As the leading European event on health care business innovation, The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress-Europe recently concluded in Brussels, Belgium and convened health care's most senior international executives and government officials to share business cases, best-practices and actionable solutions to foster innovations that improve quality, cost and accountability. The 2011 Congress featured the top industry influencers including Dr. James Reilly, Minister of Health, Ireland, The Hon. Joe Cassar, MD, Minister of Health, Malta, Niall Dickson, CEO and Registrar, General Medical Council, George C. Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Zoran Stancic, Deputy DG, DG INFSO, Ron Buchan, CEO, Allianz Worldwide Care, Ireland, Alistar How, Managing Director, BUPA International, Dr. Bernat Soria, Former Minister of Health, Spain, John Wilkinson, CEO, Eucomed, and many others.
"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.
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
Joan Guanyabens i Calvet Coordinator of Health ICT, Ministry of Health of the Government of Catalonia;
Chief Executive Officer, Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality (CAHIAQ) Spain
Hans B. Haveman Senior Policy Advisor Innovation & IT, Economic Affairs and Labour Market Department Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport The Netherlands
Dr Hans Kluge Director, Division of Health Systems and Public Health 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
Dr Michèle Thonnet Official Representative e-Health France Ministry of Health France
Philipp Vetter, PhD Head of Strategy Health Authority in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Dr Mohan Chellappa, MD President, Global Ventures Johns Hopkins Medicine International United States
Santiago Delgado Deputy CEO Hospital del Vinalopó (Valencia Region) Spain
Dr Hans Feenstra Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors Martini Hospital Netherlands
Piotr Gerber President, EMC Medical Institute;
Vice-President, Polish Private Hospitals Association Poland
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
Dr Marta Lopes Martins Assistant Researcher National Public Health School-University Nova of Lisbon (ENSP-UNL) Portugal
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
Jean-Jacques Romatet General Director, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse (Toulouse University Hospital) France
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
Dr Roch Doliveux Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee UCB Belgium
Corinne Duguay Vice President Public Affairs Region Europe sanofi-aventis France
Dr Roberto Gradnik Executive Vice President, Global Business Unit Neurodegenerative Diseases & Rheumatology Merck Serono Switzerland
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
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
Miguel Cabrer Chief Executive Officer and Founder, MEDTING;
Executive Director, C2C;
Member, Web 2.0 Taskforce Workgroup, IMIA;
Member, HIMSS Europe Governing Council
Dr Finn Klamer Medical Director sundhed.dk (Denmark's eHealth Portal) Denmark
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
Dr Daniel Hart Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Haemostasis Barts and The London Medical and Dental School
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Prof Fabio Miraglia Professor of Health Economic, University of Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria;
President, Giomi Group;
Vice President, Aiop Giovani Italy
Magdalene Rosenmöller Senior Lecturer of Production, Technology and Operations Management IESE Business School, University of Navarra Spain
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
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
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
Marc Lange Secretary General European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) 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
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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