Speakers

Dr. Olga Schiopu, a board-certified physician, has served as CEO of Medpark International Hospital, the largest private multidisciplinary hospital in Moldova, for over eight years. Under her leadership, Medpark obtained Joint Commission International accreditation. In 2014, she founded the Association of Private Healthcare Providers of Moldova and served as its President until 2023. She is a board member of the Foreign Investors Association in Moldova and the National Coordinator of the HOPE Exchange Program. Dr. Schiopu has extensive experience in business administration, quality management, and project management, providing consultancy in Moldova and the region.

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. „My interest in quality assurance brought me in the position of chairman of medicine and later of CEO of Leiden University Medical Center. As such I founded the quality institute of the federation of Dutch University Medical Centers that stayed active now for 15 years. Projects included innovation in medical education, value based health care, networks in medicine and IT in health care. At present I use my experience in governance in several boards and national committees of scientific institutes and health care. As vice president of FEAM I contributed to projects on one health, pandemic preparedness and artificial preparedness in health and chaired the ethics committee”.

Since 2021, Jakob Skaarup Nielsen has served as the Executive Director of Healthcare Denmark, a non-profit, public-private partnership dedicated to promoting Danish expertise, innovation, and strongholds within healthcare and life sciences. Under his leadership, Healthcare Denmark plays a pivotal role in showcasing Denmark's advanced healthcare solutions and fostering collaborations that drive innovation and growth in the healthcare sector both nationally and internationally.

With a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from KU Leuven, Line has a strong academic background and extensive experience in the medical technology industry. By fostering collaboration among various stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem, Line and her team are dedicated to driving positive change and making healthcare more accessible, efficient, and environmentally friendly. BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) is a global medical technology company advancing the world of health.

Since April 2023, Dr Konstantin Rebrov is the Chairman of the Management Board of Tallinn Children’s Hospital, leading paediatric hospital in Estonia, serving 2/3 of the population of the country. Being biggest paediatric hospital and having expertise in more than 30 different specialities, Tallinn Children’s Hospital has started recently a new path of transformation in diferent areas to become the most attractive insitution for pediatric patients (moving towards deeper patient centricity), physicians (concentrating competences to the hospital and expanding expertise beyond the borders), nurses (transforming into state of the art teaching center for nurses) and all the supportive functions. With the wide international experience in private sector and pharmaceutical industry, combined with the medical background and education in the field of diplomacy, Dr Rebrov is leading the hospital transfromation in several areas to ensure the key role of the institution.

Senior Partner Stig Vesterager Gothelf leads 3XN/GXN Architects’ health and education projects, such as the new 68,000m2 North Wing extension to Copenhagen’s University Hospital and a new 58,000 m2 Children’s Hospital in Copenhagen, Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital, due to open in 2024. With over 20 years of professional experience, Stig is one of the driving forces behind the studio’s competition department. 3XN’s buildings are uniquely matched to each project but always seek to combine beauty and meaning by putting people at the center of design. Designing buildings that are light and connected, ensures clarity and well-being for their users.

OMA is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. Hans has overseen OMA’s Hospital of the Future research group, which culminated in an exhibition at the 2021 Venice Biennale as well as proposals for new hospitals in Paris and Cremona. Hans is also engaged in the development OMA's AI platform, and has taught at the Berlage, TU Delft, and written for 032c and Volume Magazine.

Architecture office UNStudio has a mission to design for lasting impact and contribute to the societal challenges of urbanization, climate change, ageing populations, and socioeconomic inequality. Driven by purpose and focused on solutions, they create value by designing for the implications of these megatrends on our built environment. Designs that make our lives healthier, have little impact on the planet, but a lasting impact on our cities - and people. Lars van Hoften is a Senior Associate Architect at UNStudio, working for over 10 years at UNStudio on a large variety of projects. From big infrastructure projects like the Doha Metro Line in Qatar and Chamartin Station in Madrid to smaller boutique projects like the Looking Glass in the PC Hooftstraat or the Mother Child Center in The Hague.

Maurits Algra is internationally recognized as a leading healthcare architect. He designs healthcare projects on an international scope, being able to find a perfect balance in designing a hospital that has a healing effect on its patients while at the same time fulfilling investors’ requirements for effectiveness. Having experience designing all over the place, Maurits Algra knows like no other that not one hospital is the same. He has an extensive portfolio of international projects that he has contributed to.

PLANHO was founded in 1997, with the aim of providing a comprehensive and human-centred approach to the planning and design of technically and functionally complex buildings. Specialising in hospitals, their scope of work also includes research and teaching facilities, as well as urban and institutional infrastructure. Hospital Muñoz Cariñanos, a remodeling project designed by PLANHO, has been awarded as the best hospital remodeling in europe at the European Healthcare Design Awards 2024.