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As the leading European forum on health care business innovation, The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress – Europe convenes over 600 international health leaders and government officials to share business cases, best-practices and successful initiatives to address current challenges facing Europe. The 2009 Congress highlights leading global strategies for performance management, innovations in health care technology, chronic disease management and health care financing.


The Congress offers an exclusive networking opportunity for health care thought leaders from distinct stakeholder groups and government officials to share expertise, exchange ideas, and debate critical issues that impact European populations and the health systems that serve them. Join participating thought leaders including: health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and health care industry suppliers.

Confirmed Ministers of Health
 
Dr Marketa Hellerova
Deputy Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
Czech Republic
 
Jacob Hofdijk - Speaker Photo Dr Jacob Hofdijk
Special Advisor, Chronic Disease Management
Ministry of Health
The Netherlands
 
Confirmed Keynotes Presenters and Speakers
 
Senior Health Policy Executives
 
Dr Percy N Barnevik
Chairman, Hand in Hand International;
European Commission Representative; former and Honorary Chairman, Sandvik AB;
former Chairman: AstraZeneca PLC; Investor AB; ABB, Ltd; Skanska AB
United Kingdom
 
Lodewijk Bos - Speaker Photo Dr Lodewijk Bos
President
ICMCC
The Netherlands
 
Célia Boyer - Speaker Photo Célia Boyer
Executive Director, Health On the Net Foundation (HON);
NGO in Special Consultative Status, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
Switzerland
 
Anabela Coelho Candeias
Health of Integrated Disease Management & Innovation Division
General-Directorate of Health
Portugal
 
Dr Lone de Neergaard
Head, Planning Department
National Board of Health
Denmark
 
Dr Martin Denz
President
European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL)
Switzerland
 
Erdem Erginel
Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou
European Commission
Belgium
 
Dr Francisca Garcia-Lizana
Policy Officer, ICT for Health
DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Belgium
 
Sir Muir Gray
Chief Knowledge Officer
Department of Health and National Health Service
United Kingdom
 
Prof Peter Littlejohns
Clinical and Public Health Director
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
United Kingdom
 
Florin Lupescu
Director, ICT Addressing Societal Changes, DG INFSO
European Commission
Belgium
 
Willy Palm
Dissemination Development Officer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
WHO European Centre for Health Policy
Belgium
 
Tove Sørensen
Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Telemedicine;
Project Manager eHealth Trends, University Hospital of North Norway
Norway
 
Hans Verrept
Head of the Intercultural Mediation Unit, DG1
Federal Public Service for Public Health
Belgium
 
Michael Wilks - Speaker Photo Dr Michael Wilks
President
Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
Belgium
 
Hospitals/Health Systems
 
Dr Saeed J Al Qahtani, BS, DIPQM, MQM, MSRH, AFAAQH, EFPS
Head, Planning Department and Quality Management Consultant
King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Saudi Arabia
 
Prof James Barbour, OBE
Chief Executive
NHS Lothian
Scotland
 
Alexandre Bischoff, PhD, MPH, RN
Division of International and Humanitarian Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva;
Lecturer and Senior Scientist, Institute of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel
Switzerland
 
Piet-Hein Buiting
Chief Executive Officer, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital;
Centre for Management Development in Healthcare, Erasmus University
The Netherlands
 
Francis Cammaerts
Information Officer
IRIS
Belgium
 
  Melanie Da Costa, MCOM, CFA
Health Policy Executive
Netcare Limited
South Africa
 
Janet Davidson, O.C.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Trillium Health Centre
Canada
 
Aphrodite Dellaporta, MSc Public Health
Senior Laboratory Manager
General Hospital Kefalonia
 
Dr Ernest Emilion
Emergency Care Specialist and General Practitioner
Paris Community Clinic
France
 
Dr Bruno Giovanni Gridelli
Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh;
Director, Department of Surgery; Medical and Scientific Director, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IsMeTT), Palermo and UPMC International
Italy
 
Dr Kari Harno
Chief Physician
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa
Finland
 
  Andrew Jones
Group Medical Director
Nuffield Health
United Kingdom
 
George MacGinnis
Assistive Technology Lead
NHS Connecting for Health
United Kingdom
 
Tami Merryman - Speaker Photo Tami Merryman, RN, MSN, FACHE
Chief Quality Officer
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
United States
 
Margaret Parton
Chief Executive
NHS Technology Adoption Centre
United Kingdom
 
K Hari Prasad, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Apollo Health City
India
 
Jarmo Reponen
Chief Radiologist, Raaha Hospital;
President, Finnish Society of Telemedicine and eHealth
Finland
 
Barbara Stuttle
Executive Nurse, South West Essex Primary Care Trust;
National Clinical Lead for Nursing, NHS Connecting for Health
United Kingdom
 
Dirk Thielens
Chief Executive Officer
IRIS
Belgium
 
Dr Rina Yahalom
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan Medical Center
Israel
 
Insurers/Payers
 
Mark Bassett
Head, Public Policy
BUPA
United Kingdom
 
Hendrik Boelens
Regional Manager for the Benelux Region
Allianz Worldwide Care
Belgium
 
Dr James Cowan
Senior Medical Director
Aetna UK
United Kingdom
 
Erik Eaker
Operations Director
Humana Europe
United Kingdom
 
Dr Cornelius Erbe, MD
Senior Vice President and Head of BU Product Management
Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse (DAK)
 
Ori J. Karev
Chief Executive Officer
UnitedHealth International
United States
 
C.B. (Bas) Leerink, PhD
Executive Board Member
Menzis
The Netherlands
 
Lonny Reisman, MD
Chief Medical Officer; Aetna
Chief Executive Officer; ActiveHealth Management
United States
 
Reed V. Tuckson - Speaker Photo Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
United States
 
Andrew Vallance-Owen, MBA, FRCS, Ed
Group Medical Director
Bupa
United Kingdom
 
Erwin van Leussen
Manager Innovation
Achmea Health Insurance
The Netherlands
 
Dr Caroline Wagner
Executive for Europe and Overseas, Department for Strategic Business Development
Techniker Krankenkasse
Germany
 
Patient Groups/Associations/Academics
 
Jacqueline Baardman
Team Manager
Federation of Patient and Consumer Organisations
The Netherlands
 
Nicola Bedlington
Director
European Patients' Forum
Belgium
 
Jayne Cardno, BA, MSc
Researcher, Applied Social Research in Health Informatics, School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Alberta
Canada
 
Dr Richard Emilion
Professor of Statistics
MAPMO Laboratory, Orleans University
France
 
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
President and Director
Disease Management Association of India
India
 
Hugo Keuzenkamp
Professor of Insurance Economics
University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands
 
Michele LeVoy
Director
Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
Belgium
 
Emilio Mordini
Director
Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship
Italy
 
Dr Mircea Olteanu
President
Romanian Hospital Association
Romania
 
Dr Juan Pérez-Miranda
Medical Director
International Health Foundation (IHF)
Spain
 
Edwina Rogers - Speaker Photo Edwina Rogers
Executive Director
Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative
United States
 
Mélanie Samson
Project Officer
National Cancer Institute
France
 
David Somekh
Vice President
European Society for Quality in Healthcare (ESQH)
United Kingdom
 
Dr Winnie Shuk Ming Tang
Chairman, Steering Committee
eHealth Consortium
China (Hong Kong)
 
Dr Prof Mustafa Zeedan (Mike) Younis, Dr.PH., MBA, MA
Professor of Health Economics and Finance, Department of Health Policy and Management, Jackson State University;
Member, Executive Committee of the International Society for Research in Healthcare Financial Management
United States
 
Additional Thought Leaders
 
William R. Boyles - Speaker Photo William R. Boyles
Director
Global Business Forum on Health
United States
 
  Dr Herbert Bunz
Associate Partner, Health Telematic Infrastructures, Security and Privacy
IBM
Germany
 
M.E.J. Caubo, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Director, Occupational Health Center
Royal DSM N.V.
The Netherlands
 
Douglas Cusick
Industry Executive, EMEA Healthcare & Life Sciences
IBM
United Kingdom
 
Ilan Freedman
Vice President, Marketing
dbMotion
Israel
 
Reinaldo Garcia
President and Chief Executive Officer
GE Healthcare, International
France
 
Barry Hall - Speaker Photo Barry Hall, FSA, MAAA
Principal, Clinical Healthcare Consulting and Global Technology Solutions
Buck Consultants
United States
 
Johan Hjertqvist
Founder and President
Health Consumer Powerhouse
Belgium
 
Blum Khan
Chief Executive Officer
Metropolitan Health Group
South Africa
 
Dr Michael Klein
Vice President of Operations
Healthways International GmbH
Germany
 
John MacCarthy
Vice President, Client Thought Leadership
IMS Health
United Kingdom
 
Robert Manchin
Chairman and Managing Director, The Gallup Organisation, Europe;
Professor of the College of Europe
Belgium
 
Dr Mike Stein
Medical Director
Map of Medicine Ltd
United Kingdom
 
Giles Tomsett
Vice President, International
Healthways UK
United Kingdom
 
S. Robert Wendin
Managing Director
Marsh European Healthcare Practice
United Kingdom
 
Rong Yi, PhD
Vice President, Consulting
Verisk Health, Inc.
United States
 
Dr. Thomas Zahn
Managing Director
DxCG Gesundheitsanalytik GmbH
Germany
 
Thierry Zylberberg
Executive Vice President, France Telecom;
Head, Orange Healthcare
France
 

The single most important conference on Health Care Innovation, delivering the best value and the latest initiatives across Europe and infinite opportunities to network with health leaders from across the globe."
— Past Attendee: Felix Pintado, Chief Executive,
Latrobe Regional Hospital, Australia
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