Shifting sands of health
Democracy, demographics, digitalisation
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SPEAKERS
Johannes Rauch
Federal Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Austria
Eluned Morgan
First Minister, Wales
Frank Vandenbroucke
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium
Viktor Liashko
Minister of Health, Ukraine
Ana Povo
Secretary of State for Health, Portugal
Denis Kordež
State Secretary, Ministry of Health Slovenia
Pamela Rendi-Wagner
Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Hans Henri P. Kluge
Regional Director for Europe, World Health Organization
Lorena Boix Alonso
Deputy Director-General for Health, European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Pedro Gullón
General Director of Public Health and Equity, Ministry of Health, Spain
Lilian Vildiridi
Secretary General for Health Services, Ministry of Health, Greece
Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat
Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Marco Marsella
Director, Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation, European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Nathalie Moll
Director General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
Vytenis Andriukaitis
Member, European Parliament
Lena Schilling
Member, European Parliament
András Tivadar Kulja
Member, European Parliament
Anca Toma
Executive Director, European Patients' Forum
Steffen Thirstrup
Chief Medical Officer, European Medicines Agency
Nathalie Berger
Director for Support to Member States’ Reforms, European Commission Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support
Jarno Habicht
Head of Country Office, Ukraine, WHO
Francesca Colombo
Head of OECD Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Josep Figueras
Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Ilona Kickbusch
Founding Director and Chair of the Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies Geneva
Olivier Girard
Head of Unit for Medical Counter Measures, European Commission Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
Nason Maani
Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy, University of Edinburgh
Barbara Prainsack
Professor for Comparative Policy Analysis, University of Vienna, and Chair of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
Will Clark
Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm Europe
Uwe Heckert
CEO, Philips DACH GmbH
Caroline Costongs
Director, EuroHealthNet
Götz Gottschalk
Head of Health, YouTube (Google) Germany
Gloria Ghéquière
Adviser Belgian Council Presidency, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister, Belgian Federal Government
Programme Details
- Tuesday | 24.09.2024Tue
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- Thursday | 26.09.2024Thu
- Friday | 27.09.2024Fri
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- Democracy
- Demographics
- Digitalisation
- Plenary
Topic Tracks
Democracy
As Europe tackles rising populist and autocratic political movements, the need for transparent and participatory policymaking has now become critical. Are fresh and creative approaches to democracy needed to ensure an equitable Europe and to protect fundamental health rights? Sessions in this track will explore how cooperation and social values can continue to shape Europe’s health policies for a resilient and sustainable future for all its citizens.
Demographics
How can we balance the changing expectations and needs of all generations, the disillusioned, and marginalised? How can we better prepare for unexpected population shifts resulting from migration and external shocks? Our sessions shall present solutions to the healthcare workforce shortage and discuss how Europe’s health systems can be future proofed with sufficient resources to care for an ageing and ever-changing population.
Digitalisation
Rapid digital developments promise to solve many of Europe’s health challenges, offering effective diagnosis and treatment. As we enter this new territory, does history provide us with a cautionary tale of our faith in innovative technology? In this track, we will examine the ethical concerns of governance, inequity and privacy, in addition to how appropriate technologies can be best adopted and shared across health systems.
Main Theme
The health landscape in Europe is ever-changing, driven by numerous factors, trends, and forces. Inter-linked transformations, most prominently the demographic shift and the rapid developments in the world of digitalisation, have wide-ranging implications for the health of our societies and healthcare systems. Furthermore, the erosion of self-governing democracies by populist and autocratic political movements remains underestimated in health policy debates: democracy isn´t so much dying in the darkness as being extinguished in the cold light of day. The health community faces a stark choice: mobilise in this new landscape or collude with the health consequences.
Join us at the hybrid EHFG 2024 from 24 - 27 September to help find solutions for the complex “3D” interplay of democracy, demographics, and digitalisation. Let´s be optimistic and not bury our heads in the shifting sands!