Day Two Evening: Monday, 2 May 2005

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Round Table 1: How to fund basic research and how to link local research laboratories with global centers

The governments of developed economies spend tens of billions of dollars supporting research institutions from the National Institutes of Health to the Medical Research Council. Can this model be copied by the governments of the GCC and the Indian subcontinent? If yes, how should the funding spigot be turned on? Is there a place for a national research institution locally, regionally or both? There is no shortage of linkage in the region between local hospitals and international centers of excellence for patient export. At the same time, its negative effects are only now beginning to be understood. Are there lessons in that failure for how nascent local research institutions can link up with established research hubs? What can local institutions gain from such linkages? What are international institutions expecting?

Note: Round Table Session, 35 Persons

Round Table 2: The role of medicine in wartime

A number of countries in the region have a long history of healthcare assistance to other countries and regions in times of war. In many ways, this reflects a deep commitment by the society’s leaders to help in the most humanitarian way possible: through care. Unfortunately, it is to be expected that this assistance will continue to be needed for a number of years to come as the war on terror continues and regional conflicts drag on from Sudan to Afghanistan. This round table will present which missions have been the most successful to date and how they can be repeated in the coming years.

Note: Round Table Session, 35 Persons