EUROPEAN HEART NETWORK
ANNUAL WORKSHOP AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
19 - 21 May 2010
FINAL PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
11:00 - 12:30 REGISTRATION
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 14:40 OPENING
14:00 – 14:10 Welcome
Speaker: Peter Hollins, President, European Heart Network
14:10 – 14:40 Keynote Address from Ireland
Education, the Essence of Good Health
Speaker: Professor Risteard Mulcahy, Consultant Cardiologist and
Founder of the Irish Heart Foundation
14:40 - 18:00 NUTRITION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
PREVENTION
Chair: Hans Stam, Executive Director, Netherlands Heart Foundation
14:40 – 15:40 EHN paper on ‘Diet, Physical Activity and Cardiovascular
Disease Prevention in Europe’ – process, science and
recommendations
14:40 – 14:50 Introduction to the session
Speaker: Hans Stam, Executive Director, Netherlands Heart Foundation
14:50 – 15:10 Background and general introduction to the paper
Speaker: Dr. Mike Rayner, Director, BHF Health Promotion
Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of
Oxford, UK, and Chairman of the EHN Expert Group on Nutrition
15:10 – 15:40 Presentation of nutrition goals
Speaker: Professor W. Philip T. James, CBE, MD, DSc, Hon. Professor of Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Chairman of The International Obesity TaskForce / Global Prevention Alliance and Member of the EHN Expert Group on Nutrition
15:40 – 16:10 Questions & answers and general discussion
16:10- 16:30 BREAK
16:30 – 16:45 Introduction to policy recommendations and instructions to the
groups
Speaker: Karen McColl, Consultant, Montagny, France
16:45 – 17:45 Group discussions
17:45 – 18:00 Feedback
18:00 – 18:30 GROUP PHOTOGRAPH
FREE EVENING
Thursday, 20 May 2010
09:00 - 10:30 NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR HEART FOUNDATIONS
Moderator: Wally Young, CEO, Media and Communications
Advisor, Young Communications, Dublin, Ireland
09:00 – 09:20 Focus and Stamina
Speaker: Professor Staffan Josephson, Secretary General, Swedish
Heart Lung Foundation
09:20 – 09:40 In Red for Women
Speaker: Dr. András Nagy, Director, Hungarian National Heart
Foundation
09:40 – 10:00 Vision of the Future
Speaker: Beatriz Juberías, Foundation Activities Director, Spanish Heart Foundation
10:00 - 10:30 Questions and Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 14:35 FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES
Chair: Kristina Sparreljung, Fundraising Director, Swedish Heart
Lung Foundation
11:00 – 11:20 Annual Volunteering Campaign
Speaker: Kate Shanley, Project Director, Acquisitions, British Heart
Foundation
11:20 – 11:40 How to increase our customerbase substantially while delivering
profitable customer satisfaction (CRM)
Speaker: Alf Paus, Head of Fundraising, Danish Heart Foundation
11:40 – 12:00 BOX-Mail Campaign – Behavioural Targeting in Fundraising
Speaker: Martin Zimmermann, Marketing and Fundraising Manager, Swiss Heart Foundation
12:00 – 12:30 Questions and Discussion
12:30 - 13:00 Heart Healthy Walk with Ann Scanlon, Irish Heart Foundation
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 14:35 FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES - continued
Chair: Kristina Sparreljung, Fundraising Director, Swedish Heart
Lung Foundation
14:00 – 14:20 Fundraising in times of economic crisis
Speaker: Mirjam Rost van Tonningen, Fundraising Manager, Netherlands Heart Foundation
14:20 – 14:35 Questions and Answers
14:35 – 16:00 IMPACT AND EVALUATION
Chair: Tor Jungman, Secretary General, Finnish Heart Association
14:35 – 15:00 Impact of the Netherlands Heart Foundation on Stroke incident
and cost of care
Speaker: Marc Tijhuis, Manager of Marketing and
Communications, Netherlands Heart Foundation
15:00 – 15:15 Questions and Answers
15:15 – 15:45 Evaluation of work
Speaker: Christine Dehn, Project Manager, German Heart
Foundation
15:45 – 16:00 Questions and Answers
16:00 – 16:30 BREAK
16:30 – 18:00 PATIENTS’ ISSUES
Chair: Michael O’ Shea, CEO, Irish Heart Foundation
16:30 – 16:50 European Cardiac Rehabilitation Inventory Survey (ECRIS)
Speaker: Professor Dr. Birna Bjarnason-Wehrens, Institute for Cardiology and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
16:50 – 17:00 Questions and Answers
17:00 – 17:20 Cardiac rehabilitation – phase III, psychosocial support,
indicators and communication tools
Speaker: Professor Bob Lewin, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
17:20 – 18:00 Questions and Answers
18:30 SOCIAL PROGRAMME (bus departs for dinner venue)
Friday, 21 May 2010
08:30 – 10:00 EHN ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10:00 – 12:30 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CARDIOLOGY AND PREVENTION TOOLS
Chair: Dr. Freddy Van de Casseye, General Manager, Belgian
Heart League
10:00 – 10:30 Chronic disease needs long-term management – changing perspectives on the treatment of ischemic heart disease
Speaker: Dr. Brian Maurer, Consultant Cardiologist, Dublin, Ireland
10:30 – 10:40 Questions and Answers
10:40 – 11:00 Heart Failure Nurses
Speaker: Lynda Blue, Nurse Project Manager and Heart Failure Specialist, British Heart Foundation
11:00 – 11:10 Questions and Answers
11:10 – 11:40 BREAK
11:40 – 12:10 MY-SCORE – Risk Estimation for the General Public
Speaker: Professor Ian Graham, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
12:10 – 12:30 Questions and Answers
12:30 CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE EHN PRESIDENT
12:45 END OF WORKSHOP
12:45 LUNCH
