Plenary programme 15th EPH Conference 2022


Opening Ceremony: Strengthening health systems in Europe

Thursday 10 November, 11:40 – 12:40 CET

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

This session is the official opening session of the conference and provides an introduction to the main theme.

Moderators:

  • Reinhard Busse, Chair of the 15th EPH Conference 2022
  • Verena Vogt, Chair of the EPH Conference International Scientific Committee

Speakers:


Plenary 1: Can people afford to pay for health care? Evidence on inequity in financial protection in Europe

Thursday 10 November, 13:50 – 14:50 CET

Organised by WHO Regional Office for Europe

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

Moderator:

  • Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Reginal Office for Europe

Keynote speaker:

  • Charles Normand, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

Panellists:

  • Sarah Thomson, Senior Health Financing Specialist, WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing
  • Kaisa Immonen, Director of Policy, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
  • Reinhard Busse, Head of the Department Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
  • Tamás Evetovits, Head of Office, WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing

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Plenary 2: Benefits and challenges of the European Health Data Space

Thursday 10 November, 17:40 – 18:40 CET

Organised by EUPHA, European Commission

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

Moderators:

  • Iveta Nagyova, President European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
  • Isabel de la Mata, Principal Adviser for Health and Crisis Management, DG SANTE, European Commission

Speakers:

  • Fulvia Raffaelli, Head of the Digital Health unit, DG SANTE, European Commission 
  • Petronille Bogaert, President EUPHA Public health monitoring and reporting section; Head EU health information systems, Sciensano, Belgium
  • Irene Schlünder, Expert EU data protection and database governance, TMF e.V., Germany
  • Axelle Menu-Branthomme, Medical Expert, Health Data Hub, France
  • Kaisa Immonen, Director of Policy at the European Patients' Forum (EPF)

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Plenary 3: Health systems performance assessment for policy: uses and abuses

Friday 11 November, 10:30 – 11:30 CET

Organised by European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, European Commission

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

Moderators:

  • Isabel de la Mata, Principal Adviser for Health and Crisis Management, DG SANTE, European Commission
  • Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Introductory keynote speaker:

  • Reinhard Busse, Head of the Department Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Panellists:

  • Kenneth Grech, Co-chair EU Expert Group Health Systems Performance Assessment; Ministry of Health, Malta
  • Irene Papanicolas, Professor of Health Services Policy and Practice, Brown School of Public Health, Rhode Island, USA
  • Marina Karanikolos, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

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Plenary 4: Reorienting health services: the transformational potential of health promotion

Friday 11 November, 14:00 – 15:00 CET

Organised by EuroHealthNet

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

Moderators:

Speakers:

  • Rüdiger Krech, Director for Health Promotion, World Health Organization (by video)
  • Susan Michie, Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, United Kingdom
  • Jan de Maeseneer, Chair European Commission Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Jet Bussemaker, Chair Council of Public Health & Society, Netherlands; Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • Cristiano Figueiredo, USF da Baixa, Central Lisbon Health Centre Cluster; National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal.

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Plenary 5: Sustaining high quality care: interprofessional training for our clinical and public health workforce

Saturday 12 November, 10:30 – 11:30 CET

Organised by Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), European Health Management Association (EHMA)

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

Moderators:

Keynote speakers:

Speakers/Panellists:

  • Fatai Ogunlayi, Public Health Specialty Registrar UK, Health Security Agency, United Kingdom
  • Laurent Chambaud, Andrija Stampar Medallist 2022, France 
  • Anett Ruszanov, Director of Policy and Programmes, EHMA

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Closing Ceremony of the 15th European Public Health Conference

Saturday 12 November, 15:00 – 15:45 CET

The session can be viewed on YouTube here.

Moderators:

  • Reinhard Busse, Chair of the 15th EPH Conference 2022
  • Verena Vogt, Chair of the EPH Conference International Scientific Committee

Speakers:

Awards ceremony: Best Poster Prize, Best Abstract Prize, Ferenc Bojan Award

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