Wroclaw Annual International Conference on Health and Lifestyle (WAICHL-2019)

Economic, social and health challenges: regional and global approach

23-24TH MAY 2019, FACULTY OF LAW, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS, ROOM 2D, UNIWERSYTECKA 7-10, WROCLAW, POLAND

The main aim of the WAICHL-2019 conference is the presentation of results of scientific research and exchange of views on economic and social challenges in the context of health and lifestyles in the contemporary world. Besides, the objective of the conference is activation and integration of the academic community, local and regional authorities, and representatives of economic practice and business world for promoting the sustainable and healthy lifestyle.

During the WAICHL-2019 conference the following issues: sustainable development and lifestyle in developed and developing countries, economic, social, and health problems of young and aging societies, contemporary challenges of healthcare and pharmaceutical care, and food and nutrition problems in the contemporary world will be presented. Moreover, the conference focuses on the measurement of the selected aspects of the quality of life and lifestyle, including research of the Statistics Poland on health of people and the role of official statistics in the monitoring process of sustainable development goals. Issues regarding cultural, legal, religious, and environmental/natural determinants of the lifestyle of a modern man will be discussed, too. 

Not only representatives of academic and medical communities, local and regional authorities but also representatives of economic practice and business world who deal with issues in health and lifestyles in the contemporary world are being cordially invited to attend the conference.

The WAICHL-2019 conference is the third WAICHL conference and the fifth conference on health and the quality of life organised by the Institute of Economic Sciences of the University of Wroclaw and its partners.  The conference I Do Not See the Problem – the Quality of Life of People with Vision Dysfunction was held in 2015. A year later, the international conference The Quality of Life for Disabled People at the Beginning of the 21st Century took place at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wroclaw. The WAICHL conferences have been organised from 2017.

The language of the conference is Polish and English.

There will be a poster session during the conference. Posters should be delivered on the first day of the conference. The Organisers do not print the posters.