Invited Speakers

The following speakers will be presenting in the invited plenary sessions of the IPOS 10th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology.

Opening Plenary
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 8:30 - 10:30 am

CANCER AND CREATIVITY: AN AFFIRMATION OF LIFE

It is an honour for us to welcome four extraordinary artists from Spain in this plenary session: a writer, a sculptor, a dancer and a singer, whose testimony will be transformed into an affirmation of life for us all. They will demonstrate through their writings, sculptures, dance and songs how they have integrated cancer into their lives and how it has influenced their creativity. Each one of them, through their different forms of artistic expresssion, will illustrate the most creative side of the oncologic disease.

Moderators: Lea Baider PhD, Luigi Grassi MD

Presenters:
Eduardo Diaz Rubio MD – Chief Oncology Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Director of the National Cancer Program
Javier Corberó – Sculptor
Cristina Hoyos – Dancer
Balthasar Porcel – Writer
Luz Casal – Singer

Mid-Plenary
Thursday, 12 June 2008, 8:30 - 10:30 am

INTEGRATING PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE

This session addresses the importance of integrating psychological aspects of cancer care along the illness continuum, and specifically, during advanced disease. Plenary speakers will identify and describe new psycho-oncological perspectives of care during advanced and terminal illness and will address specific areas such as geriatrics and attention to family members.

Moderators: Jimmie Holland MD, Xavier Gomez-Batiste MD

Presenters:
Bill Breitbart MD – Meaning, Spirituality and Existential Themes in Advanced      Cancer
Juan Manuel Nuñez-Olarte MD – Family Business in Palliative Care: An Integral      Approach
Matti Aapro MD – Geriatric Oncology in Palliative Care
Gary Rodin MD – New Perspectives on the Psychology of Advanced Terminal      Illness

Closing Plenary
Friday, 13 June 2008, 12:30 - 2:30 pm

THE NARRATIVE OF HOPE

In an effort to end the 10th World Congress with a touch of hope, relevant professionals in the fields of communication, bioethics, medicine and philosophy will invite us to meditate on the importance of transforming hope into a critical piece of our relationship with cancer patients. They will facilitate our understanding of how hope can be adapted to the different disease stages; how it accompanies and survives suffering, and how the field of psycho-oncology represents a major component of hope in the care of patients with cancer.

Moderator: Maria Die Trill PhD

Presenters:
Antonella Surbone MD – Communication and Hope
Diego Gracia MD – Bioethics and Hope
Jose Antonio Garcia Monge – Suffering in the Context of Hope