free). This exercise will act as a springboard and provide a basic level of ‘lived experience’ in the context of planning for one’s digital life. Roleplay will take place using the (open access) Digital & Social Media Will Booklet. This will help attendees embed digital legacy conversations into their own practice, advance care planning conversations, bereavement support etc.
Public health professionals and policy makers who are not patient-facing will be able to utilise this exercise when developing campaigns and policies suitable for the patients and communities they serve.
‘Public Health, Digital Legacy’ will conclude with attendees mapping out ideas for their own, future digital legacy, public health campaign. These will be tailored to the needs of their local health ecosystems and relevant for the cultures and communities they serve.
Collectively we will discuss the feasibility of campaigns and discuss overcoming barriers (work placed, mental barriers, financial etc). Through discussion and collaboration barriers will be lowered with the intention of them being acted upon.
Those who attend the ‘Public Health, Digital Legacy workshop will be provided with virtual support over the course of six months from the Digital Legacy Association whilst developing their public health, digital legacy interventions. The wider theme for the PHPCI 2026 Conference is ‘Bridging Culture, Building Compassion: Innovations in Public Health, Palliative Care’.
Professor Mark Taubert speaking at The Digital Legacy Conference (part of EAPC 2021, Berlin)
Part of Public Health Palliative Care Conference 2026
The Digital Legacy Conference 2026 will be a mini, interactive conference and form part of the Public Health Palliative Care International Conference in Taiwan. We look forward to seeing you there
In 2027 The Digital Legacy Conference will take place in the United Kingdom. The Digital Legacy Conference is a not for profit conference organised by the Digital Legacy Association. It has previously taken place in London, Rotterdam, New York, Bern and Berlin.
Why the Digital Legacy Conference is important
Modern day, communication technologies are changing the world. The way in which we live, the ways in which we plan for death and remember our loved one’s is moving into the digital realm. Health, social care and palliative care professionals need to adapt practice, policies and procedures to better support society with this ever-increasingly important area.
What to expect
The Digital Legacy Conference examines society’s attitudes and behaviours in relation to technology, end of life planning, death and bereavement. The Digital Legacy Conference’s goal is to empower palliative and wider, end of life professionals to better understand this emerging space and enable new ways of working.
Who is the Digital Legacy Conference 2026 for?
The Digital Legacy Conference is for those involved in public health, care planning, policy, social care, healthcare, palliative care and academia.
*If you are not attending PHPCI you can still attend by reserving one of the limited, free tickets by clicking here
Societal Change
Compassionate, person centred care now needs to be delivered to society both in person and through technological platforms. Societal needs are changing and it’s the responsibility of professionals to learn, adapt practice and up skill when it is relevant to do so.
The Digital Legacy Association
The Digital Legacy Association The Digital Legacy Conference is organised by the Digital Legacy Association. The Digital Legacy Association is a global organisation dedicated to raising standards and developing best practices in areas relating to digital assets planning and digital legacy safeguarding.
About Public Health Palliative Care
PHPCI Aims
- To promote the philosophy, values, concepts and methods of health promotion into palliative care services everywhere.
To support members in their educational and practice needs to meet their goal of health promoting palliative care. - To provide a regular forum in our conferences (every 2 years) for the exchange of practice wisdom in public health approaches to palliative care.
- To encourage and foster research and evaluation of health promoting palliative care.
- To encourage palliative care to foster professional links and knowledge exchange between colleagues in public health, community health and development, health policy, health education, and health promotion, and end of life care.
- To provide a global forum for communication to members involved in this common endeavour.
- To support, network and mentor students in their efforts to further develop and evaluate this approach to end of life care.
- To colloborate effectively with all organisations that represent people effected by death, dying, loss and care.
