🧭 Health systems across Europe are facing profound transformation driven by demographic change, technological advances, environmental pressures and evolving societal expectations. Ensuring resilience, equity and sustainability requires more than strategic vision. It requires the capacity to translate long term priorities into concrete action.
🎉 The Opening Ceremony of
#EHMC2026 will open the conference with a discussion on 'From strategy to action: implementing workforce transformation', bringing together perspectives from health workforce research, European policy and regional governance.
🤝 The session will explore how leaders across policy, healthcare organisations and education systems can translate strategic priorities into tangible improvements in care delivery, workforce capacity and system performance. Particular attention will be given to leadership, workforce development, governance and cross sector collaboration.
👥 Speakers:
🔸 Antoni Peris-Grao, MD, President, European Health Management Association (EHMA); Chief Executive Officer, Consorci Castelldefels Agents de Salut (CASAP), Spain
🔸 Prof Dr Franz Heukamp, Dean, IESE Business School, Spain
🔸 Jaume Duran, MD, Vice-President, La Unió; Chief Executive Officer, Fundació Sanitaria Mollet (FSM), Spain
🔸 Mr Fernando Pacheco Vences, Global Public Affairs Lead Vaccines, Sanofi, France
🔸 Mr Salvador Illa i Roca, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
🔸 Ms Marta Villanueva Cendán, Councillor for Health, People with Disabilities and Strategy against Loneliness, Barcelona City Council, Spain
🎙️ Master of Ceremonies:
🔸 Ms Federica Margheri, Executive Director, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium
📍 Join us in Barcelona as we open
#EHMC2026 with a forward looking discussion on strengthening Europe’s health systems through leadership, collaboration and workforce transformation.
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