PROGRAM, JUNE 2nd
ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE HELD IN ENGLISH
9.00-9.30 REGISTRATION
9.30-9.40 OFFICIAL WELCOME
Milena Králíčková, Rector of Charles University
Jan Konvalinka, Director of Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Jakub Hlávka, Director of Health Economics, Policy, and Innovation Institute
(HEPII), Masaryk University, SYRI
9.40-11.00 KEYNOTE LECTURE AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Healthcare Governance: Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic and Looking
Into the Future
Jan Konvalinka, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the
Czech Academy of Sciences
Štěpán Jurajda, CERGE-EI, Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University
Martin Dlouhý, Prague University of Economics
Moderator: TBC
11.00-11.15 COFFEE BREAK
11.15-12.45 PAPER PRESENTATIONS I.
Pandemics and Public Response: Lessons Learned
Jakub Lonský, University of Edinburgh
Anna Houštěcká, CERGE-EI, Charles University & Economics Institute of
Czech Academy of Science, SYRI
Christian Ochsner, CERGE-EI, Charles University & Economics Institute of
Czech Academy of Science
Štěpán Jurajda, CERGE-EI, Charles University & Economics Institute of Czech
Academy of Science
Moderator: Anna Houštecká
12.45-13.15 LUNCH
13.15-14.15 KEYNOTE LECTURE AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Preparing for Emerging Threats in Healthcare: Future Planning
and Reforms
Mike Murphy, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Hana Vaňková, Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University
Martin Bobák, University College London
Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Faculty of Science of Charles University
Ondřej Májek, National Screening Centre, Institute of Health Information
and Statistics of the Czech Republic
Moderator: Jakub Hlávka
14.15-14.30 COFFEE BREAK
14.30-15.45 PAPER PRESENTATIONS II.
Health and Social Services under Economic and Demographic Pressures
Michal Horný, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Apurv Soni, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jan Kabátek, University of Melbourne
Martin Loučka, Charles University
Moderator: Eliška Selinger
15.45-16.00 COFFEE BREAK
16.00-17.00 WORKSHOPS: APPLIED RESEARCH FOR POLICY
Workshop 1: Rapid Modeling of Infectious Diseases in Public Health
Emergencies
Anna Houštecká, CERGE-EI
Workshop 2: What Drives Population Ageing? The Role of Rising Longevity,
Low Fertility and Migration
Tomáš Sobotka, Vienna Institute of Demography
PROGRAM, JUNE 3rd
ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE HELD IN CZECH WITH
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION TO ENGLISH
9.00-9.40 REGISTRATION
9.40-9.50 OFFICIAL WELCOME
Milena Králíčková, Rector of Charles University
Jakub Hlávka, Director of Health Economics, Policy, and Innovation Institute
(HEPII), Masaryk University
Kuuno Vaher, General Manager of AstraZeneca Central Europe
Zsofia Pusztai, WHO Representative and Head of the Country Office for the
Czech Republic
9.50-11.00 POLICY FORUM
What needs to be done to prepare the Czech Republic for public health
emergencies of the future? Are we ready to deal with a future pandemic?
How can we ensure sustainable health and social care delivery in the era of
ageing populations?
Vlastimil Válek, Minister of Health of the Czech Republic
Karel Zitterbart, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Health of the Senate
of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Milena Králíčková, Rector of Charles University
Ladislav Dušek, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech
Republic
Jan Konvalinka, Director of Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Moderator: Jakub Hlávka
11.00-11.15 COFFEE BREAK
11.15-12.25 SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE
How can research and policy be better connected? How can we improve
public and funding support for public health? What is the role of
universities in educating public health experts? How can experts contribute
to policy-making? What areas of improvement do we see?
Jan Polák, Charles University, Goverment Council for Public Health
Roman Chlíbek, University of Defence, Czech Health Research Council
Ondřej Slabý, Czech Health Research Council
Radek Policar, Ministry of Health
Moderator: Štepán Jurajda
12.25-12.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Milena Králíčková, Rector of Charles University
12.30-13.00 LUNCH AND FAREWELL