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 (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan)

• 8:40-9:10

  Opioid therapy for cancer pain: impact of pharmacogenetic analysis
  D.Max Smith (Georgetown University, 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 (Regina Elena Cancer Institute of 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

  The role of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer
  Jennifer Temel (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)

• 13:50-14:40

  Palliative care in patients with hematologic malignancies: current trends and future directions
  Areej El-Jawahri (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)

• 14:40-15:30

  Palliative care in the era of novel therapies and personalized medicine
  Jessica Bauman (Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA)

• 15:30-16:20

  Minding the gap: leveraging palliative care in surgical quality improvement
  Ana Berlin(Columbia University, 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

  An introduction to a psychodynamic perspective on the patient-clinician encounter in palliative care
  Understanding differences in clinician-patient communication shaped by a psychodynamic psychology
  Friedrich Stiefel (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

• 8:40-9:20

  Basic assumptions of psychoanalytic theory and their relevance for palliative care
  A clinically illustrated perspective of psychoanalytic theory applied to palliative care
  Sarah Dauchy (APHP. Centre University of Paris, France)

• 9:20-10:20

  How psychodynamic approaches contribute to medicine and palliative care?
  A historical journey from early psychoanalysis to subsequent applications in the medical field
  James Levenson (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

• 10:20-11:20

  How can psychotherapeutic approaches and palliative care be integrated within oncology care?
  On the added clinical value of integration of psycho-oncological and palliative care
  Camilla Zimmermann (University of Toronto, Canada)

• 11:20-11:40

  A view from “inside”: working as a psycho-oncologist in palliative care
  An illustration of a psychodynamic-oriented psychiatrists’ approach of patients and clinicians
  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
  Chair: Luc Deliens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Ghent University, Belgium)

• 13:25-13:50

  Empirical evidence on the relationship between palliative care and assisted dying (AD) in countries with a long standing jurisdiction with legal AD
  James Downar (University of Ottawa, Canada)

• 13:50-14:15

  How palliative care clinicians have adopted to the voluntary assisted dying legislations in the Australian states ever since legalization in Victoria?
  David Currow (University of Wollongong, Australia)

• 14:15-14:40

  Experiences of a palliative care doctor with assisted dying system in Switzerland
  Claudia Gamondi (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

• 14:40-15:05

  Panel discussion with audience chaird 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

  “The 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 You Tube. 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. The producer Mark Barger (New York city, USA) has agreed to shorten up the documentary of about 1h30 min towards a shorter version of 45min, including the provision of Japanese subtitles.

• 16:05-16:30

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