3rd NORDIC CONFERENCE ON RARE DISEASES

September 4 - 5, 2014
Helsinki, FINLAND
3rd NORDIC CONFERENCE ON RARE DISEASES
Thursday, September 4
8.30 - 12.00 Crowne Plaza Auditorium
8.30 - 9.00
9. 00 - 9.10
Registration
Welcome and Opening Words
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Plenary Session
NORDIC COOPERATION WITHIN RARE DISEASES
Moderator: Helena Kääriäinen, Research Professor, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare
Commentators: Hedevig Castberg, FFO, Norway and Birthe Byskov-Holm, Själdene Diagnoser, Denmark
9.10 - 9.25
Sustainable Nordic Welfare - Rare Diseases
9.25 - 9.40
Rare Diseases Nordic Network of Patient Organizations
Speaker from the Welfare Committee of the Nordic Council
Hedevig Castberg, FFO, Norway and Birthe Byskov-Holm, Själdene Diagnoser, Denmark
9.40 - 9.55
Patient-centered care and patient involvement
Anders Olauson, President of the European Patients’ Forum
9.55 - 10.00 Summary and discussion
10.00 - 10.50
Coffee, poster presentations and networking
NATIONAL PLANS – HIGHLIGHTS AND CHALLENGES
10.50 - 11.00 Sweden
Veronica Wingstedt de Flon, General Manager, National Funktion for Rare Diseases (NFSD)
11.00 - 11.10 Norway
Stein Are Aksnes, General Manager, Norwegian Resourse Services for Rare Disorders (NKSD)
11.10 - 11.20 Denmark
Marianne Jespersen, Senior Medical Officer, Danish Health and Medicine Authority
11.20 - 11.30 Iceland
Solveig Sigurðardóttir, the State Diagnostic and Counselling Centre
11.30 - 11.40 Finland
Jaakko Yrjö-Koskinen, Ministerial Counsellor, Health/Medical Affairs, Dpt for Social and Health
Services, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
11.40 - 12.00 Panel discussion on the national plans
12.00 - 13.00
Lunch
THE FINNISH NETWORK
FOR RARE DISEASES
September 4 - 5, 2014
Helsinki, FINLAND
3rd NORDIC CONFERENCE ON RARE DISEASES
Thursday, September 4
13.00 - 16.00 Auditorium 1 & 2
RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE IN RARE DISEASES
Parallel Sessions 1 A & 1 B
Session 1 A (Auditorium 1)
Session 1 B (Auditorium 2)
Nordic Cooperation and Centers Research with and for Patients
of Expertise
Moderators
13.00 - 13.20
13.20 - 13.40
13.40 - 14.00
Vibeke Lubanski, Denmark
Moderator from Sweden
Establishing a dentistry resource center - the
importance of networking
Birgitta Bergendal, Odont.dr, DDS, The
Institute for postgraduate Dental Education
Nordic network of CHARGE syndrome -the
view from Iceland
Solveig Sigurðardóttir, MD, PhD, State
Diagnostic and Counselling Centre, Iceland
Patients legal right in cross-border healthcare
and social services
Ulrika Krook, legal advisor, SAMS samarbetsförbundet kring funktionshinder rf
Nordic Multi-Centre Study on Scaphocephaly
using the Raredis database
Hanne Hove, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
University Hospital
The Role of Patient Organization in a Scientific
Project - an example of collaboration
Lena Lande Wekre, MD, PhD, TRS National
Resource Centre for Rare Disorders
Initiation of a new multi-purpose rare disease
patient registry in Norway
Øivind Juris Kanavin, MD Specialist in
Paediatrics, Frambu Centre for Rare Disorders
14.00 - 14.45
Coffee, poster presentations and networking
14.45 - 15.45
Multi-stakeholder perspectives of the
Swedish rare disease health care system
i. National coordination: Veronica Wingstedt
de Flon, GM, Nationella Funktionen Sällsynta
Diagnoser
ii. Center of excellence: Ola Hjalmarsson,
Professor of Paediatrics, Drottning Silvias
barn- och ungdomssjukhus
iii. Patient organisation: Elisabeth Wallenius,
President, Rare Disease Sweden
iv. Family support services: Annica Harryson,
GM, Ågrenska
Boys with sex chromosome aneuploidies
Krister Fjermestad, Dr, Frambu Resource Centre
for Rare Disorders
Not healthy, not ill: The social stigma of living on
a medical diet
Plata Sofie Diesen, MSsc, sociologist, Centre for
Rare Disorders, Oslo University Hospital
Aging in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Michael B. Lensing, Advisor/special educational
therapist, Oslo University Hospital,
Rikshospitalet, The National Autism Unit
15.45 - 16.00
Summary of the session
Summary of the session
19.00 - 21.00
Welcome reception at the House of Estates (Säätytalo) in Helsinki
hosted by The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
THE FINNISH NETWORK
FOR RARE DISEASES
September 4 - 5, 2014
Helsinki, FINLAND
3rd NORDIC CONFERENCE ON RARE DISEASES
Friday, September 5
9.00 - 12.00 Auditorium 1 & 2
EMPOWERMENT AND EXPERIENCE BASED PRACTICES
Parallel Sessions 2 A & 2 B
Moderators
9.00 - 9.20
9.20 - 9.40
9.40 - 10.00
Session 2 A (Auditorium 1)
Session 2 B (Auditorium 2)
Empowerment and Experience
Based Practices
Research with and for Patients
Rebecca Tveit Skarberg, Norway
Guðný Stefánsdóttir, Iceland
Challenges in facilitation for children with
narcolepsy: (H1N1) Pandemrix vaccination
Hilde Norsted Andresen, Specialized Child
Educator, Norwegian Resource center for
AD/HD, Tourette Syndrom and Narcolepsy
Sexuality and bladder exstrophy/epispadia;
Questions you don`t dare ask your parents
Line Mediå, Counsellor/Nurse, Centre for Rare
Disorders, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Living with a rare disease - creative video
making tasks
Kari Hagen, Head of Communication and
Innovation, Frambu centre for rare disorders
Individual plans for schoolchildren with rare
diagnosis: families satisfaction with services
Brede Dammann, Social worker, TRS National
Resource centre for Rare Disorders, Sunnaas
Adults with Congenital Limb deficiency (CLD) in
Norway; pain and work-participation
Heidi Johansen, TRS, National Resource center
for rare disorders, Sunnaas, Norway
Developing a model for multidisciplinary study:
Kleefstra and Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
Lise Beate Hoxmark, Advisor, social worker,
Frambu Resource Centre for Rare Disorders
10.00 - 10.40
Coffee, poster presentations and networking
10.40 - 11.00
School-starters with a rare disorder - A model
for supplying information to school personnel
in Norway
Susan Sødal, Counsellor, Centre for Rare
Disorders, Oslo University Hospital
A good life with Long-Term Mechanical
Ventilation (LTMV)
Irene Lund, Leader, National Neuromuscular
Centre (NMK)/ University Hospital of North
Norway
Experience based education in Finland
Speaker will be confirmed later
Cognitive Rehabilitation of Executive Function
in Adults with Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele
Jan Stubberud, Neuropsychologist, TRS,
National Resource center for rare disorders,
Sunnaas
Paediatric dentist participating in diagnosing
rare diseases: case Coffin Lowry syndrome
Johanna Norderyd, Dr, National Oral Disability
Centre for Rare Disorders, The Institute for
Postgraduate Dental Education
(Mis)conceptions among siblings of children
with rare disorders
Torun Marie Vatne, Psychologist PhD, Frambu
resource centre for rare disorders
11.45 - 12.00
Summary of the session
Summary of the session
12.00 - 13.00
Lunch
11.00 - 11.25
11.25 - 11.45
THE FINNISH NETWORK
FOR RARE DISEASES
September 4 - 5, 2014
Helsinki, FINLAND
3rd NORDIC CONFERENCE ON RARE DISEASES
Friday, September 5
13.00 - 15.30 Crowne Plaza Auditorium
Plenary Session
RARE DISEASES HAVE NO BORDERS
Moderator: Anders Olauson, President of the European Patients’ Forum
Commentator from Finland
13.00 - 13.15 Development and actions on a Pan-European level
Terkel Andersen, President of EURORDIS
13.15 - 13.30 European reference networks
Jaakko Yrjö-Koskinen, Ministerial Counsellor, Health/Medical Affairs, Dpt for Social and Health
Services, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
13.30 - 13.45 Cross-border genetic testing
Helena Kääriäinen Research Professor, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare
13.45 - 14.20
Coffee, poster presentations and networking
14.20 - 14.35 Utilizing the services from a centre - a journey to the future
Kjetil Ørbeck, CEO, Frambu Resource Centre for Rare Disorders
14.35 - 14.50 Looking to the future: Patient-professional partnership
Cristin Lind, Project Advisor, Rare Disease Sweden
14.50 - 15.10 From here to the future - summary of the NCRD 2014
Moderators from the plenary sessions
15.10 - 15.25 Musical program
Rolling Apples -IPad Band
15.25 - 15.30 Announcing the next NCRD 2016
“Passing on the baton” to the representative of Denmark
15.30
We thank you all for participating and wish everyone a safe journey home
Please note, that the program content may be subject to have minor changes and adjustments.
THE FINNISH NETWORK
FOR RARE DISEASES