Futuretalk 2024:
"Shaping the future of private healthcare"

Dr. Paul Garassus (Neurologist, MD) President of the UEHP (European Union of Private Hospitals) since 2015, Vice President SFES (French Health Economics Society) since 2008 and President of the Scientific Council of BAQIMEHP (formation and analysis for the private sector in France).

Dr. Cyril Toma is an experienced healthcare professional with a proven track record of improving the quality, visibility, and overall success of patient-focused healthcare systems.

Dr. phil. Lisz Hirn, born in 1984, studied philosophy and singing in Graz, Paris, Vienna and Kathmandu. She works as a publicist and philosopher in youth and adult education, including on the university course "Philosophical Practice" at the University of Vienna.

Dr. Georg Rüter has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Münsterland and East Westphalia Special Purpose Association of Non-profit Hospitals (ZVMO) since 1992 and its Chairman since 2023. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank für Kirche und Caritas in Paderborn and Franziska Schervier Altenhilfe in Aachen, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dr. August Oetker Foundation and a lecturer at Bielefeld University.

Köksal Baltaci has been editor of the "Presse" since 2011 and has received a number of awards and scholarships during this time, including the Press Prize of the Vienna Medical Association, the Austrian Medical Association and the Upper Austrian Medical Association as well as the Silver Living Journalist Award for respectful reporting on life in old age.

Dr. Peter Köppl is the founder and managing partner of Mastermind Public Affairs Consulting. He is one of Austria's leading public affairs experts with professional experience as a journalist, PR consultant, press spokesman and lobbying manager in industrial companies, chambers, associations and agencies.

Dr. Peter Hajek is an experienced political scientist and academically certified market and opinion researcher with over 25 years of experience in empirical social research. He is the founder and director of Peter Hajek Public Opinion Strategies GmbH. Dr. Hajek has also been a lecturer at FH Campus Wien and FH Wiener Neustadt since 2008.

Dr. Peter Eichler is Chairman of the Health Insurance Section and Chairman of the Life Insurance Section of the Austrian Insurance Association. He is a member of the Management Board of UNIQA Österreich Versicherungen AG and UNIQA International AG until June 30, 2024. From July 1, 2024, Peter Eichler will be a member of the Management Board of UNIQA Versicherungsverein Privatstiftung.

Doctorate in law and social insurance officer at the Lower Austrian Farmers' Association. Since 2019, Dr. Gleitsmann has been pleased to contribute his experience as a senior researcher at the Economica Institute for Economic Research, as a lecturer in health policy and health planning at the IMC FH Krems and as a consultant.

Univ-Doz. Dr. Andreas J. Obrecht is a sociologist, development researcher, author, presenter of the ORF-Ö1 live program Punkt Eins and the program Im Gespräch, head of the Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development and head of the university cooperation network Africa UniNet.