Plenary programme

Plenary 1 - The realities of a digital world, what it means for young people’s health

Thursday 29 November, 11:00 – 12:00

Organiser: EuroHealthNet

Moderator: Mojca Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia and President EuroHealthNet

Keynote speakers:  

Panellists:

 

Opening Ceremony of the 11th European Public Health Conference

Thursday 29 November, 13:15 – 14:00

This session is the official opening session of the conference. Prominent opinion leaders and policy makers from Slovenia will introduce the main themes of the conference.

Moderator: Ivan Erzen, Chair of the 11th European Public Health Conference

Keynote speakers:

 

Plenary 2 – Sustainable Development Goals - how can we address them through public health action?

Thursday 29 November, 16:50 – 17:50

Organiser: WHO Regional Office for Europe

Moderator: Anna Cichowska Myrup, Programme Manager Public Health Services, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Speakers/Panellists: 

  • Bettina Menne, Coordinator Sustainable Development and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe 
  • Charlotte Marchandise, Elected member of the City Council of Rennes, France
  • Nancy Fullman, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, USA
  • Hans Kluge, Director Health Systems and Public Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • Presentations of all speakers

 

Plenary 3 - Public health resources - core capacities to address the threat of communicable diseases

Friday 30 November, 9:40 – 10:40

Organisers: ASPHER, ECDC, EHMA

Moderators: Katarzyna Czabanowska, ASPHER, Karl Ekdahl, ECDC 

Keynote speaker:

  • Dame Anne Johnson, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University College London, United Kingdom, Andrija Štampar Medallist 2018 (presentation)

Panellists:

 

Plenary 4 – Public’s awareness of public health challenges: How to get our public health messages heard?

Friday 30 November, 13:40 – 14:40

Organisers: European Commission, EUPHA

Moderators: Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, President EUPHA, and Isabel de la Mata, European Commission

Keynote speaker:

Panellists:

 

Plenary 5 - Universal health coverage in European Member States; not quite there! Making the economic case for health inclusion and equity

Saturday 1 December, 14:10 – 15:10

Organisers: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Moderator: Josep Figueras, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (presentation)

Keynote speakers:

  • Rifat Atun, Professor Global Health Systems, Harvard University, USA
  • Sarah Thomson, Senior Health Financing Specialist, WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Strengthening, WHO Regional Office for Europe (presentation)

Panellists:

  • Isabel de la Mata, European Commission
  • Clemens Martin Auer, Special Envoy for Health, Ministry of Health. President Health Forum Gastein, Austria
  • Rifat Atun, Professor Global Health Systems, Harvard University, USA
  • Sarah Thomson, Senior Health Financing Specialist, WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Strengthening, WHO Regional Office for Europe

 

Closing Ceremony of the 11th European Public Health Conference

Saturday 1 December, 15:15 – 16:00

Moderator: Ivan Erzen, Chair of the 11th European Public Health Conference

Keynote speakers:

Awards ceremony: Best Poster Prize, Best Abstract Prize, Ferenc Bojan Award

Welcome to Marseille 2019: Yves Charpak, Chair of the 12th European Public Health Conference (presentation)

 

The Plenary Programme is organised by:

  • EUPHA
  • National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
  • EuroHealthNet
  • ASPHER
  • EHMA
  • European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • European Commission
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe