Conference committees

The conference content was shaped by the Scientific Advisory Group. The development of the programme aims and structure was guided by the Conference Advisory Committee.

Scientific Advisory Group

David Bates   External Lead Research, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety and Harvard University , USA
Margarida França   Vice President, National Institute for Emergency Medicine , Portugal
Philippe Michel   Director, Evaluation of Health Strategies
Haute Autorité de Santé, France
John Ovretveit   Director of Research, Medical Management Centre
The Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Basia Kutryba   President of European Society for Quality in Healthcare; and Senior Adviser, National Centre for Quality Assessment in Health Care , Poland
Pedro Saturno   Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, University of Murcia , Spain
Sisse Olsen   Clinical Research Fellow, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College London , UK
Daniel Grandt   Professor of Medicine, Clinical Center Saarbruecken , Germany
Beth Lilja Pedersen   Director, Danish Society for Patient Safety , Denmark

 

Conference Advisory Committee

Itziar Larizgoitia Jauregui (Chair)   Research Lead, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety
Mark McCarthy   Professor of Public Health, University College London, UK
Rod Griffiths   Past President, Faculty of Public Health, UK
Liz Scott   Treasurer, Faculty of Public Health, UK
Paul Scourfield   Chief Executive, Faculty of Public Health, UK
Margarida França   Vice President, National Institute of Emergency Medicine,
Portugal
David Bates   External Lead Research, WHO World Alliance for Patient
Safety and Harvard University, USA
Christian Thomeczek   Managing Director, Agency Quality in Medicine, Germany
Jan Paehler   Scientific Officer, Health Research, Unit for Medical
and Public Health Research, European Commission
Silvana Simi   Patients for Patient Safety Champion, Italy
Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier   Technical Officer, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety
Martyn Brookes    
Kristen Morgan   Business Manager and Conference Coordinator, Faculty of Public Health, UK
Chloe Parkin   Head of Policy and Communications, Faculty of Public Health, UK