Agenda


Monday, April 11th, 2005
9:00 am	Serge Kampf, Chairman of the Board, Capgemini Opening Remarks and Chairman's Welcome
9:15 am	Opening Keynote: Göran Persson, Prime Minister, Sweden "Investing in health systems for improved outcomes"
10:00 am	Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Health and Social Protection, France "Reforming health care to balance equity and quality with sustainability"
10:45 am	Networking Break
11:15 am	Hans Hoogervorst, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands "Operational efficiencies in health care -- cross-industry benchmarking"
12:00 pm	Keynote presentations followed by a panel discussion: " Pricing strategies to balance innovation and access" Panel Presenters: Ulla Schmidt, Federal Minister for Health and Social Security, Germany Daniel Vasella, CEO, Novartis Art Collins, Chairman and CEO, Medtronic Thomas Lönngren, Executive Director, EMEA Albert van der Zeijden, Chair, International Alliance of Patients' Organizations
1:00 pm	Luncheon
	Concurrent Summits
3:00 pm	Financial and Operational Performance Provider's Summit Hospitals, Blood/Organ Banks, Physician Groups	Promoting Innocation Supplier's Summit Pharma, Bio-tech, Medical devices	Financing Healthcare Payer's Summit Insurance funds, regional and national health authorities, mutual benefits organization	Health Technology Assessment CIO/CTO Summit Care providers, IT suppliers, Consultants	Health Ministers’ Summit Reforming Healthcare
4:30 pm	Networking Break
	Concurrent Summits (Continued)
5:00 pm	Financial and Operational Performance Providers’ Summit Hospitals, blood / organ banks, physician groups	Promoting Innovation Suppliers’ Summit Pharma, bio-tech, medical devices	Financing Healthcare Payers’ Summit Insurance funds, regional and national health authorities, mutual benefits organization	Health Technology Assessment CIO/CTO Summit Care providers, IT suppliers, Consultants	Health Ministers’ Summit Reforming Healthcare
6:00 pm	Gala REception

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
9:00 am	Opening keynote: Sir Nigel Crisp, Chief Executive, NHS, England "Placing patients at the center of health care reforms"
9:45 am	Georges Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals “Clinician and patient engagement”
10:15 am	Gerlach J. Cerfontaine, President & CEO, Schiphol Group (Amsterdam Airport) "Applications of aviation safety to patient safety"
11:00 am	Networking Break
11:30 am	Michael Porter, Director, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School "Redefining and managing competition in healthcare"
12:00 pm	Per Båtelson, President and CEO, Capio Group " Opportunities and challenges of health care privatization in Europe"
12:45 pm	Luncheon
	Concurrent Summits
1:45 pm	Healthcare Policy Regional and national health authorities, commissioners, EMEA	Financial and Operational Performance Providers’ Summit Hospitals, blood/ organ banks, physician groups	Promoting Innovation Suppliers’ Summit Pharma, bio-tech, medical devices	Financing Healthcare Payers’ Summit Insurance funds, regional and national health authorities, mutual benefits organization	Health Technology Assessment CIO/CTO Summit Care providers, IT suppliers, Consultants
3:00 pm	Networking Break
	Concurrent Summits (Continued)
3:30 pm	Healthcare Policy Regional and national health authorities, commissioners, EMEA	Financial and Operational Performance Providers’ Summit Hospitals, blood/ organ banks, physician groups	Promoting Innovation Suppliers’ Summit Pharma, bio-tech, medical devices	Financing Healthcare Payers’ Summit Insurance funds, regional and national health authorities, mutual benefits organization	Health Technology Assessment CIO/CTO Summit Care providers, IT suppliers, Consultants
4:45 pm	Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank "Financial forecast for health care"
5:30 pm	Chairman's Closing Remarks and Conclusion of Program
Please note: The present list of speakers is for program development only. World Congress will retain and confirm those most appropriate for selected topics.
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