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On 11 – 12 May, at the Abu Dhabi-GCC Health and Development Investment Forum 2009, Abu Dhabi became a global focal point for public-private healthcare sector development collaboration, technology and knowledge transfer and life sciences business networking.

The Forum was held at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi, in recognition of its importance as a regional and international thought leadership and health policy meeting. Click here for driving directions to ECSSR.

The Forum was a unique opportunity to meet key healthcare and life sciences players and to focus on "what works" to invest in and sustain health systems development.

Speakers and masterclass leaders included

HE Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi Director General of Emirates Center For Strategic Studies and Research	HE Hamad Abdallah Al Ghaferi Director General of The National Rehabilitation Center – Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Samih Darwazah Founder of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan	Ali Abdulkareem Alobaidli Clinical Affairs Director, SEHA- Abu Dhabi Health Services Company
Wassim Mourtada CEO, Envision ALR	Robert Sebbag Vice President Access to Medicines Sanofi-Aventis
Mohamed Mutabagani Chairman of The National Health Committee Saudi Council of Chambers of Commerce	Tom Healy CEO, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
Imad Ghandour Executive Director, Gulf Capital, Abu Dhabi	Alexander Vogler Chief Financial Officer National Health Insurance Company - Daman, UAE
Simon Turton Managing Director Warburg Pincus	Dr. Fadi El-Jardali, MPH, PhD. Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Ayesha Mohammed Abdullah Senior Vice President, Dubai Healthcare City, UAE	Yahya Jalil Head of Private Equity The National Investor, United Arab Emirates
Victoria Hale Victoria Hale Founder and CEO of Medicines360	Khaled W. Jaouni Partner, Ithmar Capital
JiNan Glasgow Founder and CEO of Neopatents	Andreas Wicki CEO of HBM BioVentures AG
Dr. Stephen Walston College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, USA	Chistopher Earl President and CEO BIO Ventures for Global Health
Herman Van Cauteren Founder Neglected Diseases Foundation	Sehamuddin Galadari UAE University
Robert Filipp Head of Innovative Financing The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria	Marcus Sasse Head of UBS Global Asset Management, Saudi Arabia

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