In previous editions of the Congress, we have always opted to hold an opening conference as a way of starting the activity. This time we have chosen to begin with a dialogue between two great professionals on the need to integrate care and cure or at least control the symptoms of chronicity and rehabilitate when and as far as possible.
During the COVID pandemic, several dozen professionals worked with Victoria Camps, based on her work on care as a reality that challenges all of us. Politicians, administrations, companies and citizens must commit to care in general and, in particular and with the content of the congress in mind, to care for the elderly with dependency and multi-morbidity.. Her focus will be on the ethics of care..
Dr. Bonaventura Clotet, President of the Foundation for the fight against infections and a world authority in the field of AIDS, also played a leading role in the fight against COVID, both in terms of research, medical-epidemiology and dissemination. His reflections will focus on the impact on older people.
Ana Pastor, doctor, ex-Minister of Health and current Second Vice-President of Congress, has never failed to keep in touch with the reality of health and socio-health issues. For this reason, in addition to facilitating the dialogue, she will speak about the need to integrate social and health care from her technical and political point of view.
This conference will provide a framework for the content of the congress, based on the contributions of these three fantastic people.
Dr. Josep Maria Via i Redons
President of the Congress Programme Committee