eHealth Week Speakers
(please note all speakers are listed in ascending alphabetical order by last name)
 
Ain Aaviksoo, @ainaaviksoo 
Deputy Secretary General on eServices and Innovation
Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia
 
Ms. Marija Abeltina
Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Crisis Intervention Specialist
NGO “Skalbes”, Latvia
 
Miguel Alborg, @miguel_alborg
CEO
IDI Eikon
 
Javier Ferrero Alvarez Rementeria
CIO
Andalusian Agency for Healthcare Quality, Spain
 
Moderator: Bruno de Oliveira Alves
Policy Advisor
European Commission Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology ( DG CONNECT)
 
Bruno de Oliveira Alves
Policy Advisor
European Commission Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology ( DG CONNECT)
 
Martin Andreasson, @M_Andreasson
Rapporteur for Committee of the regions on the m-health green paper
Committee of the Regions, European Union
 
Vytenis Andriukaitis, @V_Andriukaitis
Commissioner Health and Food Safety
European Commission, Belgium
 
Serkan Atagün
Project and Software Development Coordinator
Ministry of Health, Turkey
 
Walter Atzori
Senior Programme Officer
European Patient Forum, Belgium
 
Clemens Auer
Director General
Federal Ministry of Health, Austria
 
Francesca Avolio
Regional Manager
Puglia Regional Authority, Italy
 
Dr. Mary Baker
Immediate Past President
European Brain Council, UK
 
Dr. Signe Bāliņa
President
Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association
 
Guntis Belēvičs, @guntisbelevics 
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health, Latvia
 
Lars T. Berger
Director of R&D
Kenus Informatica, Spain
 
Viveca Bergman
Development Manager
THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare), Finland
 
Alexander Berler
IHE Services Sales & Partners Director, Greece
 
Johnie Berntsson, @JohnieBerntsson 
IT Manager
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
 
Rachelle Blake PA, MHA, @shelblake
CEO, President & Managing Director, Omni Micro Systems & Omni Med Solutions UG, EU-US Workforce Development Workgroup
EU-US Workforce Development Workgroup
 
Mark Blakeman
Director of Infrastructure and Informatics
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
 
Karima Bourquard
Director of Interoperability
IHE France
 
Ana Maria Carriazo
Senior Advisor / Head of Unit
Regional Ministry of Equality, Health and Social Policies of Andalusia, Spain
 
Moderator: David Champeaux, @ChampeauxDavid
Healthcare Strategy Lead
Accenture UK and Ireland
 
Catherine Chronaki, @chronaki
Secretary General
HL7 International, Belgium
 
Brecht Claerhout
CEO
Custodix, NV
 
Mary Cleary
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Irish Computer Society/Health Informatics Society of Ireland
 
Pascal Coorevits, @pascalcoorevits
Vice President Research
The EuroRec Institute, Belgium
 
Richard Corbridge, @R1chardatron
Chief Information Officer
Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin
 
Mr. Joan Cornet
mHealth Director
Mobile World Capital Barcelona Foundation
 
Jose Costa-Requena
Research Manager
Department of Communications and Networking, Aalto University, PRECIOUS project, Finland
 
John Crawford, @johncrawford
Healthcare Industry Leader
IBM Europe
 
Moderator: George Crooks, @CrooksGeorge 
Medical Director
NHS 24, UK
 
George Crooks, @CrooksGeorge 
Medical Director
NHS 24,UK
 
Juan Luis Cruz, @jotaelecruz
CIO
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Spain
 
Gerald Cultot, @GeraldCultot 
Research Programme Officer in the Health and Wellbeing Unit
European Commission, Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies
 
Moderator: Gerald Cultot, @GeraldCultot 
Research Programme Officer in the Health and Wellbeing Unit
European Commission, Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies
 
Frank Cunningham
 
Domingos Manuel da Silva Pereira
IT Director
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia,/ Espinho, Portugal
 
Moderator: Mārtiņš Daugulis
Latvia
 
Mr. Dai Davis
Partner, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer
Percy Crow Davis & Co.
 
Mr. Mark de Graaf
Assistant Professor
Eindhove University of Technology, The Netherlands
 
Marinka de Jong-Fintelman, @Patientenzo
Programme Manager Patients and eHealth
NICTIZ, The Netherlands
 
Moderator: Georges De Moor, @GeorgesDeMoor 
Department Head and Professor
Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics, State Univ. of Ghent, Belgium
 
Paul De Raeve
Secretary General
European Federation of Nurses Associations, Belgium
 
Brendan Delaney
Chair in Primary Care Research
King's College, London, UK
 
Nicole Denjoy, @NicoleDenjoy
COCIR
 
Alberto Di Felice
Vice Chair of the Healthcare Committee
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, Belgium
 
Birgitte Drewes
Head of Department of IT development and projects
National Institute for Health Data and Disease Control, Denmark
 
Peter Edelstein, @OwnYourCancer
Chief Medical Officer
Elsevier, USA
 
Erwin Eisinger
Sr. Policy Advisor
Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
 
Benny Eklund, @benny_eklund 
IT strategist
County Council of Uppsala, Sweden
 
Morten Elbæk Petersen
CEO
sundhed.dk, Denmark
 
Sandy Falk
MD Director, Editorial Relations Deputy Editor
UpToDate, USA
 
Moderator: Anette Falkenroth
CMIO
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
 
John Farrell
Assistant Director HealthCare Transformation
Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland
 
John Fellows
Horizon Scanning Consultant
Centre for Workforce Intelligence
 
Mr. Jamie Ferguson
Fellow of the Institute for Health Policy, and Vice President of Health IT Strategy & Policy
Kaiser Permanente
 
Dr. Giuseppe Fico
Coordinator of A1
 
Tom Fiddian, @tomfiddian
Lead Technologist - Digital Experience
Innovate, UK
 
Andrew Fowlie
Executive Manager Innovation in Health and Social Care
NHS Scotland, UK
 
Dr. Loukianos Gatzoulis
Policy Analyst
European Commission, Directorate General - Health Food, and Safety
 
Dr. Estella Geraghty
Chief Medical Officer and Director of Health Solutions
Esri, USA
 
Jorge Gonzalez
Managing Director
TicBIOMed
 
Moderator: Michael Graetz
VP Healthcare EMEA Sales
EMC Enterprise Content Division, Germany
 
Bryan Griffiths
Commercial Programme Manager
North West Coast Academic Health Science Network.
 
Dr. Nick Guldemond
Associate Professor Integrated Care & Technology
University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
 
Zdenek Gutter PhD
FNOL – NTMC
Olomouc Czech Rep.
 
Unto Häkkinen
Research Professor
Centre for Health and Social Economics. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
 
Dr. John Halamka
SVP, Chief Information Officer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
 
Leslie K. Hall
Senior Vice President, Policy
Healthwise-Informed Medical Decisions Foundation
 
Clayton Hamilton, @ClaytonHamilton
Unit Head, eHealth & Innovation
WHO, Denmark
 
Matthew Hein
International Trade Specialist
Office of Health and Information Technologies at the International Trade Administration
 
Oliver Heinze
Medical computer scientist
University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
 
Donna Henderson, @DonnaAntara
Service Development Manager
Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare / NHS 24
 
Moderator: John Hoyt
Executive Vice President
HIMSS Analytics, USA
 
John Hoyt, @HIMSS
Executive Vice President
HIMSS Analytics, USA
 
Moderator: John Hoyt, @HIMSS
Executive Vice President
HIMSS Analytics, USA
 
Dr. Min-Huei (Marc) Hsu
Director, Department of Medical Informatics
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
 
Antti Iivanainen
Development Director
Apotti Programme, Helsinki, Finland
 
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President of the Republic of Estonia
Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia
 
Charles Jaffe
Chief Executive Officer
HL7 International, Belgium
 
Anne Kallio
Head of Development
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
 
Dipak Kalra
President
The EuroRec Institute, Belgium
 
Dipak Kalra, @DipakKalra
President
The EuroRec Institute, Belgium
 
Hans Karlsson
Director of Health and Social Care Division
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, Sweden
 
Dr. Rachelle Kaye
CEO
Kaye Health Systems Consulting Services, LTD
 
Gelle Klein Ikkink
Program Director
Innovation & Healthcare improvement, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Netherlands
 
Dace Kluša
Deputy head of Operational management center
State Emergency Medical Service, Latvia
 
Nils Kolstrup, @NilsKolstrup
General Practitioner, Senior Researcher and Advisor
Norwegian Center for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Norway
 
Maritta Korhonen
Head of Development
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
 
Dr. Līga Kozlovska
President of the Rural Family Doctors Association of Latvia
Rural Family Doctors Association of Latvia, Medical Faculty of the Riga Stradins University
 
Antonio Kung
CTO
Trialog, France
 
Rapporteur: Antonio Kung
CTO
Trialog, France
 
Moderator: Arvils Kupris
Director of New Product Division
Lattelecom, Latvia
 
Professor Erik Larsen
Professor
Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
 
Moderator: Ramon Lerchundi
CIO
San Sebastian University Hospital, Spain
 
Liga Letina, @LigaLetina
Head of UX
Cube Systems, Latvia
 
Stephen Lieber
President and CEO
HIMSS
 
Elie Lobel
Director of e-Health Projects Department
ASIP Santé, France
 
Moderation: Edwin Maarseveen, @Edwin_BXL
Project manager eHealth - International Affairs
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, The Netherlands
 
Henrique Martins
President of SPMS EPE
SPMS
 
Henrique Martins
President of SPMS EPE
SPMS
 
Raul Martins
CIO
Portugal
 
Matic Meglic
Strategy Director
Medtronic Hospital Solutions, Switzerland
 
Horst Merkle
President
Continua Health Alliance
 
Raul Mill
CEO
Estonian eHealth Foundation, Estonia
 
Anne Moen, @annemoen_oslo
President
EFMI, Norway
 
Allessandro Monaco
Project Chief Consultant
Italian Medicines Agency
 
Vicent Moncho Mas, @vmonjo 
CIO
Marina Salud S.A., Spain
 
Giliate Cardozo Coelho Neto
Director
Datasus, Brazil
 
Mr. Philipp Neurohr BSc, MSc
Health Care Engineer
University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM, Austria
 
Brian O'Connor
Chair
European Connected Health Alliance
 
Moderator: Solvita Olsena, @S_Olsena 
Associated professor, University of Latvia; President, European Association of Health Law
University of Latvia and European Association of Health Law, Latvia
 
Moderator: Jānis Palkavnieks
Spokesperson
Draugiem Group, Latvia
 
Christina Papanikolaou
Biopathologist, representative of the Greek e-ecosystem, former Secr. General of Public Health
Greek e-ecosystem, Greek Network EIP on AHA
 
Anne-Sophie Parent, @parent_anso
Secretary General
AGE Platform Europe, Belgium
 
Andris Parups
Head, Export Promotion
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
 
Ilaria Passarani, @IlariaPassarani
Head of the Food and Health Department
BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, Belgium
 
Dr. Andrea Pavlickova
European Service Development Manager
NHS 24, Scotland
 
Terje Peetso
Policy Officer, Health and Well-Being Unit
European Commission, Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies (DG CONNECT)
 
Maritta Perälä-Heape
Director
Centre for Health and Technology, University of Oulu, Finland
 
Katrina Pereduhoff
Health Policy Officer
BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, Belgium
 
Jan Petersen
Head of International Unit
MedCom - the Danish Health Care Data Network, Denmark
 
Tapani Piha, @tapani_piha 
Head of Unit eHealth and Health Technology Assessment
DG Sante, Belgium
 
Hanna Pohjonen
Healthcare IT consultant
Rosaldo Oy, Finland
 
Hans-Ulrich Prokosch
Chair of Medical Informatics and CIO
Erlangen University Hospital, Germany
 
Andreas Raptopoulos, @raptaplanidis
Research Consultant
EXUS GR
 
Jesus Redrado
CIO
Clinicá Universidad de Navarra, Spain
 
Moderator: Sian Rees
Director
Health Experience Institute, University of Oxford, UK
 
Moderator: Bleddyn Rees, @bleddyn_rees
Head of Healthcare
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP UK
 
Paul Rice
Head of Technology Strategy
NHS England, UK
 
Mark Roche MD, MSMI
Clinical and Technical Expert Advisor
U.S. Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology
 
Moderator: Magdalene Rosenmöller
Professor of IESE’s Operations Management Department
IESE Business School, Barcelona
 
Christos N. Schizas
Professor of Computational Intelligence
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
 
Andreas Schmidt, @andreasschmidt 
EHR4CR Project Coordinator Deputy
 
Moderator: Nard Schreurs
Project Manager
IKT Norge, Norway
 
Moderator: Nard Schreurs, @BernardusJ 
Project Manager
IKT Norge, Norway
 
Peter Seifter
Expert
Department of eHealth, University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria
 
Päivi Sillanaukee
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
 
Anil Sinaci
Deputy Coordinator of the SALUS Project
SRDC Software Research, Development and Consultancy, Turkey
 
Stein Olav Skrøvseth
Senior Researcher
Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemediicne University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
 
Martins Smilga
Director of e-health and International Cooperation
National Health Service, Republic of Latvia
 
Rafael Sotoca, @RafaelSotoca 
MD. MPH. GP. Primary Care Doctor. Manager of the Chronic Area
Manises Hospital, Spain
 
Dr. Claudia Stein
Director for the Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark
 
Andrejs Strods
Founder / CEO
Blue Bridge Technologies
 
Miklós Szócska
Director at Health Services Management Training Centre
Semmelweis University, Hungary
 
Kylle Tarnov, @kylletarnov
Connected Health Cluster Manager
Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol
 
Paul Timmers, @PaulTimmers 
Director for the Digital Society, Trust and Security Directorate
European Commission, Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies
 
Moderator: Paul Timmers, @PaulTimmers 
Director for the Digital Society, Trust and Security Directorate
European Commission, Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies
 
Kim Tuminaro
US Department of State/Washington HQ
 
Manuel Vallina, @M_Vallina 
Associate CIO
Healthcare Service Castilla y León, Spain
 
Marieke van Beurden @m_vanbeurden
Program Manager
Cooperative Slimmer Leven 2020, Netherlands
 
Marieke van Beurden, @m_vanbeurden
Cooperation Slimmer Leven 2020, The Netherlands
 
Dr. Pieter van de Graaf
eHealth Clinical Strategy Lead
Scottish Government
 
Bas van den Dungen, @basvandendungen
Director General Curative Care
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague
 
Moderator: Kalevi Virta
Coordinator
Center for Health and Technology, Finland
 
Florian Visser, @lfvisser 
Project Manager
Stichting RijnmondNet / Zorgportaal Rijnmond, Netherlands
 
Ieva Vitola
Head of eHealth Division
Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia
 
Vita Vītola
Project Manager
Ventspils city social service, Latvia
 
Justin Whatling (Moderator)
Vice President
Population Health, Cerner, UK
 
Reiner Wichert
Head of Fraunhofer AAL Alliance
Fraunhofer, Germany
 
Petra Wilson, @PetraWilson11
CEO
International Diabetes Foundation, Belgium
 
Petra Wilson, @PetraWilson11
CEO
International Diabetes Federation, Belgium
 
Leonard Witkamp, @leonardwitkamp
Director
KSYOS TeleMedical Center, Netherlands
 
Martin Wrigley
European General Manager
Application Developers Alliance, Belgium
 
Peteris Zilgalvis, @PZilgalvis
Head of Unit eHealth and WellBeing
European Commission, Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies (DG CONNECT) Belgium
 
Moderator: Gottfried Zimmermann, @gdzimmermann
Professor of Mobile User Interaction
Stuttgart Media University, Germany
 


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