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Press Meetings EHFG October 2008

All Press Conferences and Press Meetings will take place in the EHFG press centre.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

11:00:
Opening Press Conference EHFG 2008:
Austrian Minister of Health Andrea Kdolsky; EHFG President Günther Leiner
           

13:30:
Meet the Press: Neighbours networking for health
[W1 (WED 9-12)]

14:30
Meet the Press: Current pharmaceutical challenges 
[W2 (WED 9-12)]

15:30
Meet the Press: EU Presidencies
[W3 (WED 18.30-20)]

16:00
Press Conference EUROPEAN HEALTH AWARD 2008:
Presentation of the winning project and other projects of the European Health Award finalists
[Plenum (WED 12.30-14.30)]

18.00
Health Region Gastein:  Press reception with introduction of the range of spa and health-related offers in the Gastein Valley, afterward a snack with bio-products from Gastein in the Sky Bar


Thursday, October 2, 2008

08:30
Meet the Press: Rare diseases
[F3 (THURS 9-12)]

10:30
Meet the Press: Men’s health
[L3 (THURS 12.30-14)]

11:15
Meet the Press: Funding medical technology
[L4 (THURS 12.30-14)]

11:45
Meet the Press: Biotechnology medicines
[L2 (THURS 12.30-14)]

13:45
Meet the Press: Promoting health – preventing disease
[F1 (THURS 9-12)]

16:30
Meet the Press: Promoting patient safety
[D1 (THURS 18-20.30)]

17:00
Meet the Press: Health ethics
[F2 (THURS 9-12)]

17:30
Meet the Press: Cancer & Innovation
[D2 (THURS 18-20.30)] 


Friday, October 3, 2008

11:00    
Final Press Conference EHFG 2008: Values & European health policy.
EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou & EHFG President Günther Leiner
          

12:00
Meet the Press: Innovations in coordinated care
[F5 (FRI 9-12)]

12:30
Meet the Press: Quality & safety
[F6 (FRI 9-12)]

13:15
Meet the Press: Equity in health
[F4 (THURS 14.30-17.30]

14:00
Meet the Press: Health systems & wealth
[W4 (FRI 15.30-18.30)]

14:30
Meet the Press: Pharmaceutical Forum
[W5 (FRI 15.30-18.30)]

15:00
Meet the Press: Healthcare & the Single European Market
[W6 (SAT 9:00-13.00)]


W= Workshop, L= Lunch Workshop, F= Forum, P= Plenum  
Smaller delays in the schedule are possible.
All changes will be announced in the EHFG press centre.

 

 

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