Powering connections: women shaping healthcare innovation

This event connects female professionals working at international life sciences and healthcare companies, from biotech and pharma to medtech, digital health and data. It offers space to exchange experiences, discuss strategic challenges, and explore opportunities for collaboration within and beyond the region.

What to expect

• A keynote by an internationally experienced healthcare leader
• An interactive networking carousel to connect with fellow professionals
• An informal reception to continue conversations and strengthen new connections

The program is designed to encourage meaningful exchange between life sciences and healthcare professionals working in research, innovation, market access, policy, business development and strategy in internationally active organizations.

Programme outline

17:00 – 17:15 | Walk-in and welcome
17:15 – 17:45 | Opening by Oost NL & keynote speaker
17:45 – 18:30 | Networking carousel (3 rounds of ±15 minutes)
18:30 – 19:30 | Informal networking reception

Keynote speaker: Annemieke de Groot, PhD

• Director health technology assessment & real world evidence, IQVIA
• Women’s health leader, Global Healthcare Leaders Foundation
• Ambassador WomenInc

Dr. Annemieke de Groot brings more than twenty years of international experience in clinical research, market access, healthcare policy, and innovation. With a PhD in pharmacology and executive education at Harvard Medical School, she combines scientific expertise with strategic leadership in international healthcare environments.

During her time at Harvard, she initiated an online e-learning platform on women’s health, for which she received the Global Healthcare Leadership Foundation Award for Excellence in Global Market Access & Healthcare Policy. She is currently part of the Foundation’s Leadership Team in Boston.

At IQVIA, a global healthcare data and analytics company, she leads the Dutch health technology assessment and real-world evidence department. In this role, she works with internal and external stakeholders to bridge healthcare knowledge gaps, with particular attention to women’s health.

Her perspective connects international healthcare business, leadership and inclusive innovation — themes that are highly relevant to the further development of the The Netherlands as a strong and internationally connected life sciences region.

Networking carousel

During the networking carousel, participants will rotate between tables, allowing them to engage in focused discussions on different themes, from international collaboration, leadership in global healthcare environments to more in depth discussions on key topic. This format stimulates in-depth conversations, strengthens peer connections and broadens the network of female professionals in the life sciences and healthcare sector.

With contributions from:

• Annemieke de Groot, PhD, Director Health Technology Assessment & Real World Evidence @ IQVIA
• Agnieszka Onder, Plant Manager Director at Johnson and Johnson Medtech
• Patty Scholten – van Welie, Director Human Resources, AstraZeneca Nederland

Interested in joining us?

We warmly invite you to register and be part of this international network of women shaping healthcare innovation in The Netherlands.