Operationalising the Safe Hearts Plan through European Joint Actions

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09:00–09:05

Welcoming and conference objectives

Speakers:

• Benedetta Armocida and Graziano Onder, JACARDI
• Knut-Inge Klepp, JA PreventNCD
• Hanna Tolonen, THL

09:05–09:20

Opening: The Safe Hearts Plan – A New EU Commitment

Framing the political and policy context of the EU Safe Hearts Plan.

Speaker:

• Marianne Takki, European Commission, DG SANTE

09:20–09:30 · Q&A and discussion

09:30–09:45

The State of NCDs and Cardiovascular Health in Europe: Evidence for Action

Examining evidence on cardiovascular disease and diabetes across Europe, and the gaps that require coordinated national action.

Speaker:

• Katherine de Bienassis, OECD Health Division

09:45–09:55 · Q&A and discussion

09:55–10:20

From Strategy to Implementation: The Role of the European Joint Actions

How JACARDI and JA PreventNCD can translate the Safe Hearts Plan into practical, evidence-based measures and transferable findings across Member States.

Speakers:

• Benedetta Armocida, JACARDI Coordinator
• Knut-Inge Klepp, Scientific Coordinator, JA PreventNCD

10:20–10:30 · Q&A and discussion

10:30–11:00 · Coffee break

11:00–11:30

From Strategy to Implementation: The Role of Member States

How countries are approaching Safe Hearts Plan implementation, including national priorities, practical challenges and ways to apply findings from the Joint Actions.

Speakers:

• Hector Bueno, Spain
• Joe Gallagher, Ireland

11:30–12:15

Pillar 1: Prevention

Population-level prevention and health literacy, with attention to social and structural inequalities, environmental factors, and civil society participation.

Speakers and topics:

• Mounia El Yamani (JACARDI) and Peder Ringnes Berrefjord (JA PreventNCD) — Health literacy, awareness, social determinants and structural inequalities
• Johan Øvrevik (JA PreventNCD) — Climate change and environmental factors
• Milka Sokolović (European Public Health Alliance, EPHA) — The role of civil society and patient voice

12:15–12:30 · Q&A and discussion

12:30–13:30 · Lunch break

13:30–14:15

Pillar 2: Early Detection and Screening

Evidence from screening and structured health checks, workplace approaches, monitoring and recommendations for cardiometabolic health checks.

Speakers and topics:

• Hanna Tolonen (JACARDI) — Screening programmes and structured health checks: pilot evidence across Member States
• Ewelina Chawłowska (JACARDI) — Labour settings as a setting for cardiovascular disease and diabetes screening
• Giovanni Capelli (JA PreventNCD) — Monitoring
• Hector Bueno (European Society of Cardiology, ESC) — Towards an EU-wide protocol on cardiometabolic health checks: clinical recommendations and implications for the Safe Hearts Plan

14:15–15:00

Pillar 3: Treatment and Care

Integrated care, patient self-management, identifying people at risk and comparative evidence on health system performance.

Speakers and topics:

• Helena Safadi (JACARDI) — Integrated care pathways for cardiovascular disease and diabetes: cross-country pilot evidence and transferable models
• José Carlos Arévalo (JACARDI) — Self-management support: evidence on patient empowerment and quality of life
• Federica Rossetti (JA PreventNCD) — Identifying individuals at risk
• Nicole Mauer (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) — Health system performance for cardiovascular disease: comparative evidence and policy implications

15:00–15:15 · Q&A and discussion

15:15–15:30 · Coffee break

15:30–16:15

Cross-cutting foundations roundtable: From data, to research and technologies and inequalities reduction

Examining equity and diversity, monitoring and data governance, digital technologies and artificial intelligence, and the research gaps relevant to implementing the Safe Hearts Plan.

Speakers and topics:

• Natalia Skogberg (JACARDI) — Equity and diversity inclusion frameworks; social inequalities
• Hector Bueno (JACARDI) and Morten Sønderskov Frydensberg (JA PreventNCD) — Monitoring systems, data governance and the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
• Digital technologies and AI
• Hanna Tolonen — Research gaps

16:15–16:30 · Q&A and discussion

16:30–17:15

High-Level Roundtable: From Joint Actions to Sustainable SHP Implementation

Identify the priority actions and governance mechanisms needed to translate Joint Action results into sustainable, cross-country implementation of the Safe Hearts Plan, and to ensure that Joint Actions continue to inform EU and national policy beyond their funding cycle.

Panellists:

• Katherine de Bienassis, OECD Health Division
• Nicole Mauer, OECD Health Division
• Hector Bueno, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• Milka Sokolović, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

17:15–17:30

Final Remarks and Q&A

Closing reflections on lessons across the three pillars, European collaboration and next steps for implementation.

Speakers:

• Benedetta Armocida and Graziano Onder, JACARDI
• Knut-Inge Klepp, JA PreventNCD
• Hanna Tolonen, THL
• Marianne Takki, European Commission, DG SANTE

Registration for pre-conferences remains open. Although registration for the main European Public Health Conference is closed, it is still possible to register for a pre-conference without attending the main conference.