The launch of EIT Health’s WorkInHealth Foundation took place on November 23 and is now available to watch, thanks to our event video recording.
The welcome speech by Celine Carrera, MBA, Director Of Education at EIT Health and Chairperson of the WorkInHealth Foundation can be seen above. You can also rewatch all round tables and the closing speech below.
EIT Health is setting up the WorkInHealth Foundation to support all stakeholders of the health sector to attract, recruit, train and retrain talent in healthcare innovation, to boost the attractiveness of the sector for new talent, and to support its transformation.
The event was supported by:
- Council of European BioRegions – CEBR
- Cap Digital
- Biomedical Alliance in Europe
- AI for Health
Round Table 1: “How to avoid the talent bottleneck in health tech start-ups”
This round table gathered start-ups, clusters and venture capital to look at challenges growing start-ups face in talent attraction and retention.
Moderator: Anaïs Le Corvec, Council of European BioRegions – CEBR Network Manager
Speakers:
- Rowan Gardner, Co-founder PrecisionLife
- Dr. John Bethell MBChB, Director & Co-Founder at LUKA BIO
- Stephan Christgau, Managing Partner Eir Ventures
Related article: How health tech startups can overcome the talent shortage crisis
Round Table 2: “What Young Talent Want”
The session featured the EIT Health Alumni Network, a community of over 2200 European members in health innovation. They shared their perspectives on the health sector, its attractiveness, its competitivity.
Moderator: Timo Uustal, EIT Health Alumni Network Board member et CEO Nursebeam
Speakers:
- Jean-Baptiste MICHEL, Healthcare business developer and Podcast “Entreprendre dans la santé”
- Sara A. Pedraz, Innovation Lead at GSK
- Nick Xifaras, Past President, European Medical Students’ Association (EMSA)
Related article: How to attract young talent to the healthcare industry
Round Table 3: “High Value Care : Closing The Training Gap in Healthcare Professionals”
With clinicians and industry, in this round table, we looked at the knowledge gap to close to move to high value care models in Europe.
Moderator: Christina Rångemark Åkerman, Chairperson at Advisory Board High Value Care Forum EIT Health
Speakers:
- Ania Henley, Adviser to EIT Health on Citizen and Patient Engagement, High Value Care Forum Advisory Board Member
- 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, EFPIA – European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations & EIT Health
Related article: High-value care: Achieving the best patient outcomes while minimizing waste
Round Table 4: “BioManufacturing Skills Gap in Europe”
In this round table, we discussed the talent shortage in the biomanufacturing sector and highlighted solutions to upskill the workforce and sustain the industrial redeployment in the EU.
Moderator: Karim Vissandjee – Campus Biotech Digital Speakers
Speakers:
- Cédric Volanti, Vice President & General Manager Viral Vector Services EU at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Nirlipta Panda Altran, Capgemini
- Didier Malherbe, EU Biotech School & Chairman of the Board BCI PHARMA – We take care of your health
The shortage of talent in the biomanufacturing field was one of the key learning from the European Landscape on Biomanufacturing by EIT Health co-conducted with EIT Manufacturing coordinated by Council of European BioRegions – CEBR unveiled last October during HTID event.
Related article: Bridging the biomanufacturing skills gap in Europe: Insights from experts
Round Table 5: “Closing the Digital Skills Gap with Innovative Training”
In this roundtable we gathered industry and academia to look at the digital skills gap and how to accelerate training.
Moderator: Alexis Hernot, Expert Cap Digital and Co-founder Calmedica
Speakers:
- Stéphanie Trang, Managing Director at Stéphanie Trang for Health
- Christian Charbrerie, EPITA: Ecole d’Ingénieurs en Informatique Majeure Santé, EPITA School
- Viktoria Katona, Innovation Project Manager, GE Healthcare
Related article: Empowering healthcare: How Europe can overcome its digital skills gap
Round Table 6: “Regulatory Skills Gap”
This round table explored the significant talent and skills shortage in the regulatory field highlighted by the EU MDR
Moderator: Célia F. Cruz, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Complear & TOPRA member of New Regulatory Professionals SPIN
Speakers:
- Catarina Simões Medtronic Regulatory affairs Director Iberia Italy IHS & VbhC
- Susana Antunes Vila-Real Senior consultant | Quality and Compliance, Capgemini Engineering| Portugal
- Aymeric Perchant, ehealth Project Director, Ministère des solidarités et de la santé
WorkInHealth Foundation Launch Event – Closing Speech
The closing speech of the event was held by Claire Nassiet, WorkInHealth Foundation Lead.