Public Health Symposium
Workshop on Benefits & Challenges of Communicating Long-Term Data in Public Health
Date: Friday, 6 June 2025
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Location: Federal office of Public Health, Schwarzenburgstrasse 157, 3097 Liebefeld
Join us for a workshop bringing together experts from public health, data science, policy, and media to explore the benefits and challenges of using long-term data to communicate progress in the public health area. We will explore the perspectives of different stakeholders and identify strategies to optimize long-term data communication.
Registration
Registration is required. Number of places is limited to 40.
Register before 12 May 2025 here.
Program
| 10:00 | Welcoming words & introduction By Prof. Kaspar Staub, Prof. Arnaud Chiolero, Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) |
| 10:20 | Keynote speech By Dr. Saloni Dattani, from Our World in Data |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Snapshot-perspectives (I) on the values & challenges of using long-term data to communicate progress in public health: 1. Public health catastrophism by Prof. Arnaud Chiolero & Dr. Axelle Braggion 2. Trust & data (Speaker to be confirmed) 3. Communication & journalism by Prof. Wibke Weber 4. Public Health authorities and dissemination by FOPH 5. Data visualization & dashboards by OBSAN |
| 12:45 | Lunch and networking |
| 13:45 | Snapshot-perspectives (II) on the values and challenges: 6. The overall societal perspective by Prof. Dina Pomeranz |
| 14:00 | Group work: What are the specific needs and challenges of different stakeholders, and how can strategies be optimized? A: From data to information dissemination: fostering trust in the context of infodemics through data-informed public health communication and policy making B: Gaps and technical challenges in obtaining, analyzing, and presenting (long-term) data, quality, triangulation |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:20 | Wrapping up: Identifying ways forward to highlight progress and counter eroding trust in science, public health authorities & media |
| 16:00 | End of workshop |