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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Special Event DetailsEU-US eHealth Marketplace - Day 1 of 2

Item Name Start Time Duration Webcast
Success Stories - NIMAC / ECHAlliance Announcements 10/23/2012 4:35 PM 00:35:00
European Initiatives - e.g. European Innovation Partnerships (Scope & Progress) 10/23/2012 4:15 PM 00:15:00
Funding Opportunities EU-US - Including HORIZON 2020 10/23/2012 2:45 PM 00:50:00
Connected Health, EU-US Research Capability, Collaborations & Vision to 2020 10/23/2012 2:45 PM 00:45:00
Breaking down the 'silos' to doing business 10/23/2012 1:00 PM 00:43:00
Innovation Through Legislation and Strategic Thinking 10/23/2012 11:15 AM 00:48:00
Integrated Care / Managed Care comparisons between US-EU 10/23/2012 11:15 AM 00:47:00
High performing, 21st Century Health Systems - what they really NEED, How can companies help? 10/23/2012 9:40 AM 00:32:00
Economic Opportunities created by EU-US cooperation 10/23/2012 9:15 AM 00:24:00
EU-US eHealth Marketplace Opening Remarks 10/23/2012 9:00 AM 00:12:00

NIMAC / ECHAlliance Welcome 9:00 AM

Speaker Title Presentation
Brian O'Connor Chair, European Connected Health Alliance  
Therese Murray President of the Massachusetts Senate  
Deval Patrick Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts  
Robert DeLeo Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives  

Economic Opportunities created by EU-US cooperation 9:10 AM

Speaker Title Presentation
Therese Murray (Moderator) President of the Massachusetts Senate  
Dr. Paul Timmers Director Sustainable & Secure Society, Directorate-General Communication Networks, Content and Technologies, European Commission PDF

High performing, 21st-Century Health Systems 9:40 AM

Speaker Title Presentation
Dr. Douglas B. Fridsma Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science and Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)  
Minister Edwin Poots Department of Health & Social Services for Northern Ireland  
Gregory Bialecki Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, MA, USA  

Integrated Care / Managed Care comparisons between US-EU 11:15 AM

Speaker Title Presentation
Ileana Welte (Moderator) Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Divisional Director PDF
Dr. Stella Clark Senior Medical Director NHS Scotland  
Dr. Joan Cornet CEO Ticsalut, Catalonia, Spain PDF
Marco Mohwinckel Partner, Janssen Healthcare Innovation, Johnson & Johnson  

Innovation through legislation and the strategic thinking! 11:15 AM

Speaker Title Presentation
Bleddyn Rees (Moderator) Wragge & Co London, UK PDF
David Seltz Special Advisor on Health Care Cost Containment, MA, USA  
J.D. Peteris Zilgalvis Head of Unit, European Commission PDF
Joseph Alviani VP, Government Affairs at Partners HealthCare System Inc USA  

Breaking down the 'silos' to doing business 1:00 PM

Speaker Title Presentation
Prof. Chris Taylor OBE (Moderator) UoM, Manchester Ecosystem, UK PDF
Dr. Andrew McCormick Permanent Secretary, Dept of Health & Social Services, Northern Ireland PDF
Pamela W. Goldberg CEO, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, USA  
Noora Jansson Director Business Oulu, Finland PDF
Dave Whitlinger Executive Director, New York eHealth Collaborative, USA  

Funding opportunities EU-US – including HORIZON 2020 2:45 PM

Speaker Title Presentation
William Boyles (Moderator) Exec Ed, iPlan Global Health Media Washington USA  
Minna Hendolin Director Life Science Industries, Tekes, Finland PDF
Susan Windham Bannister President, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, USA  
Dr. Paul Timmers Director Sustainable & Secure Society, Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technologies, European Commission PDF
Barry McBride Executive Director, International Business, Invest NI PDF

Connected Health, EU-US Research Capability, Collaboration & Vision to 2020 2:45 PM

Speaker Title Presentation
Prof. James McLaughlin OBE (Moderator) Director NIBEC, University of Ulster, N. Ireland PDF
Brian Caulfield Tril Centre, University College Dublin Ireland PDF
Katherine Luzuriaga Assoc Provost Global Health, & Director, UMass Medical School Center for Clinical and Translational Science, USA PDF
Dr. Laura Raimondo Vice President R&D operations of UPMC International Services & Managing Director UPMC Italy PDF

European Initiatives - e.g. European Innovation Partnerships (Scope & Progress) 4:15 PM

Speaker Title Presentation
Dr. Paul Timmers Director Sustainable & Secure Society, Directorate-General Communication Networks, Content and Technologies, European Commission  
J.D. Peteris Zilgalvis Head of Unit, European Commission  

Success Stories – NIMAC / ECHAlliance Announcements 4:35 PM

Speaker Title Presentation
Therese Murray President of the Massachusetts Senate  
Brian O'Connor Chair, European Connected Health Aliance/NIMAC