Programme schedule
Day 1: Monday 15 September
09:00 – 09:30: Registration, networking, and refreshments
09:30 – 09:40: Welcome and introduction to the International Network – Prof Jeremy Howick
09:40 – 10:30: Plenary 1 – ROE: Return on Empathy – Dr Jonathan LaPook
10:30 – 11:00: Debate – ‘AI care- and chat-bots cannot provide empathic care’ – Prof Jeremy Howick & Dr Paquita de Zulueta
11:00 – 11:30: Refreshment break
11:30 – 13:00: Parallel sessions: Oral presentations, workshops and masterclass – Dr Jennifer Adams
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30: Parallel sessions: Oral presentations, workshops and masterclass. Masterclass – Empathy on the margins: breaking down barriers in inclusion healthcare – Dr Andy Ward and Ray Cottington
15:30 – 16:00: Poster session and refreshment break
16:00 – 16:50: Plenary 2 – Cutting Through the Myth: Surgeons lack empathy! – Prof Gozie Offiah
16:50 – 17:30: Roundtable discussion – panel of the Empathy Centre Directors, including Dr Jennifer Adams, Prof Jeremy Howick, Dr Maria Keckler, Dr Olufemi Olowookere, Prof William Mobley
17:30: Close
18:30 – 21:00: Conference dinner at The City Rooms, Leicester
Day 2: Tuesday 16 September
09:00 – 09:30: Arrival, networking, and refreshments
09:30 – 10:20: Plenary 3 – The patient doctor – Dr Ben Bravery
10:20 – 11:00: Roundtable discussion – panel of the Empathy Centre Directors, including Prof Monika Arora, Dr Alvaro Barrera, Prof Stewart Mercer, Prof Aline Albuquerque, Prof Hojat Mohammadreza
11:00 – 11:30: Break and refreshments
11:30 – 13:00: Parallel sessions: Oral presentations, workshops and masterclass – Dr Jennifer Adams
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: Parallel sessions: Oral presentations, workshops and masterclass. Masterclass – Empathy on the margins: breaking down barriers in inclusion healthcare – Dr Andy Ward and Ray Cottington
15:30 – 16:00: Break and refreshments
16:00 – 16:50: Plenary 4 – Meaningful engagement of people with lived experience requires empathic health system response: perspectives from low- and middle-income countries – Prof Monika Arora
16:50 – 17:10: Closing remarks – Prof Jeremy Howick
***Please note, this is a draft of the event programme and may be subject to change.