AGENDA

Tuesday, April 26, 2022   
11:30 a.m.  ET   

Welcome   

Renato Discenza, HealthPRO President and CEO   

11:35 a.m. ET   

Keynote Address and Q&A: Procurement with Purpose in Healthcare – Protecting the Planet, People (and Patients)  

Peter Smith, Author of Procurement with Purpose

12:05 p.m. ET   

Global Sustainability Showcase  

Daniel Eriksson, CEO, Nordic Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

– concept for the world’s greenest hospital

Elisa Frenz, CEO of Health Proc Europe 

– insights into European sustainability best practices

James Thirkill, CultureBlox

– highlights into sustainable procurement efforts at the National Health Service (NHS) UK

Moderated by Dr. Karsten Machholz

1:05 p.m. ET    Transition to Concurrent Sessions 
1:15 p.m. ET  Sustainability Concurrent Sessions  

Track 1: 

Suppliers in Action

Session led by: 

Benoît Larose, Vice President, Quebec, Medtech Canada   

Kendra Frey, Vice President, Materials Management, HealthPRO

Pamela McDonald-Kuhne, Stryker  

Track 2: 

Reducing Health Care Related PPE and Single Use Plastic Waste 

Session led by: 

Ed Rubinstein, Director of Environmental Compliance, Risk and Sustainability, University Health Network      

Marianne Dawson, Sustainability Consultant, Fraser Health  

Linda Varangu, Senior Advisor Climate Change, Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare

Barry Hunt, President, CAPPEM   

Chantal Rossignol, Coordinator, CERIEC’s Network of Living Labs on the Circular Economy 

 

Track 3: 

Clinician Choices Matter – how everyone can be an advocate for environmental change

Session led by: 

PEACH (Partnerships for Environmental Action by Clinicians and Communities for Hospitals / Health care facilities)   

Dr. Anita Rao, Anesthesiologist, Trillium Health Partners   

Dr. Myles Sergeant, Partnerships Lead, PEACH Ontario 

Dr. Danette Beechinor, BScPharm, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 

2:15 p.m. ET   

   

Summary & Key Takeaways  

   

2:30 p.m. ET  Adjourn  

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 26, 2022   
11:30 a.m.  ET   

Welcome   

Renato Discenza, HealthPRO President and CEO   

11:35 a.m. ET   

Keynote Address and Q&A: Procurement with Purpose in Healthcare – Protecting the Planet, People (and Patients)  

Peter Smith, Author of Procurement with Purpose

12:05 p.m. ET   

Global Sustainability Showcase  

Daniel Eriksson, CEO, Nordic Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

– concept for the world’s greenest hospital

Elisa Frenz, CEO of Health Proc Europe 

– insights into European sustainability best practices

James Thirkill, CultureBlox

– highlights into sustainable procurement efforts at the National Health Service (NHS) UK

Moderated by Dr. Karsten Machholz

1:05 p.m. ET    Transition to Concurrent Sessions 
1:15 p.m. ET  Sustainability Concurrent Sessions  

Track 1:  

Suppliers in Action

Session led by: 

Benoît Larose, Vice President, Quebec, Medtech Canada    

Kendra Frey, Vice President, Materials Management, HealthPRO   

Pamela McDonald-Kuhne, Stryker 

Track 2:  

Reducing Health Care Related PPE and Single Use Plastic Waste 


Session led by: 

Ed Rubinstein, Director of Environmental Compliance, Risk and Sustainability, University Health Network     

Marianne Dawson, Sustainability Consultant, Fraser Health     

Linda Varangu, Senior Advisor Climate Change, Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare 

Barry Hunt, President, CAPPEM   

Chantal Rossignol, Coordinator, CERIEC’s Network of Living Labs on the Circular Economy 

Track 3:  

Clinician Choices Matter – how everyone can be an advocate for environmental change

Session led by: 

PEACH (Partnerships for Environmental Action by Clinicians and Communities for Hospitals / Health care facilities)   

Dr. Anita Rao, Anesthesiologist, Trillium Health Partners 

Dr. Myles Sergeant, Partnerships Lead, PEACH Ontario 
 

Danette Beechinor, Director of Pharmacy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 

 

2:15 p.m. ET   

   

Summary & Key Takeaways  

   

2:30 p.m. ET  Adjourn