Event Programme

13:00 – 14:00

Registration, networking and light lunch

14:00 – 14:10

Welcome by EuroHealthNet and Chair

Mrs. https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s8640Nicoline Tamsma, President of EuroHealthNet and Coordinating Advisor for International Affairs at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands

14:10 – 14:40

Setting the scene

https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7610Dr Claudia Stein, Director of the Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, WHO Europe (confirmed) - Lessons from the European Health Report and implications for sustainable societies

https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7611Mr Karl-Friedrich Falkenberg, Hors Class Senior Adviser for Sustainable Development, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission (confirmed) - The Sustainable Development Goals - offering the prerequisites of a healthy life for everyone

14:40 – 15:40

Policy Debate

The EU landscape is changing. Is the EC able to advance investments for a sustainable society at national and local level? How?

https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7612Ms Manuela Geleng, Acting Director / Head of Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission (confirmed)
https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7613Mr Jürgen Scheftlein, Policy Officer, DG SANTE, European Commission (confirmed)
https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s8644Mr Thomas Dominique, Chair of the Social Protection Committee (confirmed)

15:40 – 16:00

Coffee / tea break

16:00 – 17:00

Examples of investment from EU member states and regions

Chair: https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s8641Caroline Costongs, Managing Director of EuroHealthNet

https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7615Ms Cathy Weatherup, Head of Health Inequalities and International Health, Welsh Government, UK (confirmed)
https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7616Ms Elena Andradas, Director General, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, Spain (confirmed)
https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7617Mr Jonas Frykman, Senior Advisor, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, and https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s7618Ms Elisabeth Rahmberg, Public Health Director, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden (Joint initiatives for social sustainability – health and wellbeing as a resource for our children) (confirmed)

17:00 – 17:20

Final debate

17:20 – 17:30

Conclusions

https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=2298&page_id=5807#s8639Mr. Bosse Pettersson Senior Public Health Policy Advisor, National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden