11th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Vienna, 7th-10th May 2009
 
   

Press contact

 

If you are a media representative and wish to attend the Congress or have any specific questions about the programme, press registration or other details, please contact the EAPC press office (B&K, Vienna):
Dr. Birgit Kofler: ; Phone: +43-1-3194378-13; Mobile: +43-676-6368930

Press registration

Media representatives can register free of charge upon presentation of a valid press identity card or official letter of assignment.

To pre-register, please write an e-mail to ; Onsite press registration will be conducted exclusively at the press center, not at the regular registration desks.

Press center

A press center equipped with computers and Internet will be open for registered media representatives from Thursday, 7th May, 10:00 to Saturday, 10th May, 12:00. All press releases published during the Congress will be available at the press center.

Press briefings

Two official EAPC press briefings will be held in the course of the Congress:

  • Local press briefing prior to the Congress (in German, with a focus on media representatives based in Vienna) - date and location to be announced.
  • International press briefing (in English) - date and location to be announced.

More details on the press briefings will be available here soon.

Press releases

April 28th, 2009 English German        
Invitation to the media representatives        
May 7th, 2009            
Press release by "Gesundheitsminister Stöger"          
Press release by congress president Prof. Hans-Georg Kress          
Press release by EAPC president Prof. Lukas Radbruch          
Press release by the president of the austrian palliative society, Dr. Franz Zdrahal          
Press release by HOSPIZ president Waltraud Klasnic          
Result of the data acquisition by HOSPIZ Osterreich          
             
May 8th, 2009 English German French Italian Spanish Portuguese
Press release by EAPC president Prof. Lukas Radbruch      
Press release by Prof. Franco De Conno      
Press release by EAPC research coordinator Prof. Stein Kaasa        
Press release by congress president Prof. Hans-Georg Kress    
Press release by Prof. Friedemann Nauck and Prof. Phil Larkin        
             
May 9th, 2009 English German        
Press release "support networks"        
Press release "To end a life?"        
Press release "Photo exhibition"        
Press release "Outpatient teams are cost-effective"        
Press release "Misconceptions about treatment options"        
Press release "N on-cancer patients disadvantaged"