The Geneva Health Forum Final Programme

	Sunday, 25 May 2008
13:00 21:00	Registration Desk Opens
Opening Ceremony
17:30 19:00	Official Opening Ceremony of the Geneva Health Forum 2008
19:00 20:30	Welcome Reception / Marketplace

	Monday, 26 May 2008
7:30 8:45	Free Communications
Plenary
9:00 10:30	Tomorrow's Health Systems: In Phase with Reality?
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00 12:30	Management of Chronic Disease I: A Multistakeholder Approach	Future Health Systems: Regional Perspectives	Strengthening National Health Information Systems	Social Determinants of Health: What is Next?	Patient-Centred Health Systems: Good Wishes and Harsh Realities	Public-Private Partnerships: The Human Factor
12:30 14:00	Lunch Session: Improving Access to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Low-Income Countries
Plenary Panel Discussions
14:00 15:30	Primary Healthcare Revisited in a Multi-Stakeholder Landscape			Can We Deliver?
15:30 16:00	Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00 17:30	Management of Chronic Disease II: Adapting Health Services, Engaging Communities	Can Mixed Health Systems Be Equitable?	Research to Support Development of Equitable Health Systems	Access to Health Services in Crisis and Fragile States	Agequake in Health Systems: Imperatives of an Ageing Population	Access to Affordable Medicines
17:45 19:30	10th Anniversary Celebration Global Forum for Health Research Poster presentations / Marketplace

	Tuesday, 27 May 2008
7:30 8:45	Free Communications
Plenary
9:00 10:30	The Global Health Workforce: Challenges for the Future
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00 12:30	Oncology: Only for the Rich?	Primary Healthcare Revival: Beyond Declarations	Global Health Education in Action	Human Resources: Policies and Retention Strategies	Health Knowledge at a Time of Web 2.0	Physicians in Global Health
12:30 14:00	Lunch Break / Marketplace
Plenary Panel Discussions
14:00 15:30	Sustainable Health Financing			Business, Lifestyles & Public Health
15:30 16:00	Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
16:00 17:30	ICT in Support of Health Workers	Innovative Healthcare Financing	Social Accountability and Accreditation of Medical Schools: Are New Norms Needed?	Task Shifting: The Solution for Healthcare Worker Shortages?	Neglected Diseases: Improving Patient Access to New Diagnostics and Treatments	Developing In-House Capacity in Applied Research: Lessons Learned
Plenary
17:30 19:00	Open-to-the-Public Event: Marketplace, Photo Exhibition from the World Medical Association, Special Documentary Film Sessions
19:00 20:30	The First Mile: Setting the Framework for Effective Community Health Systems (Videoconference with Global Health Council, Washington D.C.)

	Wednesday, 28 May 2008
7:30 8:45	Free Communications
Plenary
9:00 10:30	Research & Training for Health: Seeds for the Future
10:30 11:00	Coffee Break / Marketplace
Parallel Sessions
11:00 12:30	Hospitals and Health Systems: Only High Tech?	Sustainable Healthcare for People Living with HIV/AIDS	The Business of Health and the Health of Business	Biotechnology to Improve Access to Health: Can It Make a Difference?	Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases	Selected Case Studies on Neglected Diseases	Enduring Research Infrastructures in Low-Income Countries
12:30 13:45	Lunch Session: Global Health Watch 2: An Alternative World Health Report
Parallel Sessions
14:00 15:30	Making Mental Health a Global Priority: Scaling Up Services	Human Rights and Health Systems	Global Health Initiatives: More than Just about Medicines and Vaccines	New Approaches to Field-Based Malaria Treatment	Medical Tourism: Emerging Poles of Excellence	Global Health: A European Perspective
15:30 15:45	Coffee Break / Marketplace

15:45 17:00	Closing Plenary Session