July 27-29, 2012 • Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Preconference Courses: July 26-27, 2012 • Professional Members’ Forum: July 30, 2012

Reimagining the Future of Global Health, Wellness, and Health-Care Delivery

Robert T. Schwartz is general manager, Global Design & User Experience GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA

Paul Chew is senior vice president and chief Medical Officer/Chief Scientific Officer US, Sanofi, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA

Joel Myklebust is deputy director of the Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories in the Center for Devices, FDA, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Adriane Berg is founder of Generation Bold; she is the co-host of the radio show Not for Profit Exchange and a member of AGETEK, technology for the future of aging, Lebanon, New Jersey, USA

Renée-Marie Stephano is president of Medical Tourism Association (MTA), the first association in the medical tourism industry, and chief editor, Medical Tourism Magazine.

Special Event

Global crises in health-care delivery, management, and financing have spotlighted what in many ways are broken systems. Rather than engineering incremental changes to largely outmoded processes and institutions, we must imagine entirely new possibilities to build a more positive future. If we examine current trends in health and wellness, and remain on the same trajectory, where is the world going? If we challenged that trajectory and reimagined the future of health and wellness, what could the world look like in coming years? What are the respective roles of private institutions, governments and regulators in this reimagined future?

Innovation in medical technology, evolution of design, growth of medical tourism, improved understanding of aging and demography, advancements in brain imaging and sensory science, and greater consideration of spiritual factors have led many to reconsider what the new products, services, and systems of the twenty-first century could and should be. A panel of the world’s most influential experts in health, medicine, and wellness will lead this multidisciplinary discussion.

Highlights

Participants will leave this session with an understanding of:

The roles of private institutions, governments and regulators in a reimagined future.
How advancements in the health fields will affect the products, services, and systems of the twenty-first century.