1 March 2017, 10:30 - 12:30 AM
Room ASP 7H1 - European Parliament, Brussels
Programme
10:00 – 10:30 Registration & Accreditation
Meeting point: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) entrance from Place du Luxembourg
Chair: Lucie Robson – Senior Editor HealthManagement.org
10:30 – 10:50 Welcome address and keynote presentation
- MEP David Borrelli (Italy) EFDD Group – Co-founder of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients' Rights and Cross-Border Healthcare”
- Mariano Votta – Director of Active Citizenship Network
10:50 – 11:20 Towards a collaborative approach amongst NCPs, ERNs and patient organizations: exploring benefits and challenges of a joint cooperation
- Enrique Terol – European Commission - Cross-Border Healthcare & eHealth Unit
- Catherine Donohoe – Irish National Contact Point
- Simona Coroi, Andreea Gărăiacu – Romanian National Contact Point
11:20 – 11:30 First assessment of the European communication campaign “Patients’ rights have no borders”
- Sonia Belfiore – Project Manager European Affairs, Active Citizenship Network
11:30 – 12:20 Experiences & perspective concerning collaborations in cross-border healthcare. Proposals on how to cooperate efficiently with the other relevant stakeholders
- Zsuzsa Almasi – Romanian National Alliance for Rare Diseases (RONARD)
- François Houÿez – Treatment Information and Access Director EURORDIS
- Ilaria Giannico – Secretary General UEHP (European Union of Private Hospitals)
- Magdalena Rutkowska – President of Medical Travel Partner
12:20 – 12:30 Debate & closing remarks
