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DAY 1: Tuesday, 11 October 2022

8:30 – 9:00Registration

Participant profiles: A wall will be set up for participants to introduce themselves.

OPENING SESSION: Moving towards a joint future in health
9:00 – 9:30Welcome remarks
  • Mr. Zurab Azarashvili, Minister of Health, Georgia (Host Country)
  • Mr. Zhaohua He, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, People’s Republic of China (CAREC Chair)
  • Mr. Shixin Chen Vice-President (Operations 1), ADB
Keynote Speech: Importance of digitization, innovation and regional cooperation for health security and pandemic preparedness
  • Mr. Gundo Weiler, Director for Country Support and Emergencies at the WHO Regional Office for Europe

9:30 – 10:40
High-level Opening Panel: Spaces for Regional Health Cooperation and Innovation in a Post-COVID-19 World

Moderator: Shane Rosenthal, Country Director, Georgia Resident Mission, ADB
  • Ms. Tamar Gabunia, Deputy Minister, MOILHSA, Georgia
  • Mr. Sifa Gao, Principal Staff Member, Bureau of Medical Administration, National Health Comission (NHC), People’s Republic of China (PRC)
  • Ms. Shabana Saleem, Director General, Health, National Health Services Regulations & Coordination, Pakistan
  • Ms. Rie Hiraoka, Director, Social Sector Division, ADBb

10:45 – 10:55
Group photo

10:55 – 11:10
Coffee Break (Networking)

SESSION 1: Innovation, Digital Health and Improving Quality of Care
11:10 – 12:25Panel: Leveraging innovation, digital health and quality of care to strengthen health security.  

The panel will discuss how countries can build on rapid digital health advancements and innovations that came about with the COVID-19 response, build strong foundations for digital health and support new innovations ecosystem.

Moderator: Ms. Kirthi Ramesh, Social Sector Specialist, ADB
  • Ms Julia Adler-Milstein, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research, University of California, San Fransisco
  • Mr. Hazwan Daut, Head of Healthtech Hub, MRANTI, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
  • Mr. David Ortiz-Novillo, Head, Unit Head / Regional Adviser, Data and Digital Health, WHO EURO
  • Ms. Chris Bishop, VAMED team lead
  • Mr. Peeter Ross, Professor at Tallinn University of Technology
  • Mr. Yury Rogachev, DHIS-2 implementer, University of Oslo
Open discussion

12:25 – 13:40
Lunch (Networking)

13:40 – 15:10
Parallel Workshops

Parallel workshop on digital health
- Input presentation and discussion on country and regional priorities towards a joint vision. Countries will be able to share experience, challenges and solutions amongst each other.
Parallel workshop on quality of care
- Input presentation and discussion on country and regional priorities.  Countries will be able to share experience, challenges and solutions amongst each other.

15:10 – 15:25
Coffee Break (Networking)

15:25 – 15:45
Plenary: Feedback from parallel workshops

SESSION 2: Implementing the CAREC Health Strategy 2030
15:45 – 16:45Group discussions: Countries will get a chance discuss the regional investment framework amongst each other

16:45 – 17:45
Marketplace: Development Partner regional health cooperation initiatives will be presented

18:30 – 21:30
CAREC WGH Welcome Dinner and Networking


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