Programme
Tuesday 8 October
08:00 Registration opens
At Uppsala Castle (entrance from courtyard)
08:40 Performance
Performance by Uppsala Dance Academy while delegates arrive. Choreography by Zala Pezdir.
9:00 Uppsala Health Summit Opening
Welcome Address: Uppsala University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Anders Malmberg, Chairman of Uppsala Health Summit Steering Committee
Opening Remarks by H.R.H. Prince Daniel of Sweden
09:30 Plenary Session 1. Time to deliver on children’s mental and physical health
The aim of this session is to achieve a common understanding for the global urbanization, the associated risks to children's health and development, and the changing nature of urban childhoods.
- Dr Graham Alabaster, Chief, Waste Management and Sanitation, UN HABITAT Protecting future generations: An urban future that cares for health
- Dr Fiona Bull, Program Manager, Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organisation, Active Cities, Active Children
- Jens Aerts, Urban planning specialist, UNICEF, Shaping Urbanization for Children
10:45 Coffee break
11:30 Workshops in parallel
- A. ECHO-Zones in practice: How to deliver evidence - Room: Vasasalen
- B. Listen to the kids! - Room: Galleriet
- C. Supporting children's mobility in complex urban contexts - Room: Johan III
- D. City gardening and farms for learning and well-being - Room: Riksalen
- E. Nature play enhanced with digital elements - Room: Plantskolan, Segerstedhuset
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Workshops in parallel continue
15:30 Coffee break
16:15 Plenary Session 2. From knowledge and vision to implementation
How to gain traction for policies supporting healthy urban childhoods
- Dr Tim Gill, Independent scholar, advocate and consultant on childhood: Child-friendly Urban Planning and Design, Insights from 12 Cities
- Roger Madelin, CBE, Joint Head of Canada Water Development, British Land: Make the kids happy, make more money
- Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee, CEO, Action for Children's Environments, (ACE) India: Designing Cities for Children in the Majority World
17:30 End of programme
19:00 Dinner at Norrland's Nation, one of Uppsala's renowned student clubs
Address: Västra Ågatan 14, Uppsala
Wednesday 9 October
08:00 Guided morning walk in Peter-No-Tail playground.
09:00 Plenary Session 3: Towards a balanced risk perception on childhood and adolescence
- Dr Mariana Brussoni, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Outdoor play and risk is essential for healthy child development.
- Henry Mathias, NCS Strategic Lead of Care Inspectorate, Scotland. ‘Better a broken bone than a broken spirit!' How new standards of regulation of early learning and childcare changed children's experience of outdoor play
10:00 Coffee break
10:45 Workshops in parallel
- F. Measuring segregation and child health - Room: Riksalen
- G. Social inclusion and empowerment in urban planning - Room: Johan III
- H. Indicators for children’s built environments - Room: Vasasalen
- I. Industry-academy collaborations for healthy brain functions through physical activity- Room: Galleriet