Speakers


Confirmed speakers on Chronic Disease Management include:

  • Adam Darkins, Chief Consultant for Care Coordination, Department of Veterans Affairs, USA
  • Dr Rafael Bengoa, Regional Minister for Health, Basque Government, Spain
  • Dr Jacob Hofdijk, Special Advisor, Chronic Disease Management, Ministry of Health, The Netherlands
  • David Colin-Thome, National Clinical Director for Primary Care, Department of Health, United Kingdom
  • Dr Josep Roca, Director, Chronic Care Programme, Hospital Clinic; Professor of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Dr Gianluigi Scannapieco, Director, Plans and Programs Department, Veneto Region, Italy
  • Dr Jack Cochran, Executive Director, The Permanente Federation, USA
  • Jean-François Penciolelli, Business Development Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Oracle Corporation, France
  • Kira Levy, Manager, Advisory Healthcare Practice, PriceWaterHouse Coopers, UK
  • Jean-Marc Aubert, Deputy Director, Management and Organisation of Care, Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés, France
  • Prof Guy Storme, Executive Secretary, Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI), Chairman and Head of Radiotherapy, Oncologic Centre V.U.B., UZBrussel, Belgium
  • Jeanette May, Vice President, Quality and Research, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, USA
  • Dr Leonard Witkamp, Director, KSYOS TeleMedisch Centrum, The Netherlands
  • Dr Daniel Schlegel, Executive Partner, Health & Public Service, Accenture, Switzerland
  • Prof Reinout van Schilfgaarde, President, Netherlands Diabetes Association, President, Lung Alliance of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
  • Pierre Leurent, Founder and CEO, Voluntis, France
  • Dr Guillaume Charpentier, President, CERITD; Head of the diabetes department, Sud-Francilien Hospital Centre, France
  • Stéphane Denépoux, Coordinator, IMI Group for France, dedicated to the Innovative Medicines Initiatives EC / EFPIA, France
  • Pascal Mélihan-Cheinin,Deputy Director, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, Ministry of Health and Sports, France
  • Anna-Maria Borissova, Minister of Health, Bulgaria
  • Pablo Rivero, Director General of the Quality Agency of the National Health System.
  • ModérateurJan Van Emelen, Research & Innovation Director, Union Nationale des Mutualités Libres ; Chair of the Disease Management Working Group, Association Internationale de la Mutualié (AIM), Belgium

Confirmed speakers on eHealth include:

  • Louise Beauchesne, Executive Regional Director – Quebec, Canada Health Infoway, Canada
  • Charles Gutteridge, Clinical Director for Informatics, Department of Health, United Kingdom
  • Nicola Bedlington, Executive Director, European Patients's Forum, Sweden
  • Dr Niels Boye, Physician, Specialist in internal medicine, Endocrinology, and Health informatics, Denmark
  • Michel Gagneux, President, ASIP Health, France
  • Lucien Engelen, Health 2.0 Ambassador, Head of Regional Emergency Healthcare Networks, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
  • Lee Aase, Manager, Syndication and Social Media, Mayo Clinic, USA
  • Dr Mike Bainbridge, Clinical Architect, NHS Connecting for Health; Principal Consultant ASE Ltd UK, United Kingdom
  • Dr Elina Mattila, Research Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland
  • Dr Friedrich Koehler, Medical Director, Charité University Hospital, Germany
  • Loris Di Pietrantonio, Assistant Director, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission, Belgium
  • Prof Louis Lareng, President, European Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, France (Invited)
  • Alberto Sanna, Director, eServices for Life and Health, Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Italy
  • Gert-Jan van Boven, CEO, Nictiz, The Netherlands
  • Martin Denz, President, European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL); President, Swiss Association for Telemedicine and eHealth, Switzerland
  • Dr Michael Wilks, Immediate Past President, CPME; Chair, eHealth User Stakeholder Group, EHTEL, United Kingdom
  • Karin Johansson, State Secretary to the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
  • Laurent Coussirat, Founder and Directeur of MOOD INSTITUTE, France
  • Modérateur Nicolas Crestel, Editor in Chief, Hospimedia, France

Confirmed speakers on Sustainable Development include:

  • Gary Cohen, Founder and Co-Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm, United States
  • Sonia Roschnik, Operational Director, NHS Sustainable Development Unit, United Kingdom
  • Dr Joseph Hajjar, President, Société française d’hygiène hospitalière (SFHH), France
  • Jean-Olivier Arnaud, General Director, Nîmes University Hospital Center (CHU); President, Uni.H.A., France
  • Eva-Maria Persy, Head of Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, City of Vienna, Austria
  • Gustav Eriksson, Director, Environment and sustainability department, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
  • Nicole Denjoy, Secretary General, COCIR, Belgium
  • Marie Christine Burnier, Director, Techniques Hospitalières, Head of Sustainable Development, French Hospital Federation, France
  • Kathy Gerwig, Vice President, Workplace Safety and Environmental Stewardship Officer, Kaiser Permanente, USA
  • Prof Åke Wennmalm, Environmental Director, Stockholm County Council; Professor, Clinical Physiology, Sweden
  • Prof Klaus Kümmerer, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
  • Susan Wilburn, Technical Officer, Occupational and Environmental Health Department, WHO, Switzerland