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Brussels Launch Event

All Policies for a Healthy Europe

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Date

22 Nov 2018 09:00 to 12:00

Address

European Parliament, Room A5G1

Brussels

Belgium

Links

Section

Global Europe

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

BRUSSELS LAUNCH EVENT

Thursday 22 November | European Parliament | Brussels | 9am – 12pm | Room A5G1

9.00	Welcome and introduction Tamsin Rose, Moderator Lieve Wierinck MEP (ALDE, Belgium)
9.10	All Policies for a Healthy Europe: placing citizens’ well-being at the centre of policy Robert Madelin, former Director General, DG SANTE, European Commission
9.20	Investing people: health and well-being as drivers of inclusive growth Fabrice Murtin, Economist, OECD Veli-Mikko Niemi, Director General, International Affairs, Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health It’s Possible: Learning from cross-sectoral action at national and European level Marleen Bekker, ‘All About Health’ (Alles is Gezondheit), Netherlands Henrique Martins, President, eHealth Authority (SPMS), Portuguese Ministry of Health Followed by roundtable discussion, moderated by Tamsin Rose Delivering for citizens: the political case for European action on health and well-being Andrey Kovatchev MEP (EPP, Bulgaria) (tbc)
10.20	Making it happen: the political opportunity in 2019 This session is divided into three parts. After each part, there will be opportunity for roundtable discussion, including interventions by: Brian O’Connor, Chair, European Connected Health Alliance; Freek Spinnewijn, President, European Public Health Alliance and member of the European Commission Working Group on SDGs; Erika Widegreen, CEO, Re-Imagine Europa; EuroHealthNet (speaker tbc); Nicola Bedlington, Secretary General, European Patients’ Forum I. Co-creating a multi-stakeholder vision for 2020 and beyond Led by Bernard Merkel, former Head of Health Strategy, European Commission II. Learning from successful political action in other sectors Led by Tamsin Rose, Moderator III. Communicating to achieve our goals Led by Tamsin Rose, Moderator IV. Concluding remarks Tamsin Rose and participating stakeholders
11.50	Working together to deliver on a Healthy Europe 2020 – 2025 for citizens Karin Kadenbach MEP (S&D, Austria)

This event is enabled by knowledge partnership from various organsations and by sponsorship from Johnson and Johnson and Microsoft.