Programme 5th November 2026

REGISTRATION 08.30 - 09.30

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OPENING PLENARY SESSION I 09.30 - 13.00

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Official opening Conference Healthy Wave

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Welcome words by:
​René Segers-Hoogendoorn          Vice-Mayor Care, Welfare and Social & Community Infrastructure​​

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Keynote: European Child Guarantee – support to school meals for children in need

Jiří Švarc                                      European Commission

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Inspirational Insights – The results from the travel of the SchoolFoof4Change project

Annelies Smet                                 Rikollto

Questions

Panel debate: Rethinking Healthy School Meals

​Moderator  Josje van Nes 

Panel         Jiří Švarc                                    European Commission
                  Ana Paula Reis                          Agrupamento de Escolas Anselmo de Andrade
                  Andrea Magarini                        Comune di Milano
                  Vera van Stokkom                     InHolland

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Network lunch break 13.00 -14.00

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PARALLEL SESSIONS 14.00 - 15.30

Parallel A: Early Childhood Education & Care

Moderator Franca Locati                        Chair working group Children, Eurocities, policy officer city of Milano

Keynote    Pauline Slot                           Endowed Professor University Utrecht

                 Ilze Spunde                           Policy Advisory of the city of Riga

                 Lieve De Bosscher                Director of childcare services Ghent

                 Silke Schöngart-Mühlegg      Head of the Health and Food Management Team Munich​

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Parallel B: Local School Food Policy

Moderator Chiara Mandelli                     WG Food, City of Milano

Keynote    Katrien De Maegd (tbc)         HOGENT

                 Joakim Karlsson                    City of Gothenburg

                 Annette Stafleu                      Voedingscentrum

                 Daniela Onofrei                      School in Baciu

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Parallel C: Breaking the Cycle of Child Poverty

Moderator Eerika Kantonen                   Chair of the Working Group Education, policy officer Helsinki

Keynote     Francesca Pisani                  Eurochild

                  Javier Martínez                     Barcelona Municipal Institute of Social Services

                  Nicole Lucassen                   Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

                  Mieke van Duijn                    OBS Delfshaven​

PLENARY CLOSING  SESSION II   15.30 - 17.45

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Voice of the Children

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Outcomes of the Healthy Wave project by Leen Tyrions (Rikolto) and Marit Struiksma (Erasmus MC)

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Conclusions and Recommendations of the three parallel sessions and panel debate by The Youth

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European Respond

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Closing statement​​​​​