Format & capacity

On-site event, 150 seats. Registration fee is EUR 100, payable upon online registration.

The organizer provides coffee, tea, water and lunch both days.

To complete your registration, please transfer the participation fee using the details below:

Recipient: Region Sjælland

Bank name: Jyske Bank
(If transferring from Danish bank:

Reg.no: 5067

Account no: 324000-3)

IBAN: DK95 5067 0003 2400 03

SWIFT/BIC: JYBADKKK

IMPORTANT: Please ensure that your payment includes the following reference number: 8056474000 AND your name.

Once the payment has been made and to finalise your registration, kindly send your proof of payment (print screen of completed payment/bank statement) to afrol@regionsjaelland.dk

Organizers

EUPHA Chronic Diseases Section; Research and Innovation Centre for Multimorbidity and Chronic Disease; Novo Nordisk Foundation; Region Zealand; Danish Society for Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy; University of Copenhagen.

If you would like to present an abstract (Day 2 only), please note the following requirements:

• A 5-minute presentation (including questions from the audience)
• A maximum of 2 PowerPoint slides, must be sent to jonanc@regionsjaelland.dk no later than May 24^th
• Abstract must be structured according to IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion)
• Maximum 300 words
• Please submit your abstract to jonanc@regionsjaelland.dk no later than May 10^th

Registration fee policy
Your registration is binding. Cancellations made before May 13, 2026 are eligible for a full refund. After this date, refunds are no longer available. However, you may transfer your registration to another participant.

Programme: 

DAY 1 – JUNE 03
10:00 – 10:30 Registration and networking
10:30 – 10:50 Welcoming remarks and introduction to symposium
10:50 – 12:00 Steno MDT session: Findings from a Danish multicentre collaboration on diabetes and multimorbidity
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

THEME 1 – PATTERNS OF MULTIMORBIDITY
13:00 – 13:20 Patterns and trajectories of multimorbidity: Clusters in a dynamic setting

Nikolaj Olerud Holm, Technical University of Denmark & Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Denmark
13:20 – 13:40 Descriptive and predictive approaches to life-course disease trajectories

Søren Brunak, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
13:40 – 14:00 Understanding complex care needs over time: key research insights into multimorbidity trajectories

Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University, Sweden.
14:00 – 14:30 Panel Discussion
14:30 – 15:00 Break – refreshments and networking

THEME 2 – HOW DO WE PREVENT AND MANAGE MULTIMORBIDITY?
15:00 – 15:20 The Fusion clinic – A complete treatment course

Mette Wallbohm Olsen, Central and West Zealand Hospital, Denmark
15:20 – 15:40 Differentiated hospital care for patients with multimorbidity at Clinic for Multimorbidity
Cathrine Bell, Central Denmark Regional Hospital, Denmark.

Marlene Lunddal Krogh, Central Denmark Regional Hospital & Aarhus University, Denmark.
15:40 – 16:00 Session title forthcoming
Nasrin Asgari, Central and West Zealand Hospital & University of Southern Denmark
16:00 – 16:20 Improving care for patients with complex multimorbidity through extended consultations in general practice
Anne Holm, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
16:20 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 17:20 Management of multimorbidity in general practice across Europe
Julian Mamo, University of Malta, Malta.
17:20 – 17:40 Beyond Silos: Integrating Primary Care, Public Health, Prevention, and Education to Tackle Multimorbidity
Sarah Cuschieri, University of Malta, Malta.
Saverio Stranges, Western University, Canada.
17:40 – 18:10 Panel Discussion
18:10 – 18:20 Closing remarks
18:30 – Town walk and dinner

DAY 2 – JUNE 04
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee and networking
09:00 – 09:10 Introduction for the day
09:10 – 10:10 ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
10:10 – 10:40 Break

THEME 3 – PERSPECTIVES FROM REAL-WORLD SETTINGS
10:40 – 11:00 Equity in Action: Redesigning Care Through Organisational Health Literacy
Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Aarhus University, Denmark.
11:00 – 11:20 Negotiating symptoms, causes and solutions: the everyday work of living with multimorbidity
Anna Louise Skovgaard, Aarhus University & University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
11:20 – 11:40 Leveraging The Total Worker Health Model to Manage Multimorbidity and Preserve Work Ability
Franca Barbic, Humanitas University, Italy; Western University, Canada.
11:40 – 12:00 Multimorbidity as a Central Driver of Dementia and Mobility Disability in Aging: Implications for Multidomain Interventions
Manuel Montero-Odasso, Western University, Canada.
12:00 – 12:20 Addressing Non-communicable diseases in Greenland – challenges and advantages in a unique the health care system
Michael Lynge Pedersen, Steno Diabetes Center Greenland, Greenland
12:20 – 12:50 Panel Discussion
12:50 – 13:10 Summary & Next Steps
Saverio Stranges, President Chronic Disease Section, European Public Health Association
13:10 – 14:00 Lunch (to stay or to go)