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European eHealth Week 2011 announced on 17 February 2011 that key eHealth organisations and industry partners will participate in this year's edition in Hungary (Budapest, 10-12 May 2011) in order to exchange views with senior EU government representatives.

eHealth Week is an EU-wide networking and information platform which unites all stakeholders of the fragmented health IT industry towards a common goal: advancing the application of eHealth in Europe. European eHealth Week 2011 is a joint event which will bring together the High Level eHealth conference to be held in conjunction with the World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition (WoHIT). The organisers are the European Commission, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Europe (HIMSS Europe) and the Hungarian Ministry of Health, which currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Modernisation, responsiveness, effectiveness, efficacy and sustainability are key aspects of governments' health policies in today's challenging times. However, these policies cannot be implemented without the active contribution of information technology, based on an intensive and innovative cooperation of all major stakeholders. By attracting senior level government representatives, the conference ensures a dialogue between health sector decision-makers and relevant professional and industrial partners. One of the major events on the agenda is the 'Leaders in Health IT Symposium', an all-day forum gathering key players from the European health sector. It will consist of three educational sessions, knowledge exchange and networking opportunities at the most senior level.

Some of the major eHealth stakeholders having confirmed their participation include public-private partnership 'Innovative Medicines Initiative' (IMI), Germany's Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM), the European MHealth Alliance (EuMHA), the Continua Health Alliance, the NETC@RDS Project and French Agency for Shared Health Information Systems (ASIP Santé). Denmark, Sweden, Turkey and other countries will showcase their projects on the exhibition floor in a country pavilion, together with some of the largest industry partners.