- Forthcoming presentations
- Past presentations
- Articles and interviews
- Career history
Forthcoming presentations
Subject: Future trends in medical tourism
Health Tourism Development in Europe
Vienna, Austria
Sep 22-23 2008
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Subject: Healthcare for the medical tourist
The Cerner Health Conference
October 5-8 2008
Kansas, USA
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Subject: A patient's guide to medical tourism
The Health Tourism Show
London Olympia
October 25-26 2008
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Subject: A code of practice for medical tourism
Healthcare Travel Exhibition and Congress 2008
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
November 2-4 2008
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Subject: Marketing for medical tourism
International Medical Travel Conference (IMTC) 2008
Seoul, Korea
November 10-14 2008
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Past presentations
Subject: The experiences and expectations of UK medical tourists
World Health Tourism Congress
4th-6th April 2008
Marbella, Spain
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Subject: Medical Tourism: A UK Perspective
First European Congress on Health Tourism
9th-11th April 2008
Munich, Germany
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Subject: Developing medical tourism in Cyprus
Cyprus Tourism Organisation
December 2007
London
Articles and interviews
- Maximizing the medical tourism opportunity (in press)
Article for Cerner Healthcare Quarterly - Medical tourism injects life into online healthcare directory
Interview by Rebecca Burn-Callander in Real Business magazine - Why are British patients travelling abroad for treatment? (Members only access)
Article in Tourism Magazine, the journal of the UK tourism industry. - My back end
Interview by David Longworth in Real Business magazine, on the use of content-management systems in web publishing. - Interview with Sandi Toksvig on Excess Bagage on Radio 4.
Career history of Keith Pollard
Sep 2003 to date
INTUITION COMMUNICATION LTD
Managing Director
Intuition is a web publisher specialising in the healthcare sector. Intuition manages Private Healthcare UK, the UK’s leading portal for private healthcare services, Treatment Abroad, the leading portal for medical tourism, the Harley Street Guide and several other healthcare sites.
200 - 2003
EM:SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Director of Emedia
Design and delivery of business communication programmes, both within organisations and to external audiences. em:seven acquired Icon Group in April 2000.
1998 - 2000
ICON GROUP LTD
Managing Director
Marketing communications agency, providing traditional and electronic design services, business communication and marketing services to the healthcare sector. Formed from the merger of Acumen Solutions and Concept Associates.
1996 - 1998
ACUMEN SOLUTIONS LTD
Co Founder and Director
A specialist developer of web sites, providing internet and intranet applications for healthcare organisations.
1993 - 1996
LOWE LINDSAY PARTNERSHIP
Managing Consultant
A consultancy providing marketing and business planning advice to healthcare organisations in the private and public sector.
1992 - 1993
HOSPITAL CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC
Marketing Director
The company owned and managed private healthcare facilities, which were public/private sector joint ventures.
1986 – 1992 BMI HEALTHCARE
The UK's largest private sector provider of acute hospital care, psychiatric care, health prevention, screening and occupational health programmes.
Various senior marketing and operational positions
1978 - 1986 BEECHAM GROUP PLC
Major UK pharmaceutical company, now part of Glaxo SmithKline
Various marketing and sales management positions