Hygeia: A Conference on Mental Wellness at the Workplace
Programme
Hygeia 2024
Empowering Your People: Healthy minds for a thriving workplace
DoubleTree, Qawra (formerly the Dolmen hotel)
25-10-2024, 08:00 - 15:00
08:00 - Registration & Coffee
08:30 - Welcome & Introduction
event host trudy kerr
AN ADDRESS BY THE HON. DR JO ETIENNE ABELA, MINISTER FOR health & ACTIVE AGING
08:40 - Keynote 1
"The Impact of humour & mood on the Workplace"
KATE HULL RODGERS, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT HuMOURUS
09:20 - Richmond Foundation Partner Testimonial
RAY DEBATTISTA, chief people officer at bank of valletta
09:30 - Panel discussion 1
"Anxiety – What is it? Why are so many suffering from it? Are we over-diagnosing it?"
Will include findings on research on workplace burnout in Malta carried out at the Central Mediterranean Business School
Panel Leader: PROF ANDREW AZZOPARDI, Professor, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta
PaneLISTS:
KENNETH FARRUGIA, BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY COACH, CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Graeme HENDRICKS, clinical psychologist at the richmond foundation
DR NATALIE KENELY, SENIOR LECTURER AT THE FACULTY FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING, UNIVERISTY OF MALTA
Dr Rachel (Sasha) Taylor-East, Psychiatrist at Malta Mental Health Services, and President of the Maltese Association of Psychiatry
10:30
Networking Coffee Break
10:50 - Keynote 2
"The benefits organisations can gain from investing in their employees' mental well-being"
KARL BENNETT, CHAIR OF EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME ASSOCIATION (EAPA) UK
11:30 - Panel Discussion 2
"The Cost of not having a Mental Health policy"
Panel Leader: DR ANN BUGEJA, PARTNER at GVZH Advocates
PaneLISTS:
julian azzopardi, founder at big brown eyes LTd
ROSEANNE CAMILLERI, CEO AT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MARIELLA MARINKOVIC, director of hr international at crane currency
Dr ovid tiereAn, senior advisor at pkf malta
Dr Denis Vella Baldacchino, Commissioner for the Promotion of Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders
12:30 - Insight
"Introducing a new barometer designed to monitor and assess well-being at the workplace"
godfrey kenely, consultant at the richmond foundation
12:45 - Interview
"Trauma in the workplace: myth or reality? How PTSD affects a workplace one person at a time"
Interview with ANDREW FOX, RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE HENRY JACKSON SOCIETY AND FORMER BRITISH ARMY MAJOR
INTERVIEWER: TRUDY KERR, Presenter, & Producer of The SHE Word podcast, Ultra Runner and Author
13:30 - Closing
CLOSING ADDRESS BY DANIELA CALLEJA BITAR, CEO AT THE RICHMOND FOUNDATION
13:35 - 15:00
Networking Lunch
15:00 - 16:00
Optional Extra - for bonus ticket holders
"10 step programme for mental health and wellness"
KATE HULL RODGERS, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT HuMOURUS
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