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Health Policy Open Forum

"Developing and Implementing Health in the European Union"

 
 
 
 

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DAY 1 – 10 DECEMBER (Berlaymont – Piazza)

15.30 - 17.00

Registration of participants

17.00 - 19.00

Opening of the Conference and Networking Reception

17.00 - 17.15

Opening address and Welcome
Androulla Vassiliou
Commisioner for Health

DAY 2 – 11 DECEMBER (Charlemagne building)

09.00 - 10.00

Round table: Challenges for Implementing the EU Health Strategy

Moderator:

Andrzej Rys, Director
Public Health and Risk Assessment Directorate - European Commission

Rapporteur:

Paula Duarte Gaspar, European Commission, DG Health and Consumers

Speakers:

Ivo Hartmann, Director General, Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
Fredrik Lennartsson, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
Alojz Peterle, MEP
Clive Needle, Director of EuroHealthNet

10.00 - 10.30

Coffee break

10.30 - 12.30

Parallel Working Groups

Working Group 1: Healthy Lifestyles for Young People

Chair:

Jaakko Weuro, Vice-President of the European Youth Forum

Rapporteur:

Florence Berteletti Kemp, Director of the Smoke Free Partnership

Speakers:

- Prof Gillian Bendelow, University of Sussex – UK
- Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, International Organization for Migration, Brussels
- Florian Stigler, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
- Sofia Jönsson, European Patients' Forum
- Eva Turk and Nina Bergman, Young Forum Gastein

Working Group 2: Europe for patients

Chair:

Anders Olauson, President of the European Patients' Forum

Rapporteur:

Jeni Bremner, Director of the European Health Management Association

Speakers:

- Melody Ross, Director of Active Citizenship Network
- Antonyia Parvanova, Member of the Bulgarian Parliament
- Andrzej Rys, European Commission, DG Health and Consumers

Working Group 3: Maximising Health Benefits for Citizens through New Technologies

Chair:

Michael Wilks, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors

Rapporteur:

Flora Giorgio, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media

Speakers:

- Josip Car, Imperial College London – UK
- Fredrik Linden, epSOS Project
- Christian Lovis, University Hospital Geneva
- François Decaillet, WHO – EU office Brussels
- Rainald Von Gizycki, European Patients' Forum
- Ilias Iakovidis, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media

12.30 - 14.00

Buffet Lunch

14.00 - 15.30

Presentation of the conclusions of the 3 working groups by chairs/rapporteurs in plenary session and discussion

Chair:

Robert Madelin, Director General
DG Health and Consumers - European Commission

All chair persons and rapporteurs of the parallel working sessions will join a panel and report back to the plenary about the findings and conclusions of the sessions followed by a discussion with the audience

15.30 - 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 - 17.00

Round table: Reducing inequalities in health - the Way Forward

Moderator:

Robert Madelin, Director General
DG Health and Consumers - European Commission

Rapporteur:

Charles Price, European Commission, DG Health and Consumers

Speakers:

- Monika Kosinska, Secretary General of the European Public Health Alliance
- Dr Georgs Andrejevs, MEP
- Prof Witold Zatonski, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Center Warsaw - PL
- Myria Vassiliadou, Member of the Management Committee, Platform of European Social NGOs
- Lucien Bouis, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

17.00 - 17.15

Closing