PROGRAMME
- November 19, 2013
- November 20, 2013
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration of the participants, networking coffee | |
| 10:00-10:20 | Opening of the Conference | Prof. Vilius Grabauskas, President, Health Forum; Chancellor, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences |
| Greeting by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Algirdas Butkevičius | ||
| SESSION I. SUSTAINABLE HEALTH SYSTEMS: VISIONS AND STRATEGIES Chairs: Mr. Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania; Dr. Josep Figueras, Director, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies |
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| 10:20-10:40 | Towards modern, responsive and sustainable health systems | Mr. Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission |
| 10:40-11:00 | Impact of austerity on health systems | Ms. Zsuzsanna Jakab Regional Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe |
| 11:00-13:00 | Health Forum Café discussion Moderator: Dr. Josep Figueras Director, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies |
Mr. Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania; Ms. Zetta Makri Deputy Minister of Health of Greece; Prof. Dainius Pavalkis Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania; Ms. Sian Jones Policy coordinator, The European Anti-Poverty Network; Ms. Rita Baeten Senior Researcher, the European Social Observatory; Mr. Christopher Viehbacher President, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations; CEO, Sanofi; Prof. Helmut Brand President, International Forum Gastein; Ms. Monika Kosinska Secretary General, the European Public Health Alliance |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| SESSION II. SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH BETTER HEALTH Chairs: Prof. Jūras Banys, Rector, Vilnius University (Lithuania); Prof. Fabio Pammolli, Professor of Economics and Management, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy) |
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| 14:00-14:20 | The economic and the health dividend of health care and health | Prof. Klaus-Dirk Henke School of Economics and Management, Institute for Economy and Economic Law, Technical University Berlin (Germany) |
| 14:20-14:40 | Why health is wealth? | Prof. Bengt Jönsson Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) |
| 14:40-15:00 | How to sustain the EU welfare model? |
Prof. Fabio Pammolli Professor of Economics and Management, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Questions & Answers | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00-17:30 | Parallel session “Health as human capital” Moderator: Prof. Danguolė Jankauskienė Vice Dean, Faculty of Politics and Management, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania); Participants: Dr. Katrín Fjeldsted President, the Standing Committee of European Doctors; Prof. Juozas Pundzius Chairman, National Health Board (Lithuania); Ms. Marina Karanikolos Research Fellow at European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
Parallel session “Practical options for finance reform in health care” Moderator: Prof. Fabio Pammolli Professor of Economics and Management, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy); Participants: Prof. Gediminas Černiauskas Viceminister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania; Prof. Lieven Annemans Department of Public Health, University of Ghent (Belgium); Dr. Joaquim Oliveira Martins Head, Regional Development Division at the OECD (France) |
| 19:00-22:00 | Conference Reception
Official launch of: Venue: Pirklių klubas (Merchants Club), Gediminas ave. 35, Vilnius (www.pirkliuklubas.lt) |
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| 8:30-9:00 | Registration of the participants | |
| SESSION III. TAKING STOCK: HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INEQUALITIES IN EUROPE Chairs: Prof. Remigijus Žaliūnas, Rector, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania); Prof. Johan P. Mackenbach, Chair, Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam (the Netherlands) |
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| 9:00-9:20 | Impact of policy interventions on population health in Europe | Prof. Johan P. Mackenbach Chair, Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam (the Netherlands) |
| 9:20-9:40 | Differences in health care structures and incentives: do they worsen or reduce health inequalities? | Prof. Reinhard Busse Head, Department for health care management, Technische Universität Berlin; Associate Head of Research Policy, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Germany) |
| 9:40-10:00 | Economic justifications for reducing health inequalities (or not) |
Prof. Marc Suhrcke Professor in Public Health Economics, University of East Anglia (United Kingdom) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Questions & Answers | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Parallel session “Determinants of health inequalities” Moderator: |
Parallel session “Effects of health inequalities” Moderator: |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| SESSION IV. IMPROVING HEALTH-SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY: SCOPE FOR REFORM Chair: Prof. Alvydas Pumputis, Rector, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania); Prof. Peter C. Smith, Co-director, the Centre for Health Policy in the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); |
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| 13:00-13:20 | Performance measurement for health system improvement | Prof. Peter C. Smith Co-director, the Centre for Health Policy in the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London (United Kingdom) |
| 13:20-13:40 | Innovation for health system transformation | Dr. Barbara Kerstiens Head of Sector Public health, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the EC |
| 13:40-14:00 | Sustainable Healthcare for Europe in the 21st Century | Mr. Gary Howe Global Head of Health, Ernst & Young Health Care Group |
| 14:00-14:30 | Questions & Answers |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00-16:00 | Parallel session “Addressing inequalities through health systems“ Moderator: |
Parallel session “Effective innovation for sustainable growth“
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| SESSION V. CLOSING PLENARY “SUSTAINABLE HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE” Chairs: Prof. Vilius Grabauskas, President, Health Forum; Chancellor, Medical Academy, LUHS (Lithuania); Ms. Monika Kosinska, Secretary General, the European Public Health Alliance |
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| 16:00-16:20 | Closing speech by Mr. Tonio Borg, European Commissioner for Health; | |
| 16:20-17:30 | Closing discussion and adoption of Vilnius declaration
Mr. Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania; |
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