Gian Luigi Albano is Head of Division at Consip, the National Central Purchasing Body, Italy, and Adjunct Professor of Economics at University LUISS “G. Carli.” He is the co-author of "The Law and Economics of Framework Agreements - Designing Flexible Solutions for Public Procurement" (Cambridge University Press, 2016) as well as Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Procurement. His current interests comprise tender design for achieving Social Value for Money and “global” framework agreements. Dr. Albano is also an expert on public procurement for the European Commission, the Inter-American Development Bank, the OECD, the OSCE, the World Bank and the UN.

Andy is the Communities Director for ECHAlliance – the Global Health Connector where he has built a large network of 70+ Global Digital Health Ecosystems, 12 thematic innovation ecosystems and a Membership Community of 930 Health organisations.
He has a long career in health and social care and funding going back over 30 years starting in the mental health field working with mentally disordered offenders, homeless young people, regeneration, economic development and social care, dementia and robotics.
Alongside this Andy has worked for the European Commission and European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) on both Health and Manufacturing programmes. 

I am an experienced sales leader, strategist and revenue builder with a proven ability to motivate and develop employees in building high performance sales teams and supporting product portfolios. I excel at developing strategies to win new business in the medical device industry.

I am a dynamic, confident and articulate seller who can interact effectively at all levels of the organization, with great management skills and experience with working directly with senior stakeholders.

Anders coordinates the chemical management in Region Västra Götaland from the aspects of health and environmental protection. His work involves setting up and evaluating demands in procurement, and educating employees about the safe management of hazardous chemicals. Anders has been involved in risk assessments of hazardous chemicals for over 15 years and initiated the National Substitution Group (NSG) in Sweden where he is still active. He is employed by the occupational health service of the Region and is also involved in promoting healthy lifestyles for a sustainable future.

Degree in Economics and Business Administration.
Purchasing and Logistics Coordinator at Catalan Health and Social Care Consortium.
Previously, he has been Purchasing director in Manresa General Hospital, Mataró Hospital and Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Hospital 

Licensed in Law at the University of Barcelona (1990). Master’s degree in Tax and Financial Law at the University of Barcelona (1994); Master’s degree in Catalan Law at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1995); Executive Master in Public Administration at ESADE Barcelona (2004); and Diploma in Managerial Function in Local Administrations at ESADE (2003)
Head of the Technical Secretary of the Advisory Board for Administrative Contracts of the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya) from July 2005 to May 2017. Since November 2021: General Director of Public Procurement of Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia

Professor Mario Comba is Professor of Public Comparative Law at the University of Turin (Italy), where he teaches Comparative Economic Law and Comparative Public Law. Published extensively in the field of comparative public procurement, Professor Comba has just published a book edited with Carina Halonen on ‘Central purchasing bodies in Europe’. Professor Comba is also former president of SCR Piemonte SpA (the central purchasing body of the Regione Piemonte) and the EHPPA association, and a member of the Council of the European Law Institute.

Vincent Delke is finalizing his Ph.D. project at the University of Twente in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Münster. He focuses on the development of procurement professional skills and suitable education methods to train these skills. Within his research, he especially addresses the impact of the changing business environment on these competencies. The current digitalization toward Industry 4.0 and increasing concerns for sustainability alter professional competence profiles. His fields of expertise are based on outstanding experience within the manufacturing industry and great knowledge in public procurement.

Professor of microbiology at the KU Leuven and coordinator of international relations at the UZLeuven. After medical studies and PhD research at the KULeuven, he was a research fellow at Oxford University. He specialised in medical microbiology and hospital management. He was head of the department of Laboratory Medicine and the department of Pathology at UZLeuven. In 2014 he became medical director and member of the governing board. In 2018 he became coordinator of international connections and steering committee member for EUHA. He was and is chairman of national and international organisations in microbiology, reviewer for international journals and author of over 150 scientific papers.

Degree in Law, University Autonoma in Barcelona (Spain), 1986.
Diploma in European Community Law. College Europa in Bruges (Belgium), 1987
PDG (General Management Program) in IESE, Barcelona (Spain), 2003

Jordi Faus has been working as a lawyer since 1987. In 1997 he founded Faus & Moliner, a law firm specialised in dealing with legal issues related to the pharmaceutical industry and other companies operating in the "life sciences" sector.
 

Collaborate. Innovate. Transform.

I am a visionary health humanist believing in co-creation and collaboration when it comes to sustainable health innovation. Seeing myself as an agent of change, I am the connecting element to promote global partnerships in health. Together with selected partners, I foster the creation of (digital) health ecosystems in a collaborative environment to promote innovation in health and work towards the Sustainable Development Goals by increasing access and affordable health and care.

I believe in humanizing global health and care through collaboration by creating valuable health ecosystems. 

Arianna leads the Circular Healthcare Programme at HCWH Europe with the goal of ensuring European health systems drive markets towards toxic-free products that conserve finite resources, minimise waste and contribute to an ethical supply chain and circular economy. She manages a portfolio of projects as well as overseeing the implementation of an EU advocacy strategy related to public procurement, circular economy and sustainable supply chains.

Neurologist and Health Economics expert, Dr Paul GARASSUS is UEHP President (Union of European Private Hospitals) since 2015. Major actions are centred on quality and efficiency in healthcare, enhancing interactions with policy makers and academics. As Member of BIAC (OECD Business and Industry Advisory Committee) the goal is to include civil society in systemic views and challenges for new regulatory states perpsectives in a positive debate.

Pharm D, PhD. and Master’s Degree in Public Health.
Assistant professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy at Barcelona University.
From 2000 to March 2017: Responsible of Pharmacy and Medicines in the Catalan Health Service. Government of Catalonia.
From April 2017 to June 2021: Director of Pharmacy and Medicines in the Catalan Health and Social Care Consortium.
From July 2021: Director of Innovation and Partnership in the Catalan Health and Social Care Consortium.
 

Jorge Gonzalez is the Director of TICBioMed, a Spanish association that promotes open innovation in the Health sector. He is also a Procure for Health dissemination partner.

To support healthcare organizations to succeed in the PreCommercial Procurement by setting up open market consultations, communication and exploitation. Among others, in the EC funded projects eCare, HS Monitor or InCareHeart. 

The cluster has also proposed the InDemand model, an alternative approach to test demand-driven co-creation innovation that is faster and cheaper than PCP. 

Ticbiomed leads the communication within the Procure4Health project, an EU Healthcare Procurement Network launched in 2022. 

Ingmar de Gooijer has worked with and in the healthcare industry around the globe since 2000. He currently supports individuals and organisations in the role of a sounding board and moderates conversations.

Danny Havenith is graduated as Master of Business Administration in 1992 from the HEC-Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Liège/Belgium. He obtained his diplomas in Controlling (1999 Controller Academy Munich) and Master in Management and Health Policy (2010 KUL Leuven). Working in Company Management for 25 years, he started in the finance, administration and quality management of a logistics company.
After years of management in printing and press companies, he changed into the health sector. He became CEO of the private St. Nikolaus Hospital for ten years until begin 2018.
He is currentliy general manager of MercurHosp, the central procurement office of Wallonian and Brussels Hospitals in Namur / Belgium and independent manager in several companies.
In 2019, he was congress chairman of the Congress EAHM2019 of European Hospital Managers, until 2020 member of Board of Belgian Association of Hospital Directors and since 2021 chairman of EHPPA.

Neil Hind is an experienced programme management procurement professional being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply. He also holds an MBA from the University of Liverpool.
He is currently consulting on Net Zero for Carbon & Social Value Projects for NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care . Before this he was the chair of the NW PPE & Consumables Cell for NHS England supporting the pandemic response.
He has previously held the roles of the Head of Procurement for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and was Head of Procurement at NHS England whilst implementing a new Commercial and Procurement team. 

I have worked with SCM, especially production planning and Sales and Operation Planning, for 25 year in the pharmacutical industry. In March 2020 I was involved with establishing, and later maintaining, a process for procurement to a national safety warehouse covering all drugs used in danish hospitals. 

Lieke co-founded FLOOW2, global leader in providing Sharing Marketplace solutions for organizations, networks and sectors to share equipment, services, facilities, knowledge and skills within or between organizations.
Lieke has a professional background in healthcare, with a PhD in medicine and over 10 years experience in several managerial and organizational positions in healthcare organizations in The Netherlands and abroad. She experienced first-hand how much organizations can benefit from sharing their assets, in the first place financially, but certainly also socially and environmentally. With FLOOW2, founded in 2012, she is driving the global change towards a circular economy with a practical and hands-on tool.

As an interim executive, my expertise goes to building and growing strong, effective and efficient teams. My preferred habitat are midsize to large international organizations. My preferred assignments are change- and crisis-management programs.

As a mentor, I help professionals determine and focus on their goals, and unlock their potential to maximize their own performance and reach those goals.

Louise Knight (FCIPS) is a Full Professor at the University of Twente (NL). Here research and education activities focus on procurement's strategic and policy roles in promoting innovation and supporting sustainability transitions, especially from the point of view of public and non-profit contracting authorities and healthcare providers. Recent work includes: competition and markets, and the long term (un)affordability of healthcare; procurement and 'business-not-as usual'; dynamic capabilities of 'born sustainable' firms; innovative and responsible public procurement and urban transitions; learning from the Covid-19 pandemic for reliable and resilient healthcare procurement in future crises. (See https:scholar.google.co.uk; most are open access; the rest available on request). Louise is in her seventh and final year of serving as Co-Editor in Chief of the (academic) Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.

Doctor Karsten Machholz is Professor for Supply Chain Management and Strategic Procurement at the University of Applied Sciences, Wuerzburg Schweinfurt (Germany). He is also Chairman of the Global Advisory Board and Scientific Advisor for Akirolabs, member of the Advisory Board at XMED iQ, and CEO/Founder of CPO Consulting. Besides this he acts as an Ambassador of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge and has been awarded as one of the Top 10 Procurement Influencers in 2020.

Executive with a broad range of skills in strategy, technology, operations, and sales and principally focussed on digital transformation in Government and Healthcare sectors in Western Europe. 

MSc in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC), Executive Master in Public Administration. He holds a Diploma of Advances Studies in innovation and research management. Ramon has more than ten years’ experience in hospital and medical innovation and more than twenty years of experience in international funded research projects, mainly EU projects.
He has held positions as Deputy Secretary of Strategy at Catalan Ministry of health from 2004 to 2009, as Scientific Director of Fundació Parc de Salut for 6 years, as Strategics Project Unit Director of Biocat for 4 years, as Strategic Planning Director of Granollers City Council for 6 years, and as Director of IALE Tecnologia, a spin-off company of Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC) for 10 years.
Chief Innovation Officer (CINO), Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS)
Chief Health Innovation Strategist , Catalan Ministry of Health
(AQuAS)

Consulting in Healthcare with diverse topics like Operational Excellence, Value Based Healthcare, Clinical Pathway designing and optimization, Planning and Scheduling, Market demand & supply assessment, Layout Planning in hospital facilities & Project management.

Experience with business case calculations for varied partnership models between healthcare settings and medicine device industry.

Extensive knowledge regarding the German Healthcare system.

Degree in Law at University of Wien
Partner and Head of Public Law in Dorda Rechsanwälte
Associate Professor for Public Law Wien University

Success driven individual with strong commercial acumen, combining excellent skills in management and business development in life sciences, engineering and biomedicine in R&D and in clinical translation. Significant experience in developing successful “start-up” in the MedTech sector in Europe.

• Co-Founder and CEO of Vornia Limited - NUI Galway Spin Out Company
•  IP assessment and licensing technologies from Higher Education Institutions
•  Oversaw successful implementation and certification of ISO13485 at Vornia
•  Successful negotiation and sale of Vornia to Chinese consortium after 4 years
•  Lead role in obtaining 6 EU FP7 Project Grant funds
•  Management / Reporting of Grant funding totalling approx. €3m
•  Managed Vornia from 0 staff to 16 staff (9 Full Time and 6 Part Time) 

Fabian Rosenwick is Customer Advisor for Strategic Customers at Amazon Business, responsible for Pharma & Healthcare and the Financials Industry. Fabian himself has Procurement experience, implemented e-Procurement solutions and worked as an independent consultant for mid-size companies. In most of his business life in Essen, Cologne, Barcelona and London he spend energy on Project Management, Change Management, Digital Transformation, Strategy and Business Development – always in an international environment and benefitting from his business coaching skills.

Mathematician with more than 30 years of professional career devoted to improve public administration services, from different positions and visions: in Catalan Public Government Agencies, consultancy firms and service providers companies. For more than 10 years she is focused in innovation for the healthcare sector. From 2019, Caterina is coordinating Public Procurement of Innovation projects at Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona. With a broad experience in Public Procurement of Innovation and Value-Based Healthcare models she has participated in Innovation projects either at European, Regional and Hospital Level. He is also advisor for the Catalan Ministry of Economy in promoting Innovation through Public procurement. Now he is Coordinator for Public Procurement of Innovation at Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona 

Hulda holds a MSc/MA degree in Environmental Science from University of Gothenburg, School of business, economics and laws, Sweden, with special emphasis on CSR and Environmental Management.
She has led the environmental work at Landspitali hospital since 2015, with focus on various projects including climate work, waste management, sustainable transports, minimizing impacts from anaesthesic gases, green public procurement and empowering employees. Resulting in a number of awards; the latest in 2020 Climate award from Reykjavik City and Festa – Center for Sustainability respective HCWH Climate Challenge Award.  
Hulda is a specialist in the fields of management plans and implementation, environmental and quality issues, corporate social responsibility, green public procurement and empowerment strategies and has assisted multiple number of organizations in CSR and Climate work.

Dr. Klaas Stek is an Assistant Professor in Purchasing and Supply Management and Public Procurement. He is the manager of EL-IPS, the European Lab for Innovative Purchasing and Supply at the University of Twente. The main focus of his research is on effective competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) for purchasers and procurers, and how to train them. Dr. Stek has been involved in multiple European projects on sustainable purchasing and supply and the implications of Industry 4.0; the relationship with public procurement and small and medium-sized entreprises.

A delivery driven Procurement and Supply Chain leader with 19 years management consulting experience, responsible for delivering significant benefits through effective stakeholder management and sound project management skills.

A Prince2 practitioner able to implement the appropriate governance to ensure change is delivered; a proven record of benefits delivery across complex markets with complex stakeholder groups spanning many discrete organisations across the Private and Public Sector specialising in the health service.

A member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) I have spent the last 20+ years in the procurement field. Moving from manufacturing and materials management to logistics and consultancy.

Thomas D. Szucs is Professor and Director of the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine at the University of Basel. He is also Professor of Medical Economics at the University of Zurich and Honorary Professor at the Peking University. He has an MD from the University of Basel, an MBA from the University of St. Gallen, an MPH from Harvard University, an LL.M. from the University of Zurich, and a Doctorate in Law from the Private University of Liechtenstein. Thomas is specialized in Pharmaceutical Medicine and Preventive Medicine. He is also a clinician in genomic medicine co-directs Genomic Medicine in the Hirslanden Hospital Group.

Ivan Tomka studied interdisciplinary sciences at ETH Zurich and received his PhD in physical chemistry in the field of magnetic resonance. Since 2014 Ivan Tomka has worked for Helsana Insurance Company . There he has built up an interdisciplinary team (data science, medicine, law, negotiation strategies) fighting for fair healthcare prices by data-driven transparency. Ivan Tomka worked in different departments of the Service & Product Division where he has developed a broad and deep expertise in health insurance (medical billing, service purchasing to tariff rate calculation). 

Experienced in International Sales/Marketing & Business Development with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. Strong International business professional. Excellent in Marketing/Relationship/Event Management & Market research. 

Dr. Vos works as an Assistant Professor in Public, Health & Industrial Procurement at the University of Twente. Next to his main work, he is Treasurer / Executive Committee member of the International Purchasing, Supply Education & Research Association (IPSERA), part of the member council of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Inkoopmanagement (NEVI), Associate Editor of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (JPSM), chairman of the faculty council BMS of the University of Twente, public procurement consultant, and co-founder of the serious game company suPlay. His areas of expertise include supplier resource allocation, public & healthcare procurement, and digitalization/Industry 4.0. 

Jonathan has an extensive background in Healthcare and Procurement, as Commercial Director for West Midlands Health Authority, Chief Executive of Healthcare Purchasing Consortium and as Chief Executive of Health Trust Europe.  Jonathan joined Genmed as the Chairman before transitioning to the position of Chief Executive in 2019.  Along with his many years of experience at senior level within the NHS, Jonathan is an experienced Chief Executive, Chairman and Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the managed services, information technology and services industry.