Schedule
Thursday, 12th of November 2020
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome speeches
Part I – The Impact of the Pandemic on Health Tourism
10:15 – 11:45
- Therapeutic approaches against COVID-19, Ivan Đikić, Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt and director of Institute of Biochemistry
- Croatian health travel – take the momentum!, Leila Krešić-Jurić, Managing Director & Co-Founder at HTI Partner
- PANEL „The Impact of the Pandemic on Health Tourism“
11:45-12:00 – Break
Part II – An Overview of Health Tourism Globally and a Positive Way Forward
12:00 – 13:30
- The impact of COVID-19 on the global medical travel market, Keith Pollard, Editor in Chief of International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) and a Consultant for LaingBuisson
- Use the chance! Health will be the new currency – the new status symbol!, Csilla Mezösi, Secretary General of European Spa Association
- Strategic Harmony: Response to a Global Wake-Up Call, Velimir Srića, Lecturer, researcher, politician and consultant
- Unlocking the health tourism lockdown, Irving Stackpole, President of Stackpole & Associates, Inc.
- Questions and Answers
Friday, 13th of November 2020
Part III – Up-to-Date Health Tourism Market
10:00 – 11:40
- Clusters/Associations 4.0, Laszlo Puczko, CEO & Co-Founder at Health Tourism Worldwide
- Redesigning Your Health Travel Experience: The Impact of Consumerism, COVID, & Technology, Elizabeth Ziemba, President and Founder of Medical Tourism Training
- Five Crisis Communication Lessons from Major Crisis Situations, Kristina Laco, Managing partner at Communications Office Colić, Laco & Partners
- Update on ACAP Medical Tourism Task Force Activities, Jeana Havidich, Lecturer of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
- Questions and answers
11:40 – 12:00 – Break
Part IV – Promotion and Communication in Health Tourism
12:00 – 13:40
- Treating patients from abroad: Berlin as a medical destination, Michaela Kehrer, Medical Tourism Manager of visitBerlin
- Healthcare Cybersecurity & Privacy Challenges in Medical Tourism, Salwa Rafee, Vice President at H-ISAC
- How did COVID-19 affect digital behavior?, Miroslav Varga, Google certified trainer at Escape Ltd.
- Branding and Marketing in the age of COVID-19, Ilan Geva, Medical Travel expert, influencer and opinion leader
- Questions and answers