This year’s conference will take place as part of Public Health Palliative Care International Conference (PHPCI) in Bern, Switzerland on Friday 25 October 2024. Doors at the Le Cap – Room “Nicolas Manuel. will open at 13:30 with the event concluding at 17:00. The conference does not clash with any scheduled PHPCI talks.

13:30: Doors open (as soon as PHPCI ends). PHPCI attendees are welcome to eat lunch (provided by PHPCI) in the conference room. Background music will be played

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13:50: Welcome message from organisers

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14:00: Understanding the use of digital technologies in public health palliative care

• Dr Jason Mills is an Associate Professor at the Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying. He holds fellowships with the Royal Society for Public Health, Higher Education Academy, and is Editor-in-Chief for the international journal Progress in Palliative Care
• Professor Shyla Mills is the CEO at Palliative Care South Australia (PCSA)

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14:25 Public Health approaches to Digital Assets, Digital Legacy and Digital Bereavement

• James Norris, Founder of The Digital Legacy Association & MyWishes. Digital Research Fellow at Harlington Hospice & Design Research Fellow at the Velindre Cancer Centre.

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14:50 Meta and Facebook’s approaches to memorialisation

• Emilar Gandhi, Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Policy Development within Meta’s Trust and Safety Policy

Abstract TBA

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15:15 Opportunities and Risks of the Digital Afterlife: results from a comprehensive Swiss Technology Assessment Study

• Dr. Jean-Daniel Strub: Dr. of theology; independent ethics researcher and consultant; clinical ethicist
• Prof. Dr. Ralf J. Jox: Professor of biomedical ethics, neurologist and palliative care specialist at the University of Lausanne (Chair of Palliative Geriatric Care/University Hospital Lausanne)
• Prof. Dr. Francesca Bosisio: professor of management and public health; specialist in advance care planning and advance directives

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15:40 Navigating Digital Remains: Ethical Challenges and Cultural Perspectives from Japan

• Professor Akiko Orita, Japanese scholar based in Japan, holds a Ph.D. from Keio University and has served as faculty at Chuo University, Keio University, and Kennesaw State University. She is currently a Professor at Kanto Gakuin University. Her research focuses on privacy, digital identity, and the ethical handling of data after death

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16:05 Importance of Digital Inheritance During Natural Disasters

• İlayda Yılmaz Murat, PhD Candidate at Bilkent University Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences. She completed her LL.M. degree with the Master’s Thesis titled “Digital Inheritance”. She studies in the field of Civil Law.

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16:30 Governance of the Digital Afterlife

• Khadiza Laskor, PhD Student at the University of Bristol’s Cyber Security Centre for Doctoral Training Programme

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16:55 Closing remarks

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17:00 close

17:00 onwards (Meet-up, Food and Drink)