European Public Health Alliance: Annual Conference
2-3 September | Résidence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels
The European Public Health Alliance’s (EPHA) sixth Annual Conference is titled “Towards a European Union for Health – From health in all policies to EU governance for health and well-being?”
The conference will gather high-level speakers and thought leaders to engage in a constructive debate on Health in All Policies (HiAP). The conference will be composed of different panels brought together to discuss, among other topics:
- The development of HiAP as an approach to improving health and well being and the major successes and obstacles.
- How we can learn from country specific implementation of HiAP to develop a strategy for all member states.
- The increasing macroeconomic oversight of the EU on national governments and the need for policy coherence at the EU level.
- What is the role of HiAP in a future Union for Health and what should we explore as alternative forms of regulation?
Guest speakers will include:
- Dr Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
- Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Director of the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe
- Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Developlment Studies, Geneva
- Professor Martin McKee, President of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
