- Park Plaza Victoria, London


The Economist Group’s new flagship healthcare event, The Global Healthcare Summit saw 250 senior healthcare decision-makers from across the globe debating questions such as these to gain a global perspective on the issues facing healthcare.
Anne McElvoy, Public Policy Editor, The Economist & Charlotte Howard, Healthcare Correspondent, The Economist chaired the summit, to steer the debate and bring the best out of speakers and panelists.
The World Health Organization ran two panels on the second afternoon of the summit. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director for Europe, World Health Organization gave the keynote address.
In addition to the live event it was broadcast live online across the morning sessions of both days. To view any of these sessions you will need to register here.
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• Addressing tomorrow's healthcare challenges: a government perspective
• Prevention is better than cure - how do we prove it?
• Visions for the future of healthcare and how we're going to pay for it
• Policy and propaganda - creating the healthy citizen
• Transforming healthcare through technology and innovative thinking
High level speakers that joined us included:
- Judith Salerno, Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
- Lord Nigel Crisp, Member of the House of Lords, UK Parliament
- Yvonne Greenstreet MD, Senior Vice-president, Medicines Development, Pfizer
- Unni Karunakara, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières
- Mubashar Sheikh, Executive Director, Global Health Workforce Alliance
- Mark Pearson, Head of Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Peter Boyle, President, International Prevention Research Institute


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| 08.15 | REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 09.00 | CHAIR'S INTRODUCTION Anne McElvoy, Public Policy Editor, The Economist |
| 09.10 | ADDRESSING TOMORROW'S HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES: A governmental perspective Stephen Spielberg, Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco, FDA Shiro Konuma, Director of Global Health Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Session chair: Anne McElvoy and Charlotte Howard, The Economist |
| 10.30 | NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 11.00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Visions for the future of healthcare - and how we're going to pay for it Unni Karunakara, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières Neville Koopowitz, Chief Executive, PruHealth Mark Pearson, Head of Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Session chair: Charlote Howard, Healthcare Correspondent, The Economist |
| 12.00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Creating new models for integrated care Ajay Bakshi, Chief Executive Officer and President, Max Healthcare Institute Anil Kapur, Managing Director, World Diabetes Foundation Judith Salerno, Leonard D Shaeffer Executive Officer, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Session chair: Charlote Howard, Healthcare Correspondent, The Economist |
| 13.00 | QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION |
| 13.15 | LUNCH |
| 14.15 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS/EXECUTIVE BRIEFING SESSIONS |
| 15.30 | NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 15.50 | TOP-LINE FINDINGS FROM EXECUTIVE BRIEFING SESSIONS Anne McElvoy, Public Policy Editor, The Economist Iain Scott, Senior Strategic Analyst, Global Life Sciences Center, Ernst & Young Nick Seddon, Deputy Director, Reform Session chair: Charlotte Howard, Healthcare Correspondent, The Economist |
| 16.20 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Creating a unified vision Lord Nigel Crisp, Member of the House of Lords |
| 16.50 | CHAIR'S DAY ONE CLOSING REMARKS |
| 16.55 | DRINKS RECEPTION |
| 08.15 | REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 09.00 | CHAIR'S RECAP OF FIRST DAY AND INTRODUCTION TO DAY TWO |
| 09.10 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Policy and propaganda - creating the healthy citizen Peter Boyle, President, International Prevention Research Institute; Founder and President, World Prevention Alliance |
| 10.30 | NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 11.00 | PANEL: Transforming healthcare through technology and innovative thinkingDennis Gillings CBE, Chairman, Quintiles Yvonne Greenstreet MD, Senior Vice-president, Head of Medicines Development, Pfizer Specialty Care Business Unit, Pfizer |
| 12.30 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Facing future challenges for global healthcare Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director for Europe, World Health Organization |
| 13.00 | CHAIR'S REMARKS AND CLOSE OF SUMMIT |
| 13.10 | LUNCH |
| 14.15 | HEALTH 2020: THE NEW EUROPEAN POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING Health 2020 - involving the whole of government and society to tackle health determinants Moderator: Agis Tsouros, Head of Policy, Cross-cutting issues and Regional Director's Special Projects, WHO Regional Office for Europe Mathias Wismar, Senior Health Policy Analayst, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Bosse Petersen, International Public Health Consultant and former Deputy Director, General Public Health Sweden Peter Goldblatt, Deputy Director, Institute of Health Equity, University College London Supported by the World Health Organization |
| 15.30 | NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 15.55 | HEALTH 2020: THE NEW EUROPEAN POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING Health 2020 - strengthening public health to address health system sustainability Moderator: Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policy David McDaid, Research Fellow in Health Policy and Health Economics, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the London School of Economics and Political Science Professor Helmut Brand, Professor of European Public Health, Maastricht University, Netherlands; President, Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Matthew Jowett, Acting Head, WHO Office for Health System Strengthening in Barcelona Supported by the World Health Organization |
| 16.45 | CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS |
| 16.50 | CLOSE OF EVENT |
The Global Healthcare Summit 2012 will be held on November 29th - 30th 2012 at Park Plaza Victoria London, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EQ
Ajay Bakshi, Chief Executive Officer and President, Max Healthcare Institute
Peter Boyle, President; Founder and President, International Prevention Research Institute; World Prevention Alliance
John Chave, Secretary General, Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
Lord Nigel Crisp, Member, House of Lords
John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, European Commission
Mark Davies, Executive Medical Director, Health and Social Care Information Centre
Dennis Gillings, Chairman, Quintiles
Yvonne Greenstreet, Senior Vice-president, Head of Medicines Development, Pfizer Specialty Care Business Unit, Pfizer
Anil Kapur, Managing Director, World Diabetes Foundation
Unni Karunakara, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières
Dave Kirchhoff, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director, Weight Watchers International
Monika Kosińska, Secretary General, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
Kgosi Letlape, President, Africa Medical Association
Itzik Lichtenfeld, Co-founder and Chief of Analytics, Treato
Anne McElvoy, Public Policy Editor, The Economist
Mark Pearson, Head of Health Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Judith Salerno, Leonard D Schaeffer Executive Officer, The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Ben Sawyer, President and Founder, Digitalmill and Games for Health
Iain Scott, Senior Strategic Analyst, Global Life Sciences Centre, Ernst & Young
Jeffrey Burns, Chief of The Division, Associate Professor and Program Director, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Stephen Spielberg, Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Mukesh Chawla, Head of Knowledge Management in the Human Development Network (HDN), The World Bank
Rifat Atun, Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College London
Charlotte Howard, Healthcare Correspondent, The Economist
Carolyn Miller, Chief Executive, Merlin
Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director of the Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization
Nick Seddon, Deputy Director, Reform
Martin Burton, Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, Director, Finance, UK Cochrane Centre
Neville Koopowitz, Chief Executive Officer, PruHealth
Shiro Konuma, Director of Global Health Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, European Commission
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Park Plaza Victoria London
The Global Healthcare Summit will take place at:
Park Plaza Victoria London
239 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 1EQ
Tel: +44 844 415 6750
The four star, deluxe Park Plaza Victoria London hotel is situated within walking distance of Victoria Train, Coach, Bus and Underground stations, providing an excellent transportation link to Heathrow and Gatwick.
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239 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
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