A webinar launching Plenna and its new website:
14h00-15h30 CET on Wednesday 24 September 2025
Three themes addressing death and dying:
– Its value as part of life
– Navigating differences across languages, cultures, and borders
– Making it accessible and engaging using digital tools
Panelists:
Ayman Abdelmohsen – Chief of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Branch, UNFPA, and a medical doctor and public health specialist with almost 30 years of international professional experience.
Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes – Brazilian physician, writer (including “A morte é um dia que vale a pena viver”), and educator, and a pioneer in humanizing death through her work in geriatrics and palliative care.
Michael Hebb – American cultural entrepreneur, chef, speaker, and storyteller. He founded Death Over Dinner in 2013 which has helped break death taboos – now held over 100,000 times in 30 countries.
Natacha Madaule – Director of palliative genève, one of Switzerland’s foremost palliative care organizations, championing holistic, patient-centered support for individuals and families facing life-limiting illness.
Richard Smith – Former editor of the BMJ and co-chair of The Lancet Commission on the Value of Death, which outlines a “realistic utopia” for end-of-life care with five guiding principles to rebalance medical and communal involvement in dying.
Mio Urade – Japanese medical ethicist and founder of the Japan Thanatophobia Association, with Nozomi Ichikawa – a cultural entrepreneur with over 20 years’ social sector experience in community and well-being. Mio is a Board Member of, and Nozomi co-founded, Death Fes: a festival to foster public dialogue and innovative approaches to life and death.
Moderated by David Sunderland – Chair of Plenna
