F2 FORUM
Organised by DG Health and Consumers of the European Commission
As a result of the financial and economic crisis, several Member States of the European Union reduced their budgets which led to a drop in health expenditure for the first time in decades.
Beyond the possible direct or indirect effects on the health of the population, budgetary constraints force countries to rethink how to reform their health systems to make them fit for purpose to address growing challenges such as an ageing population, patients’ expectations and technological progress with at times decreased resources.
In these parallel forum sessions the speakers will:
• Highlight the need for effective investments in health systems and the health status of the population
• Exemplify areas of investing in health that could lead to gains in efficiency of public spending, to better quality of care and to reducing inequalities in health
• Discuss different approaches to the reform of national health systems in the EU, including through prevention and health promotion
• Highlight examples of policy innovation in health systems
• Showcase good practice from member countries of the European Union
Introduction
C Needle, Director, EuroHealthNet
The economics of prevention
Mark Pearson, Head of the Health Division, OECD
Tackling the determinants of health - strategies for prevention and health promotion
John F Ryan, Director of Unit, DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
Innovation in active and health ageing – preventing immunosenescence
Sibilia Quilici, Senior Manager, Health Policy, Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Round-table discussion
Antonyia Parvanova, Member of the European Parilament (ALDE, Bulgaria)
W Piskorz, Head of Unit, DG Regional Policy and Urban (DG REGIO), European Commission
Paul Hendrik Smit, Advisor, Agathellon
Monika Kosinska, Secretary General, European Public Health Alliance
Pascal Garel, Chief Executive, European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE)
Moderation
Paola Testori Coggi, Director-General, DG Health and Consumers, European Commission