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version: 26.08.15The 24th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference30 August - 1 September 2015Baltic Sea RegionA Role Model for Innovation in Social- and HealthcareProgrammeSaturday, 29 AugustVenue: Rostock, Yachting & Spa Resort Hohe DüneShuttle services from Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel and Berlin Tegelairports as well as from Rostock Main Station to hotelAccommodation & registration of participants (at the hotel)15:00 – 18:00 Possibility for delegation and party group meetingsSunday, 30 August09:00 – 11:00 Registration of participants (at the hotel)10:00 – 12:00 Meeting of the BSPC Drafting Committee, thereafter lunchbuffet(Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Rotunde – second floor)10:45 – 12:15 “Health is wealth and wealth is health”,thereafter lunch buffet(Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Salon 19 – first floor)Organised by the NDPHS Secretariat in cooperation with the BSPC, thisNDPHS event will provide an overview of the very strong association betweenhealth and the economy & other policy areas.12:15 – 13:15 Meeting of the BSPC Standing Committee(Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Rotunde – second floor)14:00 – 18:00 Harbour Tour and Reception at the Town Hallgiven by the Lord Mayor of the Hanseatic Town of RostockGuided Tour of Rostock Old Town(Meeting point: Hotel Lobby, departure from the Anleger HoheDüne)20:00 – 22:00 Reception hosted by Mr Erwin Sellering, Prime Ministerof Mecklenburg-Vorpommern(Kurhaus – Meeting point: Hotel Lobby, departure by bus fromthe hotel at 19:15)Monday, 31 August8:00- Registration of participants9:30 (Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Ballsaal Foyer – ground floor)9:30 Cultural introductionOpeningChair: Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, President of the Landtag Mecklenburg-VorpommernVice-Chair: Mr Jānis Vucāns, MP, Latvia- Opening words by Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, Chair of the BSPC- Welcome by Mr Erwin Sellering, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern10:00 FIRST SESSIONCooperation in the Baltic Sea RegionChair – Mr Ryszard Górecki, MP, PolandVice-Chair – Ms Giedrė Purvaneckienė, MP, Lithuania Report from the BSPC Chair, Ms Sylvia Bretschneider Report from the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS):- Outgoing CBSS Chair, Committee of Senior Officials, Mr Raul Mälk,Ambassador of Estonia- Current CBSS Chair, Committee of Senior Officials, Mr Michał Czyż,Ambassador of Poland Mr Jørn Dohrmann, MEP, Chair of the Delegation responsible for the BalticSea Region (SINEEA Delegation) Ms Valentina Pivnenko, MP, Russia, ”Strategy of socio-economicdevelopment of the North-West Federal District” Mr Harry Liiv, Chair of HELCOM, “Report on the HELCOM Baltic Sea ActionPlan” Ms Daria Akhutina, General Director, “Report from the Baltic Sea NGOForum and Network”Discussion12:00 Coffee Break12:30 SECOND SESSIONCross-border Cooperation in HealthcareChair – Ms Valentina Pivnenko, MP, Russian FederationVice-Chair – Mr Franz Thönnes, MP, Germany Ms Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, Minister for Health, Lithuania Mr Dmitry Kostennikov, Vice-Minister for Health, State-Secretary, Russia Ms Annette Widmann-Mauz, Parliamentary State Secretary at the FederalMinistry for Health, Germany Dr. Nedret Emiroglu, Deputy Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe Mr Bo Könberg, former Minister for Health, Sweden and Author of the report“The Future Nordic Co-operation on Health”Discussion14:00 Lunch Buffet(Restaurant “Brasserie”)15:00 THIRD SESSIONHealth & Economy – Paving the Way for Innovation in Social- andHealthcareChair – Mr Pyry Niemi, MP, Sweden, Nordic CouncilVice-Chair – Mr Karl-Johan Fogelström, MP, Åland Islands Mr Günther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy &Society, “eHealth – the European Dimension” Prof. Dr. Dr. Horst Klinkmann, President BioCon Valley, “Towards aLeading Health Region” Dr. Jaanus Pikani, Vice-President ScanBalt, “The Baltic Sea Region as onetest site for development of health care products and services” Dr. Dennis A. Ostwald, WifOR, “ The economic footprints of the healthcaresector in the Baltic Sea Region” Prof. Dr. Martin Mielke, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases atThe Robert Koch Institute, “Battling the Spread of Multi-Resistant Bacteria”Discussion17:00- Meeting of the BSPC Drafting Committee (if necessary)19:00 (Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Rotunde – second floor)19:15- “Martynas and the SinChronic Quartet”20:15 Accordion meets string quartet(Bootshalle)Martynas, world champion virtuoso accordion andPrizewinner of the Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern20:30 Dinner hosted by Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, President of the LandtagMecklenburg-Vorpommern(Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Sonnendeck – first floor)Tuesday, 1 September08:00 Meeting of the BSPC Drafting Committee (if necessary)(Kongresszentrum Hohe Düne, Rotunde – second floor)09:00 FOURTH SESSIONSustainable and Accessible Social- and Healthcare -At the Crossroads of Healthcare Provision, the Demographic Shiftand Shrinking BudgetsChair – Mr Per Rune Henriksen, MP, NorwayVice-Chair – Ms Carola Veit, President of the Hamburg ParliamentKeynote Speech Ms Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister for Families, Senior Citizens,Women & Youths, “Demographic Challenges and Care”Innovation in Social- and Healthcare Ms Olaug Bollestad, MP, Norway, Chair of the BSPC Working Group onInnovation in Social and Healthcare Ms Madara Muizniece and Mr Maximilian Priebe, Representativesfrom the BSPC back-to-back event “Kiel Week Youth Forum on Innovationin Social- and Healthcare”Coffee Break10:30-11:00 Roundtable moderated by Susanne Kluge, Television Presenter andMedical Journalist Ms Olaug Bollestad, MP, Norway, Chair of the BSPC Working Group onInnovation in Social and Healthcare Mr Jörg Heydorn, MP, Chair of the Study Commission on Ageing inMecklenburg-Vorpommern Ms Riitta Työläjärvi, Senior Advisor Health and Social Policy, FinnishConfederation of Salaried Employees STTK Mr Björn Ekman, PhD, Researcher, Health Economics Division of SocialMedicine and Global Health (SMGH), Department of Clinical Sciences,Lund University Prof. Dr. Marek Zygmunt, Supervisory Board of BioCon ValleyDiscussion12:00 CLOSING OF THE 24th BSPCChair: Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, President of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Chair of the BSPCVice-Chair: Mr Jānis Vucāns, MP, Latvia, Vice-Chair of the BSPC- Administrative Matters- Adoption of the Conference Resolution- Address by the incoming Chair of the BSPC 2015-2016- Presentation of next year’s host country13:00 Lunch, thereafter shuttle to Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel and Berlin Tegel airportsas well as to Rostock Main StationLegal Notice: By participation in the BSPC annual conference, you agree to the publication ofphotos that were taken during this event.