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January 29th 2026

HWS: WHX Dubai and Healthcare World Present – Dubai Healthcare in Focus

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April 1st 2025

HWS: Abu Dhabi Global Health Week – Live Stage Preview

Ahead of our presence at the second Abu Dhabi Global Health Week we preview some of the topics and speakers from this year’s event. These include an interview with the organisers and discussions about our sessions on building data driven healthcare, how we pay for population health, precision medicine and the preventative agenda, how technology and hospital design can help build efficient and high performing delivery teams and how we identify all the correct tools to build an end to end digital eco system.

Speakers include:

Trevor Punt, Ben Caton, Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, Julie Coope, Gerard Hanratty, Methven Forbes, Paula Gallent, Bjorn Almer and Dr Emer MacSweeney

Sponsored by:

Abu Dhabi Global Health Week

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April 1st 2025

HWS: Abu Dhabi Global Health Week – Live Stage Preview


Ahead of our presence at the second Abu Dhabi Global Health Week we preview some of the topics and speakers from this year’s event. These include an interview with the organisers and discussions about our sessions on building data driven healthcare, how we pay for population health, precision medicine and the preventative agenda, how technology and hospital design can help build efficient and high performing delivery teams and how we identify all the correct tools to build an end to end digital eco system.

Speakers include:

Trevor Punt, Ben Caton, Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, Julie Coope, Gerard Hanratty, Methven Forbes, Paula Gallent, Bjorn Almer and Dr Emer MacSweeney

Sponsored by:

Abu Dhabi Global Health Week

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January 16th 2025

HWS: Global Workforce, Primary Care, Data and Women in Leadership, a Preview of the Healthcare World Stage @ Arab Health


The creation of value based payment models requires an understanding of the quality of the care given and the desired outcomes we are to pay against? In this sessions we will consider how we define and benchmark quality and how we turn that into a measurable outcome to base value based payments on.

Speakers include:

Ross Williams, Jim Campbell, Methven Forbes, Jacqui Rock, Gireesh Kumar, Jodie Sinclair, Rizwan Tufail, Graham Cookson, Robert Mcgough and Samina Ahmad

Sponsored by:

Informa Markets

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September 12th 2024

Using Quality Benchmarking Data to Create Value Based Healthcare Models


The creation of value based payment models requires an understanding of the quality of the care given and the desired outcomes we are to pay against? In this sessions we will consider how we define and benchmark quality and how we turn that into a measurable outcome to base value based payments on.

Speakers include:

Dr Reem F Bunyan, Kristen Geissler, Robert McGough, Professor Simon Jones, Ebele Anidi and Jane Brown

Sponsored by:

Berkeley Research Group

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April 23rd 2024

The Global Appetite for Investment in Digital Health Solutions


That the future of healthcare is digital is no longer in doubt but, in order to achieve the digital transformation we need in healthcare will require innovation, interoperability, entrepreneurialism and, most importantly, investment. In this session we look at the state of the global market for investors in digital health and try to understand their attitudes, expectations and feelings around the growth of the market.

Speakers include:

Sophie Smith, Walid Kattan, Simon Swift and Dr Sadyk Gusniev

Sponsored by:

Emerge 2050

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April 16th 2024

IS PRECISION MEDICINE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE?


As the development of data led healthcare, population health management and ‘omics’ gathers pace, this session will consider what we really mean when we use the phrase ‘precision medicine’ and what its application of the discipline will look like for the patient of the future.

Speakers include:

Dr Reham Kotb, Dr Mohammed Uddin and Dr Shaikha AlMazrouei

Sponsored by:

PrecisionMed Exhibition & Summit

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January 16th 2024

The Official Arab Health Preview Event in Association with Informa Markets

The Official Arab Health Preview Event
(in association with Arab Health organisers Informa Markets)

Previewing the biggest event in Global Healthcare – Arab Health in Dubai (19th Jan – 1st Feb)

Arab Health Exhibition Director Ross Williams gives us the highlights from this year’s exhibition, and Mohamed Sabri outlines the visionary thought leadership and innovation at the Future Healthcare Summit.  This ultra-high level networking forum takes place alongside the main event, while our very own Healthcare World Stage showcases some of Healthcare World’s speakers and partners debuting at this year’s Arab Health.

Speakers include:

Ross Williams, Egbert Schillings, Julie Coope, Dr Gireesh Kumar, Richard Cantlay, Simon Swift, Dr Sean Cross and Walid Kattan

Sponsored by:

Informa Markets

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26th October 2023

The Healthcare Transformation Programme for Saudi Arabia – An Update

Autumn 2023 will be a key period in the evolution of the public health transformation programme in Saudi Arabia. With the new leadership bedded in at the Health Holding Company and the business units and clusters now starting to form the transformation programme is gathering pace.

In this Webinar, Healthcare World will get the opportunity to talk to key senior leaders and decision makers at the heart of the programme and understand the priorities, timescales and opportunities offered by this hugely exciting healthcare evolution.

Speakers include:

Dr Mahmoud AlYamany, Dr Mohammed Aldar, Steve Moore, Gerard Hanratty and Jennifer Nobbs

Sponsored by:

ACCUMED

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August 29th 2023

Value-Based Healthcare – What does it mean in different global markets?

The phrase Value-Based Healthcare has become ubiquitous across the global health sector but can have different nuances to different people in different markets. In this session we will examine what the rise of value-based care means in the Middle East, to payors, to providers and to the patient. 

Speakers include:


Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, Ben Furneaux, Professor Ged Byrne, Jason Helgerson, Stefan Jovinge and Dr Sultan Alshamrani

Sponsored by:

Patients Know Best, Cigna Worldwide, NHS England, Helgerson Solutions Group, Skane University Hospitals and Health Holding Company

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July 26th 2023

The Use of Data in Middle East Healthcare

Data has become one of the key drivers of global healthcare with preventative medicine, population health and predictive screening all benefiting from its use. But where and how do we harvest that data? How do we address privacy concerns? And how do we ensure the accuracy of our data and data models? This session considers the questions of data in the growing health economies of the Middle East. 

Speakers include:


Rizwan Tufail, Dr Fadi Kodeih, Jennifer Nobbs, Mohamed Khadra and Dr Andy Norman

Sponsored by:

PureHealth, ACCUMED, Beamtree, Bupa Arabia and NECS

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June 21st 2023

The Need for Diversity in Clinical Trials – And why the Middle East could be part of the answer

With 90% of the worlds clinical trials taking place on Western, Caucasian patient groups what are the potential consequences of failing to undertake testing on regional, ethnic groups. Join Healthcare World and our panel of experts from across the Middle East to find out and to find out what steps can be taken to mitigate this situation.

Speakers include:


Mike Failly, Hinda Daggag, Dr Ibtesam Al Bastaki, Mansoor Ahmed and Raesa Afzal

Sponsored by:

Zanteris, SEHA, Dubai Health Authority, Colliers and Al Tamimi

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April 5th 2023

The Global Digital Health Agenda 

A reflection on the current state of digital health revolution around the world in the run up to the HIMSS global gathering in Chicago in May.

Speakers include:


Hal Wolf, Phil Anderton, Björn Almér, Drew Ivan, Mwenya Kasonde, Ernesto Chanona and Vincent Buscemi

Sponsored by:

HIMSS, ADHD360, Skane Care, Rhapsody, CSSi LifeSciences and Bevan Brittan

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March 22nd 2023

The Middle East and the Metaverse – Arab Health and Beyond 

A reflection on a fantastic week in Dubai for the biggest Arab Health event ever that attracted over 100,000 visitors.Hear from Metaverse keynote speaker Dr Daniel Kraft about the future of global healthcare, Arab Health event director Ross Williams about the biggest ever Arab Health and their plans for next year and from our panel of international delegates about the conversations, discussions and successes of our week in the Middle East

Speakers include:


Dr Daniel Kraft, Ross Williams, Phil Anderton, Mansoor Ahmed, Walid Hallassou, Christina Sochacki

Sponsored by:

Informa Markets, ADHD 360, Colliers, Huma, Al Tamimi

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January 12th 2023

The Official Arab Health Preview Debate in partnership with Informa Markets 

Healthcare World presents a preview of this year’s Arab Health in partnership with the event organisers at Informa Markets.  Join us and a panel of experts from across the Middle East to understand the issues and developments in the healthcare markets of the region.  Discover the opportunities and the best ways to access them ahead of the world’s leading in-person event this coming January. 

Speakers include:

Ross Williams, Reem Salah, Vincent Buscemi, Bjorn Almer, Ged Byrne, Mansoor Ahmed, Andrea Tithecott, Mohamed Fayek and Dr Timothy F. Witham

Sponsored by:

Informa Markets, Bevan Brittan, Skane Care, Health Education England, Colliers, Al Tamimi, EFESO and John Hopkins School of Medicine

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September 22nd 2022

Global Health, Riyadh – Preview and Discussion

Join Healthcare World and Informa for a preview of this year’s Global Health event in Riyadh, as we discuss the Saudi Arabia healthcare transformation programme, and the opportunities you can access at the event.

Speakers include:

Mohamed Sabri, Ahmed Al-Musaed, Aya Mattook, Aiman Abidi, Bjorn Almer, Aida Yousefi, Isabel Arango & Mr Sabri Sabri 

Sponsored by:

Informa, Global Health Exhibition

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July 28th 2022

Capital Projects and Infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

In our final virtual session on healthcare opportunities in the Kingdom before our trade mission in September we look at the healthcare building programme in the Kingdom and their ambitions to make Saudi a world leading healthcare system.

Speakers include:

Richard Cantlay, Mansoor Ahmed, Sultan Alamer, Barry Francis

Sponsored by:

Mott MacDonald, Colliers, National Centre for Privatization & PPP, Barry Francis Consultancy, Eastern Health Cluster

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July 5th 2022

Entering the UK Healthcare Market

The UK NHS is the worlds only truly free at the point of delivery healthcare system and represents a great opportunity for manufacturers and suppliers from around the world. But this, so say, single payor system is unlike any other in terms of its regulatory, procurement and purchasing structure. In this session we will hear from NHS leaders and experienced suppliers to the NHS to help understand how overseas suppliers can enter the market.

Speakers include:

Mat Oram, Vincent Buscemi, David Lawson, Adam Townsend, Jyoti Mehan

Sponsored by:

AdviseInc, Bevan Brittan, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, VUIT, Health Care First

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June 9th 2022

Digital Healthcare and Data in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Part of our Saudi Arabia programme for 2022, this session examines the role of digital health and data in the evolution of the new Saudi Arabian healthcare system. Gathering together leading experts from the Kingdom, we’ll be looking at how digital will play a key role at both cluster and national level.

Speakers include:

Dr Ahmed Balkhair, Essam Alnuman, Christina Sochacki, Mansoor Ahmed

Sponsored by:

Al Tamimi & Company, Eastern Health Cluster, Obeikan Investment Group, Colliers

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May 5th 2022

Funding the Digital Health Revolution

A not-to-be-missed event bringing together a group of digital health investors with a group of investment hungry technologists to find out what the two groups need from each other in order to chart the future of global digital healthcare.

Speakers include:

John McKinley, Himanshu Kataria, Mark Molnar, Jason Helgerson, David Horne, Mona Hayat, Heather-Anne Hubbell, Elliott Engers, Romano Toscano, David Foreman, Sarah Fox

Sponsored by:

Caldwell Capital, CanCertain, Funding Nav, Helgerson Solutions Group, Funding Focus, Nexus, Phundex, Infinity Health, VioScore, Praetura Ventures, Windham Venture Partners

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April 20th 2022

The Evolution of Health Infrastructure

The ‘Evolution of Healthcare Infrastructure’ debate session will explore the changing relationship between infrastructure and healthcare delivery and the move away from infrastructure being THE answer to a healthcare problem and towards it being a part of the solution. How does digital healthcare and data mitigate or inform the need for infrastructure?

Speakers include:
Richard Cantlay, Carly Caton, Simon Swift, Barry Francis, Niti Pall, Elliott Engers

Sponsored by:
Methods Analytics, Mott MacDonald, Bevan Brittan

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March 24th 2022

Healthcare Opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This is the first of our Saudi Arabia Series which will culminate in our trade mission to Saudi in the Autumn, this session explores the healthcare system of the kingdom and its ambitious Vision 2030 plan. Specifically the reorganisation and regionalisation of healthcare in the Kingdom and the opportunities it presents.

Speakers include:
Dr. Ahmed Al-Musaed, Ian Chambers, Simon Swift, Jyoti Mehan, Mohammed Mostafa, Christina Sochacki, Mona Hayat, Isabel Arango, Patrick Wynn, Neil Hamer

Sponsored by:
Al Tamimi, Health Care First, IQVIA, Linea, Methods Analytics, Mott MacDonald

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Nov 18th 2021

Universal Health Coverage and the Global Workforce Crisis

Even before the advent of coronavirus the world was facing a crisis in its healthcare workforce with predictions of a shortage of 30 million healthcare workers globally by 2030. Now, after a year of lockdowns and a global pandemic our healthcare workforce is exhausted and demoralised, what does this mean in terms of the crisis and where does it leave our ambition for global, universal health coverage.

Speakers include:
Jim Campbell, Professor Ged Byrne MBE, Charlotte Refsum, Alastair Currie,
Dr Anthony Huszar, Kit Chalmers, Alistair Russell

Sponsored by:
NHS Health Education England

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Nov 17th 2021

Opportunities in Dubai

Dubai is at the heart of the Middle East economy, a leader in healthcare delivery for the region and hosts, in Arab Health, one of the biggest events in global healthcare. It’s been the gateway to the Middle East for many years and this year has added importance with the advent of the World Expo. This session explores the continued importance of the Dubai healthcare market, the opportunities it offers and the challenges it faces.

Speakers include:
Andrea Tithecott, Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Dr Haidar Al Yousuf,
Isabel Cristina Arango, Mazin Gadir, Osama El Hassan, Farah Shaikh

Sponsored by:
CSSI LifeSciences

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Nov 16th 2021

International Opportunities in the US Healthcare Market

The USA is one of the world’s biggest healthcare markets and yet it is beset with problems. From the inequities of the current payor system to the massive changes taking place because of the affordable care act. The USA ranks bottom of the Commonwealth Fund report into developed health systems and yet has one of the highest per-capita spends. The global healthcare community is keen to help and the USA is keen to listen.

Speakers include:
Ernesto Chanona, Jennifer Catalano, Shahab Fatheazam, Mat Oram

Sponsored by:
CSSI LifeSciences

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Nov 10th 2021

The Need for a Global Clinical Standard

How do we compare the standards of healthcare globally? What are the differences in the type, quality and cost of healthcare in different health economies around the world or even within an individual health economy? Where offers the best clinical outcome? The lowest readmission rates?

Speakers include:
Brian Niven, Dr Mohammed El-Sahili, Dr Alok Khullar, Jyoti Mehan, Simon Swift, Alf Theodorou, Carly Caton, Josie Winter, Ged Byrne, Daniel Ober

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Nov 3rd 2021

How to Digitise your Health System

This session looks at the timeline of an individual and the interaction with their health system. It examines where and how many opportunities exist for digital innovation, where the touch points are, what is in development and what is in the future?

Speakers include:
Russell Mayne, Nic Fox, Niti Pall, Dan Cidon, Simon Swift, Dr Anushka Patchava, Elliott Engers, Dan Morris, Abhi Shekar

Sponsored by:
Dell Technologies, Intel

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Nov 2nd 2021

Global Healthcare post Coronavirus

Speakers include:
Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell, Vincent Buscemi, Dr Nicholas Crisp, Suneeta Reddy, Jim Campbell, Ben Furneaux

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