The centre for empowering people and communities (CEmPaC) and Gezondheidspact Utrecht are pleased to announce that we will be running a one day symposium as part of the Utrecht Health week.

We will organize this symposium together with European Patients Forum (EPF), The `Global Health Literacy Academy (GHLA), Health Hub Utrecht (HHU) and Danish Committee for Health Education (DCHE). The symposium is part of the 'Gelukkig en Gezond Festival 2019'.

We are very grateful to collaborate with 'The Krachtstation Kanaleneiland' a multifunctional community building for working, living and recreation!

Introductions

• Karin Vosters - Chair of the day
• Nathan Rozema and Amina Berkane Abakhou - Krachtstation Kanaleneiland
• Bart Andriessen - Director of Public Health Municipality of Utrecht

Keynotes

• Charan Nelander (Director Danish Committee for Health Education)
• Evert Jan van Hasselt (Boardmember Stichting Omzien & Social Entrepreneur)
• Mark Brown (Development Director Social Spider)

Breakouts

1. Patient & Citizen Empowerment in health and social care (self-care factory, SCiE and DCHE);
2. New models of community care- exploring the SHINE model in Fife (Scotland) , the Gezondheidspact Utrecht and Buurtcamping (IFF, Gezondheidspact Utrecht, Buurtcamping);
3. Let’s make things, not slides! The Future of Health(care) redefined a mini-hackaton (HealthCare Futurists);
4. Education - skilling up the health care workforce (CEmPaC and Diabetes Vereniging Nederland);
5. Creative Industry meets Healthcare (IJsfontein playful learning and the Creative Coalition);
6. Social innovation, seeing citizen/patients as active partners! (European Patient Forum and Ideate);
7. Citizenship, community environment, approaches of a different order (Lambeth cooperative, Utrecht Natuurlijk and Foodforgood);
8. Health Literacy, combination of citizens/patients and professionals (UK Health Literacy network, Apotheek Orion and Utrecht in Dialogue )

Intermezzo's - be surprizzzed!

Kind regards on behalf of the organizing committee!