BeWell Final Conference
May 7 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm CEST
The BeWell Final Conference is taking place on Thursday, 07 May 2026, in Brussels!
The event will have a hybrid format.
Join us either in person (Atelier29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, Brussels) or online!
Agenda
Moderator: Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
| 9:30 – 10:30: Welcome coffee and registration |
| 10:30 – 11:00: Europe’s health workforce at a turning point – Project vision and setting the scene by Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA) and BeWell project coordinator – Opening remarks by Dr Petronille Bogaert, DG SANTE, European Commission |
| 11:00 – 12:00: Building skills intelligence: evidence for action – Key findings from the skills intelligence by Dr Gemma Williams, Research Fellow, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies – From competences matrices to training programmes by Rolf Aslaksrud Kristiansen, EUROMASC and Carmen Fusilli, ITS – Training the professionals – Lessons learnt from the pilots by Efstathia Koitsanou, University of Thessaly and Petra Ziegler, WIAB – Panel discussion |
| 12:00 – 12:45: Shaping the future of health workforce skills: the BeWell Skills Strategy – Presentation of the Skills Strategy by Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA) – Panel discussion on how the strategy responds to the needs of the health workforce with: o Josefine Declaye, Policy Officer, ESNO o Sarada Das, Executive Director, CPME o Loredana Simulescu, Executive Director, BiomedAlliance o Jorge Batista, Senior Professional Affairs Advisor, PGEU o Adam Rogalewski, Policy Officer Health and Social Services, EPSU |
| 12:45 – 14:00: Lunch + celebration + Skills initiatives across Europe: projects in action |
| 14:00 – 14:30: Hearing from the training participants Testimonials from training participants – Comment from Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Medical University Varna – Comments from Expert TBC |
| 14:30 – 15:45: Implementing the Skills Strategy – multistakeholder panel – Michele Calabró, Director, EUREGHA – Nicola Scomparin, Health Workforce Communication Expert, ProMIS – Caroline Trillingsgaard Mejdahl, Researcher at DEFACTUM, Region of Central Denmark – Diane Whitehouse, Principal eHealth Policy Consultant, EHTEL – Gabriella Sutton, Project Coordinator, EuroHealthNet |
| 15:45 – 16:00: Closing remarks |
| 16:00 – Onwards: Networking |
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