Global Heart Hub’s 3rd Unite Annual Summit a huge success

Global Heart Hub’s 3rd Unite Annual Summit a huge success

125 participants from across 27 countries, with 23 expert speakers!

Global Heart Hub brought the cardiovascular disease patient community together from 8-9 November for the 3rd Annual Unite Summit, held in Barcelona, Spain. Participants united to develop the first patient-led global Manifesto calling for action on early detection and timely diagnosis of cardiovascular disease – launching in early 2024.

Unite Annual Summit 2023 Highlights

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Patient Stories – Hear from our community

This is why we are uniting – to highlight the need for policy and investment prioritisation of early detection and timely diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.

Unite Annual Summit 2023

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Unite Annual Summit 2023

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Tanya Hall, CEO, hearts4heart, Australia & New Zealand

Prof David Wood, Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London, UK & University of Galway, Ireland

Prof Laurence Sperling, Professor in Preventive Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine; Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, US

With Marc Bains, Co-founder, HeartLife Foundation, Canada and Co-Lead, Canadian Heart Function Alliance; Jens Näumann, CEO, Initiative Herzklappe e.V., Germany; Greg Ruf, Executive Director and Board President, DCM Foundation, USA; and ShantaQuilette Carter-Williams, Patient Advocate, USA

Primary Care: Prof Richard Hobbs, Chair, European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society; President, International Primary Care Cardiovascular Society; Professor of Primary Care, University of Oxford, UK.
Secondary Care: Prof Lina Badimon, Director of Cardiovascular Science Program and Cardiovascular Disease Area Coordinator, Hospital of Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Co-morbidities: Prof Knut Borch-Johnsen, Medical Advisor, World Diabetes Foundation
Social Determinants of Health: Dr Ratna Devi, Chair of ISPOR Patient Council; Lead of Indian Alliance of Patient Groups; Immediate Past President of IAPO

  • Biomarkers:

Prof Damien Gruson, Head of Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Chair Elect, Emerging Technology Division, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

  • Screening and Health Economic Cases:

Prof Zanfina Ademi, Head of Health Economics & Policy Evaluation Research group, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

  • Genetics:

Prof James Ware, Professor of Cardiovascular and Genomic Medicine, Imperial College London; Visiting Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

  • Innovation – MedTech:

Alexander Olbrecht, Director Digital Health, MedTech Europe

  • Innovation – Pharma:

Lena Lymperopoulou, Executive Director, TA Policy Cardiovascular, Novartis; Representative, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, Cardiovascular Health Platform

Alan Donnelly, Executive Chairman, Sovereign Sustainability And Development; Convenor of The G20 Health And Development Partnership

Prof Fausto Pinto, Immediate Past President, World Heart Federation; Professor of Cardiology, University of Lisbon; Head of Cardiology Department & Heart and Vascular Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
James Kennedy, Director of Public Affairs, European Society of Cardiology
Birgit Beger, CEO, European Heart Network
Prof Knut Borch-Johnsen, Medical Advisor, World Diabetes Foundation

Unite Summit 2023 Speakers

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Professor Fausto Pinto

Prof Fausto Pinto

Immediate Past President, World Heart Federation; Professor of Cardiology, University of Lisbon; Head of Cardiology Department & Heart and Vascular Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Tanya Hall

CEO, hearts4heart

Prof David Wood

Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London, UK and University of Galway, Ireland

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Laurence S. Sperling

Prof Laurence Sperling

Professor in Preventive Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine; Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Alan Donnelly

Alan Donnelly

Executive Chairman, Sovereign Sustainability And Development; Convenor of The G20 Health And Development Partnership

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Professor Zanfina Ademi

Prof Zanfina Ademi

Delaney

Head of Health Economics and Policy Evaluation Research group, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Prof Lina Badimon

Director of Cardiovascular Science Program and Cardiovascular Disease Area Coordinator, Hospital of Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Marc Bains

Co-founder, HeartLife Foundation, Canada; Co-Lead, Canadian Heart Function Alliance

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Ratna Devi

Dr Ratna Devi

Chair of ISPOR Patient Council; Lead of Indian Alliance of Patient Groups; Immediate Past President of IAPO

ShantaQuilette

Carter-Williams

Nationally Acclaimed Patient and Heart Health Advocate, CEO of SQ Develle Enterprises LLC

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Damien Gruson

Prof Damien Gruson

Head of Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Chair Elect, Emerging Technology Division, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Ed Harding

Ed Harding

Managing Director, The Health Policy Partnership; Strategic Adviser, Heart Failure Policy Network

Richard Hobbs

Prof Richard Hobbs

Chair, European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society; President, International Primary Care Cardiovascular Society; Professor of Primary Care, University of Oxford

Prof Knut Borch-Johnsen

Medical Advisor, World Diabetes Foundation

Neil Johnson

Executive Director,
Global Heart Hub

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - James Kennedy

James Kennedy

Director of Public Affairs,
European Society of Cardiology

Lena Lymperopoulou

Lena Lymperopoulou

Executive Director, TA Policy Cardiovascular, Novartis; Representative, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, Cardiovascular Health Platform

Jens Näumann

CEO, Initiative Herzklappe e.V.

Global Heart Hub Unite speaker 2023 - Alexander Olbrechts

Alexander Olbrechts

Director Digital Health,
MedTech Europe

Greg Ruf

Executive Director and Board President, DCM Foundation

Birgit Beger

Brigit Beger

CEO, European Heart Network

James Ware

Prof James Ware

Professor of Cardiovascular and Genomic Medicine, Imperial College London; Visiting Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

Tamsin Rose

Tamsin Rose

Moderator

GHH Unite Summit 2023

We are delighted to work with The Health Policy Partnership as our knowledge partner on this initiative.

Supported by

Boehringer Ingelheim