EHES Conference - programme

This is a tentative programme (12 January 2012) of the EHES Conference. The titles of the presentations and the schedule are indicative. The final programme will be published here after all speakers have been confirmed.

 

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Health examination surveys - from monitoring to health policy

Chair: Hanna Tolonen, EHES Project Manager, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

 

Time Topic Speaker
9:00-9:30 Registration and setup of posters  
9:30-10:00 Opening of the conference Stefan Schreck, DG Sanco
10:00-10:30 Setting up EHES Kari Kuulasmaa, EHES Leader
10:30-11:10 Coffee break and posters
11:10-12:10 What EHES can provide - experiences from pilot Kari Kuulasmaa, EHES Leader
12:10-13:25 Lunch and posters
13:25-13:45 Health examination surveys in Italy. Why and for what? Donato Greco, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy
13:45-14:05 40 years of health examination surveys in Finland Pekka Puska, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
14:05-14:25 New health examination survey in Slovakia Eleonóra Fabiánová,Regional Authrity of Public Health in Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
14:25-14:45 Discussion on the presented national experiences  
14:45-15:35 Coffee break and posters
15:35-16:50 Panel discussion: Future of EHES

Elvira Göbel, EC/DG Sanco
Barbara Kerstiens, EC/RTD Health
Graham Fraser, ECDC
Gauden Galeo, WHO Euro
Pekka Puska, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

16:50-17:00 Closer of the day Kari Kuulasmaa, EHES Leader

 

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Comparable data through standardization

Chair: Kari Kuulasmaa, Research Professor, EHES Leader, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

 

Time Topic Speaker
9:00-9:30 Conclusions from the 1st day Hanna Tolonen, EHES Project Manager
9:30-10:00 HEIDI-system for disseminating health indicators Elvira Göbel, EC/DG Sanco
10:00-10:20 Role of surveys in nutrition surveillance in Europe Liisa Valsta, EU/EFSA
10:20-10:40 Human biomonitoring surveys as support for environmental health policies Anke Joas, COPHES Project
10:40-11:20 Coffee break and posters

11:20-12:00

EHES Manual and national HES manuals - tool for standardized national HESs Hanna Tolonen, EHES Project Manager

12:00-12:30

Importance of training in standardization of national HESs Päivikki Koponen, EHES RC
12:30-13:45 Lunch and posters
13:45-14:05 Site visits Katri Kilpeläinen, EHES RC
14:05-14:30 Laboratory data quality Georg Alfthan, EHES RC
14:30-14:55 Evaluation reports Hanna Tolonen, EHES Project Manager
14:55-15:35 Coffee break and posters
15:35-16:05 Innovations and limitations in the recruitment of survey participants Sanna Ahonen, EHES RC
16:05-16:30 Summary of the Conference Hanna Tolonen, EHES Project Manager