PROGRAMME
Here you can find the programme for the Nordic Summit on Mental Health 2021. The schedule is in Eastern European Time (EET), GMT +02:00. The conference languages are English and Scandinavian languages with interpretation into English, Swedish and Finnish.
Thursday 18 November
11:00-12:00 Lunch and registration
12:00 Welcome
Chair: Sari Aalto-Matturi, MIELI Mental Health Finland
Speakers:
- Eila Mäkipää, State Secterary, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
- Markku Tervahauta, Director General at Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
12:15-13:30 Panel discussion: Nordic strategies for psychological crisis resilience
- FI: Taru Koivisto: Den nationella strategin för psykisk hälsa till 2030 och återuppbyggnadsarbetet
- SE: Jonas Bergström: Myndighetssamverkan och aktördialog för en ny nationell strategi inom psykisk hälsa
- NO: Ellinor F. Major: Tiltak for psykisk helse i pandemin
- IS: Ingibjörg Sveinsdóttir: Icelandic public mental health strategies
- DK: Lars Münter: Vi løfter i fællesskab.
- Moderator: Kristian Wahlbeck, MIELI Mental Health Finland
13:30 Short break
13:35 Plenary lecture:
- Romina Boarini, Director, OECD Centre for Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE): COVID-19 and Well-Being: Building back better lives
- Comment from civil society: Karin Schulz, Secretary General MIND Sweden: Recovery plan for mental well-being in the light of COVID-19
14:20-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-16:30 Parallel sessions:
19:00- Social programme
Friday 19 November
09:00-09:45 Plenary session
Chair: Kristian Wahlbeck, MIELI Mental Health Finland
Key note: Co-creating mental wellbeing with young people
- Ian Manion, Ph.D., C.Psych., Canada
10:00-11:30 Parallel sessions:
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:30 Plenary session: International action for mental health
Chair: Taru Koivisto, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Speakers:
- Ledia Lazeri, WHO Europe: What next after the European Action Plan for Mental Health?
- Nicoline Tamsma, European Commission: EU action on mental health
- Arja Rautio, comments from Arctic Council
12:30 Closing remarks
- Thomas Blomqvist, Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality, Finland (video)
- Ingvild Kjerkol, Helse- og omsorgsminister, Norway (video)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 End of summit