As the leading European event on health care business innovation, The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress—Europe is the only major international forum that convenes over 400 leaders from all sectors of health care to share the best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. The 2010 Congress will feature the top industry influencers including 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.

NEW IN 2010:

• Introducing WHCC Europe's First Annual Insider's Reception honouring our distinguished faculty speaker, supporting organisations and valued partners offering the unique opportunity to network in an informal reception
• Leadership Summits featuring Europe's Emerging Business Models in Health Care, Hospital Quality and Reporting, eHealth and ICT and Chronic Care
• Timely Interactive Forums on Prevention and Wellness, Telemedicine, Remote Patient Monitoring and Innovations mHealth for Patient-Centred Care, Health Technology Assessment and Consumer Engagement
• Fresh Perspectives on Health System Reforms, Transparency, Chronic Condition Management, and Advancing the Patient Empowerment
• Enhanced Focus on Public-Private Partnerships, Hospital and IT Management, Medical Device and Innovative Technologies

— BEST VALUE! Introducing WHCC Europe's VIP Membership! —

Senior Health Policy/Governing Executives
Jose Manuel Silva Rodriguez Director-General Directorate-General for Research European Commission Belgium	Zoran Stancic Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media (DG INFSO) European Commission Belgium
Dr Ilias Iakovidis Acting Head of Unit - ICT for Health DG Information Society and Media European Commission Belgium	Aart de Geus Deputy Secretary-General OECD France
Anabela Coelho Health of Integrated Disease Management & Innovation Division General-Directorate of Health Portugal	Dr. Jan Kyncl Deputy Head, Department of Epidemiology of the Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology National Institute of Public Health Czech Republic
Peter Wintlev-Jensen Head of Sector, ICT for Ageing Senior Policy Developer DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Belgium

Ministers of Health
Marketa Hellerova Deputy Minister of Health Ministry of Health Czech Republic	Patrick Jeurissen Coordinator Strategy Group, Economic Affairs and Labour Market Policy Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport Netherlands

Hospital and Health System Executives
Alberto Deales Clinical Pathways Manager ARS Marche, Regional Health Agency of Region Marche Italy	Professor Olga Golubnitschaja Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Germany; Secretary-General, The European Association for Predictive, Preventive & Personalised Medicine Belgium
Prof. Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich Dean and Executive Board Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany	Gabriella Guasticchi General Manager ASP Laziosanità, Regional Health Agency of Region Lazio Italy
Nicky Jermyn Group CEO St. Vincent's Healthcare Group Ireland	Dr Andrew Jones Group Medical Director Nuffield Health United Kingdom
Vahe A Kazandjian, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; President, Center for Performance Sciences; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Senior Vice President, Maryland Hospital Association	Prof. Dr. Thomas Kersting, MBA Managing Director DRK Kliniken Berlin Germany
Professor Johan Kips President University Hospitals Leuven Belgium	Vibeke Krøll Director of Nursing Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby Denmark
Tarmo Martikainen Chief Executive Office The Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement Finland	Dr. Konstanty Radziwill President Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) Belgium
Professor Steven K. Smith, FmedSci Principal of the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Centre, Imperial College London; Chief Executive, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust United Kingdom	Odd Søreide Medical Director Helse Vest RHF Norway
Martti Talja, MD, PhD, Professor Hospital Director, Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care; MD, Specialist in surgery and urology, Senior lecturer (PhD) in Kuopio Universit Finland	Dr Bert Vrijhoef Professor Chronic Care, Maastricht University Medical Center; Department of Integrated Care, TRANZO, Tilburg University Netherlands
John E.L. Wong, MBBS, FAMS, FRCP, FACP Deputy Chief Executive, The National University Health System; Dean; The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, The National University of Singapore; Director, The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore Singapore	Aleksander Zaleski Chief of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department District General Hospital Inowroclaw Poland

IT Innovators
Prof. Bjoern Bergh Prof. of Medical Information Systems, University of Heidelberg; CIO/CTO, Heidelberg University Clinics; Vice President, ICMCC Germany	Joan Guanyabens i Calvet Coordinador General de les TIC del Departament de Salut Conseller Delegat Agència d’Avaluació de Tecnologia i Recerca Mèdiques Spain
Göran Hernell Chief Information Officer County Council of Kronoberg Sweden	Otto Larsen Chief Executive Officer, Connected Digital Health National Board Of Health Denmark
Josep Picas CIO Hospital de St. Pau, Barcelona Spain	Pilar Polo Manager, Health Networks, Red.es Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Spain
Madis Tiik Chief Executive Officer Estonian eHealth Foundation Estonia	Francisco Perez Torres Head of IT Department Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS) Spain

Insurer and Payer Organizations
Catherine Bismuth, MD Chief Medical Officer CNAMTS France	Bert Boer, MD, PhD Executive Member of the Board College voor zorgverzekeringen (CVZ, Health Care Insurance Board) Netherlands
Cornelius Erbe, MD Senior Vice President and Head of BU Product Management Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse (DAK) Germany	Dr. Dirk Göpffarth Head of Risk Structure Compensation German Federal Insurance Agency (BVA) Germany
Philippe Paul, MD, MPH Health Dialog Spain General Manager Sanitas Spain

Patient Groups/Associations/Academics
Paul Bartels, MD President Elect European Society for Quality in Healthcare (ESQH) Denmark	Dr Lodewijk Bos President ICMCC Netherlands
Alexander Dobrev Consultant, Project Manager empirica United States	Phillip Hassen President, ISQua; Chief Executive, Canadian Patient Safety Institute Canada
Johan Hjertqvist President and Chairman Health Consumer Powerhouse Belgium	Dr Jacob Hofdijk Special Advisor, Chronic Disease Management Ministry of Health The Netherlands
Dr. John Øvretveit Director of Research and Professor of Health Care Innovation, Medical Management Centre The Karolinska Institute Sweden	Carlo Ramponi, MD Managing Director European International Office, Joint Commission International Italy
Karl A. Stroetmann, MBA, PhD Senior Research Associate, empirica; Council Member, EUSIDIC (The European Association of Information Services) Luxembourg

Employers
Dr Steve Boorman, MBBS, MRCGP, FFOM, FRCP Director of Corporate Responsibility and Chief Medical Adviser, Royal Mail Group; Head, NHS Health and Well-being Review, NHS United Kingdom	John Cooper, MD Global Head, Occupational Health Unilever United Kingdom

Industry
Michael J. Barber Vice President, healthymagination GE United States	Henriette Coetzer, MD Vice President and Medical Director Health Dialog United Kingdom
Chris Coloian Senior Vice President, Global Business Health Dialog	Patrice Cristofini, MD Head of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships Orange Healthcare Belgium
Barry Kristian Ellingsen, PhD Director PricewaterhouseCoopers AS Norway	John Harris, M.Ed., FAWHP Vice-President Innovations and Chief Wellness Officer, Healthways; Former Principal, Harris HealthTrends, Inc.
Dr Michael Klein Vice President of Operations Healthways International GmbH	Fiona Nicholas, BSc., FCCA, RGN, Partner Partner, Healthcare Advisory Services PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dubai
Dr Mike Stein Medical Director Map of Medicine Ltd United Kingdom	Dr. Thomas Zahn Managing Director DxCG Gesundheitsanalytik GmbH Germany

As an exciting element of the event, the World Health Care Congress Europe welcomed several top media outlets, including CNBC Europe's "Healthy Horizons", the IHLAS News Agency, International PRESS Agency, Televisio de Catalunya, New Europe, Healthcare Executive, Healthcare Europa, (E)Hospital and Healthcare IT Managers Magazine.

CNBC—Health care takes shape at 5th Annual World Health Care Congress
CNBC travelled to the World Health Care Congress Europe to learn what is happening with the business of health care. Filming a segment for the program "Healthy Horizons," CNBC interviewed several speakers and touched on several topics, including the international response to swine flu.

Mobile Health Wellbeing—Managing your healthcare process-on-your-mobile
Ron Otten examines Map of Medicine, which provides a visualization of the ideal, evidence-based patient journey. Primairely developed and implemented for medics, by the National Health Service in the UK. The Map is a tool for achieving clinical consensus throughout a healthcare community.

Med24—World Healthcare Congress Europe: The patient is an unused resource for healthcare
Nahkur Siim listens in on NHS Chief Knowledge Officer Sir Muir Gray, who argues that health care systems should use patients as a resource for health care because they want to participate in their health care.

Please visit the World Congress media page to view the coverage. More articles are being added daily!

WHCC-E 2009 Archive

The WHCC-E 2009 Community Portal has been updated with speaker presentations, delegate list, and speaker bios.