Incoming Visit | Seminar & Network Event in Colombia & The Netherlands
March 16, 2017 @ 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Task Force Health Care, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Holland House Colombia and the Colombian Embassy in the Netherlands have the pleasure of inviting you to the Seminar “Healthcare in Colombia and The Netherlands” on Thursday March 16th 2017. This event is organised as part of the visit of a high-level healthcare delegation from Colombia to the Netherlands. Please find the list of Colombian participating parties here.
What to expect?
The Colombian delegation will consist of 18 high-level representatives from Colombian public and private (university) hospitals and private clinics, as well as insurers. After an introduction of the latest developments in the Colombian health sector (provided by the invited delegation), you will have the opportunity to identify and discuss business opportunities for your organisation or consortium. Special attention will be given to opportunities in Medical Devices, eHealth, Training & Education, Hospital Build, Elderly Care and Health Financing.
Opportunities in Colombia
In 2015, Task Force Health Care (TFHC) and Holland House Colombia (HHCO), commissioned by RVO, performed a market study and fact-finding visit to identify opportunities for the Dutch Life Sciences & Health Sector in Colombia. The Colombian Healthcare sector is subject to rapid development in both rural and urban areas. With its large and growing middle class, it’s comparable healthcare system to the Netherlands, and it’s great lack of hospital beds as well as it’s very low local production of medical devices and innovative solutions, it is greatly interested in international expertise and innovate solutions. Due to several bilateral activities in the Healthcare Sector and a visit of a Dutch Healthcare delegation to Colombia in June 2016 – The Netherlands is high on their agenda – reason for this visit.
Ten Reasons why Colombia is interesting for the Dutch health sector can be found here.
- The full Market Study report can be found here.
Programme
| 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:30 | Welcome & Opening |
| H.E. José Quintana, Ambassador of Colombia, Anette Wijering, Manager Int. Business at Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands Enterprise Agency |
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| 13:45 | Healthcare in the Netherlands: A brief introduction |
| Peter Post, Director Task Force Health Care and Strategic Partner International of Topsector LSH. | |
| 13:55 | State-of-the-art example of Dutch Education Model in Healthcare |
| Mascha Verbruggen, Educational Development & Research Maastricht University Marijke Kruithof, Seniorer Lecturer |
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| 14:10 | Coffee Break |
| 14:20 | Healthcare in Colombia: An introduction |
| Carlos Jurado, Executive Director of the Sectorial Chamber of Health | |
| 15:00 | Meet & Greet with delegation |
| Informal speeddates (per organisation, 3 min per round) | |
| 16:00 | Closing Remarks & Networking Reception |
| 17:30 | End |
Registration for this seminar is mandatory and free of charge. Registration is limited to one person per organisation and the amount of seats available. Please register here before March 14th 2017*.
Registration
*please be aware that RVO will charge €75,- in case of no-show without former notice.