Leaders in Healthcare Summit

DAY ONE: SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER 2023 

OPENING CEREMONY

11:30 | KSA National anthem, Quran recitation, and opening ceremony video

11:35 | Welcome remarks - Leaders Forum Chairperson
Dr Reem F. Bunyan, CEO, Center for Value in Health, Riyadh, KSA 

11:40 | Opening remarks by Informa
H.E. Fahad Al-Jalajel, Minister of Health, KSA 

11:20 | Welcome remarks by Informa
Solenne Singer, Vice President, Informa Markets – EMEA Healthcare Dubai, UAE 

 

SESSION 1: HEALTH SECTOR TRANSFORMATION - FROM VISION TO REALITY  

11:45 | Ministerial Panel: Investing in health in the Kingdom – successes and aspirations
Moderator: TBC
Panel: 

• H.E. Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, Minister of Health, KSA 
• H.E Khalid A. Al-Falih, Minister of Investment, KSA 
• H.E Dr Majid bin Abdullah Al-Kassabi, Minister of Commerce, KSA 
• H.E. Ahmed Al Khateeb, Minister of Tourism, KSA 
• H.E Faisal F. Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning, KSA 
• H.E. Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Public Investment Fund, KSA  

 

SESSION 2: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY  

12:45 | Keynote: Health tourism - TBC 
H.E. Dr. Majid Alfayyadh CEO, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Riyadh, KSA 

13:15 | How clinical decision support technology is evolving around the world and supporting Saudi Vision 2030?
Garry Edwards, Vice President, Wolters Kluwer Health, London, UK 

13:45 | The Health Sector Transformation Program (HSTP): Saudi Arabia’s blueprint for healthcare leadership
Moderator: Dr Rana Al Mandil, VP, Strategy & Transformation Risk Management, The Health Sector Transformation Program (HSTP), Riyadh, KSA 
Panel: 

• Dr Khaled Al Shaibani, CEO, Health Sector Transformation Program, Riyadh, KSA 
• Dr Aws Al-Shamsan, Secretary-General, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, KSA 
• Dr Nahar Al Azemi, Secretary General, Saudi Health Council, Riyadh, KSA 
• Dr Shabab Alghamdi, Secretary General, The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance, Riyadh, KSA 
• Dr Reem F. Bunyan, CEO, Center for Value in Health, Riyadh, KSA 

 

SESSION 3: SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION  

14:15 | Fireside chat: Self-care for health care – the role of self-care in supporting Saudi Arabia’s health systems
Speakers:

• Dr Kristine Sørensen, Chair, Health Literacy Europe; Advisor, WHO; Founding Director, Global Health Literacy Academy; President, International Health Literacy Association, Jutland, Denmark 
• Dr Akif Koca, Public Sector Advisory Leader & Partner, PwC, Ankara, Türkiye

Host: 
Dr Ramez Sawiris, R&D Lead, Haleon Middle East and Africa; Vice Chair, Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan Self Medication Industry (MENAP-SMI), Dubai, UAE 

15:15 | Sustainability in healthcare - for healthy people and a healthy planet
Anders Nordström, Advisor, Advocate, Activist and former Ambassador for Global Health, Sweden

15:45 | Report: Global healthcare outlook - How can stakeholders prepare for the future? 
Amanda Stucke, Principal & Americas Regional Lead - Health Policy & Insights, The Economist Impact, New York, USA 

 

SESSION 4: PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE (PHSSR) IN SAUDI ARABIA

16:15 | Welcome and presentation of the PHSSR findings in Saudi Arabia 
Dr Hisham Badreldin, PHSSR Writing Panel Lead; Associate Professor, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) Riyadh, KSA 

16:25 | London School of Economics remarks 
Prof Alistair McGuire, Head of Department and Chair of Health Economics Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 

16:35 | Panel Discussion: National and global perspectives and the future directions for the PHSSR  
TBC 

17:35 | Closing remarks

17:30 | End of day 1

 

DAY TWO: MONDAY 30 OCTOBER 2023 

10:30 | Opening remarks
Emcee - TBC 

SESSION 5: NEXT IN HEALTH 

10:40 | Precision innovation - healthcare with no limits
Rob Walton, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East & Africa, GE Healthcare, UK

11:10 | Roadmap to AMR 2024
Dr Hanan H. Balkhy, Assistant Director-General for the Antimicrobial Resistance Division (AMR), World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland 

 

SESSION 6: DESIGNING FOR THE FUTURE

11:10 | The future of health & medicine:  Where can technology take us?
Daniel Kraft, Futurist, Physician-Scientist Founder, NextMed Health & Digital Health; Chair, Pandemic & Health Alliance; Founder, Exponential Medicine. Entrepreneur & Investor, USA

12:10 | Fireside chat: Unlocking the full potential of reverse ageing and longevity
Host: Dr Mehmoud Khan, CEO, Hevolution Foundation, Riyadh, KSA 

Panel: 

• Prof Andrea Britta Meier, PhD, Co-Director at Centre for Health Longevity, National University Health System, Singapore 
• Prof João Pedro Magalhães, Principal Investigator, Genomics of Ageing and Rejuvenation Lab, Birmingham, UK  

 

13:00 | Defining the future of kidney care: A PPP success story

• Robert Lang, Vice President, DaVita International, London, UK 
• Sabri Faisal Sabri, Managing Director, DaVita Care KSA, Riyadh, KSA
   

13:30 | Building a self-innovating healthcare infrastructure and local capacity with Innovation Think Tank
Prof Sultan Haider, Founder and Head, Innovation Think Tank, Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany 

14:00 | Panel discussion: Healthcare foresight - mega trends impacting healthcare now and into the future 
Moderator: Ebele Anidi, Director of Partnerships & Engagement, G20 Global Innovation Hub for Value in Health, Riyadh, KSA  

Panel: 

• Dr Mahmoud Alyamany, Sector Head -Health, Well-Being, and Biotech, NEOM, Riyadh, KSA 
• Islam Jaber, Core Diagnostics Regional Managing Director - Middle East and Northeast Africa, Abbott, Riyadh, KSA 
• Prof Ged Byrne, Director of Global Health Partnerships, NHS England, UK 
• Reenita Das, Partner & Senior Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frost & Sullivan, California, USA 
• Rob Walton, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East & Africa, GE Healthcare, UK 
• Dr Marc Succi, Founder and Executive Director of the MESH Incubator, Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts., USA 

 

SESSION 7: HIGH-VALUE HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE G20: AN INVESTMENT IN 21ST CENTURY HEALTH 

15:00 | Opening remarks and welcome
HUB Secretariate

14:45 | Context of the study and partnership with Harvard
Dr Reem Bunyan, Executive Director of the Global Innovation Hub

15:15 | Keynote: Key insights from HSIL study 
Prof Rifat Atun, Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program; Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA 

15:25 Panel discussion: The High-Value Health Systems (HVHS) Study: Strengthening health systems and value-based care- global outlook 
Moderator: Ebele Anidi, Director of Partnerships & Engagement, G20 Global Innovation Hub for Value in Health, Riyadh, KSA 

Panel: 

• Prof Rifat Atun, Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program; Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA 
• Prof Gabriela Prada, Senior Director, Global Health Systems Policy, Global Government Affairs, Medtronic, Ontario, Canada
• Gabriela Ramirez, Health Policy Advisor, Ministry of Health; G20 Representative, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
• Kiran Gopal Vaska, Director, National Health Authority, Madhya Pradesh, India 

 

SESSION 8: THE WAY FORWARD 

16:15 | Challenges to accelerating the transformation of the Saudi health sector transformation 
Moderator: Steve Gardner, Managing Director, Healthcare World, London, UK 

Panel:

• Hussam AlFaleh, Acting CEO, Center for National Health Insurance, Riyadh, KSA - Change required to transform financing and delivery 
• Christian Egle, Partner, Leader Healthcare EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), EY, Hesse, Germany – Data decision-making 
  
• Duncan Selbie, President, International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), Senior Adviser, Saudi Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA – Public health and demand

 

17:15 | End of conference