PROGRAMME

Thursday 25 February 2016

19:00 Welcome reception

Friday 26 February 2016

9:00-9:20	Welcome and opening Presidents of the Istanbul Chamber of Medicine, Dr. Selçuk Erez, the Turkish Medical Association, Dr. Bayazit Ilhan, and WMA, Sir Michael Marmot, Vice Governor of Istanbul, Nuri Gezici, Prime Ministry Disaster & Emergency Management, İrfan Keskin.
09:20-09:50	'The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world' - Keynote by Sir Michael Marmot
09:50-10:40	Panel with Medical Associations: Dr. Heidi Stensmyren, Sweden, Dr. Michail P. Vlastarakos, Greece, Prof. André Herchuelz, Belgium, Dr. Leonid Eidelmann, Israel
10:40-11:10	Coffee Break
11:10-11:50	Discussion
11:50-12:20	Medical and humanitarian assistance for people on the move, MSF experience and challenges - Keynote by Dr. Apostolos Veizis, MSF
12.20-12:45	Discussion
12:45-14:00	Lunch Break
14:00-14:30	Human Rights and migration - Keynote by Dr. Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the Right to health, UN Human Rights Council
14:30-15:00	Discussion
15:00-15:30	Panel with Medical Associations: Prof. Frank-Ulrich Montgomery, Germany Dr. Christine Romann, Switzerland
15:30 -16:00	Discussion
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-16:50	Women and War – Keynote by Prof. Nuket Sirman, Bogazici University Dept. of Sociology
16:50-17:20	Discussion
17:20-18:00	Introducing a draft communiqué – Prof. Vivienne Nathanson

Saturday 27 February 2016

9:00-9:20	African Perspective Keynote by Dr. Margaret Mungherera, Uganda
9:20-9:30	Discussion
09:30-10:00	Panel with Medical Associations: Dr. Xavier Deau, France Dr. Maciej Hamankiewicz, Poland Dr. Barbro Kvaal, Norway
10:00-10:30	Discussion w/ panellists and Dr. Mungherera
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-11:20	JDN Presentation keynote by Dr. Thorsten Hornung: How do we plan the health needs of asylum seekers: An analysis by Junior Doctors Network
11:20-11:30	Discussion
11:30-11:50	Wars in Middle East and Migration: Experience of Turkey and TMA’s activities – Keynote by Dr. Bayazit Ilhan, TMA
11:50-12:10	Discussion
12:10-13:30	Lunch Break
13:30-14:15	Panel Discussion with representatives of Municipalities: Dr. Lütfü Savaş, Mayor of Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Zeydan Karalar, Mayor of Seyhan Municipality Cengiz Balkan, Mayor of Kucukkuyu Municipality
14:15-14:35	Discussion
14:35-14:50	Coffee Break
14:50-15:10	Doctors: Champions of the Right to Seek Asylum - DeDe Dunevant, Physicians for Human Right
15:10-15:50	Discussion of the communiqué - Prof. Vivienne Nathanson
15:50-16:10	Conclusions - perspectives for a way forward