Transformation Zone Programme
A space where healthcare visionaries share game-changing ideas.
Hear exclusive insights and bold predictions from leaders driving change in areas like - Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Connected Healthcare, and more.
Don't miss this chance to learn from the pioneers who are shaping the future
Transforming the future of healthcare
The Transformation Zone, located at the heart of the Arab Health exhibition – will unveil the latest insights, future predictions, and technological and medical innovations in health care with thought leaders, innovators, industry experts, and tech giants from MENA region.
Agenda
Monday 29 January
Transformation Talks
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
11:00 | AI in Healthcare
Dr Keren Priyadarshini, Regional Business Lead, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Asia, Singapore
11:30 | Problem solving for healthcare: How AI-enabled solutions are supporting care and efficiency
Dr Shez Partovi, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, Enterprise Informatics Chief Business Leader, Philips, Netherlands
12:00 | Transforming medical learning: Video education and clinical preparedness for the doctors of tomorrow
Jason William Ryan, CEO and Founder, Boards and Beyond and Educational Consultant, McGraw Hill, West Hartford, CT, USA
12:30 | Cloud strategies in healthcare: Applying knowledge to practice for total transformation
Gary Fritz, Vice President and Chief Applications, Stanford Health Care (SHC), Nordic Consulting, San Francisco, USA
13:00 | NEOM Health and Wellbeing, the Future of Healthcare
Dr Mahmoud Alyamany, Sector Head – Health and Wellbeing, NEOM, Riyadh KSA
Innov8
13:30 - 15:00 | The Pitches - Group One
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
MEET THE PITCHES:
- Arman Ospanov, CEO, CerebraAI, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Dr Nikhil Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, Nephrodite Inc, Atlanta, USA
- Jason Carmichael, Director and CEO, TIBU Health, Nairobi, Kenya
- Madhu Subramani, CEO, ScirosBio, Sharjah, UAE
- Ifthakaar Shaik, Co-Founder, VitruvianMD, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr Ali Alhasan, Founder & CEO, NanoPalm, Riyadh, KSA
- Roohi Hamlani, Co-founder & Head of Patient Participation, CAREFUL Systems, Dubai, UAE
- Joelle Djawher, COO, 2MO - Second Medical Opinion, Dubai, UAE
MEET THE JUDGES:
- Barbara Baumgartner, Investment Committee, Mindshift Capital, Dubai, UAE
- Swethal Kumar, Former Mubadala & Hub71, Founder & CEO, Startupscale360, Dubai, UAE
- Faisal Belhoul, Vice Chairman, Dubai Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Sadyk Gusniev, Venture Partner, Genome Capital, Dubai, UAE
- Sacha Haider, Partner, Global Ventures, Dubai, UAE
Product Showcaes
MC: Hamish Clark, Partner - Health Industries, PwC Middle East
15:00 | Smart hygiene, safer healthcare: unveiling the potential of remote hand hygiene monitoring
Speakers:
- Bharat Bhagtani, Sector Manager, Hospitality UAE & Healthcare GCC, Diversey Gulf FZE, Dubai, UAE
- Batuhan Ergör, Co-Founder & CEO ERG Controls, ERG Controls, Dubai, UAE
- Thejas Rathan, Business Development Executive | Healthcare – UAE, Diversey Gulf FZE, Dubai, UAE
15:30 | Connected Care - Driving quality of care through advanced analytics and technology
- Domen Gluhar, Associate Director, Business Development, IQVIA, London, UK
- Samir Hawa, VP, Payer Provider and Government, IQVIA, Dubai, UAE
16:00 | SuperSonic Imagine…much more than just imaging!
Speakers:
- Jean-Pierre Henry, Clinical Director, SuperSonic Imagine
- Vesna Adnot Milanovic, Director of Sales EMEA Commercial, SuperSonic Imagine
16:30 | Deglusterol: Clinical approaches in type 2 diabetes and potential therapeutic application in non-alcohol liver disease (NAFLD) in middle east patients
- Yongji Chung, CEO, Caregen Co., Ltd.
17:00 | Close of day
Tuesday, 30 January
Transformation Talks
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
11:00 | The starbuckization model of healthcare in 2040
Reenita Das, Top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, Partner, Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE
11:30 | Healthcare ecosystem convergence: A dialogue on startups, innovation, and executive leadership
Moderator:
Panellists:
13:00 | From lab to living room: The role of tech in tomorrow's healthcare
MarkMaycroft, Senior Product Manager Pura, Pure Health Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Innov8
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
13:30 - 15:00 | The Pitches - Group Two
MEET THE PITCHES:
- Vinicio Vargas, Co-Founder & CEO, AinnovaTech, Costa Rica (Winner of Innov8 at FIME 2023)
- Katarina Hedbeck, CEO & Co-Founder, Interlinked Medical, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sheena Pirhabi, CEO & Founder, Stress Point Health, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Alfred Mitchell, Co-Founder & Presdient, Luminore, CopperTouch, Houston, USA
- Sat Ramphal, CEO, Maya Al Tampa, Florida, USA
- Mousa Salem, Co-Founder, InCurA, Cairo, Egypt
- Morteza Ahmadi, CEO, Qidni Labs, Kitchener, Canada
- Patrick Joseph Moloney, CEO/Founder, P4ML, Dubai, UAE
MEET THE JUDGES:
- Dr Harry C Sax, Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Surgery and Associate Dean for International Academic Programs, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
- Nina Tandon, Co-founder & CEO, EpiBone, Inc, New York, USA
- Lina Shadid, Partner - ME Health Industries Lead, PwC Middle East, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Tamara Sunbul, Medical Director of Clinical Informatics, John Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, KSA
- Dr Carlos Iniguez, Director, GEN Accelerates, Miami, USA
Product Showcases
MC: Hamish Clark, Partner - Health Industries, PwC Middle East
15:00 | Product Showcases
Spectral Engines GmbH
15:30 | The democratization of healthcare through innovation
Toufic Abiad, President & Founder, SDI Canada, Montreal, Canada
16:00 | Precision medicine for healthy longevity: lifestyle interventions for optimal aging
Dr Nicole Sirotin, CEO, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
16:30 | Empowering Health: AI's Role in Shaping the Future of Population Health
Janahan Tharmaratnam, Healthcare, Life Sciences & BioTech Partner, PwC, Dubai, UAE
17:00 | Close of day
Wednesday, 31 January
Transformation Talks
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
11:00 | Investing in healthtech revolution: Unleashing opportunities in digital health & gen AI
Moderator:
Eyad Al-Musa, Partner – Digital Health, PwC, England, UK
Panelists:
- Her Excellency Mubaraka Ibrahim, Acting CIO, Emirates Health Services, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Mussaad M. Al-Razouki, Operating Partner, Deerfield Management, New York, USA
- Hannah Gibson, Head of Global Ecosystem, Visiba Care UK, London, UK
- Dr Pankaj Jethwani, CEO, 2070 Health, Executive Vice President, W Health Ventures, Massachusetts, USA
11:45 | Transformation Talks
H.E. Dr. Asma Ibrahim Al Mannaei, Executive Director Research and Innovation Center, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
12:15 | NFT in ME
Sam Amory, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Dedalus, Dubai, UAE
12:45 | Transforming healthcare with an open data and AI ecosystem
Dr Navid Toosi Saidy, CEO, PropelHealthAI, Queensland, Australia
Innov8
13:30 - 15:00 | The Pitches - Group Three
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
MEET THE PITCHES:
- J. Manassé Theagène, CEO & Founder, 360Medlink, Montreal, Canada
- Milan Didjara, Founder, ENIAX, Lisbon, Portugal
- Dr Carlton Donald, Founder & CEO, Intelligenix Advanced Diagnostics LTD, Atlanta, USA
- Dr Rudolf Scheulze Vohren, Nano4Imaging GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Idicula Mathew, CEO, Hera Health Solutions, Memphis, USA
- Emil Baric, CEO, Synergotron, Zagreb, Croatia
- Yana Ten, CEO, ZebraEye, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Michael Schelper, SVP Corporate Development, Caresyntax, Dubai, UAE
MEET THE JUDGES:
- Dr Sarper Tanli, Managing Director, Mass General Brigham's, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Mussaad M. Al-Razouki, Operating Partner, Deerfield Management, New York, USA
- Sam Amory, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Dedalus, Dubai, UAE
- Yatin K Thakur, Chairman – Asia, Global Entrepreneurship Network, Founder & Managing Partner, Asiarath, Dubai, UAE
- Elsa Hyland, Angel Investor (ex VC), Start-up Advisor, Mentor, Sweden
- Dr Louiza Chitour, Senior Advisor & Co-founder, Stealth Startup, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Product Showcases
MC: Hamish Clark, Partner - Health Industries, PwC Middle East
15:00 | Introducing Sara for healthcare: Revolutionizing digital health and bringing back the joy of are with AI
Speakers:
- Akhter Hemayoun Mubarki, Head of Business and Operations, Innovaccer Middle East, Innovaccer
- Pankaj Singh Bhati, Director of Growth and Strategy, Innovaccer Middle East, Inovaccer
15:30 | The democratization of healthcare through innovation
Speakers:
- Jean-Pierre Henry, Clinical Director, SuperSonic Imagine
- Vesna Adnot Milanovic, Director of Sales EMEA Commercial, SuperSonic Imagine
16:00 | Overview of Estonian digital healthcare system - oppurtunities for business and R&D in digital medicine
Mart Toots, Development manager at Applied Research Program, Estonian Business and Innovation Agency
16:30 | The most adapted Health App in he UAE... Learn Why
Mr Brandon Rowberry, CEO – Digital Health, Aster DM Healthcare GCC, Dubai, UAE
17:00 | Close of day
Thursday, 1 February
Transformation Talks:
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
11:00 | Envisioning the hospital of the future – Sustainability and technology take center stage
Moderator:
Reenita Das, Top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, Partner, Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE
Panelist:
- Sandra Woodall, FRIBA, Design Principal, tangramMENA, Founder, tangramMETA, Dubai, UAE
- Adrian Metcalfe, Director, Facilities Operations and Maintenance, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Saleh Zourob, Director of Biomedical Engineering, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
11:45 | Unlocking hope: Pursuing a cure for diabetes
Dr James Shapiro, Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Surgical Oncology, University of Alberta, Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program and the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program, Alberta Health Services, UK
12:15 | Product Showcases
Bowhead Health
Cre8
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
12:45 - 13:30 | The Pitches - Final
MEET THE STUDENTS:
Classification of the stages of diabetic retinopathy
- Farah Adnan Ahmad Thugan, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
- Lujain Adnan Ahmad Thugan, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
- Asmaa Luai Abdulla Elbadawi, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
- Hala Anas Kahwajy, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
Real-Time Wireless Monitoring System with Predictive Analysis of Healthcare Data
- Samrin Saleem, Student, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Rhea Srivastava, Student, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Ahmed Sharafath, Student, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Nikita Miller, Student, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) ML and AI screening App
- Banan Dhafer Jumaah, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
- Sedra Zulaikha, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
- Rawan Emad Refaie Ahmed, Student, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
Pharma Start-up
- Mohamad Taha, Student, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
MEET THE JUDGES:
- Dr James Shapiro, Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Surgical Oncology, University of Alberta, Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program and the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program, Alberta Health Services, UK
- Carlos Iniguez, Director, GEN Accelerates, Miami, USA
- Reenita Das, Top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, Partner, Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE
- Dr Louiza Chitour, Senior Advisor & Co-founder, Stealth Startup, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Innov8
MC: Faris Raqqad, TV Presenter
13:30 - 15:00 | The Pitches - Final
MEET THE PITCHES:
MEET THE JUDGES:
- Triska Hamid, Editorial Director, Wamda, Dubai, UAE
- Hadi Saeed Alshakhori, Ecosystem Builder, Riyadh, KSA
- Ibrahim Abe Seksek, CEO, Rainmaking / Startupbootcamp MENA and Africa, Dubai, UAE
- Reenita Das, Top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, Partner, Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE
- Faisal Belhoul, Vice Chairman, Dubai Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Dubai, UAE
- Bader Khraibut, Senior Consultant, Strategy& Middle East, Dubai, UAE
15:30 | Winner's Announcement for Cre8 and Innov8 competition
16:00 | End of Day
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