EHRA Summit 2017

Thursday & Friday: 16-17 March 2017

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	Presentation	Speakers
13:15 - 13:20	Welcome	G. Hindricks
13:20 - 13:30	Feedback from the EHRA Spring Summit 2016	H. Heidbuchel
Session 1: Interacting with policy makers at the hospital level – Chaired by G. Hindricks & H. Heidbuchel
13:30 - 13:50	“As Director of Electrophysiology, I am happy that I studied hospital management in order to deal with my administrators.”	C. Leclercq
13:50 - 14:10	“I am an expert clinician and do not feel the need to acquire business skills: that is the job of my administrators.”	M. Schalij
14:10 - 14:30	The view of the hospital administrator	R. Kuhlen
14:30 - 14:50	Do we need local training or DAS-CAM?	T. De Potter
14:50 - 15:30	Panel + audience discussion	Plenary
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
Session 2: Reimbursement and quality assurance advocacy towards national policy makers – Chaired by B. Merkely & K. Zeppenfeld
16:00 - 16:15	Avenues to innovation reimbursement: the innovator’s perspective	K-H Kuck
16:15 - 16:35	Testimony of a successful reimbursement change: what worked?	H. Heidbuchel
16:35 – 16:55	Testimony of a failed reimbursement change: why it went wrong	F. Braunschweig
16:55 – 17:15	The spiralling down of technology -and DRG- reimbursement: how to stop?	C. Elsner
17:15 – 17:30	How policy makers try to have innovations adopted faster and more systematically through the health care system: NHS Innovation Accelerator	C. Davie
17:30 - 18:15	Panel + audience discussion	Plenary
20:00 - 22:00	Dinner

	Presentation	Speakers
Introductory lecture
9:30 – 9:50	Advocacy and networking - why is it so important?	J. Brugada
Session 3: How to reach the key decision makers at the European level? – Chaired by H. Heidbuchel & N. De Groot
9:50 – 10:10	How EHRA/ESC ventures into Horizon2020 funded trial	N. Dagres
10:10-10:30	How to find your way in the “Research & Innovation Participant Portal” when shopping for EU funding?	S. O'Kelly
10:30-10:45	Lessons from the EHRA Innovation Summit: how EHRA can help to clear the hurdles for getting innovative solutions reimbursed	F. Prinzen
10:45 - 11:00	The vision of ESC on EU health and science policies	A.R. Pries
11:00 - 11:15	EHRA Position Documents on new technology or standards of care	L. Fauchier
11:15 - 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 12:20	Panel + audience discussion	Plenary
12:20 – 12:35	Late Breaking News: How the new MedTech regulations will affect us all from 2018 onwards	G. Hindricks
12:35 – 12:45	Take-home messages and adjourn by the EHRA President	G. Hindricks