PROGRAM & PRESENTATIONS

The conference is being organised by the Slovenian Center of Excellence in Finance in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and with Slovenian health authorities and experts.

Monday, June 15, 2009

19:00 - 20:00	REGISTRATION, Planica Congress Hall
20:00 - 22:00	EVENING RECEPTION, Hotel Larix, Oval Hall

DAY 1 - Tuesday, June 16, 2009

08:30 - 08:45	LAST MINUTE REGISTRATION, Planica Congress Hall
09:00	WELCOME ADDRESS Jana Repanšek, Deputy Director, Center of Excellence in Finance
09:00 - 09:15	OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE Borut Miklavčič, Minister of Health, Slovenia
09:15 - 10:45	SESSION 1: MARKETS IN HEALTH SYSTEMS: CONCEPTS AND TRENDS Chair: Božidar Voljč, Head of medical gerontology, Anton Trstenjak Institute, Slovenia
09:15 - 09:45	Markets in European Health Systems: setting the scene Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies PRESENTATION
9:45 - 10:15	Harnessing Entrepreneurialism in European Health Systems Richard B. Saltman, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies PRESENTATION
10:15 - 10:45	FACILITATED DEBATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND SESSION WRAP-UP Facilitated by Božidar Voljč, Head of medical gerontology, Anton Trstenjak Institute, Slovenia
10:45 - 11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 13:00	SESSION 2: HEALTH INSURANCE COMPETITION Chair: Dorjan Marušič, Advisor to the General Director, Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia
11:00 - 11:30	Health insurance competition: from theory to practice Reinhard Busse, Professor Health Care Management at the Technical University Berlin and Associate Head of Research Policy, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies PRESENTATION
11:30 - 12:00	Health care reform in the Netherlands: what did we achieve so far? Hans Maarse, Professor at the Department of Health Organizations, Policy and Economics (BEOZ) of the Faculty of Health Sciences, the University of Maastricht PRESENTATION REPORT
12:00 - 12:30	Public and private health insurance: where to mark the boundaries? Valerie Paris, OECD PRESENTATION
12:30 - 13:00	FACILITATED DEBATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND SESSION WRAP-UP Facilitated by Dorjan Marušič, Advisor to the General Director, Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia
13:00 - 14:30	LUNCH, Hotel Larix
14:30 - 16:30	SESSION 3: COMPETITION AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Chair: Tit Albreht, Advisor to the General Director, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia
14:30 - 15:00	Competition on the provider side Peter C. Smith, Professor at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York PRESENTATION
15:00 - 15:30	Self-governing hospitals: a guarantee for good value for money? Abdo Yazbeck, Sector Manager for Health in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank PRESENTATION
15:30 - 16:00	Moving from passive to active provider payment systems: DRG-based financing Reinhard Busse, Professor Health Care Management at the Technical University Berlin and Associate Head of Research Policy, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies PRESENTATION
16:00 - 16:30	FACILITATED DEBATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND SESSION WRAP-UP Facilitated by Tit Albreht, Advisor to the General Director, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia
16:30 - 17:00	COFFEE BREAK
17:00 - 18:15	SESSION 4: LESSONS LEARNT FROM SOUTH-EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE Panel debate chaired and facilitated by Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Samo Fakin, General Director, Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia Luka Vončina, Health and Development Consultant, Croatia and Aleksandar Džakula, Research Fellow, School of Public Health, Croatia Svetlana Poprzen Vukajlović, Director, Republic Institute of Health Insurance, Serbia Janez Jelnikar, General Manager, Health Insurance Fund, Macedonia Ramo Bralić, Director, Health Insurance Fund, Montenegro
18:15	END OF DAY 1
20:00 - 22:00	DINNER (casual), Restaurant Oštarija

DAY 2 - Wednesday, June 17, 2009

09:00 - 10:45	SESSION 5: THE EUROPEAN INTERNAL MARKET AND HEALTH SYSTEMS Chair: Ivan Eržen, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Slovenia
09:00 - 09:30	The impact of internal market rules on health systems regulation Willy Palm, Dissemination development Officer, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies PRESENTATION
09:30 - 10:00	European integration in health: competition or coordination between health systems? Rostislava Dimitrova, DG SANCO/C/5 - Health Strategy and Health Systems, Health and Consumers Directorate General, European Commission PRESENTATION
10:00 - 10:30	FACILITATED DEBATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND SESSION WRAP-UP Facilitated by Ivan Eržen, State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Slovenia
10:30 - 11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 13:00	SESSION 6: THE ROLE OF MARKETS IN ENSURING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTH SYSTEMS: THE WAY FORWARD IN SOUTH-EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE Final panel debate chaired and facilitated by Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Financial sustainability of health systems in the context of economic crisis Nata Menabde, Deputy Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe PRESENTATION Lucie Bryndová, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Health, Czech Republic Rostislava Dimitrova, DG SANCO/C/5 - Health Strategy and Health Systems, Health and Consumers Directorate General, European Commission PRESENTATION Abdo Yazbeck, Sector Manager for Health in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Mark Pearson, Head of Social Policy Division, OECD Active involvement of the representatives from South-East and Central European Countries.
13:00 - 13:15	Conclusions and closing PRESENTATION
13:15	END OF CONFERENCE