Welcome to the World Health Care Congress Europe 2007!

The 2nd annual event took place in Chantilly on 29-31 March 2006. It was a huge success. The congress rapidly sold out and registrations had to be closed early. If you missed the open registration period and were unable to attend, please accept our apologies.

The 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress Europe 2007 will take place on 26-28 March 2007 at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. To secure your seat at the event, register now or sign up to receive a brochure as soon as it becomes available.

Organised under the high patronage of the European Commission, the World Health Care Congress – Europe is the only major international forum where ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, heath care industry suppliers and corporate decision-makers network to share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. The 3rd annual event will reconvene over 500 executives from key organisations advancing health care in Europe including providers, payers, suppliers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, IT innovators, policy-makers and health officials.

"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

2007 confirmed speakers include:
Mary Harney Minister for Health and Children Ireland	Livia Turco Minister of Health Italy
Rudy Demotte Federal Minister for Public Health and Social Affairs Belgium	Viviane Reding Commissioner, DG Information Society European Commission Belgium
David Nicholson, CBE Chief Executive National Health Service United Kingdom	Dr Hans Jürgen Ahrens Chairman AOK-Bundesverband Gemany
George C. Halvorson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals USA	Sue Roberts National Clinical Director for Diabetes NHS United Kingdom
Harry Cayton National Director for Patients and the Public Department of Health United Kingdom	Walter Bergamaschi General Director, Information Systems Ministry of Health Italy
Christian Paire Chief Executive University Hospital Centre of Rouen France	John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare USA
Guillem López-Casasnovas Professor, Department of Economics and Business Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spain	Cor Spreeuwenberg Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Professor, Department of Integrated Care, University Maastricht Netherlands
Jennifer Dixon Director, Health Policy King’s Fund United Kingdom	Iris van Bennekom General Manager NPCF (Federation of Patients and Consumer Organizations of the Netherlands) Netherlands
Søren E. Skovlund Senior Adviser and Manager, Corporate Health Partnerships Novo Nordisk A/S Denmark	Dr Orlaith O'Reilly Director of Public Health Health Service Executive, South (SE) Ireland
Derek Feeley Director of Healthcare Policy and Strategy Health Department Scotland	Peter Gilroy, OBE Chief Executive Kent County Council United Kingdom
Dr Johannes Th. Kedzierski CEO Alkmaar Medical Center Netherlands	Jacques Sauret Director, ADAE General Director, GIP-DMP France
Peter Alvinsson CIO Kalmar County Council Sweden	Mats Larson Director, Business Development, Oracle President, EHTEL Sweden
Heinz Kölking CEO, Diakonissen-Mutterhaus President, Hospital Managers Association of Germany (VKD) Vice-President, European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) Gemany	Ken Anderson Commercial Director General Department of Health United Kingdom
Dr Martine Aoustin Head of the Casemix-Based Hospital Payment Group Ministry of Health and Solidarity France	Mercè Casas Galofre CEO IASIST SA Spain
Dr Frank W. Heimig CEO InEK gGmbH Gemany	Robert Dredge Senior Fellow, Centre for Health Planning and Management Keele University United Kingdom
Dr Dik Hermans General Director The Health Care Insurance Board (CVZ) Netherlands	Dr Enrique Terol García Director, National Agency for Quality Office of Health Services Planning and Quality Ministry of Health and Consumers Spain
Ranieri Guerra Research Director Istituto Superiore di Sanità Italy	Tosh Mondal CTO National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) United Kingdom
Prof Harry Burns Chief Medical Officer Scotland	Professor Michael Thick Chief Clinical Officer NHS Connecting for Health United Kingdom
Chantal Parpex President CDC Entreprises Innovation France	Dr. Orna Blondheim CEO Emek Medical Center Israel
Dr Ilias Iakovidis Deputy Head of Unit - ICT for Health, Directorate General Information Society, European Commission Belgium	Robert A. Stegwee Professor, E-Health Architectures and Standards, University of Twente Netherlands

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For general questions and programme inquiries contact:

Pascal Lardier
Director, International Conferences
Email: pascal.lardier@worldcongress.com

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To inquire about sponsorship/exhibit opportunities contact:

Ron Trznadel
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Phone: 781-939-2432
Email: ron.trznadel@worldcongress.com

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To inquire about press passes and co-marketing opportunities:

Tracey Fielding
Marketing Director
Email: tracey.fielding@worldcongress.com

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