Program

May 25 - Day 1

Morning sessions

Afternoon sessions

  • Auditorium
  • Forum
  • Emerald Room
  • G102
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  • eHealth

    eHealth urgency: industry, professional and patient perspectives

    G102
    14:00 - 15:30 hrs.

    The role and responsibilities of the stakeholders in the health domain, based on confidence that eHealth is crucial for creating accessible, good quality health care. How do patients look at the future when it comes to their role in keeping as healthy as possible with the use of IT? What is the contribution of global enterprises, in relation to social issues? And what is the importance of a more individual approach to prevention and treatment of illnesses by making use of population data?

    Opening

    Welcome to eHealth

    Mrs. Drs. Marijke van Hees

    Track Leader eHealth WCIT2010

    Marijke van Hees (1961) graduated at the Twente University in Public Administration in 1990 and works as an entrepreneur since 2002. In close cooperation with several public and private stakeholders she organizes innovation programs in the public domain, health care and public security in particular.

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    Welcome Speech

    How patients look at the future when it comes to IT

    Mrs. Helene Richardsson

    Past Chair User eHealth Stakeholder Group

    Helene Richardsson has held many speeches at both national as well as international conferences about eGovernment and eHealth and has for the last three years served as a chair for the eHealth Users Stakeholder Group.

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    Keynote Speech

    Societal issues and the contribution of global enterprises

    Mr. Dr. Bill Crounse

    Senior Director Worldwide Health Microsoft

    Bill Crounse, MD, is Senior Director, Worldwide Health for the Microsoft Corporation. He is responsible for providing worldwide thought leadership, vision, and strategy for Microsoft technologies and solutions in the healthcare provider industry.

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    Keynote Speech

    Emerging infrastructures for cure

    Mr. Prof. Dr. Daan W. Hommes

    Chair Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; projectleader National ICC Biobank Leiden University Medical Center

    Prof. Daniel Hommes, a medical specialist by training, has pioneered new infrastructures for healthcare in the Netherlands. In 2004 he initiated ‘The National Warehouse for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)’, merging disease specific datamodels with nationwide biobanks.

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    Mr. Mark A. Rubin MD

    The Homer T. Hirst Professor of Oncology in Pathology New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

    Dr. Rubin is an expert in prostate cancer translational research.

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    Wrap-up

    Chairwoman

    Mrs. Helene Richardsson

    Past Chair User eHealth Stakeholder Group

    Helene Richardsson has held many speeches at both national as well as international conferences about eGovernment and eHealth and has for the last three years served as a chair for the eHealth Users Stakeholder Group.

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  • Please note that the preliminary program can be subject to change.