Programme
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Thursday 3 October 2013
Friday 4 October 2013
HIA2013 Final programme
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Venue: CMU - Centre Médical Universitaire S IV and S V on the 2nd floor
Basic Training Course in HIA - Trainers: Ben Cave and Erica Ison
Learning objectives
To gain an understanding of:
- HIA as a methodology and its potential uses to support decision-making
- The basic process of HIA
- The methods used during HIA
- The potential to integrate HIA or use elements of HIA in other impact assessments
To use some qualitative rapid appraisal techniques for HIA
To develop skills of reflection for the practice of HIA
Programme
10:00 to 10:15 am - Welcome and Introduction
10:15 to 11:00 am - Basic Introduction to HIA and its uses - presentation by trainers
11:00 to 11:30 am - Interactive exercise (in pairs) on the appropriate and effective use of HIA
11:30 to 11:45 am - Refreshment break
11:45 to 12:15 am - The potential to integrate HIA or use elements of HIA in other impact assessments / methodologies - presentation by trainers
12:15 to 1:00 pm - Interactive exercise in small groups: identifying the opportunities for and barriers to the integration of HIA/use of elements of HIA in other impact assessments/methodologies
1:00 to 2:00 pm - Lunch
2:00 to 3:30 pm - Interactive exercise in small groups: undertaking a rapid desk-top appraisal of a concrete example (HIA on a wind farm project in Switzerland)
3:30 to 3:45 pm - Refreshment break
3:45 to 4:30 pm - Short presentation on two HIAs carried out in Switzerland
4:30 to 5:15 pm - Discussion
5:15 to 5:30 pm - Concluding remarks
HIA2013 Introductory Keynote
CMU - Centre Médical Universitaire - Conference room A250
5:30 to 7:00 pm - Health in All Policies (HiAP): new perspectives after the Helsinki Conference
Keynote speakers: Professor Ilona Kickbusch (Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland) and Dr Eeva Ollila (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki, Finland)
Public Conference - Open to all
7:00 pm - Welcoming drink
Thursday 3 October 2013
Venue: CICG - Centre International de Conférences Genève
8:00 to 9:00 am - Welcome and registration
9:00 to 9:30 am - Official opening
Welcome by Mr Thomas Mattig, director, Health Promotion Switzerland
Welcome by Dr Carlos Dora, Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization (WHO)
Welcome by a representative of the Geneva government, Dr. Pierre-François Unger, Minister of Health, Canton of Geneva (Switzerland)
9:30 to 10:30 am - Plenary session I - HIA and global public policy change
Conference - Room 2 on the ground floor
Keynote speaker: Professor Eileen O'Keefe (London Metropolitan University, UK)
10:30 to 11:00 am - Break | Visit of posters
11:00 to 12:30 am - Parallel sessions I
12:30 to 2:00 pm - Lunch
2:00 to 3:00 pm - Plenary session II - HIA for health equity and social justice
Panel - Room 2 on the ground floor
Moderator: Francesca Viliani (International Association for Impact Assessment, IAIA, International SOS)
Panellists: Rajiv Bhatia (San Francisco, USA), Elizabeth Harris (University of New South Wales, Australia), Katie Dain (the NCD Alliance, UK)
3:00 to 3:30 pm - Break | Visit of posters
3:30 to 5:00 pm - Parallel sessions II
5:00 to 7:00 pm - Free
From 7:00 to 10:30 pm - Conference Banquet at the Château de Penthes
Friday 4 October 2013
Venue: CICG - Centre International de Conférences Genève
8:30 to 9:00 am - Welcome and registration
9:00 to 10:30 am - Plenary session III - HIA in developing countries, including large infrastructure projects
Panel - Room 2 on the ground floor
Moderator: Carlos Dora (Department of Public Health and Environment, WHO)
Panellists: Michaela Pfeiffer (Department of Public Health and Environment, WHO), David Houeto (President of the International Francophone Network for Health Promotion), Francesca Viliani (International Association for Impact Assessment, IAIA, International SOS)
10:30 to 11:00 am - Break | Visit of posters
11:00 to 12:30 am - Parallel sessions III
12:30 to 2:00 pm - Lunch
2:00 to 3:30 pm - Parallel sessions IV
3:30 to 4:00 pm - Break | Visit of posters
4:00 to 5:00 pm - Plenary session IV - Mainstreaming and institutionalisation of HIA
Round table - Room 2 on the ground floor
Moderator: Jonathan Drewry (Pan American Health Organization, Peru)
Speakers: Richard Massé (Director of Public Health for Montreal), Mbarack Diop (African Development Bank, Tunisia), Alberto Fernandez Ajuria (Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain), René Longet (Former representative at Geneva and Federal parliament / Mayor of Onex, Switzerland)
5:00 to 5:30 pm - Closing session - What's next?
Room 2 on the ground floor
Commentators: John Kemm (JK Public Health Consulting Ltd., UK) and Natacha Litzistorf (Director of equiterre, Switzerland)
Pre-announcement of HIA2014
Official closing: Dr Maria Neíra, Director, Department of Public Health and Environment (WHO)
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