11 - 12 May 2015, Riga, Latvia.The mHealth Summit Europe will be opening eHealth Week like no other event, providing international thought leadership on how we can fulfil the mHealth promise with a focus on "Energizing the mHealth Agenda in Europe". The event addresses opportunities and challenges, as well as strategies for taking mHealth from pilots to true implementation.
mHealth Summit Europe speakers are (listed in ascending alphabetical order by last name):
- Helge T. Blindheim, Program Manager, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Norway
- George Crooks (Moderator), Medical Director, NHS 24, UK
- Paul De Raeve, Secretary General, European Federation of Nurses Associations, Belgium
- Javier Ferrero Alvarez-Rementeria, CIO, Andalusian Agency for Healthcare Quality, Spain
- Daniel Forslund, County Commissioner (FP), Stockholm County Council, Sweden
- Daniel Gottlieb, Attorney, Epstein Becker & Green P.C., Clinical Decision Support Coalition, USA
- Agneta Granström, County Council Commissioner, Norrbotten County Council, Sweden
- Jen Hyatt, CEO & Founder, Big White Wall, UK
- Ralf Jahns, Managing Director, research2guidance, Germany
- Lars Kalfhaus, Head of Roche Diabetes Care Iberia, Managing Director, Emminens Healthcare Services S.L., Spain
- Tony Kane (Moderator), Managing Partner, Tony Kane Consulting, UK
- Phil Leonard, Vice President and Lead Partner for EMEA, Philips Healthcare
- Martin D. Madaus, Chairman, CEO, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, USA
- Karina Marcus, Director of the Central Management Unit, Ambiant Assisted Living Program, Belgium
- Moderator: Horst Merkle, Director Information Management Systems, Diabetes Care, Roche Diagnostics
- Sophie Mestchersky, Director, European Policy and Government Affairs, Application Developers Alliance, Belgium
- Claus B. Nielsen, Vice Chair, Continua Europe
- Anne-Sophie Parent, Secretary General, Age Platform Europe, Belgium
- Jari Renko, Technical Director, CIO, Apotti Programme, Helsinki, Finland
- Meinhard Schmidt, CEO & Healthcare Executive, mt:onyx AG, Switzerland
- Henrik Sjöstrand, MobileFirst Architect, IBM, Sweden
- Hilla Uppenkamp (Moderator), Independent Business Consultant, BioTech, Germany
- Erik Vollebregt, Partner, Axon Lawyers, Netherlands
- Petra Wilson, CEO, International Diabetes Foundation, Belgium
- Cindy Wings, Projectmanager Resource, Mobilisation and Funding, Orbis Zorgconcern, The Netherlands
- Prof. Dr. Leonard Witkamp, Hospital Director, KSYOS TeleMedical Centre, The Netherlands
- Peteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit eHealth and WellBeing, DG Connect, European Commission, Belgium
For further information and detailed programme, please visit:
http://www.mhealthsummit.eu
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