#FOP25

Programme

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Introduction

For the 19th time, representatives of patient organisations, experts and representatives of administration, officials and politicians will meet in Warsaw.

On the eve of World Sick Day, the most topical issues affecting the healthcare system and the needs of patients will be addressed.

The originator of the meeting, which has been organised since 2007, is Revd Dr Arkadiusz Nowak, President of the Institute for Patients' Rights and Health Education.

Introduction

See what you will encounter during #FOP25

Health priorities for the new term of the European Parliament

Challenges and needs from the patients' perspective

System solutions in Poland and Europe for prevention activities

Communicable diseases as a public health challenge

These are just some of the topics that will be covered during the conference.

sessions

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11:30-12:00

Inauguration of the Forum and presentation of the "For Health and the Patient" Awards
Speech by Mrs Izabela Leszczyna - Minister for Health
Address by Ms Adriana Porowska - Minister for Civil Society, Chair of the Committee for Public Benefit

12:00-13:45

Public hearing - session of patient organisations with the Minister of Health

Discussion with patient organisation leaders about key needs in the system
health care with participation:

Marek Kos - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health
Jerzy Szafranowicz - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health
Bartłomiej Chmielowiec - Ombudsman for Patients' Rights
Filip Nowak - President of the National Health Fund

Moderator:
Rev. Dr Arkadiusz Nowak - President of the Institute for Patients' Rights and Health Education
editor Krzysztof Jakubiak

13:45-14:30

Lunch break

14:45-16:00

International session I "Internal and external threats to health care systems in Poland and Europe" - Online broadcast in Polish and English

Introduction to the discussion: Bogi Eliasen

Adriana Porowska - Minister for Civil Society, Chair of the Committee for Public Benefit
Jerzy Szafranowicz - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health TBC
Lieutenant General Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Gielerak - Director of the Military Medical Institute - National Research Institute in Warsaw
Bogi Eliasen - Director of Health, Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies
Joanna Ładomirska - Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders
Moderator - ed. Krzysztof Jakubiak - portal mzdrowie.pl

16:15-17:30

International Session II "Health challenges for Europe: Poland's role in shaping the future of health care in the European Union" - Online transmission in Polish and English

Adam Jarubas - Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the EP TBC Subcommittee on Public Health
Katarzyna Anna Kacperczyk - Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health TBC
Aleksandra Lewandowska, PhD - National Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Frédéric Destrebecq - European Brain Council
Niels Heuer - Direktør DigiRehab AS
David Elvira PhD - Sanofi
Harry Nardis - Astellas Polska
Marta Pawłowska - Partnership for the prevention and treatment of obesity

Moderator - Dr Jakub Gierczyński

17:45-18:15

Announcement of the results of the "Grant for Health" competition

18:15

Conclusion of the first day of the Forum

09:00-10:00

Rationalisation of expenditure or additional sources of funding? How to ensure stable financing of health care in Poland.

Elżbieta Polak - Member of the Sejm, Sejm Health Committee
Zbigniew Derdziuk - President of the Social Insurance Institution TBC
Jakub Szulc - Vice President of the National Health Fund
Wojciech Wisniewski - Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs
Dr. Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka - Director of the Institute of Healthcare Management at Łazarski University
Dr Michał Seweryn - President of EconMed Europe

Moderator - Wojciech Szeląg

10:15-11:15

Prevention and challenges in chronic disease management

Dr Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor - Senator of the Republic of Poland, Deputy Chairman of the Senate Health Committee
Marek Augustyn - Vice President of the National Health Fund TBC
Prof. Tadeusz Zielonka - Medical University of Warsaw
Dr Rafał Staszewski - Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań
Dr Piotr Dąbrowiecki - President of the Federation of Asthma, Allergy and COPD Associations

Moderator - Ms Monika Rachtan

11:15-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-13:00

European Code of Cancer Care

Dr Monika Rucińska - Polish League Against Cancer

Alerts for prostate cancer patients

Dr Leszek Borkowski - "Together in Disease" Foundation

13:15-13:45

Molecular diagnostics in oncology from 3 perspectives: Doctor - Patient - Decision-maker

Prof. Urszula Demkow - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health TBC
Prof. Andrzej Kowalik - Świętokrzyskie Oncology Centre
Aleksandra Wilk - Director of the Lung Cancer Section, "To się Leczy" Foundation

Moderator - Editor Krzysztof Jakubiak

14:00-15:00

Systemic solutions to support patients with brain diseases

Dr Beata Małecka-Libera - Senator of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Senate Health Committee
Prof. Bartosz Karaszewski - National Consultant in Neurology
Prof. Tomasz Gabryelewicz - President of the Polish Alzheimer's Society
Dagmara Korbasińska-Chwedczuk - Director of the Department of Public Health at the Ministry of Health TBC
Dr Edyta Ekwińska - Vice-President of the Association of Alzheimer's Associations Poland
Izabela Dessoulavy-Gładysz - President of the "Mental Power - For Brain Health" Foundation
Dominika Czarnota-Szałkowska - Secretary General of the Polish Multiple Sclerosis Society

Moderator - Dr Anna Zimny-Zając

15:00-15:30

Holistic approach to pain management

Marcin Ucinski - Physiotherapist, "Feel Better" portal

15:30-16:00

Closing of the Forum and lunch

Associated events

During #FOP25 other events will also take place

Lectures

Discussion panels

and many, many more...