SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• 12^th Australian Palliative Care Conference – 3 to 6 September 2013
• 21^st International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care, abstract submission deadline is 31 August 2013
• Invitation to bid for the hosting of the 12^th APHC 2017 – closing date for submission of application is Friday, 20 September 2013
• 29^th SHC Postgraduate Course in Palliative Medicine – 29 to 31 August 2013, Singapore
• Palliative Care Workshop on Suffering and Hope – 23 to 25 August 2013, Kuala Lumpur

Upcoming Events for your diary:

• 10^th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference (11 – 13 October 2013, Bangkok, Thailand)

o   Late registration ends on 15 September 2013

• 1^st International Children’s Palliative Care Network Conference 2014 (10 – 12 February 2014, Mumbai, India)

o   Calling for abstracts for the following topics: 1) Action in Clinical Care; 2) Action in Programme Development; 3) Action in Education; 4) Action in Research; and more

• 10^th Palliative Care Congress (12 – 14 March 2014, Harrogate, England)

o   Abstract submission deadline: 27 September 2013

• Sapporo Conference for Palliative & Supportive Care in Cancer (11 – 12 July 2014, Sapporo, Japan)
• 20^th International Congress on Palliative Care (9 – 12 September 2014, Montreal, Canada)

o   Deadline for abstract submission is 17 January 2014

In the region & other articles:

• In memory of Dr Nell Muirden (1932 – 2013)
• Outreach to the Cook Islands
• Including Schools in Children’s Palliative Care
• Talking to Children about Death
• The rewards of working in paediatric palliative care
• Home is where I want to die: Kelly’s journey
• Living will registration stirs dignified death debate
• Nursing the morphine dream
• Helping make the best of the end of life
• Grandma on feeding tube without consent