8.00am

Registration and welcome coffee

9.00am

Chairman's welcome

Iain Scott, Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit

9.05am

Scene setter: Healthcare by numbers

New research by the Economist Intelligence Unit takes a fresh look at current trends and possible futures in healthcare spending, putting Europe into a global perspective.

Alexandra Wyke, Chief Executive Officer, PatientView

9.15am

Keynote: New thinking in healthcare policy - a call for change

Demographics, technological breakthroughs, social trends and new fiscal realities will transform healthcare systems over the next two decades—but how exactly?

Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director, Europe, World Health Organisation

Followed by Q&A

9.55am

More for less: vision or illusion?

Rising indebtedness has refocused the European healthcare reform debate around drastic cost-cutting. Will these reforms enable Europe’s healthcare systems to tackle the challenges of demographic change and rising quality demands? Or will they mean lower quality and more rationing? How could the urgency on costs encourage a new vision of health? 

Panelists representing major stakeholders across the industry join the minister to discuss reforms, budgetary constraints and the future of Europe’s healthcare sector.

Dr Päivi Sillanaukee, Director General, Department for Health and Social Services, Government of Finland
Bernat Soria, Former Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs, Government of Spain
Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director, Europe, World Health Organisation
Silvia Ondategui-Parra, Partner, Life Sciences, Ernst & Young
Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

10.55am

Networking break

11.25am

Case study: The lessons of the frugal innovators

Interview with Daljit Singh, President of Fortis Hospitals, one of India’s leading private hospital chains, which has managed to introduce state-of-the art technology, re-engineer processes and cut costs significantly, while offering high quality standards. He will discuss what has driven change in India’s tough, cost-conscious environment and focus on the lessons for European healthcare systems.

Daljit Singh, President - Strategy and Projects, Fortis Hospitals

 11.55am

The impact of new technologies

From e-health to telemedicine, how can healthcare systems best incorporate innovations, despite the financial squeeze—or are new technologies part of the long-term solution for ensuring sustainable healthcare systems? 

Axel Wehmeier, Senior Vice-president, Strategic Market Healthcare, Deutsche Telekom AG
Martin Denz, President, European Health Telematics Association and President, Swiss Association for Telemedicine and eHealth
Otto Larsen, Managing Director, National Health Board
Bob Gann, Head of Strategy and Engagement,  NHS Choices, UK Department of Health
Axel Nemetz, Head of Mobile Healthcare, Vodafone

 12.45pm

Lunch

2.00pm

Brainstorming sessions: Visions for 2030

Panellists and delegates will discuss the elements of sustainable, high-quality and fair models for European healthcare systems in 2030 in brainstorming sessions introduced and facilitated by thought-provoking experts.

A: Top-down reform
Is there a best structure for healthcare systems? Can different stakeholders agree on common goals? What needs to change now to move towards an improved system?

Chaired by: Alexandra Wyke, Chief Executive Officer, PatientView
Pascal Garel, Chief Executive, European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE)
Joanna Groves, Chief Executive Officer, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)
Jaak Peeters, Chairman, EMEA, Janssen
Birgit Beger, Secretary General, Standing Committee of European Doctors

2.50pm

Brainstorming sessions continued...

B: The ageing challenge
Does an ageing population necessarily mean higher healthcare costs? Are there ways to approach healthcare for the ageing that would benefit the healthcare system for the whole population?

Chaired by: Jean-Pierre Michel, Head of the Geriatric Ward, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals; WHO expert, Ageing and Life Course Programme;  Elect President, European Union Geriatric Medicine Society
Pascale Richetta, Vice-president, Pharmaceuticals, Western Europe and Canada, Abbott Laboratories
Jill Watts, Chief Executive Officer, Ramsey Health Care UK
Stefanie Bluth, Population Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

3.30pm

Break

3.50pm

Brainstorming sessions continued...

C: Financing: who pays?
Should the private sector bear more of the cost of healthcare and be more involved with the modernisation of the public sector? Should the individual be prepared to shoulder a higher cost of healthcare?

Chaired by: Guillem López Casasnovas, President, International Health Economics Association (iHEA); Member of the Board, Central Bank of Spain; Professor of Applied Economics and Dean, Universidad Pompeu Fabra
Jean Hermesse, Member of the Board, Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM) and General Secretary, National Alliance of Christian Mutuality (ANMC)
Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Head, WHO European Centre on Health Policy
Paul Garassus, Vice-president, French Health Economic Society and Member of the Board, European Union of Private Hospitals (UEHP)
Claude Perol, Vice-president, Central and Eastern Europe, Sanofi-Aventis

4.40pm

Closing address: Global healthcare - where does Europe fit in?

Ilona Kickbusch, Director, Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), and Chair, Global Health Europe.

5.10pm

The way ahead

The chairman reviews the takeaways from the event and outlines the next steps for further debate and research.

Iain Scott, Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit

5.20pm

Refreshments and networking