Past conference

Dr. Rocío de la Vega chaired the European Paediatric Psychology Conference (EPPC2025) in Málaga, Spain, from October 9 to 11, 2025, under the theme "Fortifying Futures: Innovative Approaches from Paediatric Psychology around the World".

The scientific programme was put together by a committee co-chaired by Dr. Inge Timmers and Dr. Michelle Ernst, with members from across Europe and North America.
The programme included symposia, workshops, short oral presentations and posters, bringing together researchers and clinicians working on the wellbeing of children with physical illness and their families.

Dr Line Caes organised and chaired the European Paediatric Psychology Conference (EPPC2023) at the University of Stirling from August 30 to September 1, 2023.

The conference was a huge success, attracting about 140 international paediatric psychologist to Stirling to share the latest research evidence and clinical practices to support the wellbeing of children with a physical illness and their families. Conference participants came from the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Ukraine and Lithuania.

The conference featured 3 keynotes by Dr. Jim Lemmon, Dr Helen Griffiths and Prof. Laura Simons,  featuring both local UK-based and international innovative clinical and research approaches.

Throughouth the three days, 13 parallel symposia, 12 short oral presentations and 56 posters were presented, sharing the current cutting edge research and clinical implementations in a wide variety of areas, such as pain, diabetes, asthma, cancer, heart disease, patient outcomes, shared decision making and the importance of play during hospital stays.

Importantly, the conference featured a presentation outlining the support the European Paediatric Psychology Network has been able to deliver to health care providers in Ukraine via a webinar series.