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Michał Zabdyr-Jamróz | Poland

Edition speaker: 2024 | 2025

Political scientist, assistant professor at the Institute of Public Health of the Jagiellonian University Medical College. Collaborator of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Brussels) and the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience. Guest lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. Conducted research at, among others: Maastricht and Harvard universities. Presented his research at numerous conferences, including at: Sciences Po in Paris, as well as Universities of Manchester and Canberra. Areas of specialization and interest: health policy analysis; organization of health systems; deliberative democracy and deliberative governance; health equity and theories of justice; health in all policies (HiAP) and health impact assessment (HIA); challenges of evidence-based policy-making; and analysis of public debates on health and the above-mentioned issues. In his approach he utilises deliberative democratic theory, in particular the theory of deliberative systems, and the three inputs of governance framework – analysing intersection of emotions, self-interests and expertise in policy-making. He is also involved in the popularization of research as the founder of the Blog of the Institute of Public Health and the author of numerous popular science press publications. top

Vladimir Zah | Canada

Edition speaker: 2016

Vladimir, PhD(c), brings more than 20 years of Health Economics technology and business experience. Since 2000, in various roles as Health Economist, Project Manager and Chief Investigator, Vlad has implemented more than 150 health economic models and assessments in the phase 2, 3 and 4 settings, across various disease areas for top 30 global pharmaceutical companies. Vlad worked extensively over the last 6 years in opioid dependence. His PhD research on early vs. late HIV detection in the United Kingdom contributed to revisions in HIV early detection policies made by the UK Parliament in 2011. He co-founded the Serbian Chapter of the International Society for Pharmaco-economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) in 2007 and served as President of that chapter until 2012. Vlad is an active member of various ISPOR special interest groups (SIG) (including rare diseases) and is ISPOR Central East Europe Executive Committee Chair 2015-2017. Vlad lectures extensively and serves as a key opinion leader in the areas of HEOR, opioid addiction, HIV, diabetes and other. He also consults and provided HEOR training relating to both medications and medical devices to Ministry of Health, National Insurance Funds or at national congresses in Russia, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, FYROM, Republic of Srpska and India. top

Zachary Zalewski | USA

Edition speaker: 2022

Zachary Zalewski, PhD, JD is a US regulatory and market access expert trained in biological science and law. Zach currently serves as an Enterprise Strategy Director at the US Pharmacopeia; previously, Zach was a Consultant at Avalere Health, a life sciences advisory firm located in Washington, DC. Zach brings a holistic perspective to healthcare innovation, bridging the gap between science, data, law, and policy. Zach has a JD from Case Western Reserve University with a health law concentration, a PhD in molecular and human genetics from Baylor College of Medicine, and a dual major BS in microbiology and history from Michigan State University. top

Rafał Zasiewski | Poland

Edition speaker: 2019

Rafał has been gaining experience and achieving successes in managerial positions in sales and marketing since 1999. For 15 years, he was associated with the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis. In 2011, as a leader of an international team of ophthalmic drug managers in Novartis, he built and developed marketing strategies in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Poland. He has introduced projects to optimise operations and manage product strategy in the face of the emergence of competition on the market. Since 2015, he has been co-creating Ideal Datum; the company’s flagship product is Compass Point-Clinics Audit – a consultancy service based on Swiss standards, providing Polish entrepreneurs with a professional tool supporting operational efficiency. As part of his business, he also audits the effectiveness of sales and marketing teams in medical and pharmaceutical companies. top

Wojciech Zawalski | Poland

Edition speaker: 2016

Dyrektor Departamentu Świadczeń Opieki Zdrowotnej Narodowego Funduszu Zdrowia. Praktyk biznesu, specjalista w zakresie ginekologii i położnictwa. W latach 1997-2010 pracował jako lekarz w wojewódzkim Specjalistycznym Szpitalu im. dr. Madurowicza w Łodzi. W latach 2010-2011 pełnił funkcję kierownika oddziału Ginekologii i Położnictwa Pabianickiego Centrum Medycznego. Od 2011 roku pełnił kierownicze stanowiska w podmiotach medycznych. Absolwent Wydziału Lekarskiego Akademii Medycznej w Łodzi. W 2013 roku ukończył studia podyplomowe na kierunku zarządzanie w ochronie zdrowia w Wyższej Szkole Zarządzania i Bankowości w Krakowie. top

Jan Zygmuntowski | Poland

Edition speaker: 2022 | 2023

Economist and social entrepreneur interested in complex systems, political economy of technology and digital economy. Co-President of the Polish Network of Economics and Program Director at CoopTech Hub, first Polish center for platform co-ops. PhD candidate at Kozminski University and lecturer at Management and AI in Digital Society program. Founder and 2015-2020 Chairman of the Board at Instrat, a progressive policy think-tank. He gained experience i.a. in the Polish Development Fund. Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, fellow of G20 Global Solutions, British Council, Møller Institute, Open Future Foundation & FEPS. Author of “Network Capitalism” (“Kapitalizm Sieci”), nominated to “Economicus 2020” prize. DigitalEU Ambassador. top