DIGNITY FOR THE FRAIL OLD
- from Dilemmas to Solutions
Bergen, Norway
September, 2. – 5. 2010
Solstrand Hotel & Bath
PROPOSAL FOR SPEAKERS AND TIME FRAME
(Speakers confirmed, unless marked tbc – to be confirmed.).
Thursday, September 2.
14.00 Registration Coffee tea
15.00 Poster presentation in the Conference Hall.
16.00 Opening ceremony.
Chair of the organizing committee: Stein Husebø, Chairman of the committee
Opening remarks Welcome to participants by
 Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Minister of Health and Care Services (N)
 HM Queen Sonja of Norway (N-tbc)
a. Introduction of the conference theme
About dignity and human rights for the old
 Speaker: Gro Harlem Brundtland (N -tbc), Former Secretary General, WHO, primary
minister of Norway
About good care.
 Speaker: Marie-Sophie Parent: (BEL), Director of AGE – the European Older
People’s Platform
b. Conference objectives, format and role of participants
 Stein Husebö (N) Director The Dignity Center – Caring for the Old, Bergen
17.45 Coffee break
18.15
Chair Signe Hananger
18.15: Transition into an ageing society
 Keynote: Wim van den Heuvel (NL) (30 mns)
 Commentator / Discussant: Prof. Dr. Rocio Fernandeze-Ballesteros University of
Madrid, Spain. Professor in Psychology of Ageing, Member of the Expert Committee
of the UN for the developing the II International Plan of Action on Ageing and of the
WHO for reviewing the document ‘Active ageing’
19.15: Dignity: its meaning and need,
 Keynote: Harvey Max Chochinov (CAN - tbc)
 Commentator / Discussant: Win Tadd (UK), Senior Research Fellow
ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Cardiff University.
20.00. Reception / Dinner
Friday, September 3.
09.00.
Chair from the organizing committee: Marinela Olaroiu van den Heuvel
Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Introduction: problems, plans and possibilities.
09.15:
1. Good care: need, quality, competence, attainability?
Speaker: Alexandre Kalache, Senior Advisor on Global
Ageing at the New York Academy of Medicine
 Discussant / Questionmarks: Wolfgang Wodarg (D), Member of Europe of Council,
chairman of the commission on Health in the Council of Europe, and Member of the
Bundestag in Berlin.
10.00 Coffee./ tea
10.30. Solution groups, following up session 1.
12.00: Marketplace. People post their comments
12.30. Lunch
13.45: Poster Session II
14.30.
Chair from the organizing committee: Iva Holmerova
2. The dying old, death as a fact of life
 Speaker: Bettina Husebø (D/N) and Sheila Payne, Professor, Director of the
International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University (UK)
 Discussant / Questionmarks: Andreas Heller (AUT)
15.15 Coffee / tea
15.45
-17.00. Solution groups, following up session 2.
17.00: Marketplace. People post their comments
17.30: OLEANNA. Arts Theme - composer, violinist and world citizen Ole Bull,
Boat excursion to Lysøen, the unique home of the artist. Food on board.
Saturday, September 4.
Chair from the organizing committee: Hans Baumgartner
09.00. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Summary, plans and possibilities.
From the solution groups and Marketplace, supervised by the Editorial trio.
09.30
3. The role and interactions of caregivers.
Speaker: Robin Youngson (NZ), Founder of the Centre for Compassion in Healthcare.
Anaesthetic specialist at Waitakere Hospital and North Shore Hospital in Auckland.
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Discussant / Questionmarks: still open
10.15 Coffee tea
10.45
-12.15.Solution groups, following up session 3
New groups organized, staying together for session 3 and 4.
12.45. Marketplace. People post comments
13.15 Lunch
14.15: Poster session III
15.00
Chair from the organizing committee: Sverre Chr. Wilhelmsen
4. Decision making and communication in care for frail older people.
 Speaker: Stein Husebø (N)
 Discussant / Questionmarks: still open.
15.45 Coffee / tea
16.15 -17.30. Solution groups, including coffee.
18.00. Marketplace People post comments
20.00. The last Supper
Sunday, September 5.
09.00 Chairs from the organizing committee:
Werner Kerschbaum
Wim van den Heuvel
Summary, conclusions and follow up of the conference with the following objectives:
10.15. Coffee / tea / check out
11.00 A new awakening. Arts Theme - Morning mood. Edv Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.
 Erling Dahl jr. (tbc), former director, Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen, Artistic
advisor Bergen International Festival.
12.00 Chair Closing session Stein Husebø
Dignity for the frail old in a mature society
 Speaker: Bengt Westerberg (S)
12.45: Closing remarks
Sven Mollekleiv, President, Norwegian Red Cross.
Chair from the organizing committee: Stein Husebø
13.00. Lunch and farewell
Bergen, 26.01.2010
The Dignity Center