The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress – Europe recently concluded in Brussels, Belgium and convened over 350 international health leaders and government officials to share business cases, best-practices and successful initiatives to address current challenges facing Europe. The 2009 Congress featured dynamic presentations from Erdem Erginel, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, European Commission, Belgium, Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer, NHS, United Kingdom, Pablo Rivero Corte, Director General of Quality, Ministry of Health, Spain, Phillip Vetter, Head of Strategy, Health Authority of Abu Dhabi. On global strategies for performance management, innovations in health care technology, chronic disease management and health care financing.
"Very active, thought provoking panel discussion. I thoroughly enjoyed my participation and was very excited to speak at this event."
Bernat Soria, Former Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Health, Spain on the 5th Annual Ministerial Roundtable.
This year, we were honoured to feature our 5th Annual Ministerial Roundtable and the participation of Marina Geli, Minister of Health and Social Security, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, Dr Marketa Hellerova, Deputy Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Czech Republic, Bernat Soria, Former Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Health, Spain, Dr Jacob Hofdijk, Special Advisor, Chronic Disease Management, Ministry of Health, The Netherlands and Dr Olivier Raynaud, Senior Director Global Health and Healthcare, World Economic Forum - Switzerland.
The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe will be held in 19 – 20, May 2010, Brussels, Belgium. Location TBA!
2009 Media Coverage
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. Joining them were 25 press members who will be posting articles. Please visit the
World Congress media page to view the coverage. More articles are being added daily!
WHCC-E Community Portal
The WHCC-E Community Portal has been updated with speaker presentations, delegate list, and speaker bios.
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