Opening remarks
Mr. János Áder, MEP − Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Introductions by the Co-Chairs
The Role of the Doctor in Prevention
Dr. Konstanty Radziwill, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), Family
Medicine Specialist
The Importance of Science
Prof. Dr. Roger Bouillon, Catholic University of Leuven, Organiser of the Vitamin D Workshop
Prevention – The Case for Vitamin D
Keynote Presentation: The CPME Policy Paper and the Role of Doctors
Prof. Dr. Arie Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman, Chairman of the Royal Dutch Medical Association −
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot bevordering der Geneeskunst (KNMG)
Respondents
Prof. Dr. Ferenc Szalay, 1st Dept. of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Dr. Kevin Cashman, Vitamin D Research Group, University College Cork, Ireland
Dr. Werner Faché, Head of the Linus Pauling Prevention Clinic, Ghent, Belgium
Raising Awareness, Societal Education & Enabling Consumer Choice
Keynote Presentation: Availability of Vitamin D for Consumers and Patients
Prof. Dr. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Director of the Centre on Aging and Mobility, University Zurich
Respondents
Mr. Jim Higgins, MEP − Co-Chair of the cross-party, pan-European Interest Group on Rheumatic and
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Prof. Moira O’Brien, President of the Irish Osteoporosis Society
Dr. Erik Schoon, Representative of the United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF)
Mr.
Árpád Gogl, former Minister for Health of Hungary and Hungarian Member of Parliament
Open Q&A session
Chair: Dr. Werner Christie, PA International Foundation and former Health Minister of Norway
Closing remarks
Dr. Anja Weisgerber, MEP − Co-Chair of the European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group
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