Plenary sessions Vienna 2016

The theme for the 9th EPH Conference is All for Health, Health for All. A healthy population is a key requirement for the achievement of society’s goals. Good health for all enhances quality of life, improves workforce productivity, increases the capacity for learning, strengthens families and communities, supports sustainable habitats and environments, and contributes to security, poverty reduction and social inclusion. Reducing inequalities improves health and well-being for all. However, escalating costs for treatment and care are placing unsustainable burdens on national and local resources such that broader developments may be held back.

This relation between health, well-being and economic development has been propelled up the political agenda of all countries. Increasingly, communities, employers and industries are expecting and demanding strong coordinated government action to promote health in all sectors of society and avoid duplication and fragmentation of actions. Through the plenary sessions this vision is further explored.

This session is setting the scene for the whole conference. Armin Fidler, eminent expert on health policy, strategy and management, former Lead Advisor for the World Bank and currently Senior Lecturer at the European Masters Programme for Health Economics and Management at Management Center Innsbruck, Austria, will introduce the main theme.
(opening film)

Moderator

Thomas Dorner, Chair Austrian Public Health Association (ÖGPH) and Chair of the 9th European Public Health Conference

Keynote speaker

Armin Fidler, Austria

In November 2016 we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Ottawa Charter, launched as a  series of actions among international health organisations, national governments and local communities to achieve the goal of ‘Health for All’ through better health promotion. This plenary session focuses on the question ‘From Ottawa to Vienna: 30 years of the Ottawa Charter: where are we now and where should we go?’

Welcome

Nicoline Tamsma, EuroHealthNet

Speaker

Gauden Galea, WHO Europe

Ottawa charter – Presentation on the future of/for the five Ottawa Charter action areas by 5 young pitchers

• Elodie Besnier, Public Health Wales, United Kingdom
• Aida Tanios, Austrian Public Health Institute, Austria
• Igor Grabovac, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
• Lindsay Sullivan, National University of Ireland, Ireland
• Emma Byström, Public Health Agency, Sweden

Feedback on the proposals to take the 5 elements of the Ottawa charter forward

Evelyne de Leeuw, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research & Evaluation (CHETRE), Australia

Panel discussion to reflect on the pitches and debate the future of Health Promotion

Moderator

Julian Mamo, EUPHA

Panel

• Gauden Galea, WHO Europe
• Evelyne de Leeuw, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research & Evaluation (CHETRE), Australia
• Bosse Pettersson, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

This session explores the relation between new forms of work, social solidarity, insurance and health promotion from an international perspective. Questions on the future of solidarity,  occupational health in times of zero hours’ contracts, fiscal policies will be addressed.

Keynote speaker and moderator

Stephen Peckham, Professor of Health Policy, University of Kent, United Kingdom

Panellists

• Josef Probst, Hauptverband für Sozialversicherung (HVB), Austria
• Herwig Osterman, Austrian Public Health Institute, Austria (replacing Pamela  Rendi-Wagner, Ministry of Health, Austria)
• Tit Albreht, National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
• Claudia Stein, WHO Regional Office for Europe

This plenary marks ASPHER’s 50th Anniversary and looks at the role of scientists in global and public health decision making.

Moderator

Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, ASPHER

Speakers/panellists

• Richard Horton, The Lancet
• Peter Groenewegen, NIVEL, The Netherlands
• Matthew Fox, Boston University, United States
• Katarzyna Czabanowska, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Raquel Lucas, Porto Medical School, Portugal

An individual’s health depends on three levels of ‘determinants’: her/his genetic predispositions; her/his behaviour with regards to nutrition, physical activity, substance abuse etc., including social determinants and the health system’s readiness to act when needed (including through prevention, vaccination etc.).
Modern technologies are in the process of revolutionising all three levels, whether though HFS of genes, telemedicine and IT solutions (health apps, smart watches, etc.), the internet of things and personalized medicine and prevention. How disruptive are these changes? How do they fit into the traditional ‘trilogy’ of promotion, prevention and cure?  What are the implications for health inequalities and for society in general?

Moderator

Anjana Ahuja, freelance science writer, United Kingdom

Speakers/panellists

• Fabrizio Renzi, Director Technology and Innovation IBM Italia, Italy
• Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
• Rod Collins, Director of Innovation, Optimity Advisors, United States
• Andrej Rys, European Commission, Belgium

In this plenary session we highlight the importance of good health and access to health care for all against the backdrop of international trade, austerity measures and massive migration. Speakers of international standing will discuss in a round table the challenges for health for all from different perspectives.

Moderator

Juergen Soffried, Austria

Speakers/panellists

• Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, President-elect EUPHA, Malta
• Michael Moore, President World Federation of Public Health Assocations, Australia
• David Stuckler, Oxford University, United Kingdom
• Allan Krasnik, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Teodora Krumova, Amalipe NGO, Bulgaria

Moderator

Thomas Dorner, Austria

Performance by the Vienna 2026 Choir

Taking the Vienna Declaration home

Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom