EHFGCo-funded by the EU
24 - 27 September | Hybrid Conference | Bad Hofgastein, Austria

EHFG 2024: Shifting sands of health

Democracy, demographics, digitalisation

The health landscape in Europe is ever-changing, driven by numerous factors, trends, and forces. Inter-linked transformations, most prominently the demographic shift and the rapid developments in the world of digitalisation, have wide-ranging implications for the health of our societies and healthcare systems. Furthermore, the erosion of self-governing democracies by populist and autocratic political movements remains underestimated in health policy debates: democracy isn't so much dying in the darkness as being extinguished in the cold light of day. The health community faces a stark choice: mobilise in this new landscape or collude with the health consequences.

Join us at the hybrid EHFG 2024 from 24 - 27 September to help find solutions for the complex “3D” interplay of democracy, demographics, and digitalisation. Let's be optimistic and not bury our heads in the shifting sands!

The European Health Forum Gastein 2024 is co-organised and co-funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection and European Commission, and held in collaboration with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. The European Health Forum Gastein 2024 has received funding under a project grant from the European Union’s EU4Health programme 2021-2027.