Day 1, 12th May 2008

08:00 - 09:00 Foyer Area – Fleming Gulf Welcome Desk
Registration & Coffee

09:00 - 09:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
Opening Address from the Chairman
Najati Ali Hassan,
Cerner Middle East

09:15 - 09:45 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Role of Leaders in Changing the Healthcare Paradigm in the Middle East"
H.E Sobhi A Batterjee,
CEO and President,
Saudi German Hospital Group, KSA

09:45 – 10:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Deploying Enterprise Health Care Information"
John R. Hawkins, Director of Information and Technology Services, SEHA

10:15 – 12:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
Interactive Workshop Program:
"A Day in a life of a patient"
Gayle Romack, Solution Consultant,
Patient Care
Sharla Dunn, Solution Consultant,
Patient Care

12:15 – 13:30 (AL Yassat Ballroom B)
Pre Scheduled Business Club Meetings

13:15 - 14:15 Buffet Luncheons at PERGOLAS Restaurant

14:15 – 14:45 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Information at the point of care"
Mark Clark, Director Healthcare EMEA
Raj Singh, Healthcare Solution Consultant – EMEA
HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

14:45 – 15:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"The impact and role of standardization- the case of Center of Healthcare Planning and Quality in DHCC"
Dr. Ayesha Abdulla, COO - Center for Healthcare Planning & Quality,
Dubai Healthcare City

15:15 – 15:45 Networking Coffee Break (Prefunction area)

15:15 – 16:30 (AL Yassat Ballroom B)
Pre Scheduled Business Club Meetings

16:30 – 17:00 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Reduce surgery delays and save between 20-30% in instrument and replacement costs"
Muwaffa Lahham, CEO E3 Corporation

17:00 – 17:30 (AL Yassat Ballroom B)
Improving patient safety using technology
David Morgan, Consultant Surgeon,
Heart of England – NHS Foundation Trust, UK

17:30 – 18:30 (AL Yassat Ballroom B)
Open Business Meeting Session

17:30 – 19:00 Networking Cocktail Reception

Day 2, 13th May 2008

08:00 - 09:00 Foyer Area – Fleming Gulf Welcome Desk
Registration & Coffee

09:00 – 09:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
Opening Address from the chair
Mario Ibrahim, Regional Sales Manager,
Cerner Middle East

09:15 - 09:45 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Total Care Cycle"
Dr. Claus W. Biermann, Vice President Business Development healthcare,
Philips International B.V

09:45 - 10:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Developing an Infrastructure to Support Medical Innovation and Manufacturing in the Middle East"
Peggy Farley, Co-founder of
Ascent Medical Technology Funds and the director of the
General Partner
Dr. Karl Groth, Co-founder of
Ascent Medical Technology Funds and President and CEO of the
General Partner

10:15 - 10:45 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
The impact and role of standardization in achieving global interoperability
Dr. Derick P. Pasternak, Managing Director Middle East, Joint Commission International (JCI), UAE

10:45 – 11:15 Networking Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45(AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Strategic Health Care Tourism"
Anil K Maini, President,
Apollo Hospitals Group

11:45 - 12:15 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"Tracking technological advancements in health care informatics"
David Strand, Chief Emerging Businesses Officer and Interim Chief Operating Officer,
Cleveland Clinic, US

12:15 – 12:45 (AL Yassat Ballroom C)
"EMC Solutions for Healthcare"
Ghassan Abboud, Sales Manager UAE,
EMC

12:45 – 13:30 (AL Yassat Ballroom B)
Pre Scheduled Business Club Meetings

13:00 - 14:45 Luncheon & Close of Event