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Biography
Michael Palmer is a project officer in the 'ICT for Health' Unit of the European Commission's Information Society & Media Directorate-General in Brussels. He is responsible for innovation policy within the unit, for eHealth market issues and for coordinating activities of EU member state eHealth representatives. Michael led the Commission-wide eHealth Task Force which contributed to the Commission's recently adopted 'Lead Market Initiative', which included a report on 'Accelerating the development of the eHealth market in Europe'. He also has experience in ICT, marketing, PR and brand consultancy in London and Brussels and has been an MEP assistant in the European Parliament. He studied French and Italian at Oxford University and has a Master in International Relations from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
