Panel 1

• 8:05-8:10

  Introduction to Panel 1: Emerging science of opioid response
  David Hui (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
  Russell Portenoy (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)

• 8:10-8:40

  Genome-wide association studies of opioid response: implications for cancer pain management
  Daisuke Nishizawa (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan)

• 8:40-9:10

  Pharmacogenetics of opioid therapy for pain control
  Todd Skaar (Indiana University School of Medicine,USA)

• 9:10-9:40

  Neuroinflammation in cancer pain: role of the tumor microenvironment in the response to opioid therapy
  Angela Santoni (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
  Edoardo Arcuri (National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy)

• 9:40-9:55

  Panel discussion with all speakers and open discussion with the audience

• 9:55-10:10

  Comfort Break

Panel 2

• 10:10-10:15

  Introduction to Panel 2: Clinical update on the use of opioids for cancer pain
  David Hui (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
  Russell Portenoy (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)

• 10:15-10:45

  Buprenorphine and methadone in the treatment of cancer pain
  Russell Portenoy (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)

• 10:45-11:15

  Effects of opioids on immune response and endocrine function
  Jason Boland (Hull York Medical School, UK)

• 11:15-11:45

  Effects of opioids on reinforcement/reward: risk of abuse and mitigation strategies
  Joseph A. Arthur (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)

• 11:45-12:00

  Panel discussion with all speakers and open discussion with the audience

• 13:00-13:50

  Innovations in Palliative Care Delivery for Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
  Joseph A. Greer (Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Brigham Cancer Institute, USA)

• 13:50-14:40

  Bridging The Gaps: Comprehensive Palliative and Supportive Care in Blood Cancers
  Areej El-Jawahri (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)

• 14:40-15:30

  Palliative care in the era of novel therapies and personalized medicine, using NSCLC as a lens
  Jessica R. Bauman (Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA)

• 15:30-16:20

  Palliative Care in surgical oncology: Recent updates and where do we go from here?
  Ana Berlin(Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA)

• 16:20-17:00

  Panel discussion with all speakers with initial question prepared by the moderator Shunichi Nakagawa followed by open discussion with the audience

• 8:00-8:40

  A psychodynamic perspective on palliative care
  Friedrich Stiefel (University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland)

• 8:40-9:20

  A psychodynamic perspective on the clinician working in palliative care
  Sarah Dauchy (Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier, Paris, France)

• 9:20-10:20

  A history of psychodynamic influences on how we think about symptoms
  James Levenson (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

• 10:20-11:20

  How can psychotherapeutic approaches and palliative care be integrated within oncology care?
  Camilla Zimmermann (University of Toronto, Canada)

• 11:20-11:40

  Psychoanalytic perspectives are essential in palliative care clinical practice
  Ken Shimizu (Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Japan)

• 11:40-12:00

  Panel discussion with all speakers and open discussion with the audience

Part 1:　Assisted dying practices and experiences around the world

• 13:00-13:25

  Developments of assisted dying legislations and practices around the world
  Luc Deliens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Ghent University, Belgium)

• 13:25-13:50

  Empirical evidence about palliative care and the sociodemographics of people who receive assisted dying (AD) around the world
  James Downar (University of Ottawa, Canada)

• 13:50-14:15

  Assisted Dying (euthanasia, VAD, MAID) and Palliative Care: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
  David Currow (Flinders University, Australia)

• 14:15-14:40

  Palliative Care and Assisted Dying: Rethinking Boundaries, Reshaping Practice
  Claudia Gamondi (Palliative Care and Support Service at CHUV; UNIL, Switzerland)

• 14:40-15:05

  Panel discussion with audience chaired by David Currow
  Panel members: Luc Deliens, James Downar, Claudia Gamondi,
  Hideki Onishi (Saitama Medical University,Japan)

• 15:05-15:15

  Comfort Break
  

Part 2:　Film Screening

• 15:15-15:20

  Introduction of the Film Director
  

• 15:20-16:05

  “Last Flight Home” directed by Ondi Timoner
  In July 1982, Eli Timoner was paralyzed on the left side of his body by a sudden stroke, and he had to resign as CEO of Air Florida at the age of 53. At the time, he ran two miles a day, played tennis, and maintained a healthy diet. He spent the rest of his life walking unsteadily with a cane. Eli Timoner was admitted to the hospital in January 2021 with breathing issues. In his final days, we discover Eli Timoner and an extraordinary life of great achievements, tragic loss, and most of all, enduring love. “Last Flight Home” shares a stunning social experience of the last journey of this man with his courageous family taking care until the end. This movie received the Prize for the best documentary at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, USA.
  
  The trailer of the movie can be seen on YouTube. Luc Deliens has reviewed the full movie at a conference in the US and it is very well done showing the importance and complexities of palliative care within an assisted dying trajectory.

• 16:05-16:30

  Panel discussion with audience chaired by Luc Deliens
  Panel members: David Currow, James Downar, Claudia Gamondi,
  Hideki Onishi