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 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

George Crooks

Vajira Dissanayake

Susan Feitoza

Alejandra Garcia

Hannu Hamalainen

Oomen John

George Margelis

Ann Mond Johnson

Dipak Kalra

Karen Lindegaard

Brian O'Connor

Chinny Ogunro

Prof. Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Bleddyn Rees

Rich Scarfo

Tobias Silberzahn

Dr Amit N. Thakker

Mevish Vaishnav

Julien Venne
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