Club of Amsterdam summit for the future: healthcare

Date: January 26-28, 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Location: HES Amsterdam School for Business
Costs: € 1000 - 1214 [incl 19% BTW]
Email: Summit2005@clubofamsterdam.com
Website: www.clubofamsterdam.com
Registration Form: www.clubofamsterdam.com/contentsummit/registration/
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Gain critical insights and a deeper understanding of the issues that will shape the Knowledge Society. The Summit for the Future 2005 is a European conference that brings together experts, thought leaders, policy makers and knowledge workers.

Healthcare Knowledge Stream

Major trends

Economic: imbalance of smaller budgets vs. higher costs & demands (aging population);
Medical consumers: empowered patients; rising expectations and demands; ‘value for money’-sense;
Professionals: medical knowledge-Bang — strain on intellectual capacities of medical professionals; patient safety at risk;
Innovations: rising potentials of healthcare IT-solutions (eHealth); slow adoption/business redesign;
Genomics: steep increase diagnostic & therapeutic possibilities.

Globally, healthcare is under major strain, economically and technically. The last 2 decades, innovative use of information technology has catalyzed enormous international knowledge exchange among medical professionals and researchers. For that matter, the Internet has been the major driving force for an aging population of medical consumers to become demanding, informed patients who are increasingly faced with higher healthcare (insurance) costs, while governmental support for healthcare is diminishing in several countries. In a new era of information society, rising demands and swift adoption to new technologies are competing for a new balance. In the next decades goals as patient safety, healthcare outcomes, e-health, business intelligence and redesign will lead in a rapidly changing healthcare environment towards a new equilibrium in costs, care and cure.

Why should you attend?

The Healthcare Stream at Summit for the Future 2005 is a unique opportunity for to change ideas and learn from profound experts on healthcare innovation and e-health opportunities. Within a European context the most relevant trends and strategic issues concerning healthcare reform will be presented and discussed within a top-notch group of experts, all with field knowledge and expertise.

Goals

understand key drivers of change
tackling key barriers for health care innovation
learn from long term visions with short term goals
network with thought leaders, policy makers and experts.

Who should attend?

The main objective is to bring together thought leaders, policy makers and knowledge workers to gain a deeper understanding and more insights regarding critical elements in their industries and how they relate to a European Knowledge Society. Especially for the Health Care Stream the following groups should attend:

healthcare policy makers, eg governmental leaders;
business healthcare strategists;
medical associations, eg board members; and
corporate executives, eg CEOs pharmaceutical industry, IT-industry.

The attendees should be primarily from Europe.

We have exciting speakers like: Tom Lambert, Chief Executive, Centre for Consulting Excellence; Vladimir Petrovsky, former Director-General of the UN in Geneva; Glen Hiemstra, Futurist, Futurist.com; Wendy L Schultz, Futurist, Infinite Futures; and the speakers about the future of healthcare:
Joerg-Peter Schroeder, Healthcare Solution Manager EMEA, Microsoft; Geoff Royston, Head of Operational Research, Department of Health, England; Tamsin Rose, General Secretary, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA); Gio Tettero, Managing Director, Siemens Medical Solutions, Director, Siemens Netherlands; Petra Wilson, Associate Director for EU Affairs, European Health Management Association; Kevin Dean, Director, Public Sector Healthcare, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco; Bert Gordijn, PhD, Secretary of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare, Clinical Ethicist, Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, and the Knowledge Stream Leader; Wouter Keijser, e-health specialist, Wacomed.