The Nordic supervisory conference 2025 – programme

24. September

17.30 Registration
18.00–20.00 Informal welcome, social mingle and tapas
19.30 Pre-meeting for speakers

25. September

08.00–08.45 Registration
08.45–09.00 Walk in
09.00–09.30 Official Opening - Director general of the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision Sjur Lehmann and County Governor of Rogaland Bent Høie

Plenary session 1

09.30–11.00 What’s new? A presentation from the countries on develop - ments and news since the last conference
09.30–09.45 Denmark
09.45–10.00 Finland
10.00–10.15 Sweden
10.15–10.30 Iceland
10.30–10.45 Norway
10.45–11.00 Summary
11.00–11.45 Coffee and snack break (45 min)

Plenary session 2

11.45–12.05 When society changes – how does this impact our regulatory activities?
12.05–12.45 Merging of supervisory organizations in Finland – Director General of Valvira, Markus Henriksson
12.45–13.10 Artificial Intelligence – Helga Brøgger MD/AI researcher
How might artificial intelligence impact the services that we regulate and how could these changes challenge the supervisory organizations?
13.10–14.30 Lunch (80 min)

Parallel sessions 1 – A1-A3

14.30–15.45 75 min per session (included short break)
A1 How can supervision impact quality and safety?
A2 How can we supervise tecnology and tecnology development? - How to support innovation while also maintaining patient safety? 
A3 Laerdal Medical - Laerdal Medical is one of the world leaders in healthcare simulation, education, and resuscitation training. Welcome to Laerdal Medical – Helping Save Lives Laerdal Medical
15.45–16.00 Coffee and snack break

Parallel sessions 2 – B1-B3

16.00–17.15 75 min per session (included short break)
B1 How can we use technology to enhance the quality and efficiency of our regulatory activites - Artifical Intelligence,digital system, data platforms and more 
B2 Social services - Examples of supervisory of activites in this domain
B3 Transgressive behavior by health and social care professionals - Examples from different countries on how we regulate this area
19.00 Conference dinner

26. September

Plenary session 3

09.00–09.10 Good morning
09.10–09.30 Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: the only reasons for regulators to target individuals. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: the only reasons for regulators to target individuals BMJ Qual Saf 
09.30–10.10 Panel discussion on: Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: the only reasons for regulators to target individuals. Experiences and strategies from different countries
Panel: Section manager Danish Patient Safety Authority, Metta Detlefsen Frost, County Governor of Rogaland, Bent Høie and Director General of Valvira, Markus Henriksson
Moderator: Prof.dr. Ian Leistikow
10.10–10.30 Criminal activity within health and care services. How does this challenge our regulatory practices?
10.30–11.15 Coffee break and check out

Plenary session 4

13.30–13.50 How can supervision contribute to improvement - What does research show
13.50–14.10 User participation - The Norwegian Board of Health Supervisions user council
14.10–14.30 «Framework for patient safety» - department director, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Kari Anette Os
14.30–14.45 Closing of the conference and hand over to Denmark 2027