Future of Epidemiology

Program

Thursday Dec. 02 - Venue: Hotel the Edge - Conference and dinner
0900-0915	Welcome - Torkjel Sandanger (Leader of EPINOR) and Elisabete Weiderpass (IARC Director)
	Morning session topic: Covid-19 - The Covid 19 pandemic and the role of epidemiology and epidemiologists
0915- 1000	Norway Camilla Stoltenberg, Director of The Norwegian Institute of Public Health - on screen
1000-1020	As covid continues its tour of Europe - is there public health evidence to support covid passes and vaccine mandates? Allyson Pollock, Newcastle University - on screen
1020-1040	Denmark Elsebeth Lynge, University of Copenhagen & Henrik Toft Sørensen, University of Aarhus
1040-1050	Break
1050-1110	UK David Leon, LSHTM - on screen
1110-1130	Italy Paolo Vineis, Imperial College London (video)
1130-1230	Lunch
1230-1315	The Pandemic - lessons learned Fiona Godlee, Chief Editor BMJ - on screen
1315-1325	Break
	Climate change and epidemiology
1325-1330	Introduction Torkjel Sandanger
1330-1415	Lancet countdown 2021 report on climate and health Joacim Rocklöv, Umeå University - on screen
1415-1430	Break
1430-1450	Adressing climate change Paolo Vineis, Imperial College London (video)
1450-1510	Nutrition and sustainability Helle Margrete Meltzer, National Institute of Public Health - on screen
1510-1540	Questions and summary
1700	Reception
1730	The future of epidemiology and epidemiologists in health care and beyond Panel Debate - Opening by Dag Thelle - panel members EPINOR International Advisory Board Led by Magne Nylenna, National Insitute of Public Health, Norway
2000	Dinner

Friday Dec. 03 - Venue: Hotel the Edge
	Epidemiology and big data – the way forward?
0900-0915	Introduction Magne Thoresen, University of Oslo
0915-1000	Epidemiology in a time of coronavirus and beyond: Data and decision making Miguel Hernan (Harvard University)
1000-1015	Break
1015-1035	Big data and cancer research Giske Ursin, Director of the Norwegian Cancer Registry
1035-1055	Big data on development of health disparities in Denmark Elsebeth Lynge, University of Copenhagen
1055-1115	The use of AI in cardiovascular disease – and in particular the issue of whether ECGs can provide a unique biomarker of biological age David Leon, LSHTM - on screen
1115-1130	Break
1130-1215	Digital contact tracing apps for preventing COVID transmission: inception, model-informed design, evaluation using observational big data, and a look ahead Christophe Fraser, Oxford Big Data Insitute
1215-1240	Summary - Big Data
12.40 - 13.00	Concluding remarks - Lunch at 13.00