About this Event
The (DLC) and the Death Online Research Symposium (DORS) will come together in Birmingham in May 2027 for a major international event examining how digital technologies are transforming death, bereavement, end-of-life planning, identity and legacy.
This is the first time that DORs and the DLC will host their international conferences together. They will take place over the course of three days. The conference will be hosted at the University of Birmingham, a leading Russell Group university which, in July 2026, ranked first in the Russell Group and among the UK’s top ten universities in the National Student Survey.
The combined conference will bring together approximately 90–100 daily delegates from academia, professional practice, policymaking, technology, healthcare, palliative care, bereavement support and the charitable sector.
The programme will include:
- international keynote speakers;
- academic and professional panels;
- practitioner workshops and policy roundtables;
- up to three parallel conference streams;
- approximately 55–65 research and professional presentations;
- exhibition and networking opportunities;
- a public-facing session examining the social and regulatory implications of digital death.
Call for abstracts is now open
We invite contributions that examine both the contexts through which digital death acquires meaning and the practices through which individuals, communities, professionals, institutions and technologies respond to it.
We particularly welcome contributions that cross disciplinary or professional boundaries and create dialogue between research, policy and practice. Tech providers are welcome to submit abstracts however interventions need to either be mainstream solutions and /or evidence of high impact and societal value.
Please visit the website to submit an abstract and for further details. https://digitallegacyconference.com/submit-your-abstract/
You are able to attend and follow the conference for updates here (on Linkedin). Tickets and speaker announcements will be released in due course.
We look forward to welcoming you to Birmingham.
Further details below...
About the Digital Legacy Conference
The Digital Legacy Conference is an international, not-for-profit conference organised by the Digital Legacy Association. It examines society’s changing attitudes and practices in relation to technology, end-of-life planning, death and bereavement.
The conference supports professionals working in palliative and hospice care, healthcare, social care, bereavement, law, estate planning, policy and technology. Previous editions have taken place in London, Berlin, New York, Rotterdam, Bern and Taipei.
Further information: https://digitallegacyconference.com/
About the Death Online Research Symposium
The Death Online Research Symposium is the principal symposium of the international Death Online Research Network.
Established in 2013, the network supports interdisciplinary research on death, digital media and digital culture. DORS brings together scholars working across law, media and communications, sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, human–computer interaction and death studies.
Further information: https://conferences.au.dk/dors8
About The University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham are the event partner and host for the Digital Legacy Conference 2027 and the Death Online Research Symposium 2027. It will take place over two days in the iconic Bramall Music Building and the Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre.
The conference will be hosted at the Birmingham Law School. The UoB is a leading Russell Group university with established strengths across law, artificial intelligence, digital technologies, health, ethics and interdisciplinary research.
Further information: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/college-of-arts-and-law/birmingham-law-school
Once again Please visit the website () to submit an abstract and for further details.
You are able to attend and follow the DLC x DORS conferences on social media (Linkedin, X and Facebook). Tickets and speaker announcements will be released in due course.
We look forward to welcoming you to Birmingham.
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