Keynote Speakers

Welcoming Address
Dr. Clemens Martin Auer
Director General
Federal Ministry for Health, Family and Youth, Vienna

Since September 2005, Clemens Martin Auer has served as Director General at the Federal Ministry for Health, Family and Youth, which is responsible for general management, coordination of health policy, legal affairs, health-economics and e-health.

Opening Keynote
Dr. Fatma Abdullah
Chief Strategy Officer
Dubai Healthcare City

Dr. Fatma Abdullah is the Chief Strategy Officer of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC); the world’s first Medical Free Zone. She is responsible for developing and forging key alliances with world-class entities and managing internal and external processes related to positioning DHCC as the destination of choice for health and wellness services.

Dr Hussein Abdel-Razzak Gezairy
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

In 1982, Dr Gezairy, was elected as the WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. In this position he has become the leading figure in the promotion of medical education with particular emphasis to Community Oriented Medical Education  and leadership development for health.

Richard Granger
Director
General of IT for the NHS

Richard Granger, Director-General of IT, NHS, England, has made an outstanding contribution to modernizing IT in the NHS, which now has one of the world’s largest networked and HL7-compliant infrastructures.

Richard C. Alvarez
President & CEO
Canada Health Infoway

Richard C. Alvarez, President & CEO, Canada Health Infoway, has articulated a broad national vision for reforming Canada's healthcare system through innovation and technology.