Making Europe Fit for Work Event Agenda

Event Agenda

The Fit for Work Europe Coalition works to promote a multi-stakeholder dialogue on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to drive clinical practice and health and work policy that will improve the quality of working life for people with MSDs. Fit for Work is a partnership of organizations and individuals, and enjoys the patronage of The Work Foundation, the Bone and Joint Decade, EULAR and RAND Europe, and a broad range of stakeholders. The Fit for Work Europe Coalition is supported by an ongoing grant from Abbott--a founding partner--and a supporting grant from GE Healthcare. For information and the opportunity to comment/blog/share your experience on making Europe Fit for Work, go to www.fitforworkeurope.eu .

Fit for Work Europe – Annual Conference – 19 October 2011

Session 1: 10.00 – 14.00 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels Change with Us: Practical steps and solutions towards making musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs) a public health and work priority at the EU and national levels

Session Agenda 09.00-10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.15 Fit for Work Annual Event Welcome Address

Prof. Stephen Bevan, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition 10.15-10.20 The importance of making MSDs a priority at national and European level (video message) Prof. Paul Emery, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition 10.20-10.30 Why isn't work routinely considered in healthcare decision making?

Leela Barham, Independent Health Economist 10.30 – 11.10 Making Europe Fit for Work: What needs to be done to set up effective systems at national level?

Panel discussion followed by Q&A Moderator: Prof. Dame Carol Black, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition, National Director for Health and Work, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Chair of the Nuffield Trust, UK

John Church, CEO of Arthritis Ireland

Dr. Sarah Bazin, Chair of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy

Prof. Paul Watson, University of Leicester, Department of Health Sciences, New Academic Unit,

Leicester General Hospital, UK

Anne Lise Hoffmann, Ergonomics Consultant, Danish Working Environment Authority

11.10 – 11.25 Coffee Break 11.25-11.40 Practical steps and solutions towards making MSDs a health and work priority at the national and

EU levels Prof. Dr. Oliver FitzGerald, National Clinical Director for Rheumatology, Ireland

11.40-11.55 How to make a national priority into a clinical reality

Prof. Juan A. Jover, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Spain

11.55-12.00 Introduction to the Workshops Prof. Dr. Oliver FitzGerald, National Clinical Director for Rheumatology, Ireland

Making Europe Fit for Work Event Agenda

Event Agenda

The Fit for Work Europe Coalition works to promote a multi-stakeholder dialogue on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to drive clinical practice and health and work policy that will improve the quality of working life for people with MSDs. Fit for Work is a partnership of organizations and individuals, and enjoys the patronage of The Work Foundation, the Bone and Joint Decade, EULAR and RAND Europe, and a broad range of stakeholders. The Fit for Work Europe Coalition is supported by an ongoing grant from Abbott--a founding partner--and a supporting grant from GE Healthcare. For information and the opportunity to comment/blog/share your experience on making Europe Fit for Work, go to www.fitforworkeurope.eu .

12.00-12.50 Break-out Workshops

Workshop 1 How to make workability a key measure of the successful clinical management of MSDs? Moderators

- Maarten de Wit, Reumapatientenbond, NL - Prof. Paul Watson, University of Leicester, Department of Health Sciences, New

Academic Unit, Leicester General Hospital, UK

Workshop 2 Which policies can be promoted to allow for reasonable workplace accommodation for workers with MSDs to maximise their productivity and wellbeing? Moderators

- Dr. Christa Sedlatschek, Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

- Dr. Jan Van Emelen, Director Innovation of the Independent Health Insurance Funds, President of the Working Group on Disease Management at Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM)

Workshop 3 What practical steps can be taken to ensure patients are involved in every stage of MSD

treatment decisions? Moderators

- John Church, CEO of Arthritis Ireland - Prof. Ronald van Vollenhoven, MD PHD, Professor and Chief, Unit for Clinical

Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID) at the Karolinska Institute Workshop 4 What should be the key components of a national action plan on MSDs?

Moderators - Prof. Juan A. Jover, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Spain - Prof. Dame Carol Black, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition, National

Director for Health and Work, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Chair of the Nuffield Trust, UK

Workshop 5 Which policies can we promote to encourage early intervention and to include indirect

costs – such as work productivity – in HTA and health economics assessments? Moderators

- Dr. Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Former Chairman of the Danish Rheumatology Society

- Krzysztof Landa, President of the Watch Health Care Foundation 12.50 – 13.40 Buffet lunch 13.40 – 14.00 Presentation of Workshop Recommendations & Close Prof. Dame Carol Black, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition Neil Betteridge, Vice President, European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), representing People

with Arthritis/ Rheumatism in Europe 14.00 - - ENDS - - Transfer to the European Parliament

Making Europe Fit for Work Event Agenda

Event Agenda

The Fit for Work Europe Coalition works to promote a multi-stakeholder dialogue on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to drive clinical practice and health and work policy that will improve the quality of working life for people with MSDs. Fit for Work is a partnership of organizations and individuals, and enjoys the patronage of The Work Foundation, the Bone and Joint Decade, EULAR and RAND Europe, and a broad range of stakeholders. The Fit for Work Europe Coalition is supported by an ongoing grant from Abbott--a founding partner--and a supporting grant from GE Healthcare. For information and the opportunity to comment/blog/share your experience on making Europe Fit for Work, go to www.fitforworkeurope.eu .

Fit for Work Europe – Annual Conference – 19 October 2011

Session 2: 15.00 – 18.00

European Parliament, Paul-Henri Spaak 5B001 Addressing MSDs and work capacity in EU health and employment policies Co-Hosted by: Antonyia Parvanova MEP, ALDE Edite Estrela MEP, S&D Boguslaw Sonik MEP, EPP Marisa Matias MEP, GUE/NGL Milan Cabrnoch MEP, ECR Jean Lambert MEP, Greens/EFA

Session Agenda 15.00-15.15 Welcome & Introduction

Dr. Antonyia Parvanova MEP, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition

15.15-15.35 Recognising workers’ rights: the importance of a healthy workforce Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland 1990-1995, Founder of Solidarity, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Fit for Work Global Ambassador

15.35-15.45 Addressing MSDs and work capacity in EU policies

Edite Estrela MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Interest Group on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases

15.45-16.00 Placing MSDs within a European framework for the management of chronic conditions Dr. Isabel de la Mata, Principal Adviser with Special Interest in Public Health, European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumers

16.05-16.15 Fit for Work as an innovation model, fostering innovation management for a healthier Europe

Dr. Patricia Reilly, Cabinet member of Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science

16.15-16.25 How to give MSDs due focus in the workplace across the EU

Stephen Hughes MEP

16.25-16.35 The importance of employment policies to help fight social exclusion Jean Lambert MEP

16.35-17.00 Q&A (Chair: Dr Antonyia Parvanova MEP, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition)

Change of panel participants 17.00-17.15 Boosting work participation, reducing health inequalities: the importance of early intervention

Making Europe Fit for Work Event Agenda

Event Agenda

The Fit for Work Europe Coalition works to promote a multi-stakeholder dialogue on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to drive clinical practice and health and work policy that will improve the quality of working life for people with MSDs. Fit for Work is a partnership of organizations and individuals, and enjoys the patronage of The Work Foundation, the Bone and Joint Decade, EULAR and RAND Europe, and a broad range of stakeholders. The Fit for Work Europe Coalition is supported by an ongoing grant from Abbott--a founding partner--and a supporting grant from GE Healthcare. For information and the opportunity to comment/blog/share your experience on making Europe Fit for Work, go to www.fitforworkeurope.eu .

Prof. Peter Goldblatt, Co-Director of the European Review on the Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide, University College London (UCL)

17.15-17.30 Keeping people in work for the long-term. MSDs and EU employment policies

Eva Török, Deputy Head of Cabinet for László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

17.30-17.50 Panel discussion & Q&A with all panellists

(Chair: Dr. Antonyia Parvanova MEP, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition) 17.50-18.00 A Call to Action: Conclusions & Morning Workshop Recommendations

Dr. Antonyia Parvanova MEP, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition

18.00 - - - ENDS - - -

Cocktail Reception: 18.30-20.00

European Parliament, Members’ Salon Welcoming Lech Wałęsa as Fit for Work's Global Ambassador Welcome and Thank You Dr. Antonyia Parvanova MEP, Co-President, Fit for Work Europe Coalition Ambassador Jan Tombiński, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland 1990-1995, Founder of Solidarity, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Fit for Work Global Ambassador