09:00 h. REGISTRATION
09:30 h. WELCOME TO PARTICIPANTS
Josep Maria Vilà, President, Catalan Institute of Oncology
Kristina Mauer-Stender,Tobacco Control Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Esteve Fernández, Symposium’s Chair
10:00 h. OPENING CONFERENCE: “Entering the second decade of FCTC implementation: progress so far and challenges ahead” by Tibor Szilágyi, Secretariat WHO FCTC
10:30 h. DISCUSSION (Moderator: Carmen Cabezas, Public Health Agency of Catalonia)
11:00 h. Coffee break
11:30 h. 2nd CONFERENCE: “The EU Tobacco Product Directive: dream, mirage or nemesis?” by Constantine Vardavas, European Network for Smoking Prevention.
12:15 h. DISCUSSION (Moderator: Cristina Martínez, Catalan Institute of Oncology)
12:30 h. 3rd CONFERENCE:“Supporting cessation using mobile phones: The Be He@lthy Be Mobile initiative” by Susannah Robinson, The Be He@lthy Be Mobile initiative, WHO
13:15 h. DISCUSSION (Moderator: Josep M. Suelves, Public Health Agency of Catalonia)
13:30 h. Lunch
14:30 h. 4th CONFERENCE:“Are the world achieving the 2025 target on tobacco use?” by Alison Commar, Comprehensive Information Systems on Tobacco Control, WHO
15:15 h. DISCUSSION (Moderator: Silvano Gallus, “Mario Negri” Institute, Milan)
15:30 h. 5th CONFERENCE: “Have smoking bans after WHO FCTC worked in reducing harms of passive smoking?” by Cecily Kelleher, University College Dublin
16:15 h. DISCUSSION (Moderator: Xisca Sureda, University of Alcalá, Madrid)
16:30 h. CLOSING CONFERENCE: “Plain packaging –why it matters, and how to make it happen” by Mike Daube, Curtin University, Perth
17:15 h. DISCUSSION (Moderator: Regina Dalmau, Spanish National Committee for Smoking Prevention, and Cornel Radu, European Network for Smoking Prevention)
17:30 h. CLOSING REMARKS by Esteve Fernández (Symposium’s Chair) and CLOSING OF THE SYMPOSIUM by Àngel Vidal (Assitant Director, Catalan Institute of Oncology) and Carmen Cabezas (Public Health Agency, Government of Catalonia)