Global Medical Forum Foundation

The Global Medical Forum

			In partnership with Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training

	Day One Evening: Sunday, 1 May 2005			Site Links US Summits GCC - ME Summits Europe Summits Far East Summits GMF I Program GMF II Program GMF III Program GMF IV Program GMF V Program GCC-ME Summit I: Day One, Evening Day Two, Morning Day Two, Afternoon Day Three, Morning Day Three, Early Afternoon The Venue A Glimpse of Beirut Partners GCC-ME Summit II: Day One, Evening Day Two, Morning Day Two, Afternoon Day Two, Evening Day Three, Morning The Venue Partners
	The GMF Summit: Abu Dhabi is in many ways an exploration of the complex challenges that face any rapidly developing healthcare system. It is a search for solutions to those challenges and for the proper balance in the many tradeoffs that are inevitably encountered. At the core of this effort is the concept of excellence, a concept which the Foundation believes must always remain as the watermark of the healthcare agenda. There should be no goal to create second class healthcare, even if there are to remain established systems of patient export and tiered classes of medicine. A society which does not recognize the centrality of excellence is one which will only compound the myths of healthcare and inevitably harm its system of care. Excellence, at least in the short term, may not be possible in every field, yet it is the duty of the society’s leaders to strive for its achievement. This Opening Plenary will seek to define the concept of excellence in the context of the region.




	Reception 1900 to 2000 hrs.


	Keynote Addresses & Gala Dinner 2000 to 2145 hrs.

	Speakers
	Welcome & introduction Prof. Dr. Raphael H. Levey; Chairman, Global Medical Forum Foundation Opening address H. H. Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyanl; Chairman, General Authority for Health Services - Abu Dhabi and Chairman, Abu Dhabi Economic Development and Planning Department H. H. E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan; Minister of Higher Education, United Arab Emirates The keys to science and discovery Prof. Dr. Walter Gilbert; Nobel Laureate; Harvard University; Managing Director, BioVentures Investors The need for medical excellence Dr. Andreas Wicki; Chief Executive Officer, HBM Partners Grand challenges in healthcare on the Sub-continent Ms. Sangita Reddy; Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals, India Building an information infrastructure for healthcare Mr. Neil de Crescenzo; Business Consulting Services Healthcare Leader, IBM

Note: This is a Preliminary Program for May 2005; not all speakers are confirmed.

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