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Keynote SpeakerLucien Engelen

CEO of Transform Health and a speaker, Global Health(care) Innovation Strategist and expert in Digital Health

After a career in acute healthcare (i.e., 25+ years in ambulance services, dispatch centers, trauma helicopters, and Emergency Preparedness and Planning Offices), Lucien Engelen founded and acted as the director of the REshape Innovation Center of the Radboud University Medical Center and advisor to the Board of Directors (2007-2018), where... Read more

Biography

After a career in acute healthcare (i.e., 25+ years in ambulance services, dispatch centers, trauma helicopters, and Emergency Preparedness and Planning Offices), Lucien Engelen founded and acted as the director of the REshape Innovation Center of the Radboud University Medical Center and advisor to the Board of Directors (2007-2018), where he also gained extensive experience in the academic side of healthcare.

Next, he was the Global health(care) Innovation Strategist for the Center for the Edge Deloitte (Global role, Amsterdam, Melbourne, and San Francisco), and the Vodafone Group UK/Europe (both not employed nor commercial).

Lucien Engelen has been named the #1 influencer in the health tech scene, reaffirming his leadership in driving innovation at the intersection of healthcare and technology. In addition, he secured the #2 spot as a business influencer in the overall tech scene, trailing only the legendary Richard Branson. Engelen also ranks an impressive #4 in the prestigious overall Tyto Top 500, solidifying his reputation as a visionary voice in global tech and business transformation.

An extraordinary achievement that highlights his influence and dedication to shaping the future of healthcare!

Lucien Engelen still works at Laurentius Medical Center (Roermond) and is a core faculty at Next Med Health (formerly known as Exponential Medicine of Singularity University) since 2011.

As the CEO of Transform Health and a prominent health innovation strategist, Engelen has built a substantial following with over 750,000 followers on LinkedIn. His newsletter reaches more than 150,000 readers, offering insights into integrating technology with healthcare to foster patient empowerment and drive innovation.

To share his experience, knowledge, and network, he delivers over 100 keynotes and boardroom sessions each year across every continent.

Lucien continues to work at the intersection of innovation and strategy and advises boards, governments, companies, and professionals. His advice focuses on initiating change and explaining what it takes. His decades of experience in local regions and (inter)national settings make him share relevant #howtos.

Thanks to his practical approach, he was able to identify necessary changes at an early stage and implement them in a sector bound by many rules.

The foregoing has put him at the forefront of healthcare innovation in Europe and beyond over the past three decades.

His presentations cover creating a sustainable culture for innovation and needed transformation, change management, the future of healthcare, the future of work, digitization, technology in health and care, and the retailization of healthcare.

His lectures are practical, stimulating, forward-looking, teasing, provoking, and spiced with a bit of humor and self-mockery.

"Lucien ran a thought provoking and engaging session at our event whereby he delivered a ~20 minute presentation on his work and background and then facilitated a ~45 minute panel discussion with representatives from the general public, followed by an audience Q&A. His presentation style was engaging with clear messages, and he navigated the panel discussion well to draw out useful insights and to ensure all voices were equally heard. Lucien executed our brief perfectly and feedback we have received from attendees have been positive." BUPA

Popular Talks by Lucien Engelen

  • How healthcare is ‘losing’ society a bit

    Healthcare in all its facets should be a reflection of what is happening in society, but then translated, let’s say adapted, with a few unique characteristics that are different for healthcare.

    He talks about both the user interface UI, -the way we offer care-, and the user experience UX, the...

  • From healthcare to health: what your role could be in the future of healthcare

    With the aging population, increasing burnout complaints of healthcare workers, a shortage of skilled personnel, and rising costs, healthcare is heading for an implosion. This development has already started before the COVID-19 pandemic and has only intensified since then.

    Healthcare is cracking at the seams, and the consequences of the...

  • How to create sustainable innovation in health(care)

    Projects, programs, lean, agile. These are all great tools. But what tools are actually successful if you want to create sustainable change? What did we learn during the pandemic, and what are the pitfalls?

  • Augmented Health (care)™

    Lucien Engelen goes into depth on the topics from his latest book: Augmented Health (care) ™; ‘The end of the beginning’. Why is the current healthcare system at the end of its lifecycle? What are the opportunities, and what should we be aware of?

  • Culture eats strategy for breakfast

    When pursuing change and innovation within the organization, it is often better to implement a change program aimed at a permanent change in (business)culture than to roll out an innovation strategy. Lucien explains why this is the case and how it works

  • New technology in health(care)

    What technology will hit you breakfast table as a health(care) worker in the upcoming years, in 5, 10 and 25 years from now, and how to prepare