Programme (click on session titles for more information)
09:00-09:30
Main Lecture Theatre
Room 1
Room 2
Lobby
Coffee and registration
09:30-11:00
Chair: Richard Stephens (London, UK)
Speakers: Max Williamson (London, UK), Marleen Kaatee (Amsterdam, NL) and Katerina Tsekoura (Athens, GR)
Let's talk: better communication in healthcare
Chair: Doris Schmitt (Konstanz, DE) and Prof. Dr. med, Carlos Lifschitz (Houston, USA)
Speakers: Colleen Shannon (London, UK), Dr. med. Friederike Siedentopf (Berlin, DE) and Berit Eberhard (Berlin, DE)
11:00-11:30
Coffee and pastries/guided poster and exhibition tour
11:30-13:00
Harnessing patient experiences-for science, healthcare and policy
Chair: Achim Kautz (Cologne, DE)
Speakers: Dr. Diane Langenbacher (Munich, DE) Ingo van Thiel (Cologne, DE), Kai Ruenbrink (Frankfurt, DE), Marleen Kaatee (Amsterdam, NL) and Richard Stephens (London, UK)
My uninvited guest: perspectives on chronic disease in young and old
Chairs: Ronny Allan (London, UK)
Speakers: Colleen Shannon (London, UK), Prof. Dr. med. Carlos Lifschitz (Houston, USA), Bastian Hauck (Berlin, DE) and Max Williamson (London, UK)
What should participatory medicine look like?
Chairs: Dr. med. Ros Crooks (London, UK) and Dr. med. Michael Nnaji (Berlin, DE)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med Andrew Krentz (London, UK) and Dr. Seun Omolade (Berlin, DE)
13:00-14:00
(Lunchtime debate) what annoys us? The patient's and doctor's view.
Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Rajan Somasundaram (Berlin, DE)
Speakers: Dr. med. Christine Oesterling (London, UK) and Ronny Allan (London, UK)
Lunch
14:00-15:30
Partnering with industry: how should patients and industry effectively collaborate?
Chair: Len Starnes (Berlin, DE)
Speakers: Richard Stephens (London, UK). Bastian Hauck (Berlin, DE), Prof. Dr. med Andrew Krentz (London, UK) and Dr. med. Pooja Merchant (Berlin, DE)
Ill health in women: a special case?
Chairs: Birgit Bauer (Abensberg, DE), Katerina Tsekoura (Athens, GR)
Speakers: Elisabeth Robson (Hamburg, DE), ), Marleen Kaatee (Amsterdam, NL) and Dr. med, Christine Oesterling (London, UK)
The changing face of palliative care
Chairs: Dr. med. Adrain Tookman (London, UK) and Dr. med. Christina Gerlach (Mainz, DE)
Speakers: Dr. med. Faye Gishen (London, UK), PD Dr. med. Anne Letsch (Berlin, DE) and Ronny Allan (London, UK)
15:30-16:00
Afternoon tea/guided poster and exhibition tour
16:00-17:30
The psychology of illness: how to cope better?
Chair: Dr. Esther Murray (London, UK)
Speakers: Colleen Shannon (London, UK), Sheena Nixon (London, UK) and Prof. Dr. Babette Renneberg (Berlin, DE)
Patient-centered healthcare: can we afford it?
Chair: Katharina Kolbe (Meerbusch, DE)
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zerth (Fürth, DE), Dr. Christoph Bischoff-Everding (Düsseldorf, DE) and Dr. Patricia Ex (Berlin, DE)
17:30-18:30
Music and networking/ 'The Art of Being a Patient' Exhibition by Tony Pickering