Quality of Healthcare Conference IVA 2026: Risky Business

Conference

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Location:  Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino

Registation opens on August 18th 2026!

About The Conference

After a successful conferences in 2022 and 2024, the IVA will organize its third healthcare conference in 2026 for all healthcare professionals titled: 

Quality of Healthcare Conference IVA 2026: Risky Business

Event Details

Date: 18th of September 2026
Time: 8 am - 5 pm
Location: Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, L.G. Smith Blvd 101, Noord, Aruba
 

Target Audience

  • Healthcare providers
  • Quality officers in healthcare organizations
  • Management of healthcare organizations

Meet the Speakers

Emily Ras, MSc
Risk Manager at Aruba Airport Authority

Ian Leistikow, PhD
Inspector at Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate &
Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Sulima Geerman, PhD
Director at SABA & Lecturer, Master Governance and Leadership, University of Aruba

Ingmar Ramharakh
Quality & Safety Coordinator LABHOH and Founder of Vigoris QSE

Chris Franca, MD
Consultant Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Aruba Gastro Clinic

Dorylee Pappers-Lopez Penha, MBA, ML, LL.M & Carolina Thiel-Span
Inspector General & Policy Officer at the Aruban Health Inspectorate

Program

8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:40Welcome by the Inspector General Dorylee Pappers-Lopez Penha, MBA, ML, LL.M
8:40-8:50Opening by Minister Public Health, Social Affairs and Elderly Care and Addiction Care Mrs. drs. M. Wyatt-Ras
8:50-9:15 What If Tomorrow Doesn't Go as Planned? Managing Disruption Before It Manages You by Emily Ras, MSc
9:20-9:55From Human Error to System Resilience: Applying Safety Science in Healthcare by Ian Leistikow, PhD
10:00-10:40 Flirting with Risk: A Driver for Learning and Change by Sulima Geerman, PhD
10:40-10:55Coffee Break
11:00-11:30From Risk to Results: Keeping It Simple by Ingmar Ramharakh
11:35-12:05Health Risk Management and Colorectal Cancer Screening in Aruba by Chris Franca, MD
12:10-12:40Walking the Talk: Risk Management in Context by Carolina Thiel-Span & Dorylee Pappers-Lopez Penha, MBA, ML, LL.M
12:45-13:45 Lunch Break
13:50-14:35Breakout Session 1
14:40-15:25Breakout Session 2
15:25-15:40Coffee Break
15:45-16:30Breakout Session 3
16:35-16:50Lessons Learned from the Break Out Sessions (main room)
16:50-17:00 Closing

*Attendees will have the opportunity to attend all 3 breakout sessions as they switch from rooms.

Room A: Expect the Unexpected: From Risk-Based Governance to Business Continuity by Emily Ras, MSc & Carolina Thiel-Span & Dorylee Pappers-Lopez Penha, MBA, ML, LL.M

Room B: Risk It, Learn It, Fix It: Turning Complexity into Practical Improvement by Sulima Geerman, PhD & Ingmar Ramharakh

Room C: From Blind Spots to Better Outcomes: Applying Safety Science and Early Detection to Prevent Harm by Ian Leistikow, PhD & Chris Franca, MD

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Speaker Abstracts