IAMP Young Physician Leaders Meeting By invitation only
Hosts:
InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP)
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
October 21st – 22nd, 2011
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW), Jägerstr. 22/23, 10117 Berlin
The IAMP Young Physician Leaders Meeting is a satellite meeting which will take place at the World Health Summit 2011 in Berlin from October 21st to 22nd 2011. Together with the M8 Alliance of leading Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities worldwide the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) will on this occasion establish a “Young Physician Leadership Program”: 20 outstanding young physician leaders are selected and nominated by IAMP members for a specific workshop to develop their leadership skills during mentoring sessions with an international group of physician leaders. The program includes participation in the World Health Summit (taking place from October 23rd – 26th 2011), which will provide an outstanding scientific and policy program and networking opportunities with a global group of medical and scientific professionals, government officials, business leaders and health related organizations. Eligible physicians for the Leadership Program are under 40 years of age, have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in clinical medicine, medical education, public health or health policy and show significant promise for leadership in their fields in the future. The Co-Chairs of the IAMP, Jo Ivey Boufford and Looi Lai-Meng, will be chairing this program in Berlin.
Stakeholder Meeting on Strengthening Research Partnerships for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, Maternal, Newborn and Child HealthBy invitation only
Hosts:
World Health Organization
TDR - Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
UNICEF
GIZ on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
October 21st – 22nd, 2011
Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115 Berlin
The stakeholders meeting is a satellite meeting, which is designed to provide essential input to the World Health Summit 2011. The goal is to build awareness among politicians, senior policy-makers and health experts from the public and private sector on the necessity to invest more in health research on diseases of poverty. The meeting will build on the “Berlin Action Framework” which resulted from the first stakeholders meeting in 2009 and its continued potential to strengthen research partnerships on neglected diseases of poverty through advancing the key principles of: (i) developing country-led engagement in health research on issue that affect them; and (ii) equitable and fair North-South, South-North and South-South partnerships backed by fair contracting processes. The meeting will be convened jointly by UNICEF and TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) that helps coordinate, support and influence global efforts to combat major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged. TDR, which is co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and the WHO, has recently won the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health. Moreover, together with UNICEF it has envisioned several projects concerning the improvement of research activities in the mother and child health realm. The German partners that will be consulted in the course of the agenda setting process are GIZ, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Secretariat of the World Health Summit. Participation will be by invitation only and will be limited to 40 high level policy-makers and health researchers representing governments from across the globe - with a focus on representatives from countries of the global south - and selected senior members of health research organizations and networks. The meeting will try to identify mechanisms to maximize coherence among partners as well as priority implementation research areas. It is intended to strengthen networks and foster links between academia and ministries of health, science and technology, education and finance for sharing information on research activities and highlight the value of implementation research and the application of its outputs in public health. In addition, a partner symposium at the summit of WHO, TDR, UNICEF and GIZ on behalf of the BMZ on Sunday, October 23rd will present the final outcomes of the meeting and point out recommendations for the future. Last but not least, UNICEF’s Chief of Health, Mickey Chopra, will refer to the meeting and the topic of Maternal New-born Health and Child Health in his keynote at the World Health Summit Ceremony on Sunday, October 23rd.
Pre-Panel Discussion "The Crucial Role of Media in Health Promotion" By invitation only
Co-Hosts:
Deutsches Ärzteblatt (Journal of the German Medical Association)
Max-Planck-Society
Introduction:
Vera Zylka-Menhorn (Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Germany)
Gerd Gigerenzer (Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Germany)
Moderator:
James Chau (Journalist and Moderator, CCTV-9, China)
October 22nd, 2011
DZ Bank, Pariser Platz 3, 10117 Berlin.
Media play a vital role in conveying health behavior messages. As the amount of information is growing at an unprecedented rate, many journalists ignore complexities or fail to provide context. Moreover, they sometimes feel the need to „hype-up“ a story in order to draw attention to it.
As a consequence, public health messages are often inadequately communicated or distorted. Especially as many journalists consider themselves poorly trained to understand medical studies and statistics, they – and their editors – should reflect on their responsibilities. Becoming credible medical and scientific communicators – even under resource-poor settings – is an aspect of global health which should not be underestimated.
Invited Panelists:
Jorge Baxter, Director of Global Education and Outreach for Sesame Workshop, USA
Jean-Marc Fleury, Executive Director of of the World Federation of Science Journalists, Canada
Violet Otindo, Journalist, K24 Television, Kenya
IAMP Executive Committee MeetingBy invitation only
Host:
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
InterAcademy Medical Panel
October 22nd – 23rd, 2011
Permanent Representation of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt, Luisenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin
"Berlin Meets Moscow"-Symposium - German-Russian Dialogue in the Healthcare Sector
Open to the public
Hosts:
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Berliner Wirtschaftsgespräche e.V.
October 24th, 2011, 12 – 3pm
German Credit Bank, Taubenstr. 7-9, 10117 Berlin
2011 is the German-Russian year for Education, Science and Innovation which started on May 23rd 2011 in Moscow and was ceremonially opened by the Russian minister of education and science, Andrej A. Fursenko, and the German minister of education and science, Annette Schavan. Health and life sciences are equally important both in Russia and in Germany and the intention of the meeting is to look beyond each country’s borders in order to exchange strategies and experiences in the field of health sciences, health care and health care management. A special focus will be set on the situation in both capitals and it will be especially important to identify synergies and look for areas in which Berlin and Moscow could enhance, foster and begin cooperation that would be highly valuable to both capital cities and countries.
M8 and Friends: Australian Co-Presidency Ambassadorial Reception
By invitation only
Hosts:
Australian Embassy in Berlin
Monash University, Australia
October 25th, 2011, 7pm
Australian Embassy, Wallstr. 76, 10179 Berlin.
Global Mental Health Forum Open to the public
Host:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
October 26th, 2011, 4.30pm - 6pm
Lecture Hall, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin
The Global Mental Health Symposium has the goal to address the need of persons with mental disorders worldwide. It acknowledges mental health inequities and the responsibility to close a treatment gap on a global scale. Disparities in mental health care provision between and within nations will be discussed. Questions will be raised on how research, policy and development cooperation can contribute to reduce mental health disparities. The presentations will include perspectives from the largest national research funding organization of the United States, the Federation of the European Academies of Medicine. Reports from a project sites in Africa will be given and future routes for development cooperation will be explored.
Chairs:
Andreas Heinz, Adrian Mundt
Speakers:
Pamela Collins, Director Department of Disparities and Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Bathesda, USA
Albert Diefenbacher, Director Department of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, Ev. Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, and von Bodelschwingh Foundation Bielefeld, Germany
Samuel Elstner, Department of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, Ev. Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany
Regine Buschmann, Vereinte Evangelische Mission VEM, Wuppertal, Germany
Sonja Weinreich, Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, Bonn, Germany
Peter Jones, University of Cambridge, UK
By invitation only
Host:
SIGENET-Health
October 26th to November 3rd, 2011
Charité Campus Mitte, 10115 Berlin
From October 26th to November 3rd, the Sino-German Network on Public Health and Bioethics (SIGENET-Health) will hold its first China Week. SIGENET-Health has been formally launched in October 2010 and provides a scientific platform to organize, facilitate and inform about ongoing research and education activities between Germany and China. At the World Health Summit SIGENET-Health will host a satellite meeting in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO). Public health is a global commitment and China is among the world’s leading powers struggling with modernization and social harmony. China is also one of Germany’s most dynamic partners and competitors. Having this in mind the meeting will try to answer the following questions: - How can science help us to advance towards a just and responsible health system?
- How can we safeguard the standards and ethics of science, for the benefit of the people?
An interdisciplinary group of distinguished experts from Germany and China will convene to explore the exciting prospect and urgent challenges for joint research projects. Core topics will include Public Health & Professionalism, Greying Societies, Ageing & Pain, Genomics & Discrimination, Biobanking & Governance, Clinical Trials as well as Policy-Making & Communication of Communicable Diseases: the case of Tuberculosis. Last but not least, the China Week will start with a special forum for young researchers at the World Health Summit 2011, which takes place on Wednesday, October 26th.
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