Past Events

  HOPE is supporting the organisation of FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum next workshop on “REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: Scientific Advances and Regulatory Framework in Europe”. The event will be held on 27 November 2019 in Brussels (Palace des Academies, Salle Roi Baudouin). For more info about the workshop click here >> Draft programme >> Registration form >>    

HOPE co-organised a joint post-election event “The EU health debate 2019-2024: Health Champions Wanted!” on 9 October 2019 between 18h30 and 20h30 at the European Parliament, Brussels. What are the main health policy challenges for the EU? How can the EU promote high quality and sustainable healthcare for all? These and other challenges require EU action and health champions in the European Parliament. With our event we hoped to bring together committed MEPs with the health community to discuss how to take next steps…

HOPE joins the organisation of the 19th International Conference on Integrated Care which will take place in San Sebastian, the Basque Region, from 1-3 April 2019. The overarching theme of the 19th International Conference is ‘Evaluating and implement models of integrated people-centred services’, and will specifically focus on the areas of: -Integrated health and social care for people at home -Engaging and empowering people and communities to become equal partners in care -Creating shared cultures, norms and values across organisations, professionals and…

When? Thursday 18 October 2018, 9:00 – 16:30 Where? ICAB – Business & Technology Incubator, Rue des Pères Blancs 4, 1040 Brussels Free registration In reaction to the significant demographic and epidemiological transition that is taking place in Europe, digital innovation has quickly emerged as a solution to develop new and more integrated care models. By strengthening prevention and patient-centred care, digital health technologies can relieve the economic burden on our healthcare systems and increase healthy life years expectancy. Through the empowerment of…

The event will explore what pragmatic steps can be taken by EU decision-makers to ensure patients and public health are not forgotten during the Article 50 negotiations, regardless of how the talks progress. It will consider what can be done to ensure public health and health security are prioritised during those talks. This event has been organised by 18 EU-level health organisations who have come together to ensure that the needs of patients are prioritised during the Brexit negotiations, and…

The annual International Conference on Health Promoting hospitals and Health Services (HPH) is the main event of the international HPH network. It is a forum of learning and exchange on health promotion in and by health services for health practitioners, consultants, scientists and politicians and hosts 500 delegates on average every year. The 2018 edition will be held in Bologna (Italy) from 6 to 8 June 2018 and will focus on the main theme "Health promotion strategies to achieve change:…

HOPE joins the organisation of the 18th International conference on Integrated Care “Value for People and Populations: Investing in Integrated Care”. The event is organised by the International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC) in partnership with RIVM and Vilans and will take place in the NBC Congrescentrum, Utrecht, Netherlands 23 – 25 May 2018.   The conference will bring together researchers, clinicians and managers from around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and…

The European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE) is an official Partner of the 9th European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD 2018) to be held at the Wien Messe Exhibition & Congress Center in Vienna, Austria from 10 to 12 May 2018. The ninth edition of this important conference for the rare disease community will be organised by EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe, a non-profit alliance of over 700 rare disease patient organisations from more than 60 countries that work…

On 10 and 11 April 2018, HOPE organises a study tour in Copenhagen (Denmark) to present the Danish way in quality and health care to senior healthcare professionals, managers and policy makers. The Hope Study Tour will provide the participant with an understanding of the current work and visions for changes in Denmark, and the possibility to discuss the developments with peers. We will focus on experts exchanging knowledge and experiences in this particular field. Through the introduction to national programs, challenges and field studies, we expect the 20 to 25 participants to share their own experiences in order to make it a lively and fruitful study tour.

Hospital is a major strand of the Inaugural Congress of the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine which took place in the Waterfront Belfast from 27 to 30 November 2017. The Congress theme was “Personalising Your Health: A Global Imperative!”. Parallel Streams with a specific cancer focus include: Cancer: A Paradigm for Personalised Health Big Data for Better Health Driving the Innovation Agenda Keeping the Person in Personalised Health Personalised Health and the policy Agenda The congress hosted the following key…

The European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE) and the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association (HOSPEEM) co-organized the Workshop: “AMR and workplace learning: the case for a multi-professional approach in hospitals”. The event was hosted by MEP Soledad Cabezón Ruiz (Spain, S&D) at the European Parliament, on 22 November 2017, from 15:00 to 17:00. The Workshop addressed the importance of continuous professional development for the correct understanding and use of antibiotics by hospital staff and patients and the prevention of…

On 16 November 2017, from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm, the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE), the European Associations of Hospital Managers (EAHM) and the European Association of Hospital Physicians (EAHM) will held the 4th Joint European Hospital Conference (EHC) in Düsseldorf. The 4th EHC is planned to address the general theme of “Changes and Challenges of E-Health”. The event will take place as part of the 40th German Hospital Conference and the world’s biggest medical trade fair MEDICA…

The Estonian State Agency of Medicines and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Estonia are honoured to host the international Conference together with the Ministry of Social Affairs during the period Estonia is holding the presidency of the Council of the EU. The main focus of the Conference will be the implementation of safety features appearing on the packaging of medicinal products for human use in the European Union that come into effect February 2019 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161).…

The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD) and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) European Medical Information Framework (EMIF) project will hold a joint conference on ‘Realising the Value from Health Data - Improving Care and Research’ in Madrid, Spain, on 21-22 September 2017. There will be a strong focus on progressing towards value based healthcare, comparing health ministry, health insurer, policy experts, EFPIA pharmaceutical industry, and HTA perspectives. A major part of the conference will also be dedicated…

HOPE co-organizes with Eurordis a Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on Improving Patient Access to Rare Disease Therapies. The event will take place from 22 to 23 February 2017. It will bring together patient advocates, payers, HTA bodies, academics, clinicians, policy makers, investors and industry representatives to provide a platform for dialogue, a neutral ground and open environment for discussion. All stakeholders will have the opportunity to express their views and observations in order to reach sustainable and durable solutions to improve patient…

The European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD) is organised in partnership with HOPE from 26 to 28 May 2016 in Edinburgh. It is the unique platform/forum across all rare diseases, across all European countries, bringing together all stakeholders - patients’ representatives, academics, researchers, healthcare professionals, industry, payers, regulators and policy makers. ECRD provides the state-of-the-art of the rare disease environment, monitoring and benchmarking initiatives. It now brings together over 80 speakers and more than 800 participants, covering…

On 18 February 2016, HoNCAB project held its Final Conference at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. HOPE was responsible for the organisation of the meeting, which gathered around 100 participants representing experts in the area of cross-border healthcare, EU stakeholders, national and regional authorities, representatives from the European institutions and healthcare providers and professionals. HoNCAB project had been running since September 2012 to obtain a better understanding of the financial and organisational requirements arising from the implementation of…

COCIR, the European Trade Association representing the medical imaging, health ICT and electromedical industries, is organising for the second year its annual eHealth Summit, which will take place on 24 and 25 November at the International Press Center, Residence Palace, in Brussels. Healthcare systems are suffering from high costs and high fragmentation, often resulting in poor medical outcomes and unjustified clinical variability in medical practices and decision making across the care providers. When looked at holistically, healthcare systems are declared…

The 3rd Joint European Hospital Conference (EHC) took place as part of MEDICA 2015 on 19 November 2015. The EHC addressed different political, medical and economic topics from across all of Europe. More information: http://www.medica.de/cipp/md_medica/custom/pub/content,oid,33332/lang,2/ticket,g_u_e_s_t/src,EHC2/~/EUROPEAN_HOSPITAL_CONFERENCE.html

The Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) conference of 2015 was held in Oslo, Norway, from June 10-12, 2015 with the title “Person-oriented health promotion in a rapidly changing world: Co-production – continuity – new media & technologies”. With this general theme, the conference paid special attention to the comprehensive somato-psycho-social health needs of patients and their families, but also those of healthcare staff and community members. More information:www.hphconferences.org

On 12 and 13 March 2015, PaSQ Joint Action (European Union Network for Patient Safety and Quality of Care) held its Fifth Coordination Meeting in Brussels. HOPE was responsible for the organisation of the meeting, which gathered around 120 participants representing experts in the area of patient safety and quality of care, national authorities, EU health stakeholders, representatives from the European institutions, international organisations, and healthcare professionals. The meeting had as objectives to present the results of PaSQ Joint Action…

The Portuguese Association for Hospital Development (APDH) held its "5th International Hospital Congress" under the theme "The National Health Service - (Re)Cognise the Changes" on 20, 21 and 22 November 2014 in Lisbon. On 20 November, the 8th edition of the Best Practices for Health Award took place. On 21 November, the conference was opened by eminent speakers, representatives of Portuguese Institutions and European Organisations. One of them was Mrs.Dr. Sara Pupato Ferrari, HOPE President. The topics presented during the…

The German Hospital Federation (DKG – Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft) organised the study visit “Quality assurance in German hospital care” on 30-31 October 2014 in Berlin. 25 participants coming from 12 EU Member States and Serbia were joining the workshop. Amongst them were representatives from ministries, from hospital organisations as well from hospitals, all being in charge of quality in health- and hospital care within their organisations. Mr Marc Schreiner (Director EU-policies/international affairs) welcomed the participants in the premises of DKG’s headquarter…

On 7 October 2014, HOPE organised with COCIR (European Association representing the medical imaging and healthcare IT industry) and AER (Assembly of European Regions) a workshop on the importance of using the European Structural and Investments Funds (ESIF) to drive sustainable healthcare systems. This was part of the Open Days 2014, a series of events organised every year in Brussels to gather regional decision makers. Good health is recognised as an important asset for regional development and competitiveness. Yet health…

Co-organised by HOPE, the 22nd International Conference of the Health Promoting Hospitals Network (HPH) took place from 23 to 25 April 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The conference was dedicated to the theme “Changing hospital & health service culture to better promote health”. By focusing on this general theme, the conference programme acknowledged the need for organisation-wide reform and development to support a more health promoting culture in health care, following the demand of WHO’s Ottawa Charter for a re-orientation of…

The congress “Hospital Management in time of crisis” was organised by the FHL (Fédération des Hôpitaux Luxembourgeois) under the patronage of EAHM (European Association of Hospital Managers). Over 400 directors and managers from hopistals all over Europe met on 28 and 29 of November 2013 to look for ways to combine efficiency and quality in healtcare as well as economic constraints. On the first day, Mr Paul Junck, President of the Luxembourgish Hospital Federation (FHL) and Mr Heinz Kolking, President…

The conference “Equip’aid. Sharing for better healthcare” held in Chamonix Mont-Blanc (Haute-Savoie, France)  from 19 to 20 November 2013 brought together participants from Northern countries, countries in transition and developing countries. This was the first international meeting of reference devoted to the improvement of medical equipment support projects of healthcare facilities in the field of international aid. The term “medical equipment support projects” is defined as an international aid project aiming to improve the healthcare facility of a health care…

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