The WorkInHealth Foundation Launch Event

EIT Health is setting up the WorkInHealth Foundation to support all stakeholders of the health sector to attract, recruit, train and retrain talents in healthcare innovation, to boost the attractiveness of the sector for new talent, and to support its transformation.

Join us for the launch event on 23 November 2021!

We will gather speakers from industries and academia to discuss the talent crunch and skills needs in Europe.

We will look at the biomanufacturing talent gap in Europe, the challenges in regulatory skills need post MDR, how a talent strategy enables start-ups growth, share the perspectives of young talent with EIT Health’s Alumni Community.

9h - 9h20 : Intro / Welcome

• Celine Carrera, Director Of Education, EIT Health
• Claire Nassiet, WorkInHealth Venture Leader, EIT Health

09h20 - 10h00 : How to avoid the talent bottleneck in health tech start-ups (moderated by CEBR)

• Anaïs Le Corvec / Network Manager at Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)
• Rowan Gardner / Independent Non Executive Director, Serial Entrepreneur
• Dr. John Bethell / Director & Co-Founder at LUKA BIO

This roundtable will gather start-ups, clusters and venture capital to look at challenges growing start-ups face in talent attraction and retention.

10h15 - 11h00 : What young talent want (moderated by EIT Health Alumni)

• Timo Uustal / Co-founder & CEO of NurseBeam &EIT Health Alumni Board member
• Jean-Baptiste Michel / Healthcare Business Developer & Podcaster @Entreprendre dans la santé
• Sara Pedraz / Innovation Lead at Glaxosmithkline
• Nick Xifaras / Past President, European Medical Students Association

This roundtable will give the microphone to young talent to share their perspectives on the health sector, its attractiveness, its competitivity …

11h15 - 12h00 : High Value Care – Closing the training gap in healthcare professionals

• Christina Åkerman / Chairperson at Advisory Board High Value Care Forum EIT Health
• Ania Henley / Adviser to EIT Health on Citizen and Patient Engagement, High Value Care Forum Advisory Board Member, EIT Health
• Jan A Hazelzet / MD PhD, Consultant and Prof Em Healthcare Quality & Outcome, Erasmus MC & Member EIT Health High Value Care Forum
• Thomas Allvin / Executive Director for Strategy and Healthcare Systems & High Value Care Forum Advisory Board Member

With clinicians and industry, in this roundtable, we will look at the knowledge gap to close to move to high value care models in Europe.

12h – 13h30 : Networking lunch break

13h30-14h10 : BioManufacturing Skills Gap in Europe

• Karim Vissandjee / General Manager of the Campus Biotech Digital, Campus Biotech Digital
• Cédric Volanti / Vice President & General Manager Viral Vector Services EU at ThermoFisher Scientific
• Didier Malherbe / EU Biotech School & Chairman of the Board BCI Pharma
• Nirlipta Panda / Vice President and Global Head of Industry, Life Sciences at Capgemini Engineering

In this roundtable we will discuss the talent shortage in the biomanufacturing sector and highlight solutions to upskill the workforce and sustain the industrial redeployment in the EU.

14h20 - 15h00 : Closing the digital skills gap with innovative training

• Alexis Hernot, Cap Digital Expert, co-founder Calmedica - Entrepreneur in Résidence INSEAD - Groupe X-Santé
• Stéphanie Trang, Managing Director AI for Health 💎 En.Intrapreneur @Startup Inside
• Christian Chabrerie, Development Project Manager at EPITA (Computer Science Engineering University, "Grande Ecole" in France)
• Viktoria Katona, Innovation Project Manager, GE Healthcare 

In this roundtable we will gather industry and academia to look at the digital skills gap and how to accelerate training.

15h10 - 15h50 : Regulatory skills gap

• Célia Cruz, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Complear
• Catarina Simões, Medtronic Regulatory Affairs Director Iberia, Italy, IHS & VbhC
• Susana Vila-Real, Senior consultant | Quality and Compliance, Capgemini Engineering | Portugal
• Aymeric Perchant, eHealth projects Director, Ministerial Delegation for e-health, Ministry of Solidarity and Health

The EU MDR has highlighted a significant talent and skills shortage, both for companies and notified bodies generating delays in the procedure CE-marked approval. This session will discuss how to train more professionals in medical and regulatory affairs. 

15h50 – 16h00 : Closure

• Claire Nassiet, WorkInHealth Venture Leader, EIT Health