Conference Agenda

2015 CONFERENCE

Joint 9th

WARFS Global Conference & 12th

AMNET

Conference

St John’s, Antigua, November 17th-20th 2015

Tuesday November 17th, 2015 - Pre-Conference workshop LOCATION: American University Of Antigua (AUA) 9.00 Registration

10.00 -12.00 Pre-conference workshop 1:

Evidence-based Medicine: Surveillance of Chronic Diseases.

Facilitators: Dr. Juan Carlos Zevallos, Florida International University Dr. Hugo Vilchis, Burrell College of Medicine at New Mexico State University

Capacity: up to 60 participants

Language: Spanish/English

Pre-conference workshop 2:

Physical Activity.

Facilitators: Ms. Lisseth Villalobos Dr. Adrian Alasino, Universidad de Mar del Plata

Capacity: 40 participants

Language: Spanish

12.00 – 1.00

Lunch

1.00 - 3.00 Pre-conference workshop 3:

Research methods: basic course.

Facilitators: Dr. Hugo Vilchis, Burrell College of Medicine at New Mexico State University Dr. Juan Carlos Zevallos, Florida International University

Capacity: 40 participants

Language: English/Spanish

Pre-conference workshop 4:

Diabetes Management

Facilitators: Noel Barengo

Capacity: 40

Language: English/Spanish

Wednesday November 18th, 2015 – Day 1 LOCATION: SANDALS GRANDE, ANTIGUA 8.00 - 9.00 Registration

9.00 - 10.00 Welcome to the conference

Antigua Vernon Solomon, Vice President AUA, Chair WARFS LOC

WARFS Professor Stefano Campostrini, Chair ISC

AMNET Dr Hugo Vilchis

PAHO TBD

10.00 - 11.00 PLENARY SESSION 1: Perspectives on surveillance.

1. David McQueen, Global Consultant USA Title of presentation: An overview of the current challenges and opportunities for surveillance: technical issues, analytical issues, global institutional issues.

2. Bernard Choi, PH Canada Title of presentation: Building multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and trans-disciplinary surveillance partnership.

11.00 - 11.30 Break

11.30 - 1.00 PLENARY SESSION 2: Perspectives on surveillance – The role of big data and risk factor surveillance – ethical concerns, technical issues.

1. Soon Ae Shin, National Health Insurance Service, Seoul, Korea Surveillance in the era of big data.

2. Ali Mokdad, Washington State University Global Burden of Disease: struggling to make sense out of big data from multiple sources

3. Miguel Luengo-Oroz, UN Global Pulse Using the web 2.0 and other source of big data for public health surveillance

1.00 - 2.00 Lunch

2.00 - 3.00 PLENARY SESSION 3: Is the traditional epidemiological view of surveillance valid in the 21st century? The role of positive health.

1. Sir Trevor Hassell, President Healthy Caribbean Coalition. Title of presentation: NCD Surveillance in the Caribbean.

2. Lisseth Villalobos Campos, AMNET Title of presentation: Changing Perspectives in Physical Activity in the 21st Century: The Costa Rica Case.

3.00 - 3.30 Break

3.30 - 5.00 Concurrent sessions - Contributed paper session

Thursday November 19th, 2015 – Day 2 LOCATION: SANDALS GRANDE, ANTIGUA 9.00 - 10.30 PLENARY SESSION 4: How can NCD surveillance assist in major

communicable disease outbreaks?

1. Anne Taylor, University of Adelaide Title of presentation: The interplay between non-communicable disease and communicable diseases – similarities, differences and future implications for surveillance”

2. Enrique Loyola WHO, Europe

10.30 - 11.00 Break

11.00 - 12.30 AMNET Special Session - Polio eradication efforts in Central Africa

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch

1.30 - 3.00 PLENARY SESSION 5: Inequity in capacity – How can we enhance capacity in developing countries?

1. Dr Manju Rani, WHO Title of presentation: SDGs and UHC: the need and the opportunity for strengthening surveillance capacity.

2. Juan Zevallos, AMNET Title of presentation: Chronic Disease Surveillance in the Americas: How academia contributes to the endeavour.

3.00 - 3.30 Break

3.30 - 5.00 Concurrent sessions - Contributed paper session

Friday November 20th, 2015 – Day 3 LOCATION: SANDALS GRANDE, ANTIGUA 9.00 - 10.30 PLENARY SESSION 6: The future of NCD surveillance and the role of

WARFS, AMNET and international organizations

1. WARFS - Stefano Campostrini, Venice University Title of presentation: Is a global surveillance perspective still valid and feasible

2. AMNET – Dr Hugo Vilchis, Title of presentation: Building strong NCD surveillance systems in the Americas, the AMNET commitment.

10.30 - 11.00 Break

11.00 - 12.30 Discussion, ways forward, conclusion

Vernon Solomon Vice President AUA, Chair WARFS LOC

Professor Stefano Campostrini Chair, WARFS ISC

Dr Hugo Vilchis AMNET

TBD PAHO

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch / Close