Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael

Events

Organisation

Clingendael External Affairs Office & American Chamber of Commerce

Location

Instituut Clingendael

Mr. Floris Sanders
Mr. Floris Sanders during his opening speech as chairman of the event.

Forum

5th Clingendael European Health Forum

15 december 2004

On December 15th, the Clingendael European Health Forum was held for the fifth time. Main topic of this conference was the future of Medical Scientific Research: The symposium was organized at the initiative of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands and was entitled Dark Clouds above medical scientific research in Europe: will there be a future in between rules and regulations? During the symposium the results of two surveys were presented by the Dutch Federation of Scientific Medical Societies (FMWV). The first survey was conducted by the Clingendael Institute among members of the Dutch as well as the European Parliament regarding their views on the future of medical scientific research. A similar survey conducted by TNS-NIPO was held among the Dutch public at large. The conference was opened by Prof. Alfred van Staden, director of the Clingendael Institute, Mr Arnout Ploos van Amstel MA, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands and Mr Hugo Hurts MA, who officially represented the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports. The event was chaired by Mr. Floris Sanders MA, president of the Council for Public Health and Health Care (RVZ - Raad voor de Volksgezondheid en Zorg).


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