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Welcome to the World Health Care Congress Europe 2007!
The World Health Care Congress Europe 2007 is presented for the 3rd consecutive year with lead underwriting support from Capgemini. The event will take place on 26-28 March 2007 at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. To secure your seat, register now, sign up to receive a printed brochure as soon as it becomes available, or download one here now.
Please note that last year's event sold out rapidly and registration was closed early. If you missed the open registration period and were unable to attend, please accept our apologies.
Organised under the high patronage of the European Commission, the World Health Care Congress Europe is the only major international forum where over 500 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Thought leaders include Health Ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and heath care industry suppliers.
Four focused Summits will give attendees a unique opportunity to discuss pertinent issues in depth and to determine actionable plans with their colleagues:
Accessible to a non-IT audience, two Executive Seminars will present strategies and action plans that delegates can adapt to improve their own programmes, providing data, showcasing latest projects, and imparting lessons learned by leading practitioners in:
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Four Interactive Summit Sessions are a
unique opportunity for attendees to interact and
discuss targeted challenges with Summit speakers.
On Wednesday, March 28th, the interactive sessions
will reconvene summit speakers in one panel for 60
minutes of questions and answers with the audience.
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Facilitated Networking in the
networking/exhibit area allows delegates to
request and confirm meetings with other delegates
and speakers. Enjoy coffee and refreshments
while engaging in an informal discussion with other
key participants.
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"Practical and relevant. The speakers go straight to the essential and the questions are concrete: what can we do with what we have?"
- Mike Leers, CEO, CZ, The Netherlands
2005 Participant
"Great meeting. Contents, networking and venue were all excellent."
- Victor Villagra, President, Health & Technology Vector, Inc., USA
2006 Participant
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Rudy Demotte
Federal Minister for Public Health and Social Affairs
Belgium
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Flavio Tosi
Minister of Health,
Veneto Region
Italy
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Dr Nata Menabde
Deputy Regional Director for Europe, WHO
Denmark
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Muhammad Yunus
Founder and Managing Director
Grameen Bank (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize)
Bangladesh
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Harry Cayton
National Director for Patients and the Public
Department of Health
United Kingdom
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Cor Spreeuwenberg
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Integrated Care, University Maastricht
The Netherlands
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Franz Knieps
Director General for Public Health Care, Health Insurance and Long Term Care Insurance,
Federal Ministry of Health
Germany
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Jörg Pruckner
Chair eHealth Working Group,
Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
Austria
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Viviane Reding
Commissioner, DG Information Society
European Commission
Belgium
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John de Zulueta
Chairman,
Sanitas (BUPA Group)
Spain
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Iris van Bennekom
General Manager
NPCF (Federation of Patients and Consumer Organizations of the Netherlands)
Netherlands
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Søren E. Skovlund
Senior Adviser and Manager, Corporate Health Partnerships
Novo Nordisk A/S
Denmark
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Derek Feeley
Director of Healthcare Policy and Strategy
Health Department
Scotland
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Peter Gilroy
Chief Executive
Kent County Council
United Kingdom
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Ivo Lurvink
CEO, Philips Consumer Healthcare Solutions
Netherlands
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Dr Ilias Iakovidis
Deputy Head of Unit - ICT for Health, Directorate General Information Society,
European Commission
Belgium
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Robert Stegwee
Professor, E-Health Architectures and Standards,
University of Twente; Principal Consultant for IT in Healthcare
Capgemini Consulting Services
Netherlands
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Kevin Dean
Managing Director, Public Sector Healthcare, Internet Business Solutions Group,
Cisco Systems, Inc.
United Kingdom
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Jean-François Penciolelli
Director Business Development, Global Health Sciences, Oracle Corporation
France
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Heinz Kölking
CEO, Diakonissen-Mutterhaus
President, Hospital Managers Association of Germany (VKD)
Vice-President, European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM)
Germany
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Robert Dredge
Senior Fellow, Centre for Health Planning and Management
Keele University
United Kingdom
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Dr Dik Hermans
General Director
The Health Care Insurance Board (CVZ)
Netherlands
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Dr Jacob Hofdijk
Special Adviser,
DBC Onderhoud
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Dr. Guy Bisson
Full professor, University of Sherbrooke Director, University and Medical Affairs, Cree Health Board
Canada
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Dr Laurence Esterle
Research Director, Medecine, Science, Health & Society Research Centre, (Cermes), INSERM, France; Visiting Research Scientist, Biomedical Informatics Laboratory, FORTH Institute of Computer Science, Greece
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Andy Harris
Systems Architect,
UK Biobank
United Kingdom
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Dr Hans Hillege
General Manager, Trial Coordination Center, University Medical Centre of Groningen
Netherlands
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Pablo Rivero
Director General, Health Innovation, Regional Ministry of Health of Andalucía
Spain
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Lily Wong
Director of Planning and Business Development, Pfizer Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations
USA
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Célia Boyer, Executive Director, Health On the Net Foundation (HON); NGO in Special Consultative Status, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, United Kingdom
- David Garwood, Secretary, Patients' and Citizens Task Force, EHTEL, United Kingdom
- Dr Petra Wilson, Director, Public Sector Healthcare Europe, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Belgium
- Alberto Sanna, Director, e-Services for Life & Health, Scientific Institute and University H San Raffaele; Project Manager, Personalized Information Platform for Life and Health Services (PIPS), Italy
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Stephan H. Schug, EHTEL, Germany
- Dr John H. Coakley, Medical Director and Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
- Tosh Mondal, CTO, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), United Kingdom
- Niels Kristensen, President, Danish Pharmaceutical Association, Denmark
For general questions and programme inquiries contact:
Pascal Lardier
Director, International Conferences
Email: [email protected]
To inquire about Sponsorship and Executive Networking Opportunities, contact:
Ron Trznadel
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Phone: 781-939-2432
Email: [email protected]
To inquire about press passes and co-marketing opportunities:
Amy Wilder
Senior Marketing Manager
Phone: 781-939-2606
Email: [email protected]
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