The 10th World Research Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care was held in Bern, Switzerland. The Congress seeks to bring together the best researchers and clinicians in palliative care aswell as providing excellent opportunities to meet other experts in the field, to present and discuss research, gain new ideas and new knowledge on how to improve the treatment and care for patients and their families. 

In addition, the 10th EAPC World Research Congress celebrated significant milestones in the development of palliative care: 30 years since the foundation of the EAPC and 20 years of the EAPC Research Network as the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Dame Cicely Saunders.