Climate change and its impact on human life and ecosystems are the major challenge for the next decades. Arctic medicine has been collecting experiences with climate for a long time. The thawing of permafrost soils sets viruses free, which have been conserved in them for a long time – their global impact is unknown.
Prof. Birgitta Evengard, an expert on infectious diseases and Prof. Jean-Michel Claverie are internationally experts on these topics receiving world-wide attention for the research (CNN permafrost virus)
There are several approaches to cope – to adjust the carbonic footprint of a hospital is one of them. The panel discussion among persons with differential experiences and ideas for improvement will round up this symposium.
Program
Chair: Heinz Burgmann, Sophie Weißgärber
- 14:00-14:10 | Welcome remarks
Elisabeth Presterl, Medical University of Vienna, Austria - 14:10-16:30 | Without healthy ecosystems there is no human health - climate change and human health form the - Arctic perspective
Birgitta Evengard, University of Umea, Sweden - Eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost – “Zombieviruses” on the rise?
Jean-Michel Claverie, School of Medicine of Aix-Marseille University, France - Reduction of the carbon footprint of hospitals – save the environment but do not shoot the working horse!
Elisabeth Presterl, Medical University of Vienna, Austria - Panel discussion: Changing climate and challenges for healthcare – new bugs, antimicrobial resistance and strategies to overcome
- Heinz Burgmann, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Jean-Michel Claverie, Institute de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix Marseille, France
- Birgitta Evengard, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Umea, Sweden,
- Sophie Falkeis, speculative Design, Vienna, Austria
- Noam Hartman, Austrian Student Association, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Bertrand Lell, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Vienna, Austria and Lambarene, Gaboun
- Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl, Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna
- Elisabeth Presterl, Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Martin Schneider, Association for Sustainable Landscape Protection, Vienna, Austria
- Sophie Weißgärber, Austrian Student Association, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- 16.30 | Mingle with drinks and snacks in the Library Room
- 18.00 | Close