Conference Agenda

2015 CONFERENCE

Joint 9th WARFS Global Conference & 12th AMNET

Conference
St Johns, Antigua, November 17th-20th 2015

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, Public Health Agency of Canada

Title of presentation: Building multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary 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, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of
Washington
Global Burden of Disease: making sense out of big data from multiple
sources

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
Concurrent sessions 1
Are we caught in traditional thinking; the role of positive health?
1. Elenora dal Grande
Measuring subjective wellbeing in a surveillance system: who are these people who
are positive?
2. Dr. Bolajoko Aina
Some health behaviours of final year students at the College of Medicine of the
University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Concurrent sessions 2
Is the traditional epidemiological view of surveillance valid in the 21 st Century?
1. Bernard Choi
Depression and Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy in the Canadian adult population: a
descriptive study
2. Marisol Betancourt ( to be presented by Bernad Choi)
Chronic Disease Surveillance in Canada: The Chronic Disease and Injury Indicator
Framework

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 - How the Polio Eradication Initiative
supported the development of the Surveillance System in Equatorial
Guinea

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
Concurrent sessions 1
Are we caught in traditional thinking; the role of positive health?
1. Elenora dal Grande
Measuring subjective wellbeing in a surveillance system: who are these people
who are positive?
2. Dr. Bolajoko Aina
Some health behaviours of final year students at the College of Medicine of the
University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Concurrent sessions 2
Is the traditional epidemiological view of surveillance valid in the 21 st Century?
1. Bernard Choi
Depression and Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy in the Canadian adult population:
a descriptive study
2. Marisol Betancourt ( to be presented by Bernad Choi)
Chronic Disease Surveillance in Canada: The Chronic Disease and Injury Indicator
Framework

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

12.30 - 1.30

Lunch / Close

Vernon Solomon
Professor Stefano Campostrini
Dr Hugo Vilchis
TBD

Vice President AUA, Chair WARFS LOC

Chair, WARFS ISC
AMNET
PAHO