Introductory speeches

Andreas Xanthos, Minister of Health

Ioannis Mouzalas, Alternate Minister of Immigration Policy

Theodora Tzakri, Deputy Minister of Industry, Ministry of Economy

Confirmed Speakers-Moderators

Pascal Apostolidis, President of Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE)

Ioannis Baskozos, Secretary General of Public Health

Nicola Bedlington, Secretary General, European Patients Forum (EPF)

Sotiris Bersimis, Assistant Professor, University of Piraeus, President of National Organisation for the Provision of Healthcare Services (EOPYY)

Riccardo Canevari, President and Managing Director, Novartis Hellas

Michael Chletsos, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ioannina

Konstantinos Deligiannis, General Manager, General Electric HealthCare

Stefano Di Biase, Senior Consultant, Thought Leadership, IMS Health

Meletios - Athanassios Dimopoulos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Mary Geitona, Vice President, Department of Social & Educational Policy, Associate Professor of Health Economics, University of Peloponnese

Olga Iordanidou, Head of 2nd Healthcare Region

Panos Kanavos, Associate Professor in International Health Policy, Department of Social Policy, Programme Director, Medical Technologies Deputy Director at LSE Health, London School of Economics

Dr. Suzanne Kolyva, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) - Representative of Greece, Hellenic Pasteur Institute

Philippe Leclerc, United Nations High Commissioner Representative in Greece

Panos Minogiannis, General Manager, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center

Spyros Gikas, Customer Project Manager, General Electric Healthcare

Nikolaos Papaefstathiou, Chief of National Health Operations Center

Valerie Paris, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Nikos Polyzos, Professor of Health Management, Department of Social Administration, University of Thrace

Theofilos Rosenberg, President of Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Associate Professor of Surgery, Head of the MsC "International Medicine/Health Crisis Management", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Jim Sage, President & CEO Pfizer Hellas, President, PhRMA Innovation Forum

Kyriakos Souliotis, Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Peloponnese

Charitini Stavropoulou, Senior Lecturer in Health Management School of Health Sciences City University London

Theodoros Tryfon, President of the Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industry (PEF)

Hara Tziouvara, Paediatrician, Board Member, Médecins du Monde - Greece

Nikos Vettas, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, General Director of Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE)

Athanassios Vozikis, Assistant Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Health Economics and Management, Economics Dept., School of Economics, Business and International Studies, University of Piraeus

John Yfantopoulos, Professor of Social Policy, Director of Graduate Program of Health Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ISPOR Greece Regional Chapter President

Key issues to be discussed

• Migration and Health
• Healthcare System Challenges - A map to survive
• Financial Crisis and Sustainability of Healthcare Systems
• From Austerity to Growth: The Greatest Challenge for Healthcare Sector

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

Meletios - Athanassios Dimopoulos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Maria Gazouli, Biologist, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Basic Medical Science Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece/ Member, European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN)

Mary Geitona, Vice President, Department of Social & Educational Policy, Associate Professor of Health Economics, University of Peloponnese

Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, Professor in Pulmonology, Director of the Pulmonology Clinic, Medical School, University of Thessaly

Thomas Hyphantis, Professor of Psychiatry, Sector of Social Medicine & Mental Health Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina

Panos Kanavos, Associate Professor in International Health Policy, Department of Social Policy, Programme Director, Medical Technologies Deputy Director at LSE Health, London School of Economics

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 Journal of Medicine

Dimitrios Kouvelas, Professor and Head of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Anastasios E. Philalithis, Professor of Social Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete

Nikos Polyzos, Professor of Health Management, Department of Social Administration, University of Thrace

Kyriakos Souliotis, Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Peloponnese

Eleftherios Thireos, General Practitioner, Secretary General, Athens Medical Society

Athanassios Vozikis, Assistant Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Health Economics and Management, Economics Dept., School of Economics, Business and International Studies, University of Piraeus

John Yfantopoulos, Professor of Social Policy, Director of Graduate Program of Health Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ISPOR - Greece Regional Chapter President