The conference is dedicated to the problems, challenges, and advancements in the care of elderly individuals and patients requiring palliative treatment.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of a holistic approach that addresses not only somatic aspects but also the psychological, social, and spiritual needs of patients.

The conference also promotes best practices, modern therapeutic methods, and ethical standards in geriatric and palliative care.

This event serves as a platform for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange among physicians, nurses, psychologists, therapists, and other professionals involved in long-term care.

Proposed (sample) thematic areas of your conference presentation:

• Geriatric Teams – The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Care of Elderly Patients
• The Role of Palliative Care in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases – When to Initiate Palliative Support?
• A Holistic Approach to Patients with Dementia – From Diagnosis to 24-Hour Care
• Psychological Support for Terminally Ill Patients – Challenges and Best Practices
• The Importance of Communication with the Families of Geriatric and Palliative Patients – How to Build Trust and Understanding
• Modern Methods of Pain Management in Palliative Care – Pharmacotherapy and Complementary Approaches
• Long-Term Home Care – The Role of Nurses, Physiotherapists, and Medical Caregivers
• Nutritional Disorders in the Elderly – Diagnosis, Interventions, and Prevention Strategies
• Ethical Dilemmas in Palliative Medicine – Limits of Therapy and Patient Autonomy
• The Role of Occupational Therapy and Social Activation in Improving Seniors’ Quality of Life

And many more!

We encourage you to address these problems and to conceptualize their upcoming solutions. Importantly, the thematic areas mentioned above are to be treated only as examples. We strongly encourage you to go beyond them.

Presentations may be based on your own or third-party research (review literature and research of others), as well as take the form of posters or case-studies.

We accept presentations in Polish and English.

• Medical students and doctoral students, medical professionals, psychologists, and experienced researchers, as well as all others interested in the above-indicated fields of research can actively participate in the conference as speakers.
• Passive participants (audience) do not need to possess any prior academic knowledge or background.

Presentations may be delivered in the following languages:

• Polish
• English

According to the above-mentioned languages, the panels (sessions) of the conference will be arranged.

• Prof. Tomasz Brzozowski, M.D., Ph.D. (Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Prof. Andrzej Urbanik, M.D., Ph.D. (Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Prof. Błażej Kmieciak, Ph.D. (The Maria Grzegorzewska University)
• Prof. Anna Skalska, M.D., Ph.D. (Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Prof. Agnieszka Kubicka-Trząska (Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Prof. Renata Markiewicz, M.D., Ph.D. (Medical University of Lublin)
• Prof. Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska, M.D., Ph.D. (Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
• Miroslawa Dulczewska-Miller, M.D., Ph.D. (Miroslawa Dulczewska-Miller, M.D., Ph.D. Pediatrics & Dermatology Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Aleksandra Karykowska, Ph.D. (Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences)
• Dr. Monika Jach (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
• Dr. Aureliusz Kosendiak (Lower Silesia University in Wrocław)
• Dr. Valery Loumber (Director of Academic Development)
• Luke Darby Bartosik (Managing Director of the Center for Medical Studies; President of the Center for American & European Studies)

➤ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS)

Steps necessary to register for the conference as an active participant (conference speaker):

1️⃣Submit an abstract (200-300 words) and fill in the Speaker Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/n3oY2UQSDogDKugaA

2️⃣Submit the above-mentioned Speaker Registration Form by 23.59 on October 25, 2026 (we will not extend this deadline).

🔒We reserve the right to select abstracts.

📣The results of the abstract selection process will be announced by October 27, 2026.

3️⃣Pay the conference fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the qualified speakers via e-mail. The fee must be paid by October 29, 2026 at the latest.

➤PASSIVE PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE AUDIENCE)

Steps necessary to register for the conference by a passive participant (audience):

1️⃣Fill out the Audience Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/Nco7HAxtKUVy6yMi7

2️⃣Submit the Audience Registration Form by 23.59 on October 30, 2026. Failure to fill in the form will result in the inability to passively participate in the conference (and thus the inability to receive a passive conference participant certificate).

3️⃣Pay the audience fee to the bank account number that will be provided to you via e-mail. The fee must be paid by November 2, 2026 at the latest.

Don’t worry! Registered audience will have a chance to see the conference schedule with a full list of speakers and names of their presentations before submitting the conference fee. The schedule will be delivered to registered audience by email.

➤ SPEAKERS – 2 options:

• 239 PLN / 65 EUR – participation as a speaker + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 269 PLN / 75 EUR – participation as a speaker + digital certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

➤ AUDIENCE – 2 options:

• 139 PLN / 40 EUR – audience participation + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 169 PLN / 50 EUR – audience participation + digital PDF certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

Please use the following pattern when filling in the transfer title field when making the payment of your conference fee*:

"first name and last name – fee for active / passive participation (select the appropriate one) – International Academic Conference on Geriatrics"

* Failure to do so may result in delays in posting the fee on the appropriate account and, consequently, even exclude your participation in the conference.

In the case of a co-authorship of a presentation by two, three or more speakers, please pay the fee for each of the speakers separately.

The organizers anticipate the possibility of publication in the form of a monograph. However, such possibility will depend on the number of authors willing to publish their text (chapter) in a monograph. The price for participation in the conference does not include the publication fee.