The 2009 INSEAD Healthcare Alumni Summit took place in Basel on 8 October 2009.  The key themes of this international conference were: Reinventing Healthcare Innovation Consumer Healthcare – Up Close & Personal Healthcare Businesses In The Age Of Globalization More than 150 alumni and executives from across the globe participated in this sold-out event.  Find out for yourself why so many are coming back in 2010: register for this year's conference in Paris!

 

In 2009, INSEAD Knowledge conducted interviews with several of the Healthcare Summit speakers. You can find links to the videos below:

Andre Hoffmann (MBA'90D), Vice Chairman of Roche

Elizabeth Teisberg, Co-Author of "Redefining Healthcare"

Rifat Atun of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

Gert Hoogland (MBA'85D), Founder/CEO of Pharmaplan

Karl Schweitzer (MBA'90D), VP Neuromodulation at Medtronic

Chandra P. Leo (MBA'02D) and Stephen Chick (INSEAD HMI) on the 2009 Summit 

Speakers

• Elizabeth Apelles, Chairman and CEO, Greater Than One
• Rifat Atun, Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Dr. Stephen E. Chick, Academic Director, INSEAD Healthcare Management Initiative
• Guy P. Eiferman, Senior VP & Managing Director France, Merck & Co., Inc.
• Klaus Gritschneder, Member of the Management Board, Europa Apotheek Venlo
• Andre Hoffmann, Vice Chairman of the Board, Roche
• Dr. Gert Hoogland, Executive Director, Pharmaplan
• Arjun Kalyanpur, CEO, Teleradiology Solutions
• Dr. Berhard Kirschbaum, Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Merck Serono
• Roger Longman, Managing Director, Pharma Elsevier Business Intelligence
• Dr. Flemming Ornskov, Global President of Pharmaceuticals, Bausch&Lomb
• Joseph Priel, Co-founder, Euromedic International
• Dr. Karl J. Schweitzer, Vice President of Neuromodulation Europe and Central Asia, Medtronic
• Mr. Raj Shah, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
• Dr. Elizabeth Teisberg, Associate Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
• Prof. Dr. Hanno Wild, Senior Vice President, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Schering Pharma

Conference Agenda
Welcome/Introduction:

• Dr. Chandra P. Leo (Conference Chairman)
• Andre Hoffman, Vice-Chairman of the Board, Roche
• Dr. Stephen Chick, Director, INSEAD Healthcare Management Initiative

Keynote Address:

• Dr. Elizabeth Teisberg, Co-Author of 'Redefining Healthcare' from University of Virginia. "Value-Based Healthcare – A Global Perspective"

Session 1: Reinventing Healthcare Innovation (chaired by Dr. Ulrich Thess)

• Prof. Dr. Hanno Wild. Senior Vice President, Global Drug Discovery, Bayer Schering Pharma. "Successful innovation within a post-merger environment"
• Raj Shah, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs. "Novel financing approaches for pharmaceutical development"
• Dr. Berhard Kirschbaum, EVP Research & Development, MerckSerono.  "How mid-sized players can out-innovate big pharma"
• Prof. Rifat Atun, Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria "A public-private partnership to fight deadly diseases"

• Guy P. Eiferman, Senior Vice President & Managing Director France, Merck & Co. "Pharma and the increasing role of consumerization"
• Dr. Flemming Omskov, President Global Pharmaceuticals, Bausch & Lomb.  "Eye health - between pharma, medtech and consumer healthcare"
• Klaus Gritschneder, Member of the ManagementBoard, Europa Apotheek Venlo.  "The online pharmacy as a mediator between consumer, pharma and payer"
• Elizabeth Izard Apelles, CEO, Greater Than One.  "Social media and Web 2.0 in healthcare"

• Dr. Gert Hoogland, Executive Director, Pharmaplan.  "The South African Pharma Market, To Be or not to Be (there)?"
• Karl J. Schweitzer, Vice President Neuromodulation Western Europe, Medtronic.  "Bringing medical technologies to the world"
• Dr. Arjun Kalyanpur, CEO, Teleradiology Solutions.  "Offering 24/7 teleradiology services through a global infrastructure"
• Joseph Priel, President, Euromedic.  "Building a pan-European leader in healthcare services"

• Roger Longman, Managing Director Pharma, Elsevier Business Intelligence

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Civitas International - Main Sponsor
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HBM BioVentures - Main Sponsor
As a venture capital company, HBM BioVentures is invested globally in some 40 mature emerging companies in the biotech/pharma, diagnostics and medical technology sectors.  The lead products of HBM BioVentures' portfolio companies are either at an advanced stage of development or already available on the market.  HBM BioVentures has a broad shareholder base and is listed on the SIX Swiss Echange (ticker: HBM)

McDermott Will & Emery - Main Sponsor
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Medtronic - Main Sponsor
Medtronic is the world's largest medical technology company and is a Fortune 500 company, with almost $15 billion in revenues and over 41,000 employees worldwide.  The mission of the company is to contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.