Program
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The Digital Future of Healthcare
10:00 - 10:20
Opening Remarks
Sharon Kidon
, TV & Radio Host, Israel
Adiv Baruch
, Chairman of the Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute
David Leffler
, Director General, Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry
10:20 - 10:50
Data as the key to managing public health
Prof. Ran D Balicer, MD, Ph.D, MPH
, Founding Director, Clalit Research Institute, Chief Innovation Officer, Director of Innovation Division, Clalit Health Services, Israel
10:50 - 11:20
The Digital, Connected, Exponential Future of Health & Medicine
Frans van Houten
, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Philips, The Nederland
11:20 - 11:40
Post Corona medical innovation in Israel – where are we now? And where are we going?
BG (RET) Dr. Daniel Gold
, Head, Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D – MAFAT), Israel
11:40 - 12:20
The rise of the algorithm - Harnessing AI and technology for better healthcare
Ori Geva
, CEO, Medial EarlySign, Israel
Javier Colas
, Director of Innovation at the Health Care Institute in ESADE Business & Law School and President of Additum Blockchain, Spain
Victor Savevski
, Chief Innovation Officer and AI Center Director at Humanitas, Italy
Dr. Mark Davies
, BSc FRCP FRCGP, Chief Medical Officer IBM and Watson Health , United Kingdom
12:20 - 13:20
Innovation Competition - The next Billion Dollar Exporter?
Dr. John D. Halamka
, M.D., M.S., President, Mayo Clinic Platform, Minnesota, USA
Judge: Dr. Irit Yaniv
, MD, MBA, Founding Partner & CEO of Almeda Ventures, Israel
13:20 - 13:59
5 Finalists
Nahum Ferera
, Founder, EyeYon Medical, Israel
Yossi Shahak
, Founder and CEO of Maverick Medical AI, Israel
Hilla Shaviv
, Inventor, Founder & CEO, GALS BIO, Israel
Dr. Doron M. Behar
, CEO, Igentify, Israel
The shift in Point of Care, Hospital At Home, Telemedicine and Moving the Hospital outside the Hospital’s Walls
14:00 - 14:10
Opening Remarks
Harold F. Wolf
, President and CEO, HIMSS, USA
14:10 - 14:50
Hospital at home during the COVID-19 era – the shift to hospital services at home was accelerated by the pandemic. Are we ready for calmer times?
Avner Halperin
, Chairman of the Board at EyeControl, Israel
Manuel Mirón-Rubio
, President of the Spanish Society of Hospital at Home. Head of the Home Hospitalization Service, Torrejón University Hospital, Spain
Prof. Michael Montalto
, Unit Head of Hospital in the Home at Epworth Healthcare, Australia
Dr. Galia Barkai
, Director General of Sheba BEYOND, Israel’s first virtual hospital, Israel
Prof. Daniel Lasserson
, MA MD MRCGP FRCP Edin , Professor of Acute Ambulatory Care at the University of Warwick, United kingdom
David Levine
, MD MPH MA, Practicing general internist and clinician-investigator at Brigham Health and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
14:50 - 15:10
Innovation Awards - Announcing the winner
15:10 - 15:50
Post-COVID-19 telemedicine – telemedicine as an efficient tool in helping the management and control of healthcare costs
Vikram Thaploo
, CEO – TeleHealth at Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, India
Sumit Singh
, Group CIO, VPS Healthcare, UAE
Dr. Aditi U. Joshi
, MSc, FACEP, Senior Advisor, Telehealth, Director, Telehealth Fellowship ,Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, USA
Alon Natanson
, President & CEO, MyHomeDoc, Israel
15:50 - 15:55
Spotlight on medical VR application by XRHealth
15:55 - 16:25
One on One: The Future Hospital
Prof. Arnon Afek
, Associate Director General, Acting Director of Sheba General Hospital and the Chairman of the Department of Medical Administration at Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Michael J. Dowling
, President and CEO, Northwell Health, NY, USA
Invest in Med - New Challenges and Opportunities
18:00 - 18:10
Opening Remarks
Michal Geva
, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Triventures, Israel
18:10 - 18:40
Keynote: Innovations in Digital Health: shaping the future of healthcare with new technologies
Dr. John D. Halamka
, M.D., M.S., President, Mayo Clinic Platform, Minnesota, USA
18:40 - 19:10
Ensuring the future of healthcare 10 years from now
Prof. Elazer Edelman
, holds tenured faculty appointments in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and in the Division of Health Sciences and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
19:10 - 19:50
Private sector investments in the future of digital health –challenges and opportunities in healthcare
Jonathan Machado
, Senior Investment Director at Samsung Next, Israel
19:50 - 20:30
Acceleration – how to create an innovation-driven ecosystem in healthcare organizations
Michal Geva
, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Triventures, Israel
Lisa Prasad
, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Henry Ford Health System, USA
Aviv Shoher
, CEO, Ichilov Tech, Israel
Global Opportunities in Healthcare
09:00 - 09:05
Opening Remarks
Sharon Kidon
, TV & Radio Host, Israel
09:05 - 09:25
BIO-CONVERGENCE – Engine of Future Medicine
Dr. Itai Kela
, Head of The Healthtech Sector, Israel Innovation Authority
09:25 - 09:55
A Teva SLE Case Study How it's done – A behind the Scenes look into Israel's vaccination project
Uri Gat-Palash
, S.L.E Managing Director, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Israel
09:55 - 09:58
Israel, Vaccination Nation
10:00 - 10:45
Country Focus Session: China - Healthy Aging : Best practices in care for the third age
Jilan Liu
, CEO, HIMSS Greater China, Co-Editor in Chief, International Journal of Digital Health, China
Wang Xiaolong
, Doctor in Social Security of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Aaron (Nenegliang) Yao
, Professor of Center for Health Management and Policy Research, Shandong University, China
Jason Ju
, Leader of overseas key account at Haier Biomedical, China
10:45 - 10:50
Spotlight on Changing Healthcare. Changing Lives, By Chaban Medical
10:50 - 11:35
Country Focus Session: Italy – Upgrade the Italian health system. New opportunities in Italy
Mauro Grigioni
, Research Director of ISS; Head of the Biomechanics and Rehabilitative Unit of the Department of Technology and Health, Italy
Antonio Delli Gatti
, Healthcare Director, Engineering, Italy
Giovanni Gorgoni
, CEO of AReSS Puglia, the regional government agency of Apulia Region, Italy
Andrea Belardinelli
, Director of the Digital Health and Innovation Sector of the Health and healthcare rights Department of the Tuscany Region, Italy
11:35 - 12:20
Country Focus Session: Germany –Sharing medical information – from maintaining therapeutic sequence to patient privacy
Amir Gilboa
, Chief Digital Officer for Healthcare Israel
Tsiel Ohayon
, Senior Population Health Sales Engineer, Allscripts , Israel
Ziv Yarshansky
, Head of infrastructure and IT Operations at Sheba Medical Center, Israel
12:20 - 13:00
Geographic Focus Session: Africa- Digitalizing Healthcare in Africa: Opportunities and Market Needs
Noa Partuk Eitan
, India, Africa & Middle East Department Manager, Israeli Ministry of Economy & Industry
Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare
, Presidential Advisor on Health, at the Office of the President of Ghana
Dr. Anastasia Nyalita
, Chief Executive Officer – Kenya Healthcare Federation
Direct to Consumers – the Consumerization of Health Care
14:00 - 14:10
Opening Remarks
Lior Shahory
, General Partner at Peregrine Ventures, Israel
14:10 - 14:30
When worlds collide – Tech companies entering into med, what are the implications and will the regulation stop them?
Siddharth Saha
, Vice President of Research, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frost & Sullivan, United Kingdom
14:30 - 15:15
The patient will see you now - how healthcare organizations adapt to the shift in patients expectations and attitudes?
Dr. Michael (Miki) Halberthal
, General Director of Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel
Prof. Sam Shah
, Chief Medical Strategy Officer for Numan, United kingdom
Sidney Klajner
, President of Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein, Brazil
Jeanne Kehren
, Senior Vice President Digital & Commercial Innovation, & Chief Information Officer Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, USA
Prof. Axel Radlach Pries
, MD, Dean, Charité University Hospital, Germany
Controlling Healthcare, Tool to manage the cost and the changing healthcare landscape
18:00 - 18:10
18:10 - 18:50
Healthcare Israel: Controlling the cost of health - new tools to empower hospital management
Amir Gilboa
, Chief Digital Officer for Healthcare Israel
Dr. Ziv Paz
, MSc MPH MBA is the Director of the rheumatology division and the Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at the Galilee Medical Center (governmental hospital), Israel
Lital Eylon
, HR Director of the Directorate of Governmental Medical Centers within the Ministry of Health, Israel
18:50 - 18:55
Spotlight on Innovative Rapid Test by BMT Diagnostics
18:55 - 19:20
Community Healthcare – implementing technology to provide healthcare during COVID-19
Dr. Angela Irony
, Executive Director of Sharon District at Maccabi Healthcare at Maccabi HealthCare Services, Israel
19:20 - 20:10
USA (NY) - Meeting the needs of the payer – how tech companies can address the sore spots of insurers in the US
Inon Elroy
, Economic Minister to North America, USA
Al Kinel
, President, Strategic Interests, LLC, a consulting firm. Chairman of the Life Science Committee at the New York – Israel Chamber of Commerce, USA
Dominick Bizzarro
, Chief of Innovation at MVP Health Care, USA
Dr. Craig Hersh
, Chief Medical Officer Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and Senior Clinical Officer, Anthem
Dr. Stephen H. Cohen
, CPE, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, USA
Mark Ropiecki
, Executive Director Care Compass Network, USA
20:10 - 20:30
Geographic Focus Session: North America - Opportunities and Challenges in the Healthcare Sectors of Canada
Anat Katz
, Minister of Trade Affairs, Israel Economic Mission, New York / Canada
Dr. Bradley Strauss
, MD, PhD, Senior Staff Cardiologist, Former Chief of the Schulich Heart Program, Reichmann Chair of Cardiovascular Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Dr. Aviv Gladman
, Chief Information Officer & Chief Medical Information Officer, Mackenzie Health, Canada
The Honorable Victor Fedeli
, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Government of Ontario, Canada
Dr. Rafi Hofstein
, Former President & CEO, Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, TIAP, Canada
20:30 - 20:50
Geographic Focus Session: North America - Opportunities and Challenges in the Healthcare Sectors Mexico
Diego Amaya
, Director of Sales & Marketing, Latin America , Eitan Medical Ltd, Israel
Meni Shikhman
, VP Business Development and Global Markets at Tyto Care, Israel
Martha Caballero Abraham
, Director of Bilateral and Regional Cooperation, Ministry of Health of Mexico
Dr. Moises Zielanowsky
, Director of the Primary Care Clinic of the ABC Medical Center, Mexico City, “MedCo”