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Access to Health Insurance - conference programme

The conference will be held in the EUR Conference Building

Plenary sessions will be in the Forumzaal. Break-out sessions will be in the T-building

Programme

9:00

Registration and coffee/tea

9:30

Word of welcome to EUR by Pauline van der Meer Mohr, president Executive Board
Erasmus University Rotterdam

9:35

Introduction by the Chair, Professor Leo de Haan, rector ISS

9:40

First speaker: HRH Princess Máxima of The Netherlands, the UN Secretary-General’s
Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development and Chair of the Prince Claus Curatorium

9:55

Second speaker: Christiaan Rebergen, Vice DG for International Cooperation (DGIS) Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10:05

Short video with footage from insurance clients

10:10

Third speaker: Professor Jacques van der Gaag, Brookings Institution/ AIID

10:40

Q&A

10:55

Coffee break

11:20

Panel: Access to Health Insurance in Resource-poor and Weak States
Moderator: Alex Preker

Panelists:

Christoph Kurowski (World Bank), Fola Laoye (Hygeia), Willem van Duin (CEO Achmea),  Khama Rogo (IFC-Health in Africa Initiative)

12:30

Instruction on format afternoon session, Professor Leo de Haan

12:40

Lunch

14:00

Video with footage insurance clients

14:05

Professor Michael Grimm introduces Professor Stella Quimbo

14:10

 Fourth speaker: Professor Stella Quimbo, Prince Claus Chairholder 2011 - 2013

14:30

 Q&A

14:40

Break-out sessions on key issues/dilemmas

Each session will be moderated by an expert or practitioner

Break-out Session 1: Standards & Poor
Break-out session 2: Health Insurance and Other Financial Services
Break-out session 3: Trust in Health Insurance
Break-out session 4: Public and Universal Coverage
Break-out session 5: Role of DFIs and IFIs in Public Private Partnerships
Break-out session 6: Understanding Demand for Health Insurance

16:00

'Congress Ambassadors': Recommendations for the future
Moderator: Vijay Kalavakonda

Panelists: Stella Quimbo (PCC chairholder 2011-2013), Susanne Dorasil, Muhammad Dogo-Muhammad (National Health Insurance Scheme (Nigeria), Peer Stein, ISC

17:00

Closing remarks: next steps

17:15

Reception with drinks

18:00

Close of the conference

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