Registration & coffee

Opening Speeches

• Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vice President of the European Parliament
  (VIDEO)
• Andreas Xanthos, Minister of Health, Greece

Coordinator:

Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times Group

The State of Health in the EU: A knowledge cycle in support of EU Member States

Gaetan Lafortune, Senior Economist, Principal Administrator at the Health Division, OECD

Evidence-based Health Care, HTA and Pharmaceutical Policies in the context of the EU Health System Challenges

Dimitra Panteli, Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Systems Research and Management, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Research Hub

Health Systems in Europe and Greece. Challenges and directions of solutions

Yannis Baskozos, Secretary General of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Greece

The Post Crisis Health Profile of the Greek Population. The Role of Social Inequalities and Population Changes

Athena Linos, Professor of Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, Athens Medical School, President of the Institute of Preventive Medicine Environmental and Occupational Health, Prolepsis

Q&A

Social indicators in macroeconomic surveillance

Euklid Tsakalotos*, Minister of Finance

Fiscal Discipline and the Development of the Welfare State

Christos Staikouras, MP, Nea Demokratia Political Party, Former Alternate Minister of Finance

Coffee Break

Key Healthcare Thematics for Investors

• Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Wealth Management, Financial Times Group
• Didier Duret, Chief Investment Officer, ABN AMRO Private Banking

Coordinator:

Zois Tsolis, Editor in Chief, Newspaper "TO VIMA"

Research Policies and Healthcare

Costas Fotakis, Alternate Minister for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education

Precision medicine and the economics of health care: luxury or necessity

Othon Iliopoulos, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Member of the Hellenic National Council of Research and Innovation (ΕΣΕΚ)

Health Public Financing: A Substantial Investment for the Present and the Future

Ilias Xanthakos, Secretary General, Ministry of Economy and Development

Rationalized Policies and Added Values

Vasileios Pentafragas, Executive Director, Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industry (PEF)

Access and Affordability for High Technology Biomedical Equipment in the Greek Healthcare System

Konstantinos Deligiannis, General Manager South Eastern Europe, GE Healthcare

Q&A

Lunch Break

Policy Making through Political Consensus: The Example of Ireland

Sara Burke, Health Policy Analyst, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Public Health & Primary Care, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

Coordinator:

Giannis Natsis, Policy Manager for Universal Access & Affordable Medicines, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

George Giannopoulos, Secretary General, Ministry of Health, Greece

Elias Giannoglou, B' Vice President, National Association of Medicines (EOF), Greece

Dr. Rui Santos Ivo, Vice- President, National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed), Portugal

Patricia Vella Bonanno, Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner, Superintendence of Public Health, Ministry for Health, Malta

Makis Papataxiarchis, President, PhRMA Innovation Forum (PIF), Chairman, AMCHAM Pharma Committee

Maurice Galla, Coordinator EU policies, Project Leader Dutch EMA candidacy, Directorate for Pharmaceutical Affairs and Medical Technology, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands

CONCLUDING REMARKS