The F.A.Z. Towergespraech on the theme Gesundheit als Wohlstandsfaktor, health as a factor of prosperity, is scheduled for the twenty eighth of this month at the F.A.Z. Tower in Frankfurt am Main. The discussion is organised by F.A.Z. Konferenzen and appears on the organiser's current events listing, which gives the theme and the venue and no further description.
The Towergespraech series is a discussion format rather than a multi-day conference, bringing a small group of senior figures together at the newspaper's own building for an evening on a single question.
The event matters to executives because the framing of health spending as an input to economic output rather than as a cost line is the argument on which pharmaceutical pricing, hospital financing and employer health provision in Germany are currently being contested. Health policy decisions taken on a cost containment basis and decisions taken on a productivity basis lead to opposite conclusions about reimbursement and about where research investment is located. Executives from pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, health insurers, hospital groups and employer organisations attend alongside policymakers.
The F.A.Z. Tower stands in the Europaviertel district of Frankfurt am Main and is the headquarters building associated with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
