International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End-of-Life Care (ICEL5)

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research invites you to join us for an engaging program of interdisciplinary research on assisted dying. 

This is an in-person event held at the Gardens Point Campus of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia from Wednesday 8th April to Saturday 11th April 2026.

We welcome presentations sharing empirical, ethical, legal and clinical perspectives on assisted dying and its intersection with other end of life issues. We hope you will join us for this stimulating four-day program of interest to academics, researchers, legal and health practitioners, policymakers and more.

Registration and calls for abstracts are now open!

Registration 

Call for Abstracts

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Conference Key Dates

Call for abstracts opens Monday 9 June 2025 | Registration opens Monday 9 June 2025 | Call for abstracts closes Sunday 31 August 2025 | Notified of abstract outcome Friday 31 October 2025 | Registration deadline for presenting authors Sunday 30 November 2025 | Early bird registration closes Sunday 30 November 2025 | Registration closes Monday 30 March 2026


On behalf of the Scientific Committee

Madeleine Archer and Ben White (Co-Chairs), Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Lindy WillmottAustralian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Kenneth ChambaereGhent University, Belgium

Luc Deliens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

James DownarUniversity of Ottawa, Canada

Jocelyn Downie, Dalhousie University, Canada

Constance MacIntoshDalhousie University, Canada

Bregje Onwuteaka-PhilipsenAmsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands

Thaddeus PopeMitchell Hamline School of Law, USA

Agnes van der Heide, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands

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