Programme - Brussels


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08:00 - 09:00
Registration and Networking Breakfast
 
09:00 - 09:05
Chair's Opening Remarks
 
Andrew Jack, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Correspondent, Financial Times
 
09:05 - 09:20

Opening Keynote Address

Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Health

 
09:20 - 09:35
Keynote Address: Changing Care Settings for a New Era of Patient Focused Care

Gerard Kleisterlee, President and CEO, Royal Philips Electronics 
 
09:35 - 10:15

Panel Discussion: Fostering Innovation in European Healthcare Delivery

  • If health is wealth, how can we increase investment in health innovation
  • What will be the role of the new European Parliament 2009-2014 in fostering innovation in the healthcare sector?
  • Are European reimbursement models fostering innovation? What incentives can be created to motivate change and to secure wider acceptance to a new approach to healthcare?
  • Are there examples of new delivery models and innovative approaches already in existence in Europe? Can these be implemented in a wider context?
Dr Antonyia Parvanova MEP, Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament
Dr Giancarlo Ruscitti, Secretary General, Health and Social Affairs Department of the Veneto Region, Italy

Professor Finn Børlum Kristensen , Chairman, EUnetHTA Executive Committee
Marcel J. G. Smeets, Director General, Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM)

 

Panel Q&A
Moderated by Andrew Jack, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Correspondent, Financial Times

 
10:15 - 10:25

Networking Coffee

 
10:25 - 11:05

Panel Discussion: Towards Patient-Centric Care 

  • How do patients define patient-centric care?
  • What does patient empowerment actually mean?
  • Is the European workforce for health ready for patient-centric healthcare?
  • Do we need new skills, roles and responsibilities for healthcare/care professionals?
  • How can technology help achieve the vision of patient-centric care?
  • Is there a need for moving healthcare outside of traditional, institutional care?
  • What is the EU doing to support patient-centric care?

Susanna Palkonen, Vice President, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Dr Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies
Maarten Rook, Chairman of the Board of Management, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Kevin Haydon, Executive Vice President and CEO, Global Sales and Service International, Philips Healthcare

 

Panel Q&A
Moderated by Andrew Jack, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Correspondent, Financial Times
 
11:05 - 11:10

Chair's Closing Remarks
Andrew Jack, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Correspondent, Financial Times

 
11:10 - 11:40
End of Seminar and Networking Coffee Break for all Attendees