MENA Healthcare Infrastructure Investment & Finance Summit 2010 Cairo, Egypt - Concorde El Salam Hotel Cairo - 27.10.2010-28.10.2010
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| Programme and speakers
Please note that the speakers listed below have been invited and that some of them are not yet confirmed. The programme will be updated and new speakers will be included in the coming weeks
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Registration of the participants, welcome coffee and networking |
| 09:30-09:45 |
Welcome Address
Senior Representative,
Ministry of Health, Egypt
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| 09:45-11:15 |
Panel Session 1
Overview of current healthcare infrastructure status in MENA
- Overview of current healthcare infrastructure needs in the MENA region
- Evaluating the market potential for investment in healthcare infrastructure
- Understanding the underlying challenges
- Tools for financing new projects and plans
- Panel Discussion
Chairman
To be advised
Keynote Address
Secretary of State to the Minister for Public Health,
in charge of Hospital Structures, Ministry of Public Health, Tunisia
"Mitigating risk in emerging markets -
Financing and ensuring investment"
John Moran,
Managing Director, Investment Development and Coordination,
OPIC, USA
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Health, Jordan
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji,
Director, Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing,
World Health Organization, Switzerland
"Qatar healthcare infrastructure and finance - an overview"
Faleh Mohammed H. Ali,
Assistant Secretary General for Policy Affairs,
Supreme Council of Health, Qatar
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor) |
| 11:15-11:45 |
Coffee break and networking |
| 11:45-13:00 |
Panel Session 2
Financing, planning and spending in healthcare: a regional perspective
- Trends in the region: growing demand for healthcare, rapid population growth and healthcare tourism
- Regional comparison with the developed countries and IFIs perspectives
- Role of commercial banks in financing projects
- Delivering customer-centric healthcare in an ever-changing world and responding to evolving healthcare needs
- Financing hospitals' needs in the region and investing in hospitals' efficiency - private sector opportunities
- Hospital waste management
- Environmentally sound mode of managing biomedical and hospital waste - Basel Convention guidelines
- Panel Discussion
- PPPs as a new way of financing healthcare projects
- Successful examples of healthcare PPPs in the region
Chairman
to be advised
Keynote Addresses
Faisal Al Hamer,
Minister of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain
Amr bin Abdullah Al-Dabbagh,
Governor, Saudia Arabian General Investment Authority, Saudi Arabia
Speakers:
"Preventing disease through safe waste management -
a contribution to public health"
Katharina Kummer Peiry,
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel Convention,
United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP
Rania Zayed,
Chief of Public-Private Partnership Central Unit,
Ministry of Finance, Egypt
Philipp Vetter,
Head of Strategy, Abu Dhabi Health Authority, United Arab Emirates
"Planning and funding of the Moroccan Healthcare
System in a regional perspective"
Jilali Hazim,
Department of Planning and Financial Resources,
Ministry of Health, Morocco
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor) |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Coffee break and networking |
| 14:00-15:15 |
Panel Session 3
Funding innovation and project development in healthcare infrastructure
- Identifying world-class private sector partners for projects
- Assessing the benefits and limitations of partnerships
- Opportunities for the private sector: banks, legal and consulting companies
- Legal requirements and regulation
- Panel Discussion
- Case studies of successful municipal hospital projects in the region
- Healthcare tourism and wellbeing ventures
- Commissioning and managing up to 15 turnkey projects addressed by Public & Private Sector
- Building and development of government and private hospitals and medical facilities in the MENA region
Chairman
to be advised
Keynote Address
Mohammed Al Yemeni,
Advisor to the Minister of Health & General Supervisor of ICT,
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Ibrahim Saif Kalban,
Chief Executive Officer, Primary Healthcare Sector,
Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates
Talal Bin Abdul Aziz,
President, Arab Gulf Program for United Nations
Development Organization, Saudi Arabia
David G. Vequist,
Founder/Director,
Center for Medical Tourism Research, USA
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor) |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Coffee break and networking |
| 15:45-17:00 |
Panel Session 4
The role of PPP partnerships in driving change and efficiency
- A Middle Eastern Model for PPPs in Healthcare
- The legal perspective of evaluating PPPs in MENA
- Are PPPs the way forward in investing in the Region?
- Opportunities and future challenges
- Panel discussion
Chairman
to be advised
Keynote Address
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak al Nahyan,
Minister of Public Works, United Arab Emirates
Rami Qusus,
Chief Executive Officer,
Mafraq Development Corporation,
King Hussein Bin Talal Development Area, Jordan
Moazzam Mekan,
Manager, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation, United Arab Emirates
Adnan Cinal,
Acting Deputy, Undersecretary,
Ministry of Health, Turkey
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor) |
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Welcome coffee and networking |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Opening Keynote Addresses
Rida Saaid,
Minister of Health, Syria
Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Obaid Al Saidi,
Minister of Health, Oman
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| 10:00-11:45 |
Panel Session 5
IFIs and the role of private equity investment in healthcare project finance
- Understanding the role of IFIs, the banking sector and private equity
- Private equity investment in the MENA healthcare sector
- Focus areas for private equity
- Case studies on key projects undertaken by IFIs
- Future outlook
- Panel discussion
Isaac El Mankabadi,
HSMP Project Management Unit, Health Sector Modernization Programme, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Syria/European Commission
Akiko Maeda,
Manager for Health, Nutrition and Population Sector,
Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Regional Office,
The World Bank
Jane Macpherson,
Cairo Regional Office, European Investment Bank
Carl Dawson,
Investment Policy Officer, OECD
A Senior Representative,
Islamic Development Bank
Amat Al Alim Alsoswa,
Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor) |
| 11:45-12:15 |
Coffee break and networking |
| 12:15-13:15 |
Panel Session 6
Financing research & development and cutting-edge healthcare technology
- Increasing role of technology in developing healthcare infrastructure projects
- Meeting consumers' demand: developing and introducing new products
- Technical asset management and medical equipment planning
- Who are the key players?
- Opportunities and challenges for the private sector
- Panel discussion
Chairman
to be advised
Majid Altuwaijri,
President, Saudi Association for Health Informatics, Saudi Arabia
K. Srinath Reddy,
President,
Public Health Foundation of India
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
A Speaker from the private sector (proposed sponsor)
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| 13:15 |
Farewell cocktail and end of the Summit 2010 |
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