GCP – Course in Good Clinical Practice (1)
16th October 2025
08:30 to 15:40
Víðihlíð 4, South Building, Skaftahlíð 24

Conference Program: Family and End-of-Life Care
Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
8:30–9:00 | Doors Open – Registration and Coffee | |
9:00–9:10 | Opening | Kristín Lára Ólafsdóttir, Chairperson of Lífið |
9:10–9:40 | Children as Relatives of Seriously Ill Parents | Anna Dóra Sigurðardóttir, Social Worker |
9:40–10:10 | What are Children's Needs? | Rev. Matthildur Bjarnadóttir, Pastor at the Memorial and Support Fund Örninn |
10:10–10:30 | Coffee | |
10:30–11:00 | Family Nursing | Katrín Edda Snjólaugsdóttir, Specialist in Palliative Nursing |
11:00–11:30 | Family Meetings | Kristín Lára Ólafsdóttir, Specialist in Palliative Nursing, and Arna D. Einarsdóttir, Chief Physician of Palliative Medicine at Landspítali |
11:30–12:00 | Family Support in the Palliative Care Unit | Guðlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir, Hospital Chaplain, and Svandís Íris Hálfdánardóttir, Specialist in Palliative Nursing |
12:00–12:50 | Lunch | |
12:50–13:20 | Pastoral Care for Families | Ingólfur Hartvigsson, Hospital Chaplain |
13:20–13:50 | Needs and Experience of Relatives | Sigurður Arnarson, Parish Priest of Kópavogskirkja |
13:50–14:20 | Needs of Families During the Illness Process | Þorri Snæbjörnsson, Psychologist at the Icelandic Cancer Society |
14:20–14:40 | Coffee | |
14:40–15:10 | Experience of Patients and Relatives | Marta Jóns Hjördísardóttir, Nurse, Patient Spokesperson |
15:10–15:30 | When My Mother Died: Facing Death as a Relative | Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir, Cultural Anthropologist and Author |
15:30 - 15:40 | Closing and Summary |
Price and Payment Information
Parties | Price |
|---|---|
Members of Lífið | kr. 15.000 |
Others (Non-members) | kr. 20.000 |
Students | kr. 10.000 |
Payment confirms registration.
Receipt to be sent to lsl@lsl.is
National ID (Kennitala): 561198-2929
Account Number (Reikningsnúmer): 0334-13-201492
