Future-Proof Healthcare Systems: From Ambition to Action

When:Fr 26-06-2026 09:00 - 17:00Where:House of Connections

There are hundreds of initiatives in the Netherlands that aim to make healthcare future-proof. They are inventive, they are driven and almost all of them disappear once the funding ends. Meanwhile, the demand for care continues to rise, complexity increases, and the labour market is under growing strain. Everyone feels the urgency. Yet no one breaks the pattern.

On Friday 26 June, we are not coming together to state this once again.
We are coming together to set the course.

Programme

08:30	Reception with coffee and tea
09:00	Opening by chair of the day Matthijs van der Linde
09:15	The state of the Netherlands: where do we stand now? What lies beneath the surface? Erik Buskens (Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health): Integrated care as a prerequisite for future sustainability; what do we really know? Isabelle van de Ven (theme: Future Proof Healthcare Systems): What is happening in the Netherlands? Lessons from initiatives for integrated care Initiative to be confirmed: From idea to practice: integrated care in everyday reality
10:30	Pauze
11:00	From problem analysis to actionable perspectives Werner Zuurbier (RSO GERRIT): Data as an accelerator for integrated collaboration
12:00	Lunch and networking
12:45	From analysis to action: which approaches really work? Thomas Plochg (Federation for Health): How current funding logics slow down integrated care and what is needed to break through
13:15	Plenary intermezzo by Matthijs van der Linde
13:30	Break
13:45	Thematic tables: help shape the national and regional agenda
15:15	Feedback from each thematic table and agreement on joint priorities and next steps
15:45	Plenary closing by Matthijs van der Linde
16:00	Drinks and networking

Why should you attend?

You will get an honest overview of what is happening nationally—and what is structurally going wrong.
You will uncover the deeper causes of “pilotitis”: why promising initiatives disappear without leaving a trace.
You will leave the day with concrete tools for your organisation, network, or policy table.
You will directly contribute to a shared course of action—an agenda that goes beyond intentions.
You will build relationships with the people who can truly make a difference.