17th EPH Conference - Lisbon 2024

Plenary session - Wednesday 13th Nov

	Time (UTC) / Location	Track	Organiser Abbreviations	Activity
	Wed 13^th 11:45-12:45 Auditorium I		EPH Conference	OC - Opening Ceremony: Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation
	Moderator: Ricardo Mexia, Chair of the 17th EPH Conference 2024 Speakers: Sara Cerdas, Former Member of the European Parliament 2019-2024, Portugal Ana Paula Martins, Minister of Health, Portugal Lorena Boix, Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums.
	Wed 13^th 14:00-15:00 Auditorium I		WHO EURO, Observatory	PL1 - Plenary 1: Navigating the Artificial Intelligence (AI) wave: overcoming barriers and unleashing the potential of AI in transforming European public health Abstracts in EJPH
	Check out for more information here. The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums. Moderators: Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager/Senior Health Systems Analyst, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Facilitator: Stefan Buttigieg, Manager of the National Contact Point for eHealth, Malta Speakers/Panellists: Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom Katharina Ladewig, Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research, Robert Koch Institute, Germany Lorena Boix, Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission Keyrellous Adib, Technical Officer Data Science and Digital Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe Francisco Goiana da Silva, Nova Medical School, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal
	Wed 13^th 18:00-19:00 Auditorium I		EUPHA, ASPHER	PL2 - Plenary 2: lobal health: bridging research and policy for real-world impact Abstracts in EJPH
	Check out for more information here. The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums. Moderators: Iveta Nagyova, President EUPHA Henrique Barros, President ASPHER and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal Facilitator: Elena Petelos, President EUPHA Global health section Speakers/Panellists: Emma Rawson-Te Patu, President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, Director of ManuKahu Associates, New Zealand Ilona Kickbusch, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland (tbc) Charles Agyemang, Professor of Global Migration, Ethnicity & Health, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Agnès Buzyn, Professor of Haematology, Paris-Sorbonne University, and Former Minister of Solidarity and Health, France Moredreck Chibi, Public Health Innovation Lead, WHO Regional Office for Europe Charlotte Marchandise, Executive Director EUPHA

Plenary session - Thursday 14th Nov

	Time (UTC) / Location	Track	Organiser Abbreviations	Activity
	Thu 14^th 10:30-11:30 Auditorium I		EuroHealthNet	PL3 - Plenary 3: Tackling health inequalities in times of crisis Abstracts in EJPH
	Check out for more information here. The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums. Moderators: Caroline Costongs, Director, EuroHealthNet Cristina Abreu Santos, Vice-President Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Portugal Keynote 1: Understanding and addressing health inequalities in times of crisis Fran Baum, Professor of Health Equity at the Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia (by video message) Keynote 2: The importance of addressing poverty and delivering on social rights for all: EU initiatives Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion, Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Panellists: Didier Jourdan, UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Centre 'Global Health and Education', University of Clermont-Auvergne, France Jill Litt, Professor of Environmental Health in the Environmental Studies Programme, University of Colorado, USA and Senior researcher, Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain
	Thu 14^th 14:00-15:00 Auditorium I		EHMA	PL4 - Plenary 4: Harnessing social marketing for interdisciplinary health management: enhancing public health outcomes Abstracts in EJPH
	The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums. Moderator: Tiago Correia, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Speakers/Panellists: Marina Macchiaiolo, Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Italy, and President of the Italian Committee for the United World Colleges (UWC) Stanislava Boskovic, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Stefano Capolongo, Department of Architecture, Construction Engineering and Built Environment (ABC), Politecnico di Milano, Italy George Valiotis, Executive Director of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)

Plenary session - Friday 15th Nov

	Time (UTC) / Location	Track	Organiser Abbreviations	Activity
	Fri 15^th 10:30-11:30 Auditorium I		EC, ECDC	PL5 - Plenary 5: One Health in Europe: from concept to practice Abstracts in EJPH
	Check out for more information here. The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums. Moderator: Ricardo Mexia, Chair of the 17th EPH Conference 2024, President EUPHA Infectious diseases control section Keynote speaker Roser Domenech Amado, Director for One Health, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), European Commission Speakers/Panellists: Stef Bronzwaer, Cross-Agency One Health Task Force, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Barbara Häsler, Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom Susana Guedes Pombo, Chief Veterinary Officer, Portugal, President World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Eva Zažímalová, Co-lead One Health Scientific Opinion (tbc)
	Fri 15^th 15:15-16:00 Auditorium I		EPH Conference	CC - Closing Ceremony of the 17th European Public Health Conference
	Moderator: Ricardo Mexia, Chair of the 17th EPH Conference 2024 Speaker: Ricardo Baptista Leite, Chief Executive Officer at HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health Awards Ceremony: Best Poster, Best Abstract, Ference Bojan Award Charlotte Marchandise, Executive Director EUPHA Welcome to the 18th EPH Conference 2025, Helsinki, Finland Ilmo Keskimäki, Chair of the 18^th EPH Conference 2025 The plenary session is live streamed to all Auditoriums.