Speakers

Oslo University Hospital in Norway is one of Europe`s biggest emergency hospital with local, regional and national functions. It has over 20 000 employees. Oslo University Hospital is the result of merging three of the hospitals in Oslo in 2009, with activity at more than 40 locations in Oslo and surrounding areas. At the moment they are planning and building several new hospitals and buildings to bring the activities together in joint premises with new and modern facilities.

Responsible for providing healthcare to just short of 2 mn inhabitants. Gustaf has previously been chairman of the board at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, one of Sweden's and Europe's largest hospitals. He comes from a background as a senior management consultant focusing on public organizations and performance augmentation.

Manager of the "Pius Brînzeu" County Emergency Clinical Hospital in Timișoara, designated "Doctor of the Year" in the Romanian Healthcare Awards 2022 competition, Professor and Head of the Discipline of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at the "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, the President "Aurel Mogoşeanu" Association for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Timișoara.

His major scientific contributions are in the areas of (1) designing, running and evaluating (often large-scale) multidisciplinary population-based randomized controlled screening trials to establish the efficacy of screening, (2) evaluating active (inter-)national screening programs and clinical tests to establish effectiveness and (3) guiding public health policies on screening and primary prevention using predictions of favourable and unfavourable effects and the cost of interventions, based on micro-simulation modelling of the natural history of disease, risk-prediction modelling and cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses.

Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Université catholique de Louvain, de Duve Institute and Member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium. He is a Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences and of the Romanian Academy. He is an MD and PhD that has received postdoctoral training in molecular cell biology with Prof. Harvey F. Lodish at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA as a fellow of the Medical Foundation Boston and of the Anna Fuller Fund (1995-2000).

Dr. Fedorowski is a medical doctor, university professor and healthcare executive. He holds MD and PhD degrees, as well as an MBA in healthcare administration from academic institutions in Poland and the USA. His medical specializations are internal medicine, cardiology and managed care medicine. He was Chief of Medicine and medical executive board member at the University of Vermont Health Network hospital, Medical Director of Enel-Med. – a managed care company in Warsaw, President and CEO of Hospitals of Poland Inc. – a hospital management corporation, and Executive Board Member of a Polish subsidiary company of Hospitals Projectenwicklungsgenges Ltd. of Graz (Austria).

Frederic was active in several other national and international projects and initiatives dealing with technological innovation in the healthcare sector. He was also a member of the Advisory Board of CRETECS, an interdisciplinary Center of Expertise for Care Technology at VIVES University College, Bruges, Belgium and part of the Steering Committee that developed and started up a Professional Bachelor for Care Technology at VIVES, and currently still a member of the Permanent Education Committee for this BSc curriculum.

Johan Van Eldere is emeritus professor of microbiology at the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Hasselt. He is currently acting secretary-general of EUHA - European University Hospital Alliance.

Ms Giannico joined UEHP in July 2016. She is experienced in EU Affairs and EU funding programmes. Her professional background includes the collaboration with the Belgian-Italian Chamber of Commerce and the activity at Confindustria Delegation to the EU, working in close relationship with the EU institutions.

Peter is Market Leader Europe for Philips, which is comprised of all countries within Benelux, Central Eastern Europe, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH), France, Iberia, Italy, Israel, Greece, Nordics, and the UK & Ireland.​ ​Philips Europe Region brings together the diverse strengths of a multi-country network to execute on a shared commercial vision, whilst creating outstanding value to meet the unique local needs and circumstances of customers.