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Tuesday, 12 April, 2011
10:00 -
17:00
Pre-Conference Workshops
17:00 -
19:00
Insider's Reception for WHCC Europe Speaker Faculty, Sponsors and VIP Members
Wednesday, 13 April, 2011
8:25 -
8:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30 -
9:20
Keynote Address—Front Line Health Care: Vision and Strategy for 2020
  • Reducing the growth of health costs: Increasing the emphasis on prevention and clearly defining the public health insurance coverage standards
  • Consistent supervision of the introduction of new health technologies into the healthcare reimbursement system
  • Establishing international standards for provider quality, efficiency and safety
  • Successfully adopting health quality initiatives emerging in other regions of the globe
  • Forecast of 2020: Delivering consistently high quality, lower cost health care
Dr James Reilly, TD
Minister for Health and Children
Department of Health and Children
Ireland

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George C. Halvorson - Speaker Photo George C. Halvorson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Permanente;
Board of Directors, AHIP
United States

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Chair:
Dr Hans Kluge
Director, Division of Health Systems and Public Health
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark

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9:20 -
10:10
Keynote Address—Innovations in Health Care Financing and Health Insurance
  • Mastering the challenge of improving quality of care with limited funding - medical cost & risk management
  • Employing successful medical management strategies to improve quality of care with limited funding
  • Risk management strategies to mitigate the impact of volatility on health expenditures
  • Long term outlook for health insurance
Ron Buchan
Chief Executive Officer
Allianz Worldwide Care
Ireland

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Dr Christian Schneider
Head of Corporate Functions (Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategist), Member of the Board of Directors
Munich Health
Germany

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Chair:
Dr Hans Kluge
Director, Division of Health Systems and Public Health
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark

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10:10 -
10:40
Refreshment & Networking Break
10:40 -
11:30
Keynote Address: Pharmaceutical Pricing & Reimbursement: Demonstrating Value and Improved Patient Outcomes
  • Pharmaceutical industry's current initiatives to promote innovation while demonstrating value for patients, health systems and society
  • The impact of financial pressures and budgetary constraints on the pharmaceutical sector
  • VBP: definition, issues, opportunities - what it might be and what not?
  • How can we define value and develop alternative pricing methods to the benefit of all stakeholders
  • Innovation vs affordability: Reaching the optimal balance
  • Successful innovative business and pricing models
  • Assessing the added value of medicines: Reconciling the needs of payers, patients and innovators
Angus Russell
Chief Executive Officer
Shire
United States

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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

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Ulf Staginnus
Head Pricing, Health Economics & Outcome Research, Oncology Region Europe
Novartis Farmacéutica S.A.
Spain

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Chair:
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

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11:30 -
12:30
Concurrent Executive Summits
12:30 -
14:25
Luncheon Break
Themed Roundtables Networking Luncheon
Strategies for Health Financing and Funding
Moderator:
Erwin Bartels
Senior Officer for eHealth in Europe
Federal Ministry of Health
Germany

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Innovative Business Management Models
Moderator:
Ruud Koolen - Speaker Photo Ruud Koolen
Editor-in-Chief
Springer Media
The Netherlands

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Innovative Quality and Care Delivery Models
Moderator:
Hulda Gunnlaugsdottir
Chief Executive Officer, Akershus University Hospital;
Former Chief Executive Officer, Landspítali University Hospital-Iceland;
Former Chief Executive Officer, Aker University Hospital
Norway
Innovative Major & Chronic Disease Management Models
Moderator:
Magdalene Rosenmöller
Senior Lecturer of Production, Technology and Operations Management
IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Spain

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eHealth & Telemedicine Solutions
Moderator:
Dr Mats Sundgren
Principal Scientist, Global Clinical Development, AstraZeneca R&D;
AstraZeneca
Sweden

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14:25 -
15:20
Concurrent Executive Summits
15:20 -
15:50
Refreshment & Networking Break
15:50 -
16:45
Emerging Trends & Innovation Series
16:50 -
17:40
Keynote Address—New Models for Cross-Border Services: Developments in Patient Mobility, Financing, and Interoperability of IT Systems
  • Collaboration of Member States’ authorities towards a sustainable framework to deliver cross-border health services
  • Private sector innovations: Emerging opportunities from cross-border regulatory frameworks
  • Replicable models to increase access to and ensuring quality and continuity of cross-border healthcare
  • Innovative IT system deployment and reimbursement arrangements for cross-border healthcare delivery
  • Mitigating the impact on patients, providers, health insurance policy holders and ministries of health
  • Addressing challenges for making patient summaries and ePrescription interoperable
Dr Milan Cabrnoch
Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
European Parliament
Czech Republic

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Flora Giorgio
Scientific Officer, DG Information Society and Media, ICT for Health Unit
European Commission
Belgium

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Dr Petra Wilson
Senior Director - Connected Health (Europe), Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems
Belgium

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Chair:
Magdalene Rosenmöller
Senior Lecturer of Production, Technology and Operations Management
IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Spain

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17:40 -
18:35
Keynote Address—Privatization of Health Care in Europe: Strategies For Delivering Patient-Centred Care
  • Privatization, Competition and quality in European systems
  • Privatization of health care and responding to citizens’ preferences: Analysing the national demand for private health care provisioning in Europe
  • Emerging trends in the privatization of health care management, operations and investment in Europe
  • Balancing the patient related factors that drive privatization vs. those that restrain it
  • Successful models of a privatized health care system – Critical elements for implementation
Thomas Bublitz
Chief Executive Officer
German Association of Private Hospitals (BDPK)
Germany

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Alistair How
Managing Director
Bupa International
United Kingdom

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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
Chair:
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
18:35
Cocktail Reception
Thursday, 14 April, 2011
9:00 -
9:55
Keynote Address—Re-Aligning Market Forces To Foster Innovation
  • Exploring new paradigms to fund, organise and deliver integrated care
  • Creating new models for improved health plan and health system collaboration
  • e-Health in the European Digital Agenda and its impact on the realignment of market forces and innovation
  • Addressing market forces in social health care systems: Lessons learned and ongoing challenges
  • Key leadership recommendations to shape policy, transform the delivery of care and incentives
Dr Zoran Stancic
Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media (DG INFSO)
European Commission
Belgium

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Dr Roberto Gradnik
Executive Vice President, Global Business Unit Neurodegenerative Diseases & Rheumatology
Merck Serono
Switzerland

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Chair:
Mohan Chellappa - Speaker Photo Dr Mohan Chellappa, MD
President, Global Ventures
Johns Hopkins Medicine International
United States

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9:55 -
10:50
Keynote Address—European eHealth Initiatives to Improve the Sustainability and Quality of Health Systems
  • Successful eHealth applications implementation
  • Expediting the market's access to innovations and respective financing
  • Building upon national strategies and experiences for creating sustainable and effective European cooperation
  • Facilitating European cross border patient mobility through interoperable eHealth services
  • Interoperability for Knowledge Management in health care and research
Erwin Bartels
Senior Officer for eHealth in Europe
Federal Ministry of Health
Germany

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Frances V. Dare
Director, Global Healthcare Practice, Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Hans B. Haveman
Senior Policy Advisor Innovation & IT, Economic Affairs and Labour Market Department
Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport
The Netherlands

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Dr Michèle Thonnet
Official Representative e-Health France
Ministry of Health
France
Chair:
Marc Lange
Secretary General
European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL)
Belgium

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10:50 -
11:20
Refreshment & Networking Break
11:20 -
12:15
Concurrent Executive Summits
12:15 -
13:30
Luncheon Break
Themed Roundtables Networking Luncheon
Patient Centric Care: Placing the Patient at the Core Centre First
Moderator:
Kajsa Wilhelmsson
Director, European Health Public Affairs
Edelman
Belgium
Evidence-Based Innovations
Moderator:
Dr Gillian Leng
Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer for Evidence and Practice
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
United Kingdom

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Public-Private Partnerships
Moderator:
Dr Mats Sundgren
Principal Scientist, Global Clinical Development, AstraZeneca R&D;
AstraZeneca
Sweden

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Driving Innovation During the Economic Downturn
Moderator:
Hulda Gunnlaugsdottir
Chief Executive Officer, Akershus University Hospital;
Former Chief Executive Officer, Landspítali University Hospital-Iceland;
Former Chief Executive Officer, Aker University Hospital
Norway
Innovative Health Insurance Options
Moderator:
William R. Boyles - Speaker Photo William R. Boyles, MA
Director
Global Business Forum on Health
United States

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Ministerial & VIP Luncheon (By Invitation Only)
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

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Dr Anna Lilja Gunnarsdóttir
Permanent Secretary, Minister's Office
Ministry of Welfare in Iceland
Iceland

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Dr Milan Cabrnoch
Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
European Parliament
Czech Republic

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Dr Hans Kluge
Director, Division of Health Systems and Public Health
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark

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Philipp Vetter - Speaker Photo Philipp Vetter, PhD
Head of Strategy
Health Authority in Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

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Erwin Bartels
Senior Officer for eHealth in Europe
Federal Ministry of Health
Germany

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Frances V. Dare
Director, Global Healthcare Practice, Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Hans B. Haveman
Senior Policy Advisor Innovation & IT, Economic Affairs and Labour Market Department
Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport
The Netherlands

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Dr Michèle Thonnet
Official Representative e-Health France
Ministry of Health
France
13:30 -
15:20
Concurrent Executive Summits
15:20 -
15:50
Refreshment & Networking Break
15:50 -
16:45
Keynote Address—Building Strategic Public-Private Partnerships Towards Sustainable Health Care Financing
  • Best practices in public-private partnerships that ensure access, quality and financial sustainability of health systems
  • Lessons learned from industry and public sectors – and strategies for adaptation
  • Integrated health care – Analyzing innovative partnerships between healthcare providers, health care payers and industry
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

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Santiago Delgado - Speaker Photo Santiago Delgado
Deputy CEO
Hospital del Vinalopó (Valencia Region)
Spain

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Corinne Duguay
Vice President Public Affairs Region Europe
sanofi-aventis
France

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Chair:
Ruud Koolen - Speaker Photo Ruud Koolen
Editor-in-Chief
Springer Media
The Netherlands

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16:45 -
17:40
Keynote Address—Aligning Incentives For All Health Care Stakeholders: Developing Models for Shared Goals, Improved Quality, and Cost-Effective Care
  • The impact of financial crisis on health care and incentives
  • Identifying viable incentive models for providers, medical groups, insurers, and ministries of health
  • Understanding the potential gains and losses for sectors within health care
  • Facing political challenges during the transition to aligned incentives within health care
  • International perspectives on key challenges to overcome
  • Revalidation and professionalism to empower actors and to best align incentives and ensure transparency
Dr Anna Lilja Gunnarsdóttir
Permanent Secretary, Minister's Office
Ministry of Welfare in Iceland
Iceland

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Dr Roch Doliveux
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee
UCB
Belgium

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Niall Dickson
Chief Executive and Registrar
General Medical Council
United Kingdom

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Chair:
Ruud Koolen - Speaker Photo Ruud Koolen
Editor-in-Chief
Springer Media
The Netherlands

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17:40
Conference Adjourns
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