May 3rd 2016, 16:30 - 18:30
Room ASP A7H1 - European Parliament, Brussels
Interpreting available (IT - EN)
Programme
16:00 - 16:30 Registration & Accreditation
Meeting point: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) entrance from Place du Luxembourg
Chair:Stephen McMahon - Irish Patients Association
16:30 - 16:50 Welcome address and keynote presentation
- MEP David Borrelli (Italy) - Co-Chair of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (Italy) and co-founder of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients' Rights and Cross-Border Healthcare”
- Mariano Votta - Director of Active Citizenship Network
16:50 - 17:30 What happens to citizens travelling abroad for treatments?
- Jo Maes - European Patients Empowerment for Customised Solutions, Netherlands
- Gábor Pogány - Hungarian Patient Forum, president of the Hungarian Federation of People with Rare and Congenital Diseases Network (HUFERDIS), Hungary
- Maria-Louisa Busuttil - Malta Health Network, Malta
- Aurélien Perez - European Commission - Cross-Border Healthcare & eHealth Unit
17:30 - 17:40 Presentation and official launch of the European communication campaign
- Sonia Belfiore - Project Manager, Active Citizenship Network
17:40 - 18:20 To what risks do patients expose themselves? How to recognize them? Who should they contact?
- Paul Vincke - Managing Director of European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network
- Lore Aerts - SOLVIT case handler
- Catherine Donohoe - Irish National Contact Point
- Jean-Luc Laffineur - European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), Belgium
18:20 - 18:30 Debate & closing remarks
- MEP Therese ComodiniCachia (Malta) - Group of the European People's Party and member of the Interest Group
- Antonio Gaudioso, Secretary General Cittadinanzattiva, Italy
