Announcements
Call for Proposal: IAPCON 2025
The IAPC is inviting proposals to conduct the 32nd Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2025).
Those interested to organise the conference are requested to submit their expression of interest by emailing the proposal in the requested and prescribed format to the Secretary, IAPC, at iapcagbm@
Click here to download the form.
The conference venue for IAPCON 2025, will be decided in the IAPC’s Annual General Body Meeting held at Bengaluru in February, 2023, on the basis of the proposals received by the Secretary.
The 31st Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2024) will be held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and is being organised by the team from Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad.
Join us at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, 15th December, 2022, for a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’
The IAPC and the Shankar Mahadevan Academy Nirvana invite you to participate in a multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’! This is a virtual evening of harmonies for our palliative care patients, their caregivers, and our health care professionals.
This edition is scheduled for Thursday, 15th December, 2022, at 3:50 p.m..
The multilingual evening of harmonies will be presented by Mr Anirudh Iyer, a Vocalist, a Performing Artist, a Musician and an educator.
The Zoom login credentials to join the event:
Meeting ID: 967 6255 2902
Passcode: 366142
Feel free to share the details of this event with your colleagues, your patients and their caregivers.
Please click here to know more about ‘Singing for the Stars’!
IAPCON 2023: Submit abstracts before Tuesday, 15 November, 2022!
The 30th Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2023) will be a physical conference at Bengaluru, organised by Karunashraya.
The conference is slated to be held between Friday, 10th February, 2023 and Saturday, 12th February 2023, with pre-conference workshops being scheduled for Thursday, 9th February, 2023.
‘Metamorphosis: The emergence of Subspeciality Palliative Medicine’, will be the theme of IAPCON 2023.
The IAPC has also announced a travel grant of Rs 10,000 each to 10 of the best abstracts submitted at the IAPCON 2023. The scholarship will be open to IAPC members.
The winners of the scholarship will be selected by the Scientific Committee, IAPCON 2023.
Dr Bhatnagar, President, IAPC, shares, “With this scholarship, we hope that our members will have the added opportunity to participate in this intellectual academic fest. This scholarship (travel grant) is one of the ways in which the IAPC strives to motivate and encourage our youngsters to present their work on a global platform“.
Click here to know more about the conference.
Update: IAPCON 2022, Jaipur
Over 600 of the eminent and brightest stars from the Palliative Care fraternity, both from India and beyond participated in the the 29th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2022), a virtual conference from Jaipur.
The conference was held between Friday the 11th to Sunday the 13th February, 2022. The Pre-conference workshops were organized on 10th February, 2022.
Report from 10th February: IAPCON 2022 begins with a series of enriching and interactive workshops and a star studded Inauguration ceremony.
Report from 11th February (Day 1): An Academic and Scientific extravaganza began on 11th February, 2022.
Report from 12th February (Day 2): The Quest for Knowledge continued on Day 2 of IAPCON 2022.
Report from 13th February (Day 3): IAPCON 2022 concludes successfully after a fantastic 3 day Academic Fiesta!
Please visit the conference website for further details about the conference.
Video of the inaugural ceremony of the IAPCON 2022 is available here
Palliative Care Status Update in India
We are excited to inform you that the IAPC has drawn upon this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) theme, ‘Leave no-one behind – equity in access to palliative care’, to put together a special feature with an update on the status of palliative care services from every State in the country.
IAPC Offers Virtual Internship Program
Indian Association of Palliative Care offers Virtual Internship Program for students. Considering the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, and requirements of the students, it has been decided to offer a virtual internship program for students. Find the details and the application form Here
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