Looking at the SCiE… and at a Summit in Copenhagen
The SCiE Summit, April 2018 showcased ideas, initiatives, and innovations for self-care from all over Europe. An international mix of great minds came together in a fruitful exchange of views and visions for the future of care and community – and revealed an enormous potential as well as mountains of work ahead.
The two-day conference – hosted by the Nordic-based health insurer Skandia – had presentations revolving around three main themes; Future care and collaboration, Innovation and incentives, and the creation of engagement and empowerment in professionals and the public alike. This naturally evolved into talks about sustainability and economy, about ethics and effectivity, and about creating new frameworks for sharing and engaging – across sectors, disciplines, and borders.
In addition to the presentations in the auditorium, SCiE partner Third-I introduced and explained the work behind the SCiE Manifesto during an inspiring working dinner – the Manifesto presenting a first, collective statement about the process and objectives that SCiE will use to put self-care on the agenda at different levels and in the relevant fora in its three basic pillars; better self-care policy development, stronger expert networking and knowledge sharing across borders, and increased public engagement in Europe.
New horizons?
Well, first of all – and to paraphrase a bit – a piece of wonderful news might be, that the self-care community of professionals and stakeholders may actually have reached the end of the beginning. Meaning, that though there has been and is still an important debate about the exact wording of how to define self-care, this is not really that important or as relevant anymore for the path ahead.
Partly because a good level of consensus and common understanding about most major issues and challenges seem to have been reached. And partly also, because the widespread adoption of the very useful self-care continuum concept – where needs for care and empowered choices are constantly in motion, depending on age, lifestages, care systems, and much more – also means, that self-care (and its self-management sister) should actually always be in a certain state of flux, as the methods we consider in our different stages of life and in all stages of health and wellbeing are also constantly evolving.
So with this vital understanding in place, what are becoming ever more important is evidence of the strong potential in creating collaborative frameworks to also produce new types of solutions, tools, and initiatives. Some may be fueled by the introduction of new digital tools in existing practice, some by rethinking cause and ripple effects, or some by redefining legislative/incentivization models we use – collectively they speak to the value of action and engagement.
These collaborative frameworks increasingly demonstrate the ability to transcend sectors and professions to deliver completely different solutions or options for communities and citizens. Eg. the case of Froome in the UK, in targeting loneliness and delivering health outcomes – or the array of solutions and technologies that IBM, LEO Innovation Lab, ARIA, and Liva Healthcare presented in their presentations day 2 of the Summit.
New mindsets
This in turn also means, that observing (and challenging) the mindsets we use in health and society – or for professionals, politicians and the public alike – are at the core of the self-care process – a key point mentioned in different ways by most speakers on day 1. And also that while better health may seem as valuable goal for all, we still need to consider how we produce this better health – eg the resources we use, the equity we ensure, and the freedom of lifestyle choices we should remember as health and wellbeing are not an objective measure, but a subjective idea that has to suit and solve each person and family in different ways during their life.
The event in Copenhagen showed how far reaching the interest for self-care is – and at the same time proved, that though self-care has been around throughout the entire human history, we appear to have only just begun the process of understanding this vital part of our history and life.
Showcasing the future
Following the Summit, the SCiE will be working towards the Self-Care Week Europe in november 2018 – initially be creating a showcase collection of views and ideas about the future of self-care in Europe in a joint publication to be published in an early version in June; joining the ideas and insights of the Summit with a number of additional voices and opinions, as the field has a lot of potential across the continuum and a lot to discuss also.
Towards november we will also be as active as possible in smaller events across Europe – from policy festivals like Folkemødet in Denmark to hard core health strategy events like the Health Forum Gastein – and a some in between also.
What
SCiE Summit, Copenhagen 11-12 April 2018
Speakers (read more below)
| Jakob Cold Danish Medicines Agency Karl Falkenberg EU Commission Rafael Bengoa SI Health Katherine Richardson University of Copenhagen Bert Vrijhoef Maastrich University Amelle Liaz Bayer Consumer Care Anders Hede Trygfonden Jelka Zaletel National Institute of Public Health Slovenia Ian Banks Men’s Health Forum Kim Escherich IBM Denmark Morten Remmer LEO Innovation Lab Wienia Czarlewski University of Montpellier Carl Brandt Liva Healthcare |
Timo Minssen CeBIL Kai Kolpatzik AOK Bundesverband Jes Søgaard Danish Cancer Society Jim Philips CEmPaC Jeni Bremner European Health Futures Forum Rosa Suñol FAD Jan Smits SelfCareFactorY Helle Terkildsen Maindal University of Aarhus Kaisa Immonen European Patients Forum Lisa Ackerley International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene Adrian Shephard Reckitt Benckiser Jacqueline Bowman Third-I |
with Charan Nelander Danish Comittee for Health Education and Lars Münter SCiE as moderators.
More?
Find presentations here at the organizers site here – or read more about SCiE here.
Selected statements
“…a highly interesting summit!…”
“…well organised and excellent speakers…”
“… two constructive and informative days…”
“…I am looking forward to future discussions: the world needs coherent and holistic thinking!…”
“…excellent summit. I was deeply taken by the presentations…”
“…a good investment for self-management in Europe…”
“…Really great speakers…”
About the conference programme
Transformation. A key certainty in most areas in European society in the coming years – and certainly also for healthcare.
Find the full programme, further news, and info about practical matters; venue, registration etc. at the organizer website here.
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| Day 1 – 13.00-16.30 | Day 2 – 9.00-16.00 | |||
| Theme 1 – Future Scenarios |
Theme 2 – Incentives & Investments | |||
| Covering Challenges, SDGs, Future of Care Research & Partnerships | Covering Innovation, Public/Private Investments Incentives |
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| Working Dinner | Theme 3 – Engagement and Self Care | |||
| Food for thought | Covering Collaboration, Empowerment, Engagement | |||
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| Jakob Cold Deputy Secretary General, Danish Medical Agency |
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Charan Nelander Director, Danish Commitee for Health Education |
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| Karl Friedrich Falkenberg Sustainability Consultant, European Commission Short bio |
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Wienia Czarlewski MD, PhD, University of Montpellier About |
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| Rafael Bengoa Director, Institute for Health and Strategy Bilbao Short bio |
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Timo Minssen Professor, University of Copenhagen Bio as researcher |
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| Katherine Richardson Professor, University of Copenhagen |
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Jes Søgaard Professor, Danish Cancer Society |
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| Anders Hede Director of Research, TrygFonden |
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Mariano Votta Director of Active Citizenship Network |
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| Bert Vrijhoef Professor, Maastricht University |
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Kaisa Immonen Policy Director, European Patients Forum |
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| Jelka Zalatel National Institute of Public Health Slovenia |
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Rosa Suñol Director, FAD |
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| Jeni Bremner Director for Corporate Development, EHFF Co-director, CEmPaC |
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Lisa Ackerley Vice Chairman, IFH About |
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| Ian Banks President, European Men’s Health Forum About |
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Kim Escherich Chief Innovation Architect, IBM LinkedIn bio and platform |
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| Jan Smits Founder, SelfCareFactorY |
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Helle Terkildsen Maindal Professor, University of Aarhus About |
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| Kai Kolpatzik AOK Bundesverband |
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Jim Phillips Director, CEmPaC |
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| Morten Remmer Chief Growth Officer, LEO Innovation Lab About |
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Carl Brandt MD, Co-Founder, Liva Healthcare About |
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The event was organized by SCiE in collaboration with
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