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Global Health Connector Summit

The first Global Health Connector Partnership Summit will take place in Boston M.A during the HLTH 2021 Conference and Expo hybrid event, 17 - 20 October 2021.

The Summit will be hosted on Wednesday 20 October 2021 from 09:00 to 12:00 EDT.

The Global Health Connector Partnership reflects a determined commitment of existing organisations to improve health and care for citizens worldwide through the appropriate use of digital technologies in the provision of health and care services.
Participating organisations of the Global Health Connector Partnership from Africa, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, UK and the USA, will be able to pursue solutions to shared problems and discover areas of work via aligned strategic goals for further cost efficiency, reduced risk, and less effort.

Outline Agenda

GHCP: A global partnership for the Digital Transformation of Health across the world

9:00 – 9:10

Introduction

  • Brian O’Connor, Chair at ECHAlliance
  • Rich Scarfo, President at HLTH

9:10 – 9:55

A Global Partnership to support Digital Health Communities across the world

MODERATOR: Brian O’Connor, Chair at ECHAlliance

  • Julien Venne, Board Director at ECHAlliance (Europe)
  • Ann Mond Johnson, CEO at American Telemedicine Association (USA)
  • Amit Thakker, Executive Chairman at Africa Health Federation (Africa)
  • Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Founder at Health Parlament (India)
  • Vajira Dissanayake, Chair at CWCDC (Commonwealth)

9:55 – 10:35

Creating Digital Health Ecosystems

MODERATOR: Andy Bleaden, ECHAlliance Community Director

  • Karen Lindegaard, Senior Consultant, Internationalisation and Cluster Excellence Welfare Tech (South Denmark)
  • Susan Feitoza, Research Partnership Manager, RMIT University (Australia)
  • Alejandra Garcia, Subdirectora de Innovación en CENS – Centro Nacional en Sistemas de información en Salud (Chile)
  • Oomen John, Senior Research Fellow, George Institute India (India)

10:35 – 11:15

A Health Data Revolution? What do Industry, Investors, Government, Clinicians and Researchers make of it?

MODERATOR: Bleddyn Rees, Chair at the Digital Health Society

  • Dipak Kalra, President, European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (I~HD) (Belgium)
  • George Margelis, Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (Australia)
  • Tobias Silberzahn, Partner at McKinsey & Company (Germany)
  • Hannu Hamalainen, Senior Advisor at Sitra (Finland)

11:15 – 11:45

Developing Digital Health Skills Around the World

MODERATOR: George Crooks, CEO at Digital Health & Care Institute

  • Mevish Vaishnav, COO, Health Parliament (India)
  • Kerryn Butler-Henderson, Director Digital Health, RMIT University (Australia)
  • Chinny Ogunro, Senior Director in Health Technology (USA)

11:45 – 11:50

Joining the dots

  • Rich Scarfo, President at HLTH
  • Beatriz Sanz, ECHAlliance Communication Director

11:50 – 12:00

Conclusions

  • Brian O’Connor, Chair at ECHAlliance

Speakers

Kerryn Butler-Henderson

Professor and Director of Digital Health at RMIT University
Australia

George Crooks

CEO at Digital Health & Care Institute
UK

Vajira Dissanayake

Chairman at Commonwealth Health Professionals and Partners Alliance
Commonwealth

Susan Feitoza

Research Partnership Manager at RMIT University
Australia

Alejandra Garcia

Subdirectora de Innovación en CENS
Chile

Hannu Hamalainen

Senior Advisor at Sitra
Finland

Oomen John

Senior Research Fellow at George Institute India
India

George Margelis

Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council
Australia

Ann Mond Johnson

CEO at American Telemedicine Association
USA

Dipak Kalra

President, European Institute for Innovation through Health Data
UK

Karen Lindegaard

Senior Consultant, Internationalisation and Cluster Excellence Welfare Tech
Denmark

Brian O'Connor

Chair at ECHAlliance
UK

Chinny Ogunro

Senior Director at Health Technology
USA

Prof. Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Founder of Health Parliament
India

Bleddyn Rees

Chair at The Digital Health Society
UK

Rich Scarfo

President at HLTH
USA

Tobias Silberzahn

Partner at McKinsey & Company
Germany

Dr Amit N. Thakker

Executive Chairman at Africa Health Business
Africa

Mevish Vaishnav

COO at Health Parliament
India

Julien Venne

Director at The Digital Health Observatory
France

About HLTH

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Registration

ECHAlliance members have special discounted registration, contact [email protected]