Cutting-Edge Health Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges

09.45 – 10.30

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• Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General, WTO
  Speech
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO
  Speech
• Minelik Alemu Getahun, Assistant Director-General, Global Issues Sector, WIPO
  Quotes

10.30 – 12.30 - Panel I

Cutting-Edge Technologies: Landscape & Perspectives for Health Outcomes

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Moderator:

• Mariângela Batista Galvão Simão, Assistant Director-General, Prequalification and Technology Assessment, WHO

Panelists:

• Michael Altorfer, CEO, Swiss Biotech Association
  Presentation
• Nathalie Virag, Distinguished Scientist, Medtronic
• Maria Teresa Arredondo, Professor, Bioengineering and Photonics Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Director of Latin-American Affairs at UPM, Director of Vodafone Chair for Healthcare and e-Inclusion
• Tim Hubbard, Head of Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Kings College London
  Presentation
• Manuel Juan Otero, Head of Section, Biomedical Diagnostic Center – Immunology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
  Presentation

12.30 – 13.00

Discussion

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 – 14.30

Recent Work by WHO, WIPO and WTO

Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019: Creating Healthy Lives - The Future of Medical Innovation

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Speaker:

• Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Co-Editor Global Innovation Index & Head of Section, Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO
  Presentation

Updates on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

Speaker:

• Nicola Magrini, Secretary, WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines WHO
  Presentation

Measuring Trade in New Technologies

Speaker:

• Thomas Verbeet, Statistician, Market Access Intelligence Section, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
  Presentation

14.30 – 16.30 - Panel II

Health, IP, and Trade Perspectives on Maximizing Benefits of Cutting-Edge Technologies

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Moderator:

• Marion Dietterich, Director, Global Challenges Division, Department for Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, Global Issues Sector, WIPO

Panelists:

• Miriam Naarendorp, Pharmacist, Suriname
  Presentation
• Martin Eling, Director, Institute of Insurance Economics and Professor in Insurance Management, University of St.Gallen
  Presentation
• Lawrence Cullen, Deputy Director, Biotechnology and Biopharma, Patents Examining Division, Patents, Designs & Trade Marks Directorate, UK Intellectual Property Office
  Presentation
• Effy Vayena, Chair of Bioethics, Health Ethics and Policy Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich
  Presentation
• Ayub Shisia Manya, Senior Deputy Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Kenya
  Presentation

16.30 – 17.00

Discussion

17.00 – 17.30

Closing

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Speaker:

• Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division, WTO