warfs antigua 2015 conference - updated -final october 22nd 2015
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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: 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