09:00 - 09:30
Registration
Arrival Refreshments & Networking
09:30 - 11:00
Session 1 – Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
Session Chair: Prof Martina Lawless, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Opening Address: The State of our Environment & Health - Laura Burke, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
A Healthy and Resilient Ireland: Prof Ellen Crushell, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Europe's Environment 2025 - Knowledge for Resilience, Prosperity and Sustainability - Dr Ian Marnane, Head of Unit, Pollution and Health, European Environment Agency (EEA)
Q&A Panel Discussion
11:00 - 11:20
Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:30
Session 2 - Tackling environmental exposures
Session Chair: Prof Diarmuid O’Donovan, Director of National Health Improvement, Health Service Executive (HSE)
Tackling CO2: a public health approach: Dr Gregory Martin, Health Service Executive (HSE)
Protection of population health: the smoky coal ban in Ireland: Dr Anne Nolan, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Global Warming, Global Warning: Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate: Dr Jean O’Dwyer, Head of Environmental Science, University College Cork (UCC)
Q&A Panel Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch & Networking
13:30 - 14:50
Session 3 - Shaping a Healthy Environment for all
Session Chair: Andy Fanning, Programme Manager, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
No Planet B: Health and Environment: Prof Ruth Hunter, Professor of Public Health and Planetary Health, Queens University Belfast (QUB)
Enhancing health and wellbeing through Nature-Based Social Prescribing: Social Return on Investment (SROI): Prof Mary Lynch, Executive Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
Ireland’s National Planning Framework: evolution of environment, health and wellbeing considerations: Alma Walsh, Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH)
Cork Healthy Cities - Exploring the Nexus of Climate and Health Action: Denise Cahill, Healthy Cities Coordinator Cork, Health Service Executive (HSE)
Q&A Panel Discussion
14:50 - 16:10
Session 4 – Integrating Environmental and Public Health
Session Chair: Pat Byrne, Director, Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Indoor built environment – ventilation and indoor environmental quality: Dr James McGrath, Maynooth University
Environment, Plastic and Cancer Care: Prof Seamus O’Reilly, Clinical Lead, Cancer Trials Ireland and Cork University Hospital, Health Service Executive (HSE)
Safeguarding Water Quality: Environmental Threats, Public Health Risks, and Strategic Interventions: Prof Wim Meijer, Professor of Microbiology, University College Dublin (UCD)
Q&A Panel Discussion
16:10 - 16:15
Closing Remarks
Pat Byrne, ORM Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
