WELCOME – PLENARY SESSION 6
Welcome to NBCC 2019
18.45-20.15 Finlandia Hall
Essi Ryödi (FI), Jeroen Bax (NL), Barbara Casadei (UK), Thordis Hrafnkelsdottir (IS) and Paula Risikko (FI)
18.45-18.55
Welcome and opening.
Essi Ryödi, President, Finnish Cardiac Society (FI)
18.55-19.10
The future of healthcare in Nordic-Baltic countries.
Paula Risikko, Finnish Heart Association, Chairperson of the Board; Member of the Parliament of Finland; Doctor of Health Sciences
19.10-19.40
Cardiology in Europe – the ESC: mission, vision, threats, opportunities.
Barbara Casadei, President of the European Society of Cardiology (UK)
19.40-20.00
Island.
Thordis Hrafnkelsdottir, President, Icelandic Society of Cardiology (IS)
20.00-20.20
A musical greeting by Marzi Nyman and Niko Kumpuvaara.
