Congress Venue:
Polytechnic of Milan - Departament ABC
WHO Collaborating Centre for Design & Health:
Healthcare Infrastructures Planning, Design and Evaluation
Wednesday 15 July
13:00 ASPHER General Assembly (members only)
18:00 The Future of Public Health - International, National and Regional Perspectives
Special Session organised by ASPHER in collaboration with Regione Lombardia followed by Reception
Thursday 16 July
09:00-10:30 Opening & Plenary I:
60 Years of ASPHER: Launching Generations of Public Health Professionals Courageously into the Future
Chair: Henrique Barros, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (ISPUP), PORTUGAL
Jeffrey Levett, ASPHER past-President, 1992-1993
Mirjana Kujundzic Tiljak, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, CROATIA
Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Division of Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Walter Ricciardi, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, ITALY
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions I
Workshop I: Strengthening the Public Health Workforce: Roles, Leadership and Professional Development
Oral presentations I: National Programme Development and Institutional Reforms
Oral presentations II: Pedagogical Methods in Public Health Education
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Plenary II (CME Session - no EACCME):
Education and Training in Vaccinology: A European Perspective
Chair: Carlo Signorelli, Postgraduate School in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, ITALY
Paolo Bonanni, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, ITALY
Tiago Correia, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Caterina Rizzo, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, ITALY
Nadav Davidovitch, School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL
Fabrizio Pregliasco, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, ITALY
Anna Odone, School of Public Health, University of Pavia, ITALY
Mathieu Bangert, Sanofi
15:15:16:45 Parallel Sessions II
Workshop II: VAX-Action - Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe: Project Insights and Lessons for Public Health Education
Oral presentations III: Skills and Competencies for the Public Health Workforce: Professionalising Public Health
Oral presentations IV: Education and Health in Special and Vulnerable Groups
17:00-18:30 Parallel Sessions III
Workshop III: Public Health Education Systems: Accreditation, History and International Partnerships
Workshop IV: Preparing the Public Health Workforce for the Digital Information Environment
Oral presentations V: Public Health Training and Development for Health Professionals
Oral presentations VI: Vaccinology Education; Trust; Communication
Friday 17 July
09:00-10:30 Plenary III:
Breaking Silos: Integrating Epidemiology, Digital Health and Design & Health in Public Health Education
Chair: Mary Codd, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, IRELAND
Milo Puhan, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Hajo Zeeb, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology BIPS, University of Bremen, GERMANY
Stefano Capolongo, Design & Health Lab, Department of Architecture, Built Env and Construction Eng, Polytechnic of Milan, ITALY
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions IV
Workshop V: Advancing the ASPHER Core Curriculum: Implementation, Competencies and Workforce Relevance
Oral presentations VII: Student Health and Wellbeing; Ethics in Public Health
Oral presentations VIII: Planetary, Climate and Environmental Health; Design & Health
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Parallel Sessions V
Workshop VI: Innovative Pedagogies in Public Health Education
Oral presentations IX: The ASPHER Core Curriculum For Public Health: Applications and Experience
Oral presentations X: Artificial Intelligence and Public Health Education: Opportunities and Challenges
15:15-16:45 Parallel Sessions VI
Workshop VII: Governance, Systems Thinking and Global Frameworks in Public Health Education
Oral presentations XI: Emergency Preparedness; Disaster Management; Health Diplomacy
Oral presentations XII: Developments in Public Health; Digital Public Health Education and Competencies
17:00-18:30 Plenary IV, Closing & 2027 (tba):
Advancing Glocal Public Health through Diplomacy: Schools as Drivers to Foster Public Health Diplomats
Chairs: Josep Figueras, Eur Observatory on Health Systems and Policies & Naomi Nathan, ASPHER Fellowship Programme Alumna
Laura Magaña, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
Catarina Martins, European Parliament
Rok Hrzic, Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, NETHERLANDS
Mary Codd, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, IRELAND
20:00 Social Dinner
Saturday 18 July
09:30-12:00 Walking Lecture I:
Urban Health in Action: Exploring the Porta Nuova District
09:30-12:00 Walking Lecture II:
Healing Architecture: From the Renaissance Ca’ Granda to the New Milan Polyclinic