CCCC invites those interested in presenting at CCCC's 2026 Annual Summit to submit poster abstracts. The submission deadline for poster abstracts is extended to Friday, July 31, 2026.
Click here to download a copy of the Call for Posters. Abstracts can be submitted through our online form via the link below.
Theme: Foundations and Futures
October 15 & 16, 2026
Doubletree by Hilton San Jose
The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) is a statewide collaboration of healthcare providers, consumers, government agencies, and others working to improve the experience of serious illness. CCCC brings together societal, professional, and institutional aspects of our culture to make improvements in the delivery of health care to people with advanced illness. You are invited to submit a poster proposal to present at the upcoming CCCC Annual Summit. The submission deadline for poster proposals is Friday, July 31, 2026. (PLEASE NOTE: Only the abstract is due by July 31st. The poster is not needed until onsite at the Summit.)
Poster Session Description
Poster topics should focus on programs and projects that increase access to or quality of palliative care or advance care planning.
Posters that reflect the conference theme of “Foundations & Futures” will be given preference.
We will prioritize posters that
- Offer new perspectives, innovative program designs, and creative approaches
- Dismantle systemic, societal, cultural, or psychological barriers to accessing palliative care
- Forge new partnerships, cross boundaries, incentivize or demonstrate collaboration
- Creatively advance the goals of whole person care
- Include a strong “how-to” component for immediate replication or application
Posters should include a program description, solutions that address the topic, and a description of the results or impact (outcomes/data)
Posters will be viewed during a session where conference attendees will have an opportunity to talk with you and learn from your work.
Here are some topic ideas, but feel free to move beyond them:
- Creative approaches to cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion related to serious illness care, palliative care workforce, and public outreach
- Innovative and effective approaches to advance care planning and goals of care conversations
- Recognition and resolution of ethical challenges related to serious illness
- Incorporation of social determinants of health into serious illness care
- Programs and resources directed toward supporting family caregivers
- Emerging palliative practices for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients, including transitions to adult care
- Technology advances and trends related to serious illness (e.g., uses and potential misuses of artificial intelligence and machine learning, increased data demands and use, data security, telehealth, remote care)
- New medications and new uses of old medications to relieve suffering
- Partnerships and clinical practice to support caregivers
- Novel modalities to address existential, spiritual, and psychological suffering (e.g., psychedelics, emotion-focused therapy, dignity therapy, acceptance therapy, etc.)
- Ethical, legal, and practical challenges of research in palliative care; novel study designs
- Innovations in patient and family engagement and effective connections between communities and health systems to promote palliative care and advance care planning
- Strategies for building the serious illness care workforce
- Pre-professional and interprofessional training of clinicians in palliative care
- Integration of palliative care and advance care planning into primary care, specialty practice, and long-term care
- Successful models of palliative care across the continuum (e.g., hospital-based, home-based, clinic-based)
- New payment models or creative funding for palliative care programs and services
- Impact of trauma, PTSD, or ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) on serious illness
- Grief and bereavement
- Intersection of mental illness and palliative care; psychiatric advance directives
- POLST quality improvement
- Implementation of palliative care for adult and pediatric Medi-Cal enrollees and dual eligibles
- Self-care and self-compassion for clinicians/managing burnout; organizational supports to prevent burnout; successful work/life balance approaches
ALL health professionals are eligible! Posters are intended to be educational; any submissions that promote or advertise a commercial or proprietary product or service will not be considered.
Poster Submission Guidelines
- Posters must be placed on foam board backing no larger than 40” X 60”. Easels will be provided for display.
- Lettering should be large enough to be legible from a distance of 4–6 feet.
- Only use generic names for any pharmaceuticals.
- Presenter(s) must register and attend the CCCC conference to present their poster. One presenter per poster is required to attend.
A written abstract of no more than 250 words (not including title, names and affiliations) describing your poster must be submitted by end of business Friday, July 31, 2026.
The abstract should include the following information:
- Title of Poster
- Names and Affiliations of authors/presenters
- Background/Objective/Research Question: State the objective, question, or purpose of project.
- Methods/Study Design: Short description of study design or project process.
- Results/Analysis: Provide the main outcomes, results, and statistics (if used).
- Conclusions/Interpretations: Discussion, conclusions found by the study or project.