HEAD Welfare Seminar
Programme
(modifications in the programme are possible)
Tuesday, Nov. 18 | Theme of the day: Elderly
8.30
Registration and morning coffee
with music performed by the Faculty of Music (LUAS)
9.00
Opening ceremony
President, Ph.D. Risto Ilomäki, Lahti University of Applied Sciences
9.15
The holistic approach to welfare
Chair: Koichi Ogasawara
Presenter: Head of Development, Ph.D., Raisa Valve, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education
10.00
Elderly care in Japan; Effects of Meditation for the Elderly's Livelyness
Chair/presenter: Professor, Ph.D. Koichi Ogasawara, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai, Japan
10.45
A break
with an opportunity to visit the trade show
11.15
New ways to organize health care and social services – to buy or sell?
Chair: Koichi Ogasawara
Presenter: Director, MSc in health sciences Eeva Halme, Regional Centre for Health and Social Services (Oiva)
12.00
Lunch
13.00
Parallel workshops (see workshops)
The aim is to find best practices and to discuss solutions found and tested in various parts of the world.
14.30
Afternoon coffee
15.00
Ethical questions and welfare technology
Chair: Liisa Suhonen
Presenter: Sociology, adjunct professor in sociology of medicine, Ph.D. Päivi Topo, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)
16.00
Closing words
19.00
Reception of The Regional Council of Päijät-Häme at Congress Centre Fellmanni
Host: Executive Director Esa Halme, Regional Council of Päijät-Häme
Wednesday, Nov. 19 | Theme of the day: Disability
8.30
Registration and morning coffee
with music performed by the Faculty of Music (LUAS)
9.00
Opening words for the day
Dr.Med., Member of Congress, M.D., Tuija Nurmi, Finnish Parliament
9.15
Employment of handicapped and disabled as a challenge for the society
Chair: Vice president, Ph.D. Juhani Nieminen, Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Presenter: Senior Adviser, Ph.D. Patrik Kuusinen, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland
10.00
Work place accommodations for disabled
Chair: Juhani Nieminen
Presenter: Director, M.Ed. Susan Alcorn MacKay, Cambrian College, Sudbury, Canada
10.45
A break
with an opportunity to visit the trade show
11.15
India – a country or a continent – the Indian approach to welfare
Chair: Juhani Nieminen
Presenter: Executive Director, Col. (R) V.K. Gaur, Manav Rachna University, Delhi, India
12.00
Lunch
13.00
Parallel workshops on addicts and disabled. The aim is to find best practices and to discuss solutions found and tested in various parts of the world (see Workshops).
14.30
Afternoon coffee
15.00
Experiments of employing persons with disability
Chair: Juhani Nieminen
Presenter: Managing Director Taavi Heikkilä, Hämeenmaa
15.45
How to deal with addictions?
Chair: Juhani Nieminen
Presenter: Clinical Director Antti Holopainen, Järvenpää Addiction Hospital
16.30
Closing words
Thursday, Nov. 20
Excursions connected with the themes of the seminar:
9.30
Lahti Rehabilitation Centre
11.00
Lunch
12.30
Kaarisilta Art and Activity Center