Programme
The agenda can be downloaded here.
Wednesday, 10th May, 2017
10:00 – 16:30
Stanhope Hotel
Brussels, Belgium
| 09:15 – 10.00 | Badge Collection and Pre-Event Networking |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Opening Session: Welcome and Introductions Chairman: John Bowis, Former Minister of Health and Member of the European Parliament, UK Leen Meulenbergs, Representative to the EU, World Health Organization Wojciech Kalamarz, Head of Unit, Health Determinants and Inequality, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Session I: The Need for Obesity Strategies |
| A Patient Perspective Marina Biglia, Member of the Patient Council, EASO, Italy |
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| The Complex Systems Problem of Obesity Harry Rutter, Public Health Physician, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
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| The Importance of Treatment Strategies Volkan Yumuk, Member of the Executive Board, EASO |
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| How to Develop Nutritional Strategies Maria Hassapidou, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| 11:10 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Session II: Lessons Learned from Existing Strategy Examples |
| Effective Strategies: Lessons from Switzerland Nathalie Farpour-Lambert, President-Elect, EASO |
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| Effective Strategies: Lessons from Ireland Ivan Perry, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Ireland |
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| Effective Strategies: Lessons from the Netherlands Lideke Middelbeek, Senior Advisor, JOGG Programme, the Netherlands |
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| How to Develop an Effective Treatment Strategy Volkan Yumuk, Member of the Executive Board, EASO, Turkey |
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| Plenary discussion | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Session III: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Labelling Systems Stephanie Bodenbach, Directorate E — Food and Feed Safety, Innovation, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission |
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| Tax Options Jørgen Dejgaard Jensen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| The Importance of Health Promotion on Regional and Municipal Level Birgitta Sacrédeus, Chairperson, Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing, European Committee of the Regions |
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| Integrating Obesity Policy in Different Sectors Jaap Seidell, Professor Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Sciences, Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:20 | Session IV: The Way Ahead |
| How to Develop PA Strategies Pedro Teixeira, Director of the national Physical Activity Promotion Programme, Ministry of Health, Portugal |
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| The Challenges of Engaging with Industry Cécile Knai, Associate Professor of Public Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
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| Netherlands Policy Perspective on the Way Forward at EU Level Henk Reinen, Head of Unit, Department of Nutrition, Health Protection and Prevention, Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport |
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| Working Together: Co-Creation of Policy Questions Wojciech Kalamarz, Head of Unit, Health Determinants and Inequality, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission |
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| 16:20 – 16:30 | Concluding Remarks |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Networking Reception |