P2 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
Organised by International Forum Gastein
The Closing Plenary will round up the EHFG 2014 and highlight conclusions from the four questions posed in the Opening Plenary. In a high-level debate ideas and visions for the future Europe for health in the light of the European election outcomes will be discussed. What should be on the agenda for the European Parliament and the European Commission for the next five years? Taking into account the outcomes of the forum and workshop sessions and participants’ visions on “The Europe I want”, we will try to answer the questions on how the European social model and core European values will develop and whether the role of the EU in health will or should change in the future.
Introduction and round-up of the conference
Helmut Brand, President, International Forum Gastein
Video reflection
Tamsin Rose, Progress Work, Belgium
Closing Plenary Address
Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner-designate for Health and Food Safety
Four pillars debate
Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner-designate for Health and Food Safety
Nicola Bedlington, Executive Director, European Patients' Forum
Boris Azais, Director, Europe and Canada, MSD
Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch, Head of Research Affairs, Science Europe
Peter O'Donnell, Associate Editor, European Voice
Moderation
Armin Fidler, Lead Advisor, Policy and Strategy, World Bank