Events 13 March 2015

Wine and Health Conference in Zagreb

April 14, 2015, 9:00 – 15:30 at the Zagreb Hypo Center

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Prof. Mladen Boban (Head of the Department of Pharmacology University of Split School of Medicine),
  • Prof. Giovanni de Gaetano (Head, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED, Italy),
  • Prof. Kristian Rett, (Facharzt für Innere Medizin/Diabetologe, Chefarzt Endokrinologie und Diabetologie, Krankenhaus Sachsenhausen),
  • George T. D. Sandeman (President of Wine in Moderation – Art de Vivre Aisbl),
  • Ursula Fradera (Deutsche Weinakademie),
  • Prof. Zeljko Krznaric (President of the Croatian Medical Association),
  • Prof. Karin Kovačević Ganić (Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology),
  • Tony Edwards, Writer on science, medicine and technology,
  • Prof. Marina Kuzman (Institute of public health „Dr.Andrija Štampar“),
  • Ivica Matosevic (Executive board member, Association of wine producers)

The following topics will be covered:

  1. Wine and health: scientific evidence
  2. Wine and society: Moderation, responsibility and education
  3. Wine, culture and economy – panel discussion

The organiser of the Conference is the Croatian Chamber of Economy under the patronage of Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health.

For more information on the conference, we invite you to take a look at the conference website.