Presentations

2020-2026

Noonan, K. (2026, January 26–31). When we all care: Supporting living and dying well in compassionate communities [Invited keynote address]. Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Navigating global demographic transition through innovative policy: An equity-centred approach, side event: When societies grow older: Designing systems that honor life, death, meaning and the spiritual dimension of care, Bangkok, Thailand.

Noonan, K. (2026, January 26–31). Spiritual health in palliative care and the death system [Invited keynote and workshop]. Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Navigating global demographic transition through innovative policy: An equity-centred approach, side event: When societies grow older: Designing systems that honor life, death, meaning and the spiritual dimension of care, Bangkok, Thailand.

Noonan, K. (2025, July 2–4). Grief and death literacy in practice [Invited speaker]. Fostering connection in existential phases of life: How do we enhance death and grief literacy, Xplanatorium Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany.

Fuller, C. (Chair), Richardson, H., Noonan, K., Rubenstein, J., & Seow, H. (2025, March 20–21). Symposium: Responding to public curiosity and fear around end of life: International perspectives [Panel]. Palliative Care Congress, Belfast, UK.

Noonan, K. (2025, March 17–19). Death Literacy Index: Using the DLI in research and evaluation. Paper presented at the 2nd International Death Literacy Symposium, Brussels, Belgium.

Noonan, K. (2024, October 22–25). Invited plenary panel member, Death literacy discussion – Death literacy: Its development and measurement. Presented at the 8th Public Health Palliative Care International (PHPCI) Conference. Bern, Switzerland.

Noonan, K. (2024, August 19). Compassionate communities and care of the elderly [Invited keynote]. Khon Kaen International Conference in Palliative Care. Online, Khon Kaen.

Noonan, K. (2024, July 3). The Death Literacy Index [Invited keynote]. Compassionate Communities UK, Rugeley, UK.

Noonan, K. (2024, June 25). Death literacy: An update [Invited keynote]. 1st European Symposium on Death Literacy, University College London, UK.

Noonan, K. (2024, June 13). Death literacy and compassionate communities: What is the evidence and how can we use it to support our work in communities [Invited keynote]. Compassionate Tasmania Symposium, Tasmania, Australia.

Noonan, K. (2023, May 24–27). Moving forward, opportunities for death literacy [Invited plenary speaker]. Advance Care Planning International Conference, Singapore.

Noonan, K. (2023, February 16). Virtual conference on death and grief literacy. Organised by Karunruk Palliative Care Centre, Khon Kaen and the Death Literacy Institute.

Noonan, K., & McIlveen, J. (2023, February 17–18). Workshop on developing bereavement care programs for palliative care and grief counselling masterclass [2-day workshop]. Organised by Karunruk Palliative Care Centre, Khon Kaen and Death Literacy Institute, Thailand.

Richardson, H., Chow, A., Noonan, K., & Ngiam, S. (2023, May 24–27). Invited pre-conference workshop 3: Definitions, priorities and action: Community engagement, compassionate communities and death literacy. Advance Care Planning International Conference, Singapore.

Noonan, K. (2022, May 16). Death literacy: Using the concept to create change in palliative care [Invited speaker]. Dying for Change: Evolution and Revolution in Palliative Care, Waipuna Hospice Symposium. Auckland, New Zealand.

Noonan, K. (2020, October 12). Compassionate communities: Death literacy for health professionals [Online presentation]. Primary Health Tasmania.