Plenary programme 16th EPH Conference 2023
Opening Ceremony: Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity
Thursday 9 November, 11:40 – 12:40 Dublin time (UTC)
This session is the official opening session of the conference and provides an introduction to the main theme.
Watch the opening here.
Moderator:
- Anthony Staines, Chair of the 16th EPH Conference 2023
Speakers:
- Isabel de la Mata, Principal Adviser for Health and Crisis Management, Health and Food Safety Directorate General, European Commission
- Luke Clancy, Director General, TobaccoFree Research Institute, Ireland
- Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Plenary 1: Transitioning to more sustainable food systems that support health and wellbeing
Thursday 9 November, 14:00 – 15:00 Dublin time (UTC)
Organised by EuroHealthNet
Watch plenary 1 here.
Moderators:
- Suzanne Costello, CEO, Institute of Public Health, Ireland
- Caroline Costongs, Director EuroHealthNet
Video address:
- Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General World Health Organization
Keynote speaker:
- Tim Lang, Emeritus Professor of Food Policy, City University of London, United Kingdom
Panellists:
- Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (video address)
- Gunhild A Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair EAT Foundation, Norway
- Anant Jani, University of Heidelberg, Germany and Fellow Oxford Martin School, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Plenary 2: Commercial determinants of non-communicable diseases: the imperative for a systems approach
Thursday 9 November, 17:50 – 18:50 Dublin time (UTC)
Organised by EUPHA, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Watch plenary 2 here.
Moderators:
- Josep Figueras, Director European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Nicole Mauer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Keynote speaker:
- Iveta Nagyova, President EUPHA and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, PJ Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia
Speakers/Panellists:
- Mark Petticrew, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Amandine Garde, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; President EUPHA Law and public health section
- Simon Bacon, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
- Caroline Cerny, Policy & Engagement Director, Bite Back 2030
- Gauden Galea, Strategic Adviser to the WHO Regional Director for Europe, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation
Plenary 3: Building the future One Health workforce
Friday 10 November, 10:30 – 11:30 Dublin time (UTC)
Organised by Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), European Health Management Association (EHMA)
Watch plenary 3 here.
Moderators:
- Todorka Kostadinova, Professor at the Department of Economics and Healthcare Management, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria; Member of the EHMA Board of Directors
- Henrique Barros, Vice-President ASPHER
Keynote speakers:
- Mary Codd, Associate Professor, School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
- George Valiotis, Executive Director European Health Management Association (EHMA)
Panellists:
- Lucy Nugent, President European Association of Hospital Managers (EHAM) and Chief Executive of Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Patrick Wall, Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
- Monica Georgiana Brînzac, EUPHAnxt coordinator and Research Assistant, Department of Public Health, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Milka Sokolović, Director General European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
- Victoria Stanford, Public Health Registrar, Public Health Directorate of Shropshire Council, United Kingdom
Plenary 4: On the path to an equitable and sustainable digital future for European health systems
Friday 10 November, 14:00 – 15:00 Dublin time (UTC)
Organised by WHO Regional Office for Europe
Watch plenary 4 here.
Moderator:
- Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Speakers/Panellists:
- Alisha Davies, Head of Research and Development, Public Health Wales, United Kingdom
- Anna Odone, Full Professor of Public Health, University of Pavia, Italy; President EUPHA Digital health section
- David Novillo Ortiz, Regional Adviser, Data and Digital Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Jerome de Barros, Policy Officer, Digital Health unit, Health and Food Safety Directorate General, European Commission
Plenary 5: Safeguarding health together: preparing the European Union's health priorities
Saturday 11 November, 10:30 – 11:30 Dublin time (UTC)
Organised by European Commission, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Watch plenary 5 here.
Moderator:
- Josep Figueras, Director European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Speakers/Panellists:
- Isabel de la Mata, Principal Adviser for Health and Crisis Management, Health and Food Safety Directorate General, European Commission
- Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- Matthias Wismar, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Closing Ceremony of the 16th European Public Health Conference
Saturday 11 November, 15:10 – 15:55 Dublin time (UTC)
Watch the Closing Ceremony here.
Moderator:
- Anthony Staines, Chair of the 16th EPH Conference 2023
Video address:
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and founder Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice
Speakers:
- Paul O'Brien, Irish Farmers Association, Ireland
- John Cuddihy, National Director of Public Health, Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive, Ireland
Awards Ceremony: Best Poster, Best Abstract, Ference Bojan Award
- Charlotte Marchandise, Executive Director EUPHA
Welcome to the 17th EPH Conference 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
- Ricardo Mexia, Chair of the 17th EPH Conference 2024