Health on a wire: Balancing priorities

“The Future of Healthcare in Greece” Conference is the biggest annual event on healthcare policy in Greece. For seven consecutive years, It features world class international speakers, representatives of the most important international organizations, renowned academics and leading political and healthcare stakeholders in a public dialogue regarding the major healthcare issues and suggested ways to reform the healthcare system in order to respond to the rapid increase of demand for public healthcare services in a financial sustainable way.

This year, the agenda will focus on the challenges of the European healthcare systems that deal with an ageing population, the growing burden of chronic diseases and declining budgets and the particular problems of the Greek healthcare system, caused by a seven year unprecedented depression, fiscal consolidations and the growing unsolved problem of migration flows. The growth perspectives of the healthcare sector and the policies that support the extroversion and innovation initiatives of the Industry will also be highlighted during the Conference.

Key issues to be discussed

EU Healthcare Systems Challenges
Reforming Greek Healthcare System
The Effects of Crisis on Social Policy in Greece
Health and Growth

Α major public opinion Research

A major public opinion research conducted by the University of Peloponnese on the key healthcare issues will be presenting for the first time during the Conference in order to provide the framework for the expert panel discussions.

A patients association’s research

A patients association’s research by Health daily and Global Link will also be presented, highlighting the problems and expectations of the Greek patients .

A POLITICO Working Group Report

Transforming healthcare through disruptive innovation

Carmen Paun, a health policy reporter of POLITICO EU Edition will present during the Conference the key outcomes of a recent working group she coordinated on how Europe should approach the use of technology and big data to improve healthcare. Among the participants in this high level conversation, regarding the new trends that will have a significant impact on European healthcare systems in the next years, were group of top level European Commission officials, researchers, health care professionals and industry representatives.

Target group

Members of the Greek Parliament
Senior government officials
Representatives of healthcare institutions
Public and private health services providers
Financial and corporate organizations
Senior executives from health and pharma industries
Health economists
Health Policy experts
Doctors
Healthcare professionals
Patient advocates & patient group representatives
Academics
Researchers
Journalists

The Conference at a glance

7 years, 45 distinguished international speakers representing

♦ World Health Organization ♦ World Bank ♦ European Commission ♦ OECD ♦ European Patients Forum ♦ United Nations High Commissioner ♦ EUCOPE ♦ EFPIA ♦ European Medicines Agency ♦ London School of Economics ♦ University of Cambridge ♦ City Univeristy ♦ SDA Bocconi School of Management ♦ University of Connecticut ♦ University College-London ♦ NOVA University of Lisbon ♦ ESSEC business School of France ♦ Queen’s University of Belfast ♦ Universite Libre des Bruxelles ♦ International Health Economics Association ♦ European Health Management Association ♦ European Consumers’ Orgnanization ♦ PhRMA ♦ McKinsey London ♦ Bravosolution UK ♦ Bioaxis ♦ Unipart UK ♦ IMS Health International

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International Keynote Speakers

Francesca Colombo Francesca Colombo, M.Sc., is Head of the Health Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. She is responsible for work on health, which aims at providing internationally comparable data on health systems and applying economic analysis to health policies, advising policy makers, stakeholders and citizens on how to respond to demands for more and better health care.

Sylvain Giraud Mr Sylvain Giraud is Head of Unit “health systems” in the Directorate General Health and Food Safety in the European Commission since 1st February 2016.

Juan Fuertes Juan Fuertes is the Advocacy and Access Manager of PHA Europe, the umbrella organization for pulmonary hypertension patients' organization. He is also a Board Member of the European Patients' Forum and Council Member of the European Lung Foundation.

Carmen Paun Carmen Paun is a health care reporter for POLITICO, based in Brussels. Before joining POLITICO, she was a freelancer covering regulatory and international affairs out of the EU capital. She has reported on a wide range of topics, from money laundering to food production to chemicals, for media organizations such as International News Services and Chemical Watch.

Confirmed Speakers & Moderators

Andreas Xanthos, Minister of Health, Greece
Anastasios Petropoulos, Deputy Minister for Social Security

Georgios Giannopoulos, Secretary General, Ministry of Health
Pascal Apostolidis, President of Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE)
Matti Arvela, General Manager, AMGEN, Greece & Cyprus
Athanasios Bakalexis, President of EFKA
Sotiris Bersimis, President of National Organization for the Provision of Healthcare Services (EOPYY)
Michael Chletsos, Professor of Economic Analysis, Department of Economics, University of Ioannina
Νikos Dedes, President of 'Positive Voice', Association of people living with HIV in Greece
Katerina Koutsogianni, President, Association of People with Rheumatic Diseases of Crete
Vassilis Oikonomou, MP, Head of Health Portfolio, New Democracy Party
Makis Papataxiarchis, Managing Director Janssen Greece, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, President AMCHAM Pharma Committee
George Patoulis, President, Medical Association of Athens
Jim Sage, President, PhRMA Innovation Forum, President & Managing Director of Pfizer Hellas
Ilias Skordas, Research Director, Global Link
Kyriakos Souliotis, Associate Professor of Health Policy & Vice Rector, University of Peloponnese, Visiting Professor, Medical School, University of Athens
Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus
Theodoros Tryfon, President of the Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industry (PEF)
Zois Tsolis, Editor in Chief, Newspaper "TO VIMA"
Nikos Vettas, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, General Director of Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE)

Scientific Committee

Ioannis Boletis, Professor of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Athens
Xenophon Contiades, Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Managing Director of the Centre for European Constitutional Law -Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation
Maria Gazouli, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Mary Geitona, Vice President, Department of Social & Educational Policy, Professor of Health Economics, University of Peloponnese
Daphne Kaitelidou, Assistant Professor on Health Services Management, University of Athens, Department of Nursing
Ioannis Karaitianos, Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Athens University – Chairman of the Dpt. of Surgical Oncology, Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital, President of the Hellenic Association for Gerontology and Geriatrics, President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology (HSSO), President of the Society of Medical Studies and Editor of the Medical Journal “Iatriki”
Michalis Karamouzis, Associate Professor, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chair of Institute of Molecular Medicine & Biomedical Research Member of National Ethics Committee
Dimitrios Kouvelas, Professor and Head of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Christos Lionis, MD, PhD, FRCGP (Hon) Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete
Anastasios E. Philalithis, Professor Emeritus of Social Medicine and Health Planning, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete
Nikos Polyzos, Professor of Health Management, Department of Social Administration, University of Thrace
Kyriakos Souliotis, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Faculty of Social & Political Sciences, University of Peloponnese
Panagiotis Stafylas, MD, MSc, PhD, Medical Coordinator/Evaluation Leader of eHealth Projects, Health Care Management, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, Health Information Management Spain SL (HIM SL), Barcelona, Spain
Eleftherios Thireos, General Practitioner, Secretary General Athens Medical Society, Vice Chair HL7 Hellas
Vassilios Tsikaris, Chairman of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Professor of Chemistry, University of Ioannina