To mark its tenth anniversary, over 500 participants from the healthcare and procurement sectors will gather at the Hospital Procurement Congress on 5–6 December in Berlin. Across 40 programme items (3 plenary sessions, 9 specialist forums, 21 workshops and exciting formats such as the ‘Arena of Solutions’ and the ‘Practitioners in Dialogue’ discussion forum), more than 80 speakers will discuss procurement and logistics in the healthcare sector.
This year, the event focuses primarily on the changing procurement process: from product-based, price-oriented purchasing towards holistic, process-oriented procurement management linked to strategy, (change) management and practical application. Another key focus this time is the topic of digitalisation.
In addition to the main programme, the congress features an accompanying trade exhibition as well as the special exhibition ‘Patient Rooms of the Future’.
To mark the tenth anniversary, the end of the first day of the congress will be rounded off with a festive get-together featuring live music.
Just in time for the event’s anniversary, the book Strategic Procurement Management in Hospitals: 19 experts from the healthcare sector apply state-of-the-art strategic procurement methods to hospital practice. The guide will be presented by the editors, Dr Kerstin Stachel and Lennart Eltzholtz, during a press conference on the first day of the congress.