Closing remarks and Outlook



Friday, 17. October 2014 | 12:30 Uhr

Speaker

Hans Groth

Organisation

President of the Foundation

Reporting

Hans Groth, President of the Academia Engelberg Foundation, summarized the most important lessons he learned from the 13th Dialogue on Science as follows: „We are capable to feed nine billion people by ourselves. During the last days, it became clear to me, however, that today’s production is not sustainable. Now it is up to us, we must maintain the dialogue, research, and science in order to develop solutions.“ The world will continue to grow. Climate will change. Urgent corrective measures are needed. In conclusion, Groth addressed the young scientists: „Over the last few days, you have heard time and again that you must usher in change. And you will start introducing change tomorrow. You will play a leading role.“ This does not mean, however, that the older generation can sit back. It must support the young generation with guidance and advice. This intergenerational approach will make the difference. Groth invited everyone present to return in 2015 and attend the Academia Engelberg Foundation’s 14th Dialogue on Science, which will take place from October 14 to 16 and focus on ‘Future Economic Systems’. Video of Hans Groth’s closing remarks and outlook.

 

Hans Groth

Hans Groth holds the office of President of the Foundation Board of Academia Engelberg.

Dr. med. Hans Groth, MBA is Senior Director of Healthcare Policy & Market Access for the Oncology Business Unit from Pfizer Europe and Member of the Executive Board for Pfizer Switzerland. His responsibilities include governmental affairs, healthcare policy, pricing & reimbursement across Europe and tailored communication strategies to gain broad societal acceptance of innovative medicines and modern personalized oncology treatment regimen in particular. Hans Groth has been working with Pfizer for twenty-three years. He has comprehensive experience in over 30 healthcare markets including Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the USA and Canada.

His previous responsibilities have included medical affairs, clinical research, regulatory, marketing & sales as well as international public affairs including negotiating pricing and access conditions with government authorities as well as healthcare payers. In 2003, he was appointed “Pfizer Global Health Fellow” by UNAIDS to conduct case studies in Central Asia and Siberia in order to quantify the threat potential of HIV/AIDS/TB in that region. For his subsequent commitment towards supporting public health infrastructure projects in Southeast Siberia and Kirgizstan, he received in 2008 the “Pfizer Global Health Fellow Award”.

For the past ten years, Dr. Groth has been studying the interaction between global demographic change, economic development, wealth and societal stability (c.f. “Europe’s Demographic Challenge – Unlocking the Value of Health” Hans Groth & Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, 2007). The focus of his research has built upon theories of economic development & productivity and employing the value of health as a sustainable tool to unlock new ways to tackle the imminent challenges of demographic change. Since 2009, Dr. Groth has worked as a guest lecturer at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland with the topic “Megatrend: Global Demographic Change”. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Demographic & Ageing Forum (WDA) at the University of St. Gallen and elected member of the “Global Agenda Council on Global Population Growth” for the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Dr. Groth is married with two adult children. He has dual citizenship of Switzerland and Germany.

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