Listen to Health Consumer Powerhouse President Mr Johan Hjertqvist in an interesting panel discussion at the Horizon2020 Health conference.

Venue: Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union

Address: Rue Wiertz 77, 1000 Brussels

Date: Thursday, 22 June 2006

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.

Health expenditures in EU-15 reach 8.6% of GDP. In average 10% of the EU workforce are employed in healthcare. This makes healthcare an important economic factor and infrastructure component, significantly contributing to the wellbeing of people and to the economic growth of countries and regions. Therefore, instead of considering healthcare as a cost burden, healthcare’s full potential as a knowledge driven discipline must become the focus. Only then can healthcare play an important role in meeting the goals of the Lisbon Agenda.