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As the leading European event on health care business innovation, The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress-Europe is the only major international forum that convenes leaders from all sectors of health care to discuss and develop actionable items to provide the highest quality of care while working under budgetary constraints. Moving away from a policy-focus, the 2011 Congress ensures that delegates will leave with a key action plan to set in motion for success in 2011. The 2011 Congress will feature the top industry influencers including hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, health care industry suppliers, health ministers, and leading government officials..

New in 2011

Key Emerging Themes and Markets Include:

  • Health IT Innovations
  • National eHealth Initiatives to Improve the Sustainability and Quality of Health Systems
  • New Models for Cross-Border Services: Developments in Patient Mobility, Financing, and Interoperability of IT Systems
  • The Pan-European Financial Crisis and the Impact on Health Care Systems
  • Front Line Health Care: Vision and Strategy 2020
  • Innovations in Health Financing and Health Insurance
  • Privatization of Health Care In Europe: Strategies For Delivering Patient-Centred Care
  • Re-Aligning Market Forces To Foster Innovation
  • Building Strategic Public-Private Partnerships Towards Sustainable Health Care
  • Aligning Incentives forAll Health Care Stakeholders:Developing Models for Shared Goals, Improved Quality, and Cost Effective Care
  • Quality and Care Delivery Re-Design Solutions
  • Models to Manage Major and Chronic Diseases

"Relevant and valuable content and excellent networking. One of the few programs that I would pay to attend."
Brian DeFrancesca, Executive Vice President, TBS Group

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WHCC Europe - The mission of European health care
Paul Bartels - President Elect, European Society for Quality in Healthcare (ESQH), Denmark, discusses the mission of providing health care in the European system, which is funded mostly through public funds, and how it contrasts with the U.S. system.

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2011 Speaker Faculty Include
Ministers of Health
 
The Hon. Joe Cassar, MD, PDF Psych (Yale) Cert Psych (USA), MP
Minister for Health, the Elderly and Community Care
Ministry for Social Policy, Health, the Elderly and Community Care
Malta
 
Leoš Heger
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
Czech Republic
 
Ministerial and Governing Executives
 
Erwin Bartels
Senior Officer for eHealth in Europe
Federal Ministry of Health
Germany
 
Dr Milan Cabrnoch
Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
European Parliament
Czech Republic
 
Niall Dickson
Chief Executive and Registrar
General Medical Council
United Kingdom
 
Flora Giorgio
Scientific Officer, DG Information Society and Media, ICT for Health Unit
European Commission
Belgium
 
Anna Lilja Gunnarsdóttir
Permanent Secretary, Minister's Office
Ministry of Welfare in Iceland
Iceland
 
Hans B. Haveman
Senior Policy Advisor Innovation & IT, Economic Affairs and Labour Market Department
Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport
The Netherlands
 
Zsuzsanna Jakab - Speaker Photo Zsuzsanna Jakab
Regional Director
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark
 
Luc Nicolas
Expert on Health Telematics
Federal Public Service (FPS) of Public Health
Belgium
 
Dr Zoran Stancic
Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media (DG INFSO)
European Commission
Belgium
 
Michèle Thonnet
Official Representative e-Health France
Ministry of Health
France
 
Philipp Vetter - Speaker Photo Philipp Vetter, PhD
Head of Strategy
Health Authority in Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
 
Hospitals/Primary Care/Health Systems
 
St. Clair Armitage
Director of Major Capital Development
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH)
United Kingdom
 
Mohan Chellappa - Speaker Photo Dr Mohan Chellappa, MD
President, Global Ventures
Johns Hopkins Medicine International
United States
 
Prof Dr Ana Escoval, PhD
Senior Hospital Director, Hospital of Santa Maria; Co-Founder and Board Member, Portuguese Association for Hospital Development (APDH); Governor, European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE); Assistant Professor, Action Strategies in Health - Public Health and Community, National Public Health School
Portugal
 
Dr Hans Feenstra
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Martini Hospital
Netherlands
 
Hulda Gunnlaugsdottir
Chief Executive Officer, Akershus University Hospital;
Former Chief Executive Officer, Landspítali University Hospital-Iceland;
Former Chief Executive Officer, Aker University Hospital
Norway
 
Dr Werner Kübler
Hospital Director
University Hospital Basel
Switzerland
 
Dr Gillian Leng
Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer for Evidence and Practice
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
United Kingdom
 
Bård Lilleeng
Chief Executive Officer
Stavanger University Hospital
Norway
 
Prof Christian Lovis, MD, MPH
Head, Division of Medical Information Sciences, University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG);
Board Member, European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI);
Chair, Health Information Systems Working Group, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA);
President, Swiss Society of Medical Informatics
Switzerland
 
Tony McNamara
Chief Executive Officer
Cork University Hospital
Ireland
 
Dr Axel Paeger
Chief Executive Officer
AMEOS Hospital Group
Switzerland
 
Claus Duedal Pedersen
Head of Centre for Clinical Innovation
Odense University Hospital
Denmark
 
Prof Gabriele Pelissero
Vice President, San Donato Hospital Group;
Professor of Hygiene and Health Organisation, University of Pavia;
Vice President, Italian Association of Private Hospitals (AIOP)
Italy
 
Tommaso Piazza
Chief Information Officer
ISMETT/UPMC
Italy
 
Uwe Pöttgen
Chief Information Officer, Asklepios Clinics;
General Manager, Asklepios eHealth Services;
Co-Founder, Asklepios Future Hospital (AFH) Program
Germany
 
Prof Dr Fernando Regateiro
President
Coimbra University Hospital (HUC)
Portugal
 
Jean-Jacques Romatet
General Director, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse (Toulouse University Hospital)
France
 
Tim Smart - Speaker Photo Tim Smart
Chief Executive Officer
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
 
Dr Urmas Sule
Chief Executive Officer, Pärnu Hospital;
Chairman of the Board, Estonian Hospitals Association
Estonia
 
Manuel Pérez Vallina
Chief Information Officer
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Spain
 
Prof Dr Rudi Van de Velde
CIO-Department of Information Systems
University Hospital of Brussels (UZ Brussel)
Belgium
 
Johnny Van der Straeten
Chief Executive Officer, Antwerp University Hospital;
Secretary-General, Belgian Association of Hospitals
Belgium
 
Pharmaceuticals
 
Dr Roch Doliveux
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee
UCB
Belgium
 
Belén Garijo
Member of the Management Committee and Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Operations Region Europe
Sanofi-Aventis
France
 
Tricia Kennerley
Healthcare Public Affairs Director
Alliance Boots
United Kingdom
 
Dr. Gerd Maass
Global Head Biomarker & Pathway Analysis
Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED)
Roche Diagnostics
Germany
 
Dr Andrea Rappagliosi
Vice President, European Government Affairs & Head of Brussels Office, GlaxoSmithKline Belgium;
Chairman of the Board, European Association of the Bioindustries (EuropaBio);
Co-Chair, Health Technology Assessment Task Force, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
Belgium
 
Angus Russell
Chief Executive Officer
Shire
United States
 
Ulf Staginnus
Head Pricing, Health Economics & Outcome Research, Oncology Region Europe
Novartis Farmacéutica S.A.
Spain
 
Dr Mats Sundgren
Principal Scientist, Global Clinical Development, AstraZeneca R&D;
AstraZeneca
Sweden
 
Insurers/Payer Organizations
 
Dr Franz Benstetter
Head of Operational Services
Munich Health Munich Re
Germany
 
Ron Buchan
Chief Executive Officer
Allianz Worldwide Care
Ireland
 
Charles-Etienne de Cidrac
Director/Head of Health
AXA Global Life
France
 
George C. Halvorson - Speaker Photo George C. Halvorson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Permanente;
Board of Directors, AHIP
United States
 
Alistair How
Managing Director
Bupa International
United Kingdom
 
Jeff Poulin
President, London Life Reinsurance Company;
Senior Vice-President, Life Reinsurance, Canada Life Re
United States
 
Dr Christian Schneider
Head of Corporate Functions (Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategist), Member of the Board of Directors
Munich Health
Germany
 
Dr Jan van Emelen
Innovation Director, Independent Health Insurance Funds (MLOZ)
President, Disease Management Working Group, Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM)
Belgium
 
IT Innovators
 
Miguel Cabrer
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, MEDTING;
Executive Director, C2C;
Member, Web 2.0 Taskforce Workgroup, IMIA;
Member, HIMSS Europe Governing Council
 
Dr Heinrich Körtke
Medical Director, Institute of Applied Telemedicine (IFAT), Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr University of Bochum
Germany
 
Prof Neil O'Hare
NIMIS (National Integrated Medical Imaging System) Project Lead
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Ireland
 
Morten Elbæk Petersen
Chief Executive Officer
Sundhed.dk (Denmark’s eHealth Portal)
Denmark
 
Academia
 
Prof Nick Bosanquet
Professor of Health Policy, Imperial College;
Special Advisor on Public Expenditure to the House of Commons Health Committee;
Member of UK Government Advisory Group, Cancer Reform Strategy
United Kingdom
 
Dr Zoi Kolitsi, MSc, PhD
eHealth Strategist, Informatics and Information Security Laboratory, Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki;
Former Senior Advisor, Ministry of Health and the General Secretariat for Social Security of Greece;
Member, DG SANCO Patient Safety and Quality Work Group and the DG INFSO i2010 eHealth Working Group
Greece
 
Prof Robert Lechler
Executive Director, King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre;
Vice Principal of Health, King's College London
United Kingdom
 
Dr Franz Porzsolt
Head of Clinical Economics, Institute of History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Medicine, University of Ulm
Belgium
 
Magdalene Rosenmöller
Senior Lecturer of Production, Technology and Operations Management
IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Spain
 
Associations/Organizations
 
John G. Abbott
Chief Executive Officer
Health Council Canada
Canada
 
Neil Bacon
Managing Director
iWantGreatCare
United Kingdom
 
Paul Bartels, MD
President, ESQH-European Society for Quality in Healthcare;
Director, the Danish Clinical Quality Improvement Programme;
Denmark Representative, 'Health Care Quality Indicators Project', Patient Safety Sub-Group, OECD
Denmark
 
Lodewijk Bos - Speaker Photo Dr Lodewijk Bos
President, ICMCC International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics;
Director, Strategy Planning, WABT-ICET-UNESCO;
Editor-in-Chief, Health and Technology (Springer)
Netherlands
 
Photo Not Available Thomas Bublitz
Chief Executive Officer
German Association of Private Hospitals (BDPK)
Germany
 
Vincenzo Costigliola
President, European Medical Association (EMA);
President, European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)
Belgium
 
Paul Garassus - Speaker Photo Dr Paul Garassus
Member of the Board, European Union of Private Hospitals (UEPH);
Vice President, French Society of Health Economics
France
 
Johan Hjertqvist
President and Chairman
Health Consumer Powerhouse
Belgium
 
Frank Lievens
Board Member, Secretary/Treasurer
International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH)
Belgium
 
Tracey Moorhead
President and Chief Executive Officer
Care Continuum Alliance
United States
 
Dr Manuel Serrano-Gil
President, Education, Health and Society Foundation;
Director, Expert Patient Program Spain;
Coordinator, Global Alliance for Self Management Support
Spain
 
Dr Bernat Soria
Director, Andalusian Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Program and the Observatory for International R+D Alliances;
Former Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs of Spain
Spain
 
John Wilkinson
Chief Executive
Eucomed
Belgium
 
Industry
 
Nathan Gunn
Chief Science Officer
Verisk Health
United States
 
Amanda Hoffman
Global PPP Driver
PwC
 
Peter Portheine
Program Manager
Brainport Health Innovation
The Netherlands
 
Drs M.E.V. Schippers, MMC CMC
Managing-Partner
PwC Healthcare Advisory
Netherlands
 
Ian Wootton
PwC Partner, UK Healthcare Leader
PwC
United Kingdom
 
Media/PR
 
William R. Boyles - Speaker Photo William R. Boyles, MA
Director
Global Business Forum on Health
United States
 
Ruud Koolen - Speaker Photo Ruud Koolen
Editor-in-Chief
Springer Media
The Netherlands
 
Tam MacDonald
CEO And Founder
HarleyStreetWorld.com
United Kingdom
 
Dr Rubin Minhas
Editor-in-Chief "Clinical Evidence", "Best Practice" & Clinical Director, British Medical Journal (BMJ) Evidence Centre;
Associate Editor, International Journal of Clinical Practice
United Kingdom
 
Kajsa Wilhelmsson
Director, European Health Public Affairs
Edelman
Belgium
 

"It is important to follow up on the trends in healthcare internationally. WHCC-Europe always provides for a good update on European initiatives, both public and private."
Christel Bruynseels, Director, Medical Claims Center, Vanbreda International

The Value Proposition of the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress-Europe

  • Over 1500 CEOs, senior level executives and thought leaders, and government officials from health care systems, hospitals, physician groups and insurers have attended since 2005
  • The most prestigious and diverse speaker faculty comprised of more than 100 internationally recognised leaders in health care, including health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from private and public insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and health care industry suppliers
  • Consistently rated as the best educational forum and content for health care executives from across Europe
  • Presentations, roundtables and case studies from countries that provide the best health care – France, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal
  • Health Ministers from leading countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
  • Growing international delegations, including Asia
  • Unparalleled networking opportunities through interactive discussions within the conference and informal discussions during gala receptions and invitational dinners
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