Plenary sessions Brussels 2013
The main theme of the 6th EPH Conference Brussels 2013 is:
Health in Europe: are we there yet? Learning from the past, building the future
Opening Ceremony
Thursday 14 November
Moderator
Guido van Hal, Belgian Association of Public Health
Welcome address
Laurette Onkelinx, Federal Minister of Health, Belgium
Tonio Borg, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers
Walter Ricciardi, EUPHA president
Helmut Brand, ASPHER president
Entr’acte Filip Van den Abeele
Plenary 1: Are we there yet? Learning from the past, building the future
Thursday 14 November
Organised by EUPHA
Moderator
Walter Ricciardi, EUPHA President
Speakers
- Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Sir Muir Gray, National Knowledge Service, United Kingdom
Plenary 2: Hurtling towards the edge? Population dynamics and public health
Thursday 14 November
Organised by EPHA
Moderator
Monika Kosinska, EPHA
Speaker
Johan Mackenbach, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Panellist
Robert Johnstone, European Patients Forum
Plenary 3: No limits for public health! Using evidence for policy changes
Friday 15 November
Organised by EuroHealthNet, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Moderator
Josep Figueras, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Panellists
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- Tomaz Gantar, Minister of Health, Slovenia
- Miklos Szocska, Minister of Health, Hungary
- Antonio Correia de Campos, Member European Parliament, Portugal
- Dominique Polton, National Health Insurance, France
- Clive Needle, EuroHealthNet
Plenary 4: How to make it happen! On the development of people and institutions in public health
Friday 15 November
Organised by ASPHER
Moderator
Helmut Brand, University of Maastricht, Netherlands
Panellists
- Peter Piot, Dean, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- Julio Frenk, Harvard School of Public Health, United States
- Marianne Olsson, President EHMA
Plenary 5: Investing in Health: good practices from the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
Saturday 16 November
Organised by European Commission, Executive Agency for Health and Consumers
Moderator
Andrzej Rys, European Commission, DG Health and Consumers
Speakers
- Bernadette Hannigan, Department of Health, Northern Ireland
- Jean Bousquet, Chairman of the WHO Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Closing ceremony
Saturday 16 November
EPH Conferences prizes ceremony awarded by Walter Ricciardi, Chair of the 6th European Public Health Conference 2013
Summary of the conference presented by Martin McKee, Chair of the International Scientific Committee 2013
Glasgow 2014 presented by Alastair Leyland, Chair of the 7th European Public Health Conference 2014