2 nd GERMAN-AFRICAN HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM Berlin, 14 th October 2015 Preliminary Program Venue: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Scharnhorststr. 3, 10115 Berlin With support of: www.healthafrica.de Alterations to be reserved. Organised by Afrika-Verein Veranstaltungs-GmbH. Conference language is English.
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8:30 9:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee 9:30 9:40 Welcome Address Marie-Madeleine Selwan Sales & Marketing Director Sub-Saharan Africa & Maghreb Countries KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Roland Göhde Chairman of the Board German Healthcare Partnership (GHP) Member of the Board, Germany 9:40 10:10 Keynote Session "Africa - increasing opportunities for the German health care industry" Brigitte Zypries State Secretary Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany Thomas Silberhorn State Secretary Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany 10:10 11:15 VIP Discussion: High Level Outlook on Africa s Healthcare Sector Introductory Remarks Africa s Healthcare Sector - The German Industry s Perspective Dr Stefan Liebing Chairman, Germany Hon. Abdelmalek Boudiaf Minister of Health, Algeria Hon. Dorcas Makgato Minister of Health, Botswana Hon. James Macharia Cabinet Secretary for Health, Kenya Hon. Abu Garda Federal Minister of Health, Sudan
Hon. Saïd Aidi Minister of Health, Tunisia Dr Luiz Loures Deputy Executive Director of Programme UNAIDS Assistant Secretary-General United Nations Dr Stefan Liebing Chairman Foreign Trade and Development Policy 11:15 11:45 Coffee Break 11:45 13:15 Key Topics Long-Term Development of Healthcare Systems in Africa: - Systemic Strategies, Regional Integration, Digital Health Foreign Trade and Development Policy Klaus Frölich Director Regional Management Near and Middle East - Africa Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH, Germany Dr Malaki Tshipayagae MD Hospital Superintendent Senior Consultant General Surgeon Nyangabwe Hospital, Botswana Roland Göhde Senior Managing Director Sysmex Partec GmbH, Germany Jenni van Niekerk Chief Executive Officer The Health Foundation, South Africa
Martin Demlehner Head of Sales Team Africa B.Braun Melsungen AG, Germany Sponsored by 13:15 14:15 Lunch and Networking Break 14:15 15:15 Hightech Medical Equipment and Laboratories () Foreign Trade and Development Policy Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.v. (AV) Dr Amit Thakker Chairman East African Healthcare Federation, Kenya Dr Markus Neumann Executive Committee Bioscientia GmbH, Germany Anja Nitzsche-Bell Senior Head, Resource Mobilization Division Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy International Atomic Energy Agency Market Access Africa - Case Study Pharmaceuticals (Hörsaal) Dr Christina Foerg-Wimmer Pharmaceutical Consultant Dr Simon Agwale Chief Executive Officer Innovative Biotech USA, Nigeria Dr Mara Guzzetti Global Leader Anti-Counterfeit Medicines, Business Operation Manager C&P Switzerland Intertek Life Sciences, Switzerland Dr Michael Rabbow Public Relations Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany N.N. Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Germany
15:15 16:15 From fighting Ebola to Health System Resilience () Diana Peters Coordinator Health System Resilience German Healthcare Partnership Dr Hadja Saran Daraba Kabba Secretary General Mano River Union, Sierra Leone Prof. Dr Alexander S. Kekulé Director Institute for Biosecurity Research, Germany Sagie Pillay Executive Director for Development ASLM African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Ethiopia Dr Martin Ekeke Monono MD, FRCS (Ed) Regional Adviser Health Policies and Service Delivery WHO Regional Office for Africa, Republic of Congo Professional Training (Hörsaal) Foreign Trade and Development Policy Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.v. (AV) Input Marie-Madeleine Selwan Sales & Marketing Director Sub-Saharan Africa & Maghreb Countries KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG Dr Japie du Toit Regional Hospital Manager Western Cape Life Healthcare Group, South Africa Dr Berit Hamer International Cooperation, Strategy & Human Resources Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH Dr Maximilian Gertler Vice President Doctors without Borders, Germany 16:15 16:45 Networking Coffee Break
16:45 17:45 Financing Healthcare Projects () Foreign Trade and Development Policy Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.v. (AV) Dr Christoph Benn Director External Relations The Global Fund, Switzerland Kofi Adomakoh Director Project & Export Development Finance AfreximBank Ulrich Otto Managing Director, Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure Quantum Global Alternative Investments, Switzerland Neglected Tropical Diseases (Hörsaal) Harald Zimmer Board Member German Network against NTDs Dr Timm Schneider Vice-President Samhathi Germany Member of the German Network against NTDs Dr Johannes Waltz Global Projects, Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility Merck KGaA, United Kingdom Dr Lester Chitsulo Public Health Consultant Scientific Officer, Department of Control of NTDs (ret.) World Health Organization Karsten Fuelster Country Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland International Finance Corporation Dr Peter Reff Senior Medical Expert KfW Development Bank 17:45 18:00 Closing Roland Göhde Chairman of the Board German Healthcare Partnership (GHP) Member of the Board 18:00 19:00 Get Together