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:

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:

Video address:

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:

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:

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