MENA - Investment & Financa Summit 2010

Euroconvention Conferences and Medical Wellness Tourism, in collaboration with IFC, OPIC and the Health Ministers Council for the GCC States, is pleased to invite you to "A Healthcare Infrastructure Investment & Finance Summit.

Euroconvention Conferences and Medical Wellness Tourism, in collaboration with IFC, OPIC and the Health Ministers Council for the GCC States, is pleased to invite you to "A Healthcare Infrastructure Investment & Finance Summit.

The Middle East healthcare business is expected to be worth some US$60 billion by 2025 as the need for investment in services and facilities increases. It is the only region in the world that faces such a rapid increase in demand and this growth is creating new opportunities for construction and consulting companies, financial, banking and private equity sectors, as well as medical equipment suppliers and the pharma sector in particular.

Due to the absence of sufficient wellness facilities in the MENA Region to date quality healthcare needs are currently being provided by many Asian countries at extremely competitive prices. In fact, many Asian governments are now making concerted efforts to promote their 'health tourism' sector to woo even more visitors from the Middle East countries.

This has become central focus to private sector operators who have seen the opportunities in this growth sector, particularly in Dubai, Jordan and Lebanon. Healthcare tourism will therefore generate considerable investments throughout the whole region in the coming years bringing with it considerable management and HR input.

Cairo promises to provide a unique opportunity to exploit these opportunities in the presence of the key decision-makers from the Public Sector from the whole Region, the buy side private and public sector Hospital Management and the key European and US suppliers of services, equipment, construction and funding.

Our key speakers include:

• Hanif Hassan Ali, Minister of Health, United Arab Emirates
• Mohamad Khalifeh Jawad, Minister of Health, Lebanon
• Mohammed Al Yemeni, Advisor to the Minister of Health & General Supervisor of ICT, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
• Faleh Mohammed H. Ali, Assistant Secretary General for Policy Affairs, Qatar Supreme Council of Health
• Moazzam Mekan, Manager, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation, United Arab Emirates
• David G. Vequist, Founder/Director, Center for Medical Tourism Research, USA
• Akiko Maeda, Manager for Health, Nutrition and Population Health, Human Development Department, Middle East & North Africa Region, The World Bank, USA
• John Moran, Managing Director, Investment Development and Coordination, OPIC, USA
• Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Director, Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing, World Health Organization, Switzerland
• Jane Macpherson, Head of the Cairo Regional Office, European Investment Bank
• Jilali Hazim, Department of Planning and Financial Resources, Ministry of Health, Morocco
• Rania Zayed, Chief of Public-Private Partnership Central Unit, Ministry of Finance, Egypt
• Isaac El-Mankabadi, Team Leader/Health Economist, HSMP Project Management Unit, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Syria/European Commission
• Katharina Kummer Peiry, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel Convention, United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP

Please note that as Medical Wellness Tourism is a Supporting Organization for this event, our members receive 15% discount on registration.

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