Program Geneva Meeting | Global Conference

Objectives

1. To define therole of faith-based organizations in the intensification of support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), for the World Health Organization’s Alma Ata Initiatives, the US Healthy People 2010, the European Health Initiatives (EHI) and Medium Term Strategic Plans (MTSP).

2. To facilitate the growth of existing and new partnerships in healthcare delivery.

3. To equip healthcare workers to utilize evidence-based lifestyle practices in improving the health of their community.

4. To show a relationship between lifestyle and primary healthcare.

5. To define current standards of care and best practices.

Day 1

Monday, July 6, 2009

Opening Day

Moderator: Dr. Peter Landless

Time	Event	Location	Speaker/Presenter	Title/Topic
3:00–3:30 p.m.	Registration For WHO reception attendees (300)	WHO Building	Elizabeth Pettit and Team
3:30–4:00 p.m.	Welcome and Introductions	Executive Board Room	Namita Pradhan, Assistant Director-General for Partnerships and UN Reform Kathleen Kuntaraf, Moderator Associate Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
4:00-4:25 p.m.	Goals and Objectives of the Conference	Executive Board Room	Stoy Proctor, Conference Coordinator; Associate Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
4:30–5:15 p.m.	Keynote Address	Executive Board Room	Dr. Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, WHO/OMS Deputy Director-General	The Sum Exceeds the Parts The Importance of FBOs Partnering with WHO
17:20–18:00 (5:20–6:00 p.m.)	Plenary Presentation	Executive Board Room	Namita Pradhan, Assistant Director-General for Partnerships and UN Reform	Pathways to Reform
6:05–6:45 p.m.	Plenary Presentation	Executive Board Room	Allan Handysides, Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists	Core Values that Drive Health Care Values that impact health and lifestyle in the faith-based organization, the community, and health organizations
6:45–7:15 p.m.	Break
7:15–7:45 p.m.	Reception Dinner Presentation	WHO Dining Room	Manoj Kurian, Health Director, World Council of Churches	Experience of Faith-based Organizations in Healthcare Delivery
7:45–8:45 p.m.	Reception meal Music	WHO Dining Room	The Per de Lange Family

Buses leave at 9:00 p.m. to hotels and Collonges.

Day 2

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
University of Geneva - UNI-MAIL Building

Concepts

Moderator: Dr. Allan Handysides

Time	Event	Location	Speaker/Presenter	Title/Topic
7:30–8:25 a.m.	Registration	Atrium	Elizabeth Pettit and Team
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Prayer, Welcome and Announcements	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Bruno Vertalier, President, Euro-Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists
8:50-9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address and Questions and Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Jan Paulsen, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters	Rhetoric or Reality? How does a faith-based organization wish to be seen to show the need to progress beyond rhetoric to reality?
9:25-9:55 a.m.	Presentation I and Questions/ Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Ted Karpf, Officer, Department of Partnerships World Health Organization	Spirituality – A Neglected Component of Lifestyle in Primary Healthcare An exploration of spirituality as a factor in health and healthcare.
10:00-10:30 a.m.	Presentation II and Questions/Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	William Robertson, CEO Adventist Health Care Inc.	Winners Score Goals Strategy and visioning in global healthcare (WHO Millennium Development Goals; Alma Ata declaration of 2010 – Healthy People)
10:30-11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00-11:30 a.m.	Presentation III and Questions/Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Gerald Winslow, Director of Ethics Loma Linda University	Roadblocks and Detours Cultural and religious impediments to health in lifestyle in primary healthcare – stigma, prejudice, traditions, dogma
11:30-12:05 a.m.	Presentation IV and Questions/Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	David Williams, Professor of Public Health Harvard University	Healthcare Dissonance Disparities of access to public health initiatives – what are some solutions? Social determinants.
12:10-12:40 a.m.	Presentation V and Questions/Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Gary Fraser, Principal Investigator Adventist Health Study II Loma Linda University	The Unrecognized Element in Primary Care Lifestyle as primary healthcare – the evidence to show lifestyle effectively reduces the burden of disease, impacting all facets of primary healthcare.
12:45 a.m.- 1:55 p.m.	Lunch
2:00–6:00 p.m.	Interactive Workshops	UNI-MAIL TBA	For detailed seminar information click here.

Day 3

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

University of Geneva - UNI-MAIL Building
Practice

Moderator: Stoy Proctor

Time	Event	Location	Speaker/Presenter	Title/Topic
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Prayer, Welcome and Announcements	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Stoy Proctor, Moderator, Conference Coordinator; Associate Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
8:50-9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address and Questions and Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Alex Ross, Director of Partnerships, World Health Organization	Harnessing the Power of Partnerships In primary healthcare
9:25-9:55 a.m.	Presentation I and Questions/ Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Albert Reece, Dean, School of Medicine, University of Maryland	The Gathering Storm Today’s lifestyle; tomorrow’s epidemic.
10:00-10:30 a.m.	Presentation II and Questions/ Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Gwen Foster, Retired Health Czar, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.	Lifestyle in the City
10:30-11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00-11:30 a.m.	Presentation III and Questions/ Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Christopher Drasbek, Regional Advisor, Pan-American Health Organization, Washington, D.C.	New National/Regional Health Promotion Models in Primary Care
11:35-12:05 a.m.	Presentation IV and Questions/ Answers	UNI-MAIL MR 380	Charles Sandefur, President, ADRA International	The Role of NGOs as Change Agents in Primary Care
12:05 a.m.- 1:45 p.m.	Lunch
2:00–5:00 p.m.	Interactive Workshops	UNI-MAIL TBA	For detailed seminar information click here.
5:05–6:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion	UNI-MAIL TBA	Peter Landless, Moderator, Associate Director Department of Health Ministries, Seventh-day Adventist Church	What We Have Learned

Day 4

Thursday, July 9, 2009
Moderator:Abe Carpena

Time	Event	Speaker/Presenter	Title/Topic
7:30–8:25 a.m.	Late Registration
8:30–8:40 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements	Abe Carpena, Moderator, Director, Department of Health Ministries, Southern Asia Pacific Division
08:45-9:15 a.m.	Plenary Presentation	Peter Landless, Moderator, Associate Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists	Reviving the Sense of Mission in Adventist Health Ministry
09:15-10:00 a.m.	Panel Discussion	Moderator/Coordinator: Stoy Proctor Panelists: Peter Landless, Gerald Winslow, Richard Hart, Lyn Behrens, Richard Willis, Viriato Ferreira	How to Revive the Sense of Mission
10:00–10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30–11:00 a.m.	Plenary Presentation	Gerald Winslow, Director, Department of Ethics, Loma Linda University; Vicepresident, LLU Medical Center	The Biblical Foundation of Health Ministry
11:05–11:30 a.m.	Plenary Presentation	Per de Lange, Consultant to the Regional Office of Health, Norway	Ensuing Environmental Sustainability: A Concern of the Faith-based Organization?
11:35–12:10 p.m.	Plenary Presentation	Neils-Erik Andreasen, President, Andrews University	The Relevancy of Institutional Boards to the Health Mission of the Church
12:05–1:45 p.m.	Lunch
1:45–3:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion	David Dyjack, Moderator, Dean of the School of Public Health, Loma Linda University	Faith-based Organizations’ Response to Global Health Goals
		Martine Polycarp, Health Director, ADRA International	Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger
		Hudson Kibuuka, Education Director, East Central Africa Division	Achieve Universal Primary Education
		Lisa Beardsley, Associate Director, GC Department of Education	Promote Gender Equality & Empower Women
		Fesaha Tsegaye, Health Ministries Director, East Central African Division	Reduce Child Mortality
		Elie Honore, Health Ministries Director, Inter-American Division	Improve Maternal Health
		Oscar Giordano, Director, AIDS Ministry/Africa	Combat HIV/AIDS & Malaria
		Per de Lange, Health Ministries Director, Norwegian Union Conference	Partnering with Local Government
		Abe Carpena, Health Ministries Director, Southern Asia Pacific Division	Mobilizing Church Resources
3:15–6:00 p.m.	Interactive Workshops	For detailed seminar information click here.
6:05–6:30 p.m.	Devotional	Bruno Vertaillier, President, Euro-Africa Division

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Day 5

Friday, July 10, 2009

Moderator: Barbara Choi

Time	Event	Speaker/Presenter	Title/Topic
8:30-8:40 a.m.	Welcome, Announcements, Prayer	Barbara Choi, Director, Department of Health Ministries, Northern Asia-Pacific Division
8:45–9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address	DeWitt Williams, Director, Department of Health Ministries, North American Division	Developing Health Ministry Leadership for the Local Church
9:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.	Interactive Workshops	For detailed seminar information click here.
12:45–2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:15–3:45 p.m.	Panel Discussion	Ted Wilson, Christopher Drasbek, James Hill, Ted Karpf, and the GC Health Team: Allan Handysides, Peter Landless, Kathleen Kuntaraf, and Stoy Proctor	Crafting the Response to WHO Goals and Objectives
4:00–6:00 p.m.	Interactive Workshops	For detailed seminar information click here.
6:05–6:30 p.m.	Plenary Presentation	Paul Clee, Director, Department of Health Ministries, Trans-European Division	Integrity of Health Ministry
6:30–7:30 p.m.	Supper
8:00–9:00 p.m.	Sacred Concert	The Per de Lange Family

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Day 6

Sabbath, July 11, 2009

Moderator:

Time	Event	Speaker/Presenter	Title/Topic
9:00–9:30 a.m.	Musical Treats	Eli Honoré, Moderator, Director of Health, Inter-American Division Viriato Ferreira, Director, Department of Health Ministries, Euro-Africa Division
9:35–10:30 a.m.	Panel Discussion	Kevin Price, Moderator Director, Department of Health Ministries, South Pacific Division	What We Have Learned
10:30–11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.	Plenary Presentation	Ted Wilson, Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists	The Church’s Responsibility to Society
12:30–2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00–3:55 p.m.	Panel Discussion	Jonathan Duffy, Moderator, CEO, ADRA, South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists	The Importance of Relationships and Networking
		Gary Hopkins, Assistant Director, GC Health Ministries	The Importance of Relationships
		Per de Lange, Health Ministries Director, Norwegian Union	In Relationship with Government
		John Graz, Director, GC Public Affairs and Religious Liberty	In Relationship with Faith-Based Organizations
		Geoffrey Mbwana, President, East Central Africa Division	In Relationship with Cultural Diversity
		Abe Carpena, Health Ministries, Director Southern Asia Pacific Division	In Relationship with Secular Society
		Charles Sandefur, President, ADRA International	In Relationship with the Marginalized People
		Corrado Cozzi, Youth Director, Euro-Africa Division	In Relationship Across the Generations
4:00–4:25 p.m.	Break
4:30–6:00 p.m.	Music and Original Experiences
6:00–7:15 p.m.	Dinner
7:15–7:45 p.m.	Devotional	Bertil Wiklander, President, Trans-European Division	So Send I You

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