Research Conference 2027

About the conference

Following the success of Marie Curie’s previous conferences, the 2027 Research into Practice Conference will take place online again. Registrations for the conference open later in the year. If you would like to know what to expect, you can view previous recordings for free.

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Aims of the conference

The conference brings together experts to ensure that evidence is widely disseminated, helping to close the gap in end of life care by improving the care and support for people at the end of life, and the people who care for them. This supports Marie Curie in our vision to improve end of life care for all. To do this, we showcase the latest research and its potential translation into policy and practice. We are also keen to share the latest examples of service innovation, evaluation and improvement. The conference welcomes a diverse audience of practitioners, researchers, policymakers, system leaders, service providers, and others with an interest in, or experience of palliative and end of life care. It is free and open to all, making research and evidence accessible to everyone to support impact on practice and policy.

Call for abstracts and spotlight submissions

Through this call we are inviting abstracts for short oral presentations and/or posters, and longer spotlight sessions, on research aligning to one or more of the priority areas identified by the priority setting partnership for palliative and end of life care with the James Lind Alliance and/or areas in UK nation health policy priorities relevant to palliative and end of life care. As the conference focus is research into practice, we ask that you include 2-3 key takeaways for relevant audience members to implement in practice.

We are particularly interested in research that explores:

effective and reliable methods of identifying people with palliative care needs, including the use of AI
care coordination and communication, including for people with multimorbidity and innovations in digital health
implementation and/or delivery of personalised palliative and end of life care
24/7 service provision, including access to medicines, symptom control, out of hours and urgent and emergency care
care close to home, including community care, and care in care homes
training and support for palliative and end of life healthcare workforce.

As with previous conferences, we ask that submissions include equity and patient and public involvement as integral components.

We welcome submissions reporting rigorous research, evaluation, implementation, and quality improvement work focusing on palliative care, end of life care and end of life experience. We are also particularly interested in evaluation and impact assessment of innovations in services.

Submit an abstract

To submit an abstract, please complete and submit this form from 3 August 2026. Open call for abstracts: Monday 3 August 2026 Deadline for abstract submissions: Friday 23 October 2026 Authors informed about decisions: November 2026

Submit a spotlight

These sessions are a key component of our Marie Curie Research into Practice conferences and typically involve a series of expert speakers or workshops, or discussions in other formats. All spotlight sessions should promote delegate engagement, including time for questions and answers. We are also open to spotlight sessions in other areas relevant to palliative and end of life care, so please email research.info@mariecurie.org.uk if you wish to submit outside of the above scope. We are particularly interested in sessions based around how we can improve care delivery or workforce support for underserved or specific groups of people. Previous examples include “A spotlight on how can we support deaf people within palliative care“ and “Homecare-workers experiences of supporting people at the end of life with actionable recommendations”. To submit a proposal for a spotlight session(s), please complete and submit this form. From 3 August 2026. Open call for spotlights: Monday 3 August 2026 Deadline for spotlight submissions: Friday 19 September 2026 Authors informed about decisions: November 2026

Awards

It’s our pleasure to present the four awards at the annual Research into Practice Conference. Explore the 2026 winners for each award.

Awards

It’s our pleasure to present the four awards at the annual Research into Practice Conference. Explore the 2026 winners for each award.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about our conference, please email research.info@mariecurie.org.uk.

Research into Practice Conference 2027

About the conference

Aims of the conference

Call for abstracts and spotlight submissions

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Submit a spotlight

Awards

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