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General Programme Overview of the EADPH 2024 Congress

  • Time
    Thursday
    (October 3rd, 2024)
  • 9:00-12:00
    Pre-Congress workshop
    What is essential oral health care? What are the challenges and opportunities in adopting Universal Health
    Coverage in line with the WHO Oral Health Action Plan?
  • 12:30-13:30
    LUNCH
  • 13:30-14:00
    Opening Ceremony – Classical violin performance by Professor Leonard Sopi from the Municipal Conservatory of Heraklion
  • 14:00-15:00
    Keynote speakers
    Lecture 1:
    Monika Kosinska: Economic and Commercial Determinants of Health
    Global Cross-Cutting Lead, Economic & Commercial Determinants of Health, WHO

    Dr Gauden Galea: The commercial determinants of health: Why do they matter?
    Strategic Adviser to the Regional Director, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO

    Dr Benoit Varenne: Upstream interventions, including commercial determinants of health as part of the Global Oral Health Action Plan 2023-2030
    Technical Lead - Oral Health Programme, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability (NCD), WHO Geneva.

  • 15:00-15:30
    COFFEE BREAK
  • 15:30-17:30
    Special Interest Groups (SIG)
  • 20:30-...
    RECEPTION
    Welcome reception at the Heraklion Marina Café and Restaurant (20 minutes walk from the Congress Venue). [Click for more]
    Music by the Filledjazz duet!
  • Time
    Friday
    (October 4th, 2024)
  • 9:00-10:00
    Keynote speakers
    Lecture 2:
    Professor Sharon Friel: Tackling the commercial determinants of health
    Professor of Health Equity, Director, Menzies Centre for Health Governance, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University

    Lecture 3:
    Professor Paula Moynihan: Sugars solutions - tax and beyond
    University of Adelaide Australia, previously Director, Food and Health in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

  • 10:00-10:30
    Q & A
  • 10:30-11:00
    COFFEE BREAK
  • 11:00-11:30
    Keynote speaker
    Lecture 4:
    Professor Mark Petticrew: Research and Policy Implications in the context of commercial determinants
    Professor of Public Health Evaluation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

  • 11:30-12:00
    Q & A
  • 12:00-13:00
    Haleon Research Award Presentations
  • 13:00-14:00
    LUNCH
  • 14:00-15:30
    Oral presentations of abstracts
  • 15:30-15:50
    COFFEE BREAK
  • 15:50-17:30
    Continuation of oral presentations of abstracts
  • 17:30-19:00
    Annual General Meeting
    Link to join for online members: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83437407120?pwd=2znWW6sXeHGtTRCHd6GHLqL4SxaDGA.1
  • 20:30-...
    GALA DINNER at Arolithos Traditional Cretan Village. [Click for more]
  • TimeSaturday
    (October 5th, 2024)
  • 9:00-10:40 Panel Discussion

    Chair: Professor Georgios Tsakos, Professor of Dental Public Health at UCL.

    WHO Oral Health Resolution: Steps Towards Integrating Oral Health into Health Systems

    Christos Lionis, Honorary Professor of Family and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete.

    Sotirios Kalfas, Professor of Preventive Dentistry & Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

    Charalambos Economou, Professor of Health Economics and Health Policies, Panteion University; Vice-Rector for Research and Lifelong Learning, Panteion University.

    Sotiria Gizani, Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Athens; General Secretary of the European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

    Smaragda Diamanti, Ass. Professor of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry. European University of Cyprus.

    Daramilas Christos, President of the Panhellenic Federation of Associations of People with Diabetes Mellitus and Member of the Board of the National Co-Federation of People with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases.

    Angeliki Anna Gkinosati, Policy Officer of European Dental Students Association (EDSA).

  • 10:40-10:50Greeting from Dr. Aris Angelis, General Secretary of Strategic Planning at the Greek Ministry of Health
  • 10:50-11:00Award Ceremony: Honoring the Region of Crete for Its Commitment and Work in Oral Disease Prevention and Promotion of Oral Health in the Community and Vulnerable Populations
  • 11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
  • 11:30-12:00 Presentations from Chairs of SIG
  • 12:00-12:30 Closing Ceremony and Presentation for the next Congress

Titles and agendas for EADPH Special Interest Groups 2024

Caries: Moving Towards Translating Research into Policy.

Chair: Nigel Pitts; Co-Chair: Ilze Maldupa

Agenda for 2024:

  • Briefly review achievements of Caries Epidemiology and Prevention SIG
  • Build on previous evidence into policy-related activities
  • Expand our Partnerships
  • Maintain alignment with the WHO Global Strategy and Action Plan on Oral Health
  • Prioritise our areas of focus
  • Define what sort of Outputs would be most useful to new SIG members

SIG 01

Systematic Review of Projects to Improve the Oral Health of Socio-Economically Deprived Children. What has been tried and what has worked?

Chair: Gitana Rederiene; Co-chair: Orsolya Nemeth

Agenda for 2024:

  • To systematically review all literature on projects that aim to improve the oral health of socio-economically deprived children.
  • To identify successful projects for improving the oral health of socio-economically deprived children.
  • To involve projects that seek to improve the oral health of all children and those aimed specifically at those socio-economically deprived.
  • To publish the results and promote the successful projects.
  • To plan commencing and writing a protocol for the SIG theme

SIG 02

Prevention of Oral Cancer.

Chairs: Colwyn Jones and Katrin Hertrampf; Co-chair: Niall McGoldrick

Agenda for 2024:

  • Welcome from the chair. [ Colwyn Jones | 5 min ]
  • Apologies for absence. [ 5 min ]
  • Delegates self-introduction from the floor. [ All | 5 min ]
  • The meeting report from 2023 in RIGA. [ Colwyn Jones | 5 min ]
  • Matters arising. [ Colwyn Jones | 10 min ]
  • Oral cancer in Crete/Greece. [ Professor Eleana Stoufi | 20 min ]
  • Oral cancer in Cyprus. [ Dr Chrystala Charalambous | 20 min ]
  • Borderless Alliance of Early Cancer Researchers in Head and Neck Cancer. [ Niall McGoldrick | 20 min ]
  • Early cancer detection in primary care. [ Katrin Hertrampf | 20 min ]
  • Any other business. [ Colwyn Jones | 5 min ]
  • The next meeting of the oral cancer prevention SIWG; 2025, Rome. [ 5 min ]

SIG 03

Workforce, Education and Training Special Interest Group ‘WET SIG’

Chair: Jennifer Gallagher; Co-chair: Rakhee Patel

Agenda for 2024:

  • Review evidence on European oral health workforce capacity and capability
  • Review Educational Curricula development for dentistry
  • Review specialty training in Dental Public Health within Europe
  • Explore priorities for WHO Oral Health Action Plan in Europe and identify next steps for the SIG

SIG 04

Oral Health Related Quality of Life.

Chair: George Tsakos

Agenda for 2024:

  • Welcome and self-introductions. [ All ]
  • Report from the SIWG 2023 meeting (Riga). [ George Tsakos ]
  • EADPH Quality of Life webinars in last year: Report and Reflections [ All ]
  • Critical review of the SIWG on QoL: 10 years for what outcome? [ All ]
  • Where do we go next? Recommendations [ All ]
  • AOB

SIG 05

Oral Health and Special Care Dentistry. Health for all – how to achieve in patients with additional support needs?

Chair: Ana Vukovic

Agenda for 2024:

  • Welcome and participants’ introduction
  • Background on the purpose of the workshop: to recognize the importance of availability, accessibility to health and education, to information and communication, in enabling persons with additional support needs to fully enjoy all human rights.
  • The aim is to provide aspects of different challenges that are possible in everyday clinical practice through opinions of different healthcare professionals such as physicians, dentists, and special education therapists.
  • Introducing International Association for Disability and Oral Health Toolbox for measuring attitudes and intended behaviors to the participants.
  • Role play
  • Emphasizing the importance of assessing and improving healthcare workforce attitudes, beliefs and intended behaviors toward people with additional support needs is as important as professional training having in mind the impact on accessibility and availability of health care.
  • Future plans

SIG 06

Tooth Surface Loss/Erosion and Other Health Diseases and Conditions: How can Oral Health Care be integrated into Universal Health Coverage and General Health Care?

Chair: Vasileios Margaritis

Agenda for 2024:

  • Finalizing ETW primary and secondary prevention program to be adopted by schools, public and private practice dentists
  • Aim to publish this program in peer-reviewed journals (this would be the 3rd paper produced by this Working Group!)
  • More clinical focus to prevent and treat ETW.
  • Discussion on WHO Oral Health Action Plan -focusing on Financial models, UHC, and Oral health care systems. Transition to the new SIG of “Oral health care within universal health coverage and general health care”- Co-chair position announcement.
  • Open to ideas, suggestions, and initiatives.

SIG 07