Welcome to the World Health Care Congress Europe 2007!

The World Health Care Congress Europe 2007 is presented for the 3rd consecutive year with lead underwriting support from Capgemini. The event will take place on 26-28 March 2007 at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. To secure your seat, register now, sign up to receive a printed brochure as soon as it becomes available, or download one here now.

Please note that last year's event sold out rapidly and registration was closed early. If you missed the open registration period and were unable to attend, please accept our apologies.

Organised under the high patronage of the European Commission, the World Health Care Congress Europe is the only major international forum where over 500 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Thought leaders include 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.

Four focused Summits will give attendees a unique opportunity to discuss pertinent issues in depth and to determine actionable plans with their colleagues:

• Chronic Disease Management and Patient Empowerment
• Implementing IT Systems
• Paying for Performance
• Using Electronic Health Records to Achieve Patient-centred Care

Accessible to a non-IT audience, two Executive Seminars will present strategies and action plans that delegates can adapt to improve their own programmes, providing data, showcasing latest projects, and imparting lessons learned by leading practitioners in:

• e-Health and Patient Empowerment
• Leveraging IT to Improve Patient Safety

"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

European Health Ministers
Marina Geli i Fàbrega Minister of Health, Government of Catalonia Spain	Rudy Demotte Federal Minister for Public Health and Social Affairs Belgium
Mary Harney Minister for Health and Children Ireland	Dr. Tomás Julínek Minister of Health Czech Republic
Dr. Andrea Kdolsky Minister of Health, Family and Youth Austria	Flavio Tosi Minister of Health, Veneto Region Italy
Dr Nata Menabde Deputy Regional Director for Europe, WHO Denmark
Keynotes and Plenary Sessions
Muhammad Yunus Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize) Bangladesh	David Nicholson, CBE Chief Executive National Health Service United Kingdom
George C. Halvorson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals USA	Dr Hans Jürgen Ahrens Chairman AOK-Bundesverband Germany
Walter Bergamaschi IT Director General Ministry of Health Italy	Harry Cayton National Director for Patients and the Public Department of Health United Kingdom
Christian Paire Chief Executive University Hospital Centre of Rouen France	John Glaser, PhD Vice President and CIO Partners HealthCare USA
Jennifer Dixon Policy Director King's Fund United Kingdom	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 The Netherlands	Franz Knieps Director General for Public Health Care, Health Insurance and Long Term Care Insurance, Federal Ministry of Health Germany
Dr Patrick Edgar CEO, Westfries Gasthuis Hospital Netherlands	Jonathan T. Lord, MD SVP & Chief Innovation Officer Humana Inc. USA
Jörg Pruckner Chair eHealth Working Group, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) Austria	Viviane Reding Commissioner, DG Information Society European Commission Belgium
Prof Gerrit van der Wal Inspector General for Health Care Netherlands	John de Zulueta Chairman, Sanitas (BUPA Group) Spain
Chronic Disease Management and Patient Empowerment
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 Chief Executive Kent County Council United Kingdom	Dr. Gerard Comyn Head of Unit, ICT for Health, The European Commission Belgium
Ivo Lurvink CEO, Philips Consumer Healthcare Solutions Netherlands
Implementing IT Systems
Dr Hans Kedzierski CEO Alkmaar Medical Center Netherlands	Peter Alvinsson CIO Kalmar County Council Sweden
Dr Ilias Iakovidis Deputy Head of Unit - ICT for Health, Directorate General Information Society, European Commission Belgium	Robert Stegwee Professor, E-Health Architectures and Standards, University of Twente; Principal Consultant for IT in Healthcare Capgemini Consulting Services Netherlands
Kevin Dean Managing Director, Public Sector Healthcare, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc. United Kingdom	Dr. Orna Blondheim CEO Emek Medical Center Israel
Rafael Peñalver Castellano Secretary General, Castilla La Mancha Health Service (SESCAM) Spain	Giovanni Delgrossi IT Director, Vimercate Hospital Trust Italy
Jean-François Penciolelli Director Business Development, Global Health Sciences, Oracle Corporation France	Jacques Sauret Director, ADAE; General Director, GIP-DMP France
Paying for Performance
Heinz Kölking CEO, Diakonissen-Mutterhaus President, Hospital Managers Association of Germany (VKD) Vice-President, European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) Germany	Mercè Casas Galofre CEO IASIST SA Spain
Dr Frank W. Heimig CEO InEK gGmbH Germany	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 Rushika Fernandopulle CEO Renaissance Health USA
Dr Jacob Hofdijk Special Adviser, DBC Onderhoud
Using Electronic Health Records to Achieve Patient-Centrered Care
Pierre Leurent Founder and CEO Voluntis France	Dr. Guy Bisson Full professor, University of Sherbrooke Director, University and Medical Affairs, Cree Health Board Canada
Pablo Rivero Director General, Health Innovation, Regional Ministry of Health of Andalucía Spain	Dr Laurence Esterle Research Director, Medecine, Science, Health & Society Research Centre, (Cermes), INSERM, France; Visiting Research Scientist, Biomedical Informatics Laboratory, FORTH Institute of Computer Science, Greece
Andy Harris Systems Architect, UK Biobank United Kingdom	Dr Hans Hillege General Manager, Trial Coordination Center, University Medical Centre of Groningen Netherlands
Lily Wong Director of Planning and Business Development, Pfizer Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations USA

• Célia Boyer, Executive Director, Health On the Net Foundation (HON); NGO in Special Consultative Status, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, United Kingdom
• David Garwood, Secretary, Patients' and Citizens Task Force, EHTEL, United Kingdom
• Dr Petra Wilson, Director, Public Sector Healthcare Europe, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Belgium
• Alberto Sanna, Director, e-Services for Life & Health, Scientific Institute and University H San Raffaele; Project Manager, Personalized Information Platform for Life and Health Services (PIPS), Italy

• Stephan H. Schug, EHTEL, Germany
• Dr John H. Coakley, Medical Director and Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
• Tosh Mondal, CTO, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), United Kingdom
• Niels Kristensen, President, Danish Pharmaceutical Association, Denmark

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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 and Executive Networking 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:

Amy Wilder
Senior Marketing Manager
Phone: 781-939-2606
Email: amy.wilder@worldcongress.com

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