Global Medical Forum Foundation

			In partnership with Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training

	Day Two Morning: Monday, 2 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
	Plenary Session: Creating Centers of Excellence A critical key to achieving excellence in healthcare is its core institution, the Center of Excellence. All participants in the healthcare enterprise in some way revolve around the Center of Excellence, contributing to its clinical, social or economic achievements. As such, the Center of Excellence is a massively complex institution, with not only many kinds of participants but also many different motivations and measures of success amongst them. This plenary session breaks down three sets of participants: corporations, academic medical centers and tertiary care centers. Excepting physicians, these are perhaps the three most motivated and important contributors to this high-tech enterprise, each serving in its own way as a bridge from innovation to clinical care. Each has a specific role to play that may or may not conflict with that of the others. Note: Plenary Session, 120 Persons Round Table 1: Healthcare information systems: Building integrated networks for better and cheaper care As advances in science and technology open new opportunities and make traditional methods of managing information obsolete, the healthcare community has begun to seek alternative tools and approaches to make information accessible to all participants. One way to accomplish this is by developing clinical information systems that electronically capture a patient’s medical interactions from birth and throughout their lifetime. This leads to an electronic medical record (eMR) for each patient – that is, a secure, lifetime record of his or her health history and care that would be available electronically to authorized healthcare providers and the individual anywhere, anytime. At the same time, other new technologies are linking radiology records between centers of excellence and eliminating the need for duplication; other systems are giving doctors instant access to treatment information for themselves and their patients. How can these systems be best applied in the GCC? Round Table 2: Advances in imaging technology Imaging technology stands today at the heart of the medical endeavor, giving physicians new tools by which to diagnose, treat and follow-up with patients. At the same time, the cost of the technology is in many cases considered prohibitive. In a third twist, in many parts of the GCC, equipment is often purchased but not used efficiently because of lack of training, patient export or lack of interest. What are the latest advances in imaging that have yet to make a significant impact in the region? How can purchasers ensure that the correct equipment is selected and that its utilization is maximized? Note: Round Table Session, 35 Persons





	Creating Centers of Excellence 930 to 1100 hrs.

	Speakers
	Public - private partnerships in the GCC H. E. Ahmed Saeed Al Badi; Chairman, Belbadi Group, Abu Dhabi The integration of medical technology as a driver of excellence Prof. Dr. Jörg Debatin; Chief Executive Officer Health is wealth: Strategic visions for a European healthcare concept at the beginning of the 21st century Prof. Dr. Felix Unger; President, European Academy of Arts and Sciences Experiences in creating an academic work-force in a medical centre of excellence Dr. Jan-Peter Warnke; Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Director Department for Neurosurgery, Paracelsus Hospital Zwickau

	Panelists
	Mr. Hans Gut; President, Careum Foundation, Switzerland Mr. Alias Jacob; Managing Director, Vineyard Holdings

	Moderator
	Prof. Dr. Pierre-Alain Clavien; Head of General Surgery, University Hospital Zurich


	Coffee Break 1100 to 1130 hrs.


	Round Table 1: Healthcare information systems: Building integrated networks for better and cheaper care 1130 to 1300 hrs.


	Speakers
	Key challanges in healthcare IT Mr. Lionel Binns; Manager, Life Science Program Office, Hewlett Packard, USA Wireless Networks for UAE Mr. Ariel Kestin; Director Middle East, Oak Global Integrating knowledge with treatment Mr. Robert Holland; Managing Director, DXS Systems

	Panelists
	Dr. Awatif Abuhaliqa; Manager, Health Planning and Development General Authority for Health Services, Abu Dhabi Dr. Anne Håkansson; Director of Studies Department of Information Science Uppsala University, Sweden

	Moderator
	Dr. Sabine Koch; Biomedical Informatics & Engineering Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden


	Round Table 2: Advances in imaging technology 1130 to 1300 hrs.

	Speakers
	An overview of advances in imaging technology Prof. Dr. Gustav von Schultess; Director of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich Matching market demand to equipment purchase Ms. Lori Hack; Execuitve Director, Health Technology Center Advances in Imaging Technology Dr. Léonard Fass; Managing Director Academic Relations, GE Healthcare

	Panelists
	Mr. Malek El Husseini; Director, ECRI - IMD, Dubai Dr. Joel Nobel; CEO, The Nobel Group, USA

	Moderator
	Mr. Tobias J. Levey; Executive Director, Global Medical Forum Foundation


	Luncheon 1300 to 1400 hrs.

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

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