Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Morning Business Conference
8:00 am – Breakfast & Registration
9:00 am to 3:00 pm – Program
Fairmont Hotel
Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Note – Agenda is to date, and will be updated daily, as we continue to confirm moderators and panelists.
WELCOME: SIMIN CURTIS, President & CEO, American Middle East Institute
MORNING FEATURED SPEAKER: His Excellency Dr. Ismail Sallam, Former Minister of Health, Egypt (1996-2002) and Chair of AMEI Advisory Council
CONVERSATION on INSURING THE FUTURE: A Guide to Health Insurance in the Middle East
Introduction by Brian Mulligan, CEO, Assist America
MODERATOR: Gregory Curtis, Chairman & Managing Director, Greycourt
PANELIST: George W. Howard, III, Chairman, Assist America
PANELIST: Lutfi Fadel El Zein, Chairman & Director of the Mediterranean Gulf Insurance
CONVERSATION on INSURING THE FUTURE: Innovations in Healthcare Finance
MODERATOR: Gregory Curtis, Chairman & Managing Director, Greycourt
PANELIST: Dr. Enis Baris, Sector Manager MENA, the World Bank
PANELIST: Nadeem Al-Duaij MD, MPH, Founder & President SAHA Institute Kuwait; Instructor Harvard University
CONVERSATION on BUILDING THE MEDICAL CITY: Healthy Trends in Design & Construction
MODERATOR: Chuck Dittrich, National Foreign Trade Council & US-Libya Business Association
PANELIST: Peter Molnar, Director of Middle East Operations, Allen & Shariff/Consortio International
PANELIST:Rick Allen, Vice President of Global Healthcare Services, dck worldwide
CONVERSATION on Global Partners: Sharing Success in Healthcare Management
Moderator: Bill Flanagan, Executive Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
PANELIST: Chuck Bogosta, President, UPMC International and Commercial Services
PANELIST: Steve Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine International
PANELIST: Dr. William Ruschhaupt, Chairman, Global Health Center, Cleveland Clinic
CONVERSATION on the STATE OF BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator: Dennis Yablonsky, Chief Executive Officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
PANELIST: Patricia M. Loui, Member, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States
PANELIST: Chuck Dittrich, National Foreign Trade Council & US-Libya Business Association
PANELIST: Ambassador Patrick Theros, US-Qatar Business Council
LUNCHEON FEATURED SPEAKER: Heather Bresch, Chief Executive Officer, Mylan, Inc.
CONVERSATION on THE LEADING EDGE: The Promise of Medical Device Technologies
Moderator: Frank Bilotto, VP Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development at First Stop Health
PANELIST: Professor Howard Choset; Medrobotics, Carnegie Mellon University
PANELIST: Vincent Carew, GE Healthcare
PANELIST: Dr. Robert Friedlander, Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery and Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh
PANELIST: Dr. Harvey Borovetz, Professor and chair in the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
AFTERNOON FEATURED SPEAKER: His Excellency Dr. Salah Fahad Al Mazroua, Deputy Minister for Medical Supplies and Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
CONVERSATION on BUILDING CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE: Access and Utilization of Pharmaceuticals
Moderator: Bill Flanagan, Executive Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Part 1:
PANELIST: Dr. Abdulla Moulokia, Chairman of European Pharmaceutical & Board member of Egyptian Industrial Pharmaceuticals Chamber
PANELIST: Dr. Sherine Helmy, CEO, Pharco Pharmaceutical
PANELIST: Walid Kattouha, Head Middle East Cluster, Dubai, Novartis
PANELIST: Jonathan Kimball, Deputy Vice President, Europe, the Middle East and Africa,PhRMA
Part 2:
PANELIST: His Excellency Dr. Fouad El Nawawy, Former Minister of Health, Egypt (2011-2012)
PANELIST: Dr. Makram Mehany, Chairman of The Industrial Pharmaceuticals Chamber & Chairman & Managing Director Of Makram Mehany Group Of Companies
PANELIST: Dr. Ken Thorpe, President, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
PANELIST: Mohamad Nasser, General Manager, Saudi Arabia, Eli Lilly
CLOSING REMARKS, Simin Curtis, President & CEO, AMEI
Evening Conversation with Tom Brokaw
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