21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion Best ...

21 st <strong>IUHPE</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>on Health PromotionBest Investments for HealthBest Investments for Health25-29 August 2013Pattaya, Thailand

<strong>Conference</strong> Main ThemeBest Investments for Health“Best” in dimensions of Sufficiency, Efficiency, Effectiveness orEquity.“Investment” in terms of Health Finance, Systems, HumanResources or Interventions.“Health” in the view of Conventional Health, Wellbeing or SocialDevelopment.

Plenary SpeakersOpening Session3Prof. Amartya SenNobel Economics Prize(waiting for confirmationProf. MuhammadYunusNobel Peace Prize(Alternative SpeakerAung San Suu KyiNobel Peace Prize(Alternative Speaker

Plenary 1 What are the best investments for healthand wellbeing of people?Prof. DanielWeinstock(Ethicist)ConfirmedEthical perspective ofbest investments forhealthProf. John Frank(Epidemiologist)ConfirmedKey health and socialdevelopmentresearch and policiesProf. Anne Mills(Economist)ConfirmedEconomicdeterminants ofhealthMs. SomsookBunyabuncha(Grassroot)ConfirmedSocial and humandevelopment at alocal community level4

Plenary 2How far have we (government, civil society,academia) invested in health promotion systems?When is it enough?Dr. Maria?Fatima deSousaDr. VirojTangcharoensathien(Thailand)Dr. Maria Fatimade Sousa(Brazil)Hon. AgnesBinagwaho(Rwanda)UnderConsiderationConfirmedSustainable Financingin Health PromotionSystem DevelopmentConfirmedPrimary Health CareSystem(waiting forconfirmation)Resource ConstraintEnvironmentA critical, practice,evaluated perspective5

Plenary 3 Promoting health in all policies: successes andchallenges?Ms. Taru Koivisto(WHO representative,Finland)Dr. Dasho Karma Ura(President of Center forBhutan Studies)Hon. Sergio Fajardo(Governor of Antoquia,Colombia)Dr. Sania Nishtar(Heartfile, Pakistan)ConfirmedConfirmedConfirmedConfirmedLinkage between WHOGCHP in Helsinki andthe 21 st <strong>IUHPE</strong> <strong>World</strong><strong>Conference</strong>The Happiness ApproachTransformation at CityLevelA critical, practice,evaluated perspective6

Plenary 4 Health Promotion Award for Best PracticesWhat are the challenges and opportunities in “investing morefor health”?Objective: to recognize the key contributions of actors to health promotion practicePrizes will be awarded following a call for nominations on different dimensions ofhealth promotion:● Good governance● Capacity building● Evidence based knowledge translation into action● Monitoring progress and adaptive systems for learning/evaluation● Scaling up of best practicesNominate your candidates for significant achievementin health promotion practice!7

Sub-plenary sessions22 sub-plenary sessions covering a wide range of health promotion issues:► Investment in HP research► Promoting HiAP► HP investment for NCDs control & prevention► Surveillance on SDH► Developing HP capacities with new technologies► Social inequities in health► Equity and health literacy, an emerging SDH► HP effectiveness► Health as an asset & a resource► Innovative health financing► Best practices in HIA► Spirituality in HP► Best investments for health & climate change► Investing in HP competencies8

Parallel sessionsSymposia, Workshops, Oral and Poster presentations on the <strong>Conference</strong>theme and sub themes, as well as on:1. Intersectoral policies, strategies and actions conducive to sustainablehealth investment2. Multisectoral and multi-stakeholders partnership and collaboration forhealth promotion3. Research, development and communication in health promotion4. Health issues and populations in health promotion5. Social, environmental and cultural issues in health promotionSubmit your abstract now, and no later than 20 December 2012, onwww.iuhpe.conference.net !9

Meet the Authors SessionsEvery day at lunch time!Objectives:• Allow participants to meet authors of health promotion books (in English, French,Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Japanese) published since the last <strong>IUHPE</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>on health promotion (Geneva, July 2010)• Enable conference participants to purchase new or recent publications at the<strong>Conference</strong>• Continue a tradition that began at the Geneva <strong>Conference</strong>Apply to present your book in Pattaya by email to Dr. Sophie Dupéré,Sophie.Dupere@fsi.ulaval.ca no later than 1 December 2012 !10

Key DatesAbstract Submission LaunchEarly Bird Registration OpeningBursary Scholarship Application20 August 2012Abstract Submission Deadline 20 December 2012Notification of Abstract 1 March 2013Author Registration Deadline 1 April 2013Early Bird Registration Deadline 30 April 2013Standard Rate Registration Deadline 5 August 2013<strong>IUHPE</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on HealthPromotion 201325-29 August 201311

Registration Fees (Euro)Category Early Bird Regular On-Site Single DayNon-member of<strong>IUHPE</strong>Member of<strong>IUHPE</strong>500 650 800 250350 500 650 175LIC/MIC 300 300 300 125Student 200 300 350 100Thai 100 100 100 5012

Host OrganisationsCo-HostsInternational Union for Health Promotion and Education(<strong>IUHPE</strong>)Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth)Ministry of Public health, ThailandHealth Systems Research Institute (HSRI), ThailandNational Health Commission Office of Thailand (NHCO)National Health Security Office, Thailand (NHSO)13

International SupportersInternational Network of Health Promotion Foundations(INHPF)<strong>World</strong> Health Organization’s South-East Asia RegionalOffice (WHO/SEARO)Local SupportersMunicipality Office of Pattaya CityThailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)Thai Airways International14

Venue: Pattaya, Thailand<strong>Conference</strong> Secretariat:Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth)Website: en.thaihealth.or.thEnquiry about <strong>IUHPE</strong> 21 st <strong>World</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> 2013General: info@iuhpeconference.netExhibition: exhibition@iuhpeconference.net<strong>Conference</strong> programme andabstracts: conference@iuhpeconference.netRegistration and fees: registration@iuhpeconference.netwww.<strong>IUHPE</strong>conference.netwww.facebook.com/<strong>IUHPE</strong>2013www.twitter.com/<strong>IUHPE</strong>201315