This year's conference delves into what it really takes to transition from a curative to a preventive healthcare system. While this shift is widely supported, making it equitable for all—ensuring it’s truly “just”—requires more than just good intentions. We'll explore the resources, collaborations, and strategies needed to shape a healthier future.

We are all about exploring these topics in unusual and engaging ways. As part of this approach, we will be unveiling a specially commissioned piece of art that captures the essence of "just" transformations. 

 

Keynote Session: Transitions Towards more Preventive Health 
Speaker: Wouter Boon 

In his talk Wouter Boon will give an introduction to the concepts originating from transition studies which help to understand how the transition towards preventive health starts, what the main challenges are and what is needed to overcome these challenges.   

 

 

Gain insights from a range of perspectives, including a citizen’s view, a health insurance provider’s standpoint, and the healthcare sector’s outlook. Together, they will discuss what “just” transformations mean in practice and explore how to balance the needs of individuals, communities, and institutions.

 

Speakers: Wouter Boon UU, Joanna Brederode Citizen Advocate, Jeroen Crasborn Independent Insurance Consultant, Corrine Lawrence Unilever

 

 

 

Keynote Session: A Better Business Case for Prevention 
Speaker: Bram Wouterse 

 

Investing in healthier lifestyles and other forms of prevention is seen by many as the key to  improve our population’s health and tackle inequalities. At the same time, many countries are lagging behind in implementing preventive measures and finding financing for lifestyle interventions from governments, health insurers, or other parties is hard. Bram Wouterse discusses why the business case for prevention is often so hard to make and what can be done to improve it. This requires efforts from policy makers and financers, but also from public health professionals and lifestyle innovators themselves. A key shift in perspective is that we need to start thinking about prevention not as a way to save health care costs, but as a cost-effective investment in health.  

 

 

 

 

Get to know our inter- and transdisciplinary projects in short and fun elevator pitches. 

 

 

 

Join us for breakout workshops on our four research lines. Within these four research lines, finding common ground and knowledge integration is key to interdisciplinary collaborations. Curious to explore what’s needed to make interdisciplinary collaboration spark? The Centre for Unusual Collaborations will host an interactive "learning by doing" session that stimulates and facilitates unusual collaborations. 

 

Breakout session 1: Collaborating for youth resilience and just transitions 
Breakout session 2: Co-creating just and healthy living environments

Breakout session 3: Living with Disease—inclusive and ethical approaches to prevention

Breakout session 4: Future-proofing care for older adults—Innovative approaches to impact and health​

Breakout session 5: Navigating transitions—building future competencies through collaboration​

 

 

 

 

 

Failure. A word that instills fear in many. Yet, according to Paul Iske, it is something to celebrate and learn from. In his keynote session, Iske delves deep into creating an environment that fosters innovation. He explores various strategies for promoting creative thinking and how to embrace Brilliant Failures to drive progress.  

His lecture reminds us that failures are actually stepping stones to success. By embracing our Brilliant Failures on our personal and professional journeys, we can learn from them and pave the way for a future full of innovation and growth.