EUROPEAN COMMISSION
HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
Public Health
Draft Agenda
30 years of EU action against cancer
Jointly organised by the European Commission and the
Luxembourg Presidency
Luxemburg, Cercle Cité, 15 September 2015 (2:30 pm – 5:30 pm)
1.
Welcome by Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union (Lydia Mutsch,
Minister for Health, Luxembourg) and European Commission (Vytenis
Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety)
2.
Three Panels (Followed each by an open discussion):

Historic background of EU Action on cancer and long term perspective
speakers: Alberto Costa, Director, European School of Oncology, Mario Dicato,
Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg, Francisco Jesus Alvarez Hidalgo, Deputy
Head of Unit, Health, Safety and Hygiene at Work Unit, Directorate General for
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Continuity from 1985 to 2015
National Cancer Plans (Danielle Hansen-Koenig, Director, Ministry for Health
Luxembourg, Mojca Gobec, Director General, Slovenian Ministry of Health),
Action in the field of prevention (Wendy Yared, Director, Association of
European Cancer Leagues, Florence Berteletti-Kemp, Director, the Smoke Free
Partnership, Marianne Skar, Secretary General, European Alcohol Policy
Alliance),
European Code against Cancer, (Christopher Wild, Director, International
Agency for Research on Cancer)

Conclusions and Outlook
speakers: F. Jankevičius, Director, University Clinic Santariskes, Vilnius,Tit
Albrecht, Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, Francesco de Lorenzo, President,
European Cancer Patient Coalition, Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General,
Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission,
Krzysztof Maruszewski, Director, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection,
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
3.
Closure: John F. Ryan, Acting Director for Public Health, Directorate General for
Health and Food Safety, European Commission – Danielle Hansen-Koenig
Followed by a reception hosted by the Luxembourg Presidency