BeWell Final Conference
May 7 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm CEST
The BeWell Final Conference will take place in Brussels on Thursday, 07 May 2026.
The event will be organised in hybrid format.
Join us in person (Atelier29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, Brussels) or online (via Zoom).
Moderators:
Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Natalia Allegretti, Senior International Project Manager, Global Health Connector
Agenda
| 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: Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA) and BeWell project coordinator – Opening remarks: Dr Petronille Bogaert, DG SANTE, European Commission |
| 11:00 – 12:00: Building skills intelligence: evidence for action – Key findings from the skills intelligence: Dr Gemma Williams, Research Fellow, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Prof. Ronald Batenburg, Programme Leader, Nivel – From competences matrices to training programmes: Rolf Aslaksrud Kristiansen, EUROMASC and Carmen Fusilli, ITS – Training the professionals – Lessons learnt from the pilots: 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 Dr Monica Brinzac, Babes-Bolyai University – Comments from Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Medical University Varna |
| 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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