Timetable
WEDNESDAY 23RD JUNE, 2004

9am - 1.30pm

Conference Registration, National College of Ireland
2.15pm Official Conference Opening by Michael Martin, President of the EU Council of Health Ministers
2.45pm-4pm Plenary Session 1
Chaired by: Noel Daly, Managing Director, Reed Smith Healthcare Consulting
Keynote Speaker-Newt Gingrich, CEO, The Gingrich Group, Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives
Title: "Transforming Healthcare"
4pm-4.15pm Break
4.15pm-5.15pm Plenary Session 2
Chaired by: Tom Fox, Partner, Reed Smith Healthcare Group, USA
Professor Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom
Title: "Transforming Healthcare: A European View "
6pm-8pm Evening Reception
National Gallery - Shaw Room

 


THURSDAY 24TH JUNE, 2004

9am - 11am

Challenges in Healthcare Reform and Development in the New Europe
Chaired by: Vincent Sheridan, CEO VHI Healthcare, Ireland
Opening Address: Jim Rice, President, International Health Summit, USA
Title: "Global Trends that will influence the public and private healthcare sectors in the next five years"
Professor Charles Normand, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin
Title: "Health Reforms in Europe"
Michael Kelly, Secretary General, Department of Health and Children, Ireland
Title: "Health Reform Programme in Ireland"
Tom Fox, Partner, Reed Smith Healthcare Group, USA
Title: "Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare Reform - Experiences from the US"
11am-11.30am Break
11.30am-1pm

The Role of Health Insurance in the New Europe
Chaired by: Vincent Sheridan, CEO VHI Healthcare, Ireland
Geert Jan Hamilton, Director of Legislation and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, The Netherlands
Title: "The Dutch Healthcare Reform: Towards Private Healthcare for All"
Willy Palm, Director, Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM), Belgium
Title "Patient Mobility in an Enlarged Europe"
Marc Berthiamume, Directorate General, Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission, Brussels
Title: "The European Health Insurance Card"

2pm-3.30pm WORKSHOP:Advocacy in Healthcare Systems
Chaired by: John J. Looney, Managing Director, Merkava Consulting
Zenna Atkins, PCPCT, UK
Title: "Patient and Public Involvement in Health Reform"
Prof Olesen,European Brain Council
Title: "Role of European voluntary organisations transforming health care."
Tony Sullivan, Diabetes Association, Europe
Title: "The role of patient advocacy in healthcare delivery"
2pm-3.30pm WORKSHOP: Developing Centres of Excellence - The US experience in Europe
Chaired by: Donal O'Shea, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Jerry Mansmann, Executive Chairman, Nations Healthcare
Edward Miller, Partner, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Reed Smith, UK
Steve Thompson, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Martyn Howgill, MD Anderson, University of Texas
2pm-3.30pm

WORKSHOP: Financing Healthcare in the New Europe - Issues and Options
College Dublin, Ireland
Michael Mead, UBS Warburg
Nicholas Jennett, European Investment Bank
Adam Kruszewski, Investment Director, Enterprise Investors, Poland
Douglas Rofé, Partner, Securities and Taz Group, Reed Smith, UK

1pm-2pm LUNCH
3.30pm-3.45pm BREAK
3.45pm-5.30pm Healthy Ageing in the New Europe
Chaired by: Dave Shanahan, Managing Director, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland
Dr Jack Watters, Vice President, Pfizer Inc.
Title: "The Impact of Health Ageing Initiatives
Baroness Sally Greegross OBE, Age Concern UK
Title: "Alliance for Health and the Future, a call for action in the future Europe"
Robin Webster, CEO, Age Action Ireland
Title: Empowering the Experienced Generation
7.30pm Gala Dinner - Four Seasons Hotel

 

 

FRIDAY 25TH JUNE, 2004

9am - 10.30am

Plenary Session - The Hospital of the Future
Chaired by: Danny O'Hare, Independent Hospitals Association, Ireland
Mr Colin Goldschmidt, Managing Director, Sonic Healthcare Limited
Title: "European Healthcare - a view from afar"
Professor Samuel Machin, University College London Hospital
Title: "The Role of Private Healthcare Providers - a Public Hospital Success Story"
Dr Bjorn Magne Eggen, Medical Director, Royal Norweigan Ministry of Healthcare
Title: "The Hospital of the Future"
11am-12.30am WORKSHOP: Recruitment and Retention of Healthcare Professionals - Issues and Solutions
Chaired by: Valerie Judge, Chief Officer, EHSS, Ireland
Michael Costello, UPMC, Italy
Martin Bradley, Royal College of Nursing, UK
Dr Ray Power - Managing Director, Locumotion 
11am-12.30am

WORKSHOP: Expanding the role for Private Healthcare in European Healthcare
Chaired by: Annette Wilkinson, Marketing Director, TDL, UK
Per Batelson, CEO, Capio, Sweden
Title: "The Future of Private Healthcare in Europe"
Mark Moran, CEO, Mater Private, Dublin
Case Study: Meeting Private Healthcare Demands
Deirdre Foley-Woods, Reed Smith Healthcare Consulting
Case Study: The Beacon Medical Campus, Dublin

11am-12.30am

WORKSHOP:Healthcare Challenges for Accession Countries
Chaired by: Denis Doherty, Director, Health Board Executive, Ireland
Dr Andreas Polynikis MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Cyprus
Vice Minister Cerniauskas, Ministry of Health, Lithuania
Mr Wiltor Maslowski, Under secretary of State, Ministry of Health, Poland
Dr Ray Xerri, Ministry of Health, Malta

11am-12.30am WORKSHOP: Making Health Insurance Work
Chaired by: Michael Lyons, CEO, ERHA, Ireland
Vincent Sheridan, CEO, VHI
Title: Case Study: The Irish Healthcare System
Nicole Tapay, Principal Administrator, Private Health Insurance, OECD
10.30am-11am

BREAK

12.30pm-1.15pm Closing Plenary Sessions
Chaired by: Michael Tutty, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Gerard Vincent - President, Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the EU, Belgium
1.15pm-2pm Lunch and Conference Close