Plenary programme 17th EPH Conference 2024


Opening Ceremony: Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation

Wednesday 13 November, 11:45 – 12:45 Lisbon time

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

Moderator:

Speakers:

  • Sara Cerdas, Former Member of the European Parliament 2019-2024, Portugal


Plenary 1: Navigating the Artificial Intelligence (AI) wave: overcoming barriers and unleashing the potential of AI in transforming European public health 

Wednesday 13 November, 14:00 – 15:00 Lisbon time 

Organised by WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Moderators:

  • Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager/Senior Health Systems Analyst, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Facilitator:

  • Stefan Buttigieg, Vice-President, EUPHA Digital health section 

Speakers/Panellists:

  • Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
  • Katharina Ladewig, Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
  • Marco Marsella, Director Digital, EU4Health and Health systems modernisation, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission
  • Keyrellous Adib, Technical Officer Data Science and Digital Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe


Plenary 2: Global health: how can European public health efforts contribute to global health solutions? 

Wednesday 13 November, 18:00 – 19:00 Lisbon time

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

Moderators:

  • Iveta Nagyova, President EUPHA
  • Henrique Barros, President ASPHER

Speakers/Panellists:

  • Emma Rawson Te Patu, President World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
  • Ilona Kickbusch, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland (tbc)
  • Charles Agyemang, Professor of Global Migration, Ethnicity & Health, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Agnès Buzyn, Former Minister of Health and Social Affairs, France
  • Moredreck Chibi, Public Health Innovation Lead, WHO Regional Office for Europe

 

Plenary 3: Tackling health inequalities in times of crisis

Thursday 14 November, 10:30 – 11:30 Lisbon time 

Organised by EuroHealthNet 

Moderator:

  • Caroline Costongs, Director EuroHealthNet
  • Cristina Abreu Santos, Vice-President Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Portugal (tbc)

Keynote speakers:

  • Fran Baum, The Stretton Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia (by video message)
  • Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion, Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Panellists:

  • Didier Jourdan, UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Centre ‘Global Health and Education’, University of Clermont-Auvergne, France
  • Jill Litt, Professor of Environmental Health in the Environmental Studies Programme, University of Colorado, USA and Senior researcher, Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain 

 

Plenary 4: Harnessing social marketing for interdisciplinary health management: enhancing public health outcomes  

Thursday 14 November, 14:00 – 15:00 Lisbon time 

Organised by European Health Management Association (EHMA)

Moderators/Speakers/Panellists:

  • Tbc

 

Plenary 5: One Health in Europe: from concept to practice

Friday 15 November, 10:30 – 11:30 Lisbon time 

Organised by European Commission

Moderator:

  • Ricardo Mexia, Chair of the 17th EPH Conference 2024, President EUPHA Infectious diseases control section 

Keynote speaker

  • Lorena Boix, Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission

Speakers/Panellists:

  • Stef Bronzwaer, Cross-Agency One Health Task Force, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  • Barbara Häsler, Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom
  • Susana Guedes Pombo, Chief Veterinary Officer, Portugal, President World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH)
  • Eva Zažímalová, Member of European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, Professor of Plant Anatomy and Physiology, Charles University, Czech Republic

 

Closing Ceremony of the 17th European Public Health Conference

Friday 15 November, 15:15 – 16:00 Lisbon time 

Moderator:

Speaker:

  • Ricardo Baptista Leite, President and Founder UNITE, Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

Awards Ceremony: Best Poster, Best Abstract, Ference Bojan Award

Welcome to the 18th EPH Conference 2025, Helsinki, Finland

  • Ilmo Keskimäki, Chair of the 18th EPH Conference 2025