Stefan Hjörleifsson
Stefan’s Bio
General practitioner in Bergen since 2001, currently practising at Alrek Legesenter. Associate professor of family medicine at the University of Bergen since 2008.
Chair of Choosing Wisely Norway (2019–2025), the Norwegian Medical Association’s initiative to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment, and currently a member of its steering group.
Co-lead of the project Sustainability in General Practice together with Professor Linn Okkenhaug Getz, an innovation project within the Norwegian College of General Practice that promotes sustainability in healthcare by strengthening the role of GPs as coordinators of resource-conscious care and by raising public awareness of the harms of medical overuse.
Chair of the Committee on Sustainability and Value-Based Care established by the Nordic Federation of General Practice in 2024.
Ásthildur Árnadóttir
Ásthildur’s Bio
General practitioner and postdoctoral researcher at the Research Unit for General Practice, University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on sustainability in healthcare and general practice.
Contributor to the policy paper on sustainability in general practice for the Danish College of General Practitioners.
Active member of Grøn Praksis in Denmark, working to strengthen awareness of the connection between planetary health and human health.
Niels
Kjær
Niels’s Bio
General practitioner and clinical professor at the Research Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark. Specialist in family medicine with a master’s degree in health professional education from Maastricht University and a PhD in developing medical expertise from the University of Southern Denmark.
Before entering general practice, he worked for ten years at hospitals in Denmark and Sweden and served as district medical officer in Greenland.
His research spans medical education, e-health, and rheumatology, and he has developed numerous educational concepts for medical training.
Victor M. Montori
Victor’s Bio
Robert H. and Susan M. Rewoldt Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Endocrinologist, health services researcher, and care activist.
Author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications and 2024–2025 Human Rights and Technology Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. Recognised expert in evidence-based medicine, shared decision-making, and minimally disruptive medicine.
At Mayo Clinic’s Knowledge and Evaluation Research (KER) Unit, he advances person-centred care for patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions. As a care activist, he is the author of Why We Revolt and founder of A Patient Revolution, a movement advocating for careful and kind care for all.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract
Call for abstracts opens: September 2025
Submission deadline: December 4, 2025
Notification: February 12, 2026
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Early bird deadline: February 25, 2026
Registration closes: May 15, 2026
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