History of the ASPHER Deans’ & Directors’ Retreat

Organised each year in a different location in the European region, the Deans' & Directors' Retreat is the most important ASPHER membership event of the year. This high level meeting of the heads of our member institutions plays a significant role in evaluating the ongoing activities, while also planning and organising the future direction of ASPHER.

The following schools were hosts of the ASPHER Deans' & Directors' Retreats since 1996:

1996 October: Netherlands School of Public Health, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
1997 May: Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, SWEDEN
1997 October: School of Public Health - Institute for Postrgaduate Medical Education, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
1998 May: National School of Public Health ISCIII, Madrid, SPAIN
1998 October: Department of Hygiene and Community Medicine - University of Torino, ITALY
1999 May: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - University of London, UNITED KINGDOM
1999 October: National School of Public Health ISCIII, Madrid, SPAIN
2000 May: CEFPAS, Caltanissetta - Sicily, ITALY
2000 October: Department of Public Health - University of Aarhus, DENMARK
2001 May: Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, GERMANY
2002 May: National School of Public Health, Saint-Maurice, FRANCE
2003 May: National School of Public Health, Athens, GREECE
2004 May: National School of Public Health, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
2005 May: School of Public Health - University of Bielefeld, GERMANY
2006 May: Institute of Public Health - UMIT, Hall - Tirol, AUSTRIA
2007 May: National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, Bucharest, ROMANIA
2008 May: Division of Public Health - University of Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM
2009 May: Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
2010 May: EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, FRANCE
2011 May: School of Public Health - University of Belgrade, SERBIA
2012 May: Institute of Public Health - Jagiellonian University, Krakow, POLAND
2013 May: Department of International Health - Maastricht University, THE NETHERLANDS
2014 May: Andrija Štampar School of Public Health - University of Zagreb, CROATIA
2015 June: Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
2016 May: National School of Public Health, Athens, GREECE
2017 May/June: EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, FRANCE
2018 June: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - University of London, UNITED KINGDOM
2019 May: Board of Italian SPHs, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice - Sicily, ITALY
2020 June: Online event
2021 September: Online event
2022 October: Faculty of Public Health - Medical University of Sofia, BULGARIA
2023 August/September: School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science - Unibversity College Dublin, IRELAND