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Scientific Panel for Health: 3Rd Plenary Meeting 30 October 2015, Brussels Executive Summary Scientific Panel for Health: 3rd Plenary meeting 30 October 2015, Brussels Executive summary The Scientific Panel for Health’s 3rd plenary meeting was held in Brussels on 30 October 2015. At this meeting the internal workings of the SPH were reviewed, the draft of the SPH Vision Paper was discussed and content for the SPH Conference on 21 January was refined. Objective of the meeting The objective of the meeting was to: Review and discuss the content of the SPH Vision Paper Discuss the format, content of the SPH conference, to be organised on 21 January 2016 Discuss the topics of the SPH workshops. Update and Review of SPH Work Plan The European Commission welcomed the SPH members and presented the new Horizon 2020 Work Programme for the Societal Challenge 1 'Health, demographic change and well-being' 2016-2017. This facilitated a discussion between the SPH members and the European Commission on upcoming research priorities in these areas. The discussion continued on the role of the SPH and the focus it should have, to avoid duplication of work with other advisory groups or expert panels. Members agreed that the SPH should provide a long term vision on health- related research, i.e. the priorities and objectives post Horizon 2020. The SPH work plan 2016-2017 was then presented by the Chair, which includes the finalisation of the SPH Vision Paper, the organisation of and follow up to the SPH public conference (21 January 2016) and three thematic workshops (exploring links with the Heath Technology Assessment Networks, Developing a strategic research agenda for heath and a workshop on the next generation workforce). SPH report: Vision Paper A draft of the Vision paper was prepared for the meeting and discussed in detail. It summarises the global challenges, opportunities and recommendations for future health research, and in particular underlines the need for value-based, people-centred and science-led research policy; it also introduces the three main working group areas of the SPH. The different sections of the paper were analysed during the meeting, in order to agree on the key messages and topics to be further developed. The paper will be updated and circulated among the members for inputs and comments ahead of the SPH conference on 21 January 2016. It was further agreed that the results of the conference should feed into key messages and recommendations within the Vision Paper. SPH conference - 21 January 2016 The SPH members discussed the date and draft agenda of the conference. The thematic content of the morning sessions (panel 1 and 2) were approved by the SPH members, as well as panel 3 of the afternoon session. It was agreed that the last panel of the conference would be dedicated to a forward looking discussion, on the future of health research in Europe and bring out the main messages from the SPH Vision Paper related to fostering cross- border collaboration and a long term value based, people-centred and science led, research policy. In order to follow-up, the members agreed to provide some names and to initiate contact with speakers and potential participants within their respective networks. ICF and the European Commission will work with the Chair to support the SPH in the organisation of the conference, and continue to provide support to the finalisation of the agenda. Attendees Scientific Panel for Health Karin Sipido - Chair of the Scientific Panel for Health, Professor of Cardiology at KU Leuven Rory Collins- Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Head of Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Julio Celis- Associated Scientific Director, Danish Cancer Society Research Centre Wolfgang Oertel- Professor and Chairman of Department of Neurology, Philipps University Marburg Laurent Degos- Professor of Medicine (Hematology), University Paris VII Michael Manns- Professor and Chairman of Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School Ildiko Horvath- Professor, Strategic Director, National Koranyi Institute for Pulmonology Detlev Ganten- President, World Health Summit, Chairman of Board of Trustees Charité Foundation, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Tuula Tamminen, Professor of Child Psychiatry, University of Tampere; Chief Medical Officer, Child Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital José Ferro, Professor, Chief of Department of Neurology, Lisbon University Richard Frackowiak , Chair, Scientific Committee for Medical Sciences, Science Europe; Professor at Ecole Politechnique Federale de Lausanne & CHUV University Hospital - Université Lausanne and Co-director of the Human Brain Project Steffen Gay, Professor, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich Frank Luyten, Professor, Head of the Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven; Director Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center & Clinical Director, Stem Cell Institute, KU Leuven Susanna Plakonen, Executive Officer, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patient Association Bente Merete Stallknecht, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Tomas Zima, Rector of Charles University, Prague Fernando Antonanzas , Professor of Applied Economics, University of La Rioja (via teleconference) SPH Observer Diane Gal, Researcher- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven European Commission Arnd Hoelever, Head of Unit, European Commission Philippe Cupers, (acting) Head of Unit, European Commission Finnian Hanrahan, Policy Officer, European Commission ICF International Christina Dziewanska-Stringer- Project leader, ICF International Morosi Martina, ICF International Holly Krelle, ICF International .
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