Ecim 2015
global summit

8th ECIM President
Shelley Noble-Letort, PhD (DK) Nordic Integrative Medicine

Prof Torkel Falkenberg, MD PhD (SE) Karolinska Institut, Department of Neurobiology and Director of Integrative Care Science Center
John Hughes, PhD (UK) Senior Researcher, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
Prof George Lewith, MD (UK) University of Southampton, Department of Primary Care & Populations Sciences, Health Research
Torben Riise, PhD MBA (DK/USA) Copenhagen Capacity Goodwill Ambassador
Dr Malcolm Taw, MD (USA) UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine, Center for East-West Medicine

Chair:
John Hughes, PhD (UK) Senior Researcher, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

Dr Mikael Bitsch, MD (DK) Overlæge University of Copenhagen Department of Clinical Education (CEKU) Rigshospitalet
Prof Lars Ole Bonde (DK) Aalborg University, Copenhagen Department of Communication and Psychology, Expert in Music Therapy and Medicine
Dr David Eisenberg, MD (USA) Harvard School of Public Health, Nutrition and Executive Vice-President Samueli Institute, Health Research and Education
Torkel Falkenberg (SE) Associate Professor, Research Constellation Leader – Integrative Health Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet; Deputy Director – Karolinska Institutet Centre for Social Sustainability; Director – The Charitable Research Foundation I C – The Integrative Care Science Center
Dr Peter Fisher, MD (UK) Clinical Director and Director of Research at NHS Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
Prof. Michael Heinrich (UK)UCL School of Pharmacy, Univ. London
Eva Bojner Horwitz (SE) Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences – Family, Preventative and Social Medicine
Prof Lixing Lao, MD PhD (HK/USA) Director of School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Vivian Taam Wong Professorship in Integrative Medicine and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine
Prof George Lewith, MD  (UK) University of Southampton, Department of Primary Care & Population Sciences, Health Research
Dr Paulo de Tarso Ricieri Lima, MD MSc (BR)Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Integrative Medicine Group
Dr Victoria Maizes, MD (USA)Executive Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine Professor of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health, The University of Arizona
Dr Woodson Merrell, MD (USA) Chairman of Department of Integrative Medicine at Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, Executive Director of Center for Health and Healing NYC, and Chair of Center Institute of Research and Education in Integrative Medicine (CIRE-IM)
Prof Andreas Michalsen, MD (GE) University of Berlin Charité, Chief Physician at Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin
Prof Nicola Robinson (UK) School of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University
Dr Paolo Roberti di Sarsina, MD (IT) Observatory and Methods for Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano
Prof Avni Sali, MD PhD (AU) Director, National Institute of Integrative Medicine (NIIM)
Dr Lasse Skovgaard, PhD (DK) Danish MS Society, Health Policy and Research
Dr Malcolm Taw, MD (USA) UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine, Center for East-West Medicine
Prof Clauda Witt, MD MBA (CH) Director of Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and Chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich

Thursday, September 24, 2015
Pre-Summit Concert at the DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen
Performance by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Michael Schønwandt of the Royal Opera House, Copenhagen

Friday, September 25th, 2015
Pre-Summit Invitational at World Trade Center, Ballerup
Policy Roundtable on Nordic Models of Care at World Trade Center, Ballerup

Saturday, September 26th, 2015
Day One : Economics and Science –Global Healthcare and Integrative Medicine Models 
at The Culture Yard, Helsingør

Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Benedickte Kiær, Mayor of Helsingør

Opening Keynote on Global Healthcare:
Dr. Victor Dzau, MD, President, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Washington D.C. (USA)

Patient Expert Keynote on The IKEA Way to Better Healthcare – Healthy Story on Living Life with Cancer : 
Michael Hay – Creative Director, IKEA Global Communications (SE/UK)

PANEL ONE: ECONOMICS – Can Integrative Medicine Provide High Quality Cost-Effective Care for Global Healthcare?

• Chair, George Lewith, MA MD FRCP – Professor of Health Research University of Southampton (UK)
  CAMbrella: Can We Work Together to Develop our Understanding of Integrative Medicine?

• Peter Fisher, MD – NHS Royal London Hospital of Integrated Medicine, Physician to the Queen of England
  Insider-Outsider Perspective on Integrative Healthcare Reform
  Economic Burden of Chronic Disease, Co-Morbidity and Polypharmacy

• Claudia Witt, MD, MBA – Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (CH)
  Economic Analyses of Complementary and Integrative Medicine – Where to Go?

• Malcolm Taw, MD FACP – Director, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine – Westlake Village, UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA (USA)
  Integrative Medicine or Not Integrative Medicine: That is the Question

• Open Forum Panel Discussions

ParallelResearch Sessions: POSTERS and ORALS

Track A: Ethnopharmacology
Track B: Music and Medicine
Track C: Stress and Integrative Health
Track D: Integrative Oncology
Special Presentations: Music and Medicine Therapy

HELIXOR ReThinkBox: CANCER AND INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY

Chair: Professor Avni Sali, MD, PhD (AU) Director of National Institute of Integrative Medicine (NIIM)

HELIXOR ReThinkBox Keynote:
Stefan Hiller, MD – Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Integrative Oncology, Palliative Medicine of Die Finderklink, Stuttgart Germany

HELIXOR ReThinkBox Open Forum Panel Discussion:

PANEL 2: SCIENCE – Can Integrative Medicine Research Move Healthcare into Sustainability?

• Chair, Torkel Falkenberg, Associate Professor, Research Constellation Leader – Integrative Health Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet; Deputy Director – Karolinska Institutet Centre for Social Sustainability; Director – The Charitable Research Foundation I C – The Integrative Care Science Center (SE)
  Integrative Care Science and Sustainability

• Lixing Lao, PhD, MB – University of Hong Kong School of Chinese Medicine, University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine  (HK/USA)

• Professor Jan Madsen, PhD Deputy Director of DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark (DK)
  Digital Guardian Angels: Point-of-Care Devices

• Dr. Merlin Willcox – University of Oxford, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (UK)
  Development of Improved Traditional Medicines in Africa

• Open Forum Panel Discussion

Closing Keynote: Integrative Medicine and Chronic Illness
Prof Avni Sali, MD PhD  Director, National Institute of Integrative Medicine NIIM (AU)

HEEL Award 2015

“Excellence in Integrative Medicine Research Award”
presented by Dr. Konstantin Cesnulevicus, MD Medical Science Liasion for Heel GmbH and Professor Stefan Willich, MD University of Berlin Charité

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EVENING EVENT
“A Concert Bouquet of Musical Flowers for the Hospital”  featuring the evidence-based research on the effectiveness of music therapy for chronic illnesses selected by Professor Lars Ole Bonde of Aalborg University.

Sunday, September 27th, 2015
Day Two: Moving Forward – Integrated Healthcare Workforce, Education and Patient Care
at The Culture Yard, Helsingør

Welcome Reflection:
Dr. Victor Dzau, MD, President, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Washington D.C. (USA)

Opening Keynote:
Dr. Woodson Merrell, MD – Director of the Continuum Center for Health & Healing NYC, Chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital (USA)

PANEL 3: EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE Can Integrative Medicine Improve Patient-Centered Healthcare through an Integrated Workforce?

• Frederico Carvalho, Instituto de Medicina Tradicional (PT)

• Prof Vinjar Fønnebø, PhDDirector of NAFKAM (NO)

• Suzanne Grant, PhD  University of Western Sydney and the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse at Sydney Cancer Hospital (AU)

• Paulo de Tarso Ricieri de Lima, MD Hospital Israelita Einstein (BR)

ParallelResearch Sessions: POSTERS and ORALS
Tracks E: Integrative Models for Clinical Healthcare and Medical School Education
Track F: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Track G: Mind-Body and Ayurveda

Elsevier Authors Roundtable Workshop
Chair: Professor Michael Heinrich, Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London (UK)

Member Meeting of the European Chapter of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR) http://www.iscmr.org/

Member Meeting of the European Society of Integrative Medicine (ESIM)

ParallelResearch Sessions: POSTERS and ORALS
Track H: Patient Experts and Patient Engagement in Research Strategy
Track I: Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Phytotherapy

LEO PHARMA RETHINKBOX: PATIENT EXPERTS AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH STRATEGY
Keynote: Peter Askel Villadsen, Senior Director, Head of Global Centre of Excellence Patient Engagement LEO Pharma A/S

Chair: Dr. Woodson Merrell, MD – Director of the Continuum Center for Health & Healing NYC, Chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital (USA)

LEO PHARMA RETHINKBOX Open Forum Discussion

Closing Keynote:
Dr. Victoria Maizes, MD – Executive Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health, The University of Arizona

Final Remarks and Ceremonial Closing:
Nordic Council Roundtable

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