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.
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
Moderators:
- Suzanne Costello, CEO, Institute of Public Health, Ireland
- Caroline Costongs, Director EuroHealthNet
Video address:
- Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
Keynote speaker:
- Tim Lang, Emeritus Professor of Food Policy, City University of London, United Kingdom
Panellists:
- Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, WHO (video address)
- Gunhild A Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair EAT Foundation, Norway
- Holly Cairns, TD for Cork South-West and Leader of the Social Democrats and party spokesperson on Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Rural Development; Social Justice; and Disability, Ireland
- 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
Moderators:
- Josep Figueras, Director European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Nicole Mauer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Introductory 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, Public Health and School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (tbc)
- Simon Bacon, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
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)
Moderators:
- Todorka Kostadinova, Member of the EHMA Board of Directors; Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Accreditation and Quality, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
- 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, Early career graduate of EHESP, Paris, France and Specialty Registrar in Public Health, Shropshire, 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
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, Health and Care Research Wales, United Kingdom
- Anna Odone, President EUPHA Digital health section
- David Novillo Ortiz, Regional Adviser, Data and Digital Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe
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
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)
Moderator:
- Anthony Staines, Chair of the 16th EPH Conference 2023
Video address:
- Mary Robertson, former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and founder Mary Robertson 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
- Ricardo Mexia, Chair of the 17th EPH Conference 2024
Awards ceremony: Best Poster Prize, Best Abstract Prize, Ferenc Bojan Award
Welcome to next year's 17th European Public Health Conference, Lisbon, Portugal