Opening Ceremony
Main Auditorium 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Introductory Statements - Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM) and Antoine Kazzi (AAEM)

Opening Statements:

• Presidents of the Organizing Societies:
  Herman Delooz (EuSEM), Luis Jimenez Murillo (SEMES) & Joseph Wood (AAEM)
• National Authorities: (As Selected and Invited by SEMES)
• Hosting Institutions and Authorities:
  Thomas Cesario (University of California, Irvine)
  Ilario Viano (University of E. Piemonte)
  Local or Regional Authorities and Institutions (to be announced)

Key Note Statements:

• The Specialty of Emergency Medicine: How Does It Make a Difference?
  Prof. John Marx - Chair, Carolinas Medical Center
• Emergency Medicine in Europe: History and Evolution
  Dra. Mila Garcia-Barbero - World Health Organization, Barcelona, Spain
• Access to Emergency Care, the Role of Government, and Collaboration between Physicians from Warring Nations
  Prof. Ismail Sallam - Former Minister of Health, Egypt and Executive Chair of the Arab League Health Ministers Committee

Closing Statements - Roberta Petrino (EuSEM) and Jose Luis Casado (SEMES)