Health System Priorities in the Aftermath of the Crisis

Programme

Day 1, Day 2

Thursday 7 October 2010

14:00 - 15:00

Consultations with BIAC and TUAC

15:00 - 18:30

SESSION 1: Health System Priorities when Money is Tight

Chair: Mrs. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Minister of Health and Care Services, Norway

Vice-chairs: Ms. Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing, Australia, and

Mr. Adam Fronczak, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health, Poland

Welcome address

• Photographers will be allowed in the room for 5 minutes to take pictures and will then have to leave
• Welcome by Mr. Angel Gurría, the OECD Secretary-General
• Welcome by the Chair, Mrs. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen 
• The Chair will report to the Ministerial meeting on the BIAC/TUAC consultations on this theme
  

15:20 - 15:50

The Chair will give the floor to the first speakers for their opening comments:

• Mme Laurette Onkelinx, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium
• Mr. Osamu Fujimura, Senior Vice Minister of Health, Japan
• Mr. Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health, United Kingdom

15:50 - 16:30

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 18:25

18:25 - 18:30

Discussion

Coffee Break

Discussion (continued)

Concluding remarks by the Chair

18:30 - 20:00

Cocktail open to all participants, hosted by Australia, in the Hall of the Château

20:00 - 22:00

Dinner for Ministers

Official Dinner for all Ministers/Heads of Delegations and Permanent Representatives of countries participating in the Ministerial, hosted by Norway

Short speech by Mr. Niall Dickson, the Chief Executive and Registrar, General Medical Council, ‘How to ensure that discussion of health issues is rational’

Venue for dinner: Salle George Marshall, OECD (Listening room: Roger Ockrent)

Friday 8 October 2010

9:00 - 12:30

SESSION 2: Healthy Choices

9:00 - 9:05

The Chair will report to the Ministerial meeting on the BIAC/TUAC consultations on this theme

9:05 - 9:40

The Chair will give the floor to the first speakers for their opening comments:

• Dr. José Ángel Cordova Villalobos, Minister of Health, Mexico
• Mr. Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, United States
• Mme Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Minister for Health and Sport, France

9:40 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:15

12:15 - 12:20

Discussion

Coffee Break

Discussion (continued)

Concluding remarks by the Chair

12:20 - 12:25

12:25 - 12:30

Finalisation of the Communiqué
Mr. Martin, from the OECD Secretariat, will inform Ministers of the present state of play on the Communiqué.
The Chair will make her concluding remarks

 12:30 – 13:15

Press conference
Venue: OECD Auditorium, in the Conference Centre