Programme on the 4th of April at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre

The program is updated regularly.

8.00 Registration and coffee

9.00 Opening of Global Health – beyond 2015   

Welcome     
Peter Friberg, Swedish Society of Medicine
The purpose with “Global Health – beyond 2015” and “The Stockholm Declaration on Global Health”.

Introduction by the moderators  
Nisha Pillai, BBC World News and Richard Horton, The Lancet

Introduction of the Twitter Panel
Inviting the audience at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre and elsewhere to deliver feedback through Twitter.

Overview – Global health update  
Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institutet/Gapminder  

 
WHO’s Action plan for today’s challenges
Arun Nanda, WHO, Senior Strategy & Policy Advisor

Questions to Arun Nanda and Hans Rosling
Audience interaction
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Summing up of questions
- Twitter panel update

Statements on video by 3 article authors on
Main theme I:  
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EFFECTS ON HEALTH

Keynote speaker
Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Centre 

Discussion on Climate Change and the Effects on Health  
Lena Ek, Minister for the Environment
Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Centre

Audience interaction  
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Summing up of questions
- Twitter panel update

Health goals beyond 2015 – the current thinking
Lola Dare, Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research and Development CHESTRAD International
Anders Nordström, Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry of  Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Mattias Klum-photo project
Performance by musician Sami Al Fakir

11.50 LUNCH

13.20 Erik Westerberg Chamber Choir

Welcome back
Audience interaction and summing-up
Moderator Nisha Pillai
- Summing up of questions
- Twitter panel update

Global Health: Everybody’s Business
Maria Larsson
Minister for Children and the Elderly

“Every woman – every child”
Richard Horton, The Lancet

Input and reaction from the younger generation
Roopa Dhatt, IFMSA - International Federation of Medical Students'  Associations
Usman Mushtaq, Youth Commission on Global Governance for Health
 

Statements on video by 3 article authors on
Main theme II:  
HEALTH INEQUALITIES  

Keynote speaker
René Loewenson, TARSC, Zimbabwe

Discussion on Health Inequalities   
René Loewenson, TARSC, Zimbabwe
Mariam Claeson, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 
Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institutet/Gapminder  

 
Audience interaction and summing-up
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton 
- Twitter Panel update

Intro vignette with video interviews of 3 article authors on
Main theme III:  
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCD)  

Keynote speaker
Robert Beaglehole, University of Auckland

Discussion on Chronic Diseases   
Robert Beaglehole, University of Auckland
Ruth Bonita, University of Auckland
Arun Nanda, WHO, Senior Strategy & Policy Advisor  

Audience interaction and summing-up
Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton
- Summing up session
- Twitter panel update

16.25 HEALTH BREAK

Panel for “The Way Forward”
Moderators Nisha Pillai and Richard Horton

Mariam Claeson, Deputy Director for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health,  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carl Bennet, Carl Bennet AB
Tore Laerdal, Laerdal Foundation
Anders Nordström, Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Olle Stendahl, Swedish Research Council
Gunhild Stordalen, Stordalen Foundation

Conclusion speech
Richard Horton, The Lancet  

18.00 Sami Al Fakir
Performance