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Friday November 20, 2009
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Grand Opening
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Conference Work Shops
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM: Exhibit Hall Opens
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM: Inaugural Breakfast, Key Note Speeches
Speaker: Mrs. Preeti Saran, Consul General of India, Toronto
Speaker: Mr. Ronjon Lahiri, Director, India Tourism, Toronto
Speaker: Mr. Sujit Gopal, Director, Trident Exhibitions Ltd.
Speaker: Mr. Pradeep Thukral, Director, Indian Medical Travel Association
Speaker: Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed, President & CEO, Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.
Introductions by: Mr. Shawn Bowden & Ms. Kelly Meloche
9.30 AM - 9:45AM: "Medical Excellence and Quality Healthcare Delivery by
leading Hospitals in India"
Speaker: Dr. Narottam Puri, MBBS, MS, FICS, FIAMS, Adv. Diploma in Hospital Administration President - Medical Strategy & Quality, Fortis Healthcare Group.
9:45AM - 10AM: "The Changing Landscape of Medical Tourism in Canada"
Speaker: Mark Fam, CHE, MHA, Senior Fellow, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions
Senior Manager, National Health Services Consulting
10: 00 AM -10:15 AM: "Advances in Gastro- Intestinal & Transplant Surgery in
India"
Speaker: Dr. K. Ravindranath, M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.),
Chairman & Managing Director, Global Hospitals
10:15AM - 10:30AM: "Synergies in the healthcare sector on the
India - Canada business corridor"
Speaker: Ms.Asha Luthra, President, Indo - Canada Chamber of Commerce
10.30AM - 11.00 AM "A Preferred Destination for Medical Value Travelers
Across the Globe"
Speaker: Mr. Hari Boolchandani, Head, International Patient Services, Max healthcare
11:00AM - 11:15AM: BREAK
11.15AM - 11.30AM: "Holistic & Integrative Medicare"
Speaker: Mrs.Suja Isaac, Co Founder & Exe Director, Soukya Holistic Health Centre
11:30 AM -12:00 PM: "Find-it-yourself Health Care: The Canadian
Experience"
What do Canadians do when they cannot access medically necessary care? New research focuses on the realities of find-it-yourself health care. Results illustrate what life is really like on wait lists, where in the world people go to find their medical solutions and what advice these medical scouts have for others waiting and for health care planners.
Speaker: Ms. Janet Walker, Adjunct professor, UBC
12:00 PM -1:00 PM: LUNCH
1.15 – 2.30 PM: Round Table Discussion: "Canada India Knowledge Sharing
Opportunities"
Chair: Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan, Director - Health System Planning & Research Branch,MOH, Ontario
MEMBERS:
Dr. K. Ravindranath, Mr. Husain F. Neemuchwala, Ms. Nazlin Allidina, Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam, Dr. Venkataraman Sadanand
Venue: Ministry of Health Offices. 80 Grosvenor Street, Toronto. Transport will be provided for participants and delegates
2.45 PM - 3:00 PM: “India - The Emerging Global Healthcare Hub"
Speaker: Mr. Pradeep Thukral, Executive Director, Indian Medical Travel Association
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: "Role of Medical Tourism Facilitators"
Although most travel agents or tour operators may think that it is as simple as adding the word “medical” to their name, the truth is that medical tourism is a very specialized service and Medical Tourism facilitators play a very important role…..
Speaker: Kelly Meloche, Founder & CEO, International Healthcare Providers Inc.
3.30PM - 4.00PM: "Best Practices, Managing and Marketing Your Cosmetic
Medical Practice in Turbulent Times"
Speaker: Ms. Ann Kaplan, President & CEO, Medicard Financing
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Networking Sessions
Saturday November 21, 2009
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Conference Work Shops
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM: Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM – 9: 30 AM: "Future of Medical Tourism and the Economics"
"Push Factors" for medical tourism – What are the factors that encourage Canadians and those from other nations to seek care in another country and what might we expect for these factors in coming years? ............
Speaker: Mr. Nadeem Esmail, Director of Health System Performance Studies & Manager of The Alberta Policy Research Center at the Fraser Institute
9.30AM - 10.00AM: Indian Healthcare Providers Showcase #1
Participants: Fortis Healthcare, Max Healthcare, Lakeshore Hospitals
10.00AM - 10.30AM: "Latest Advances in Joint Replacement Surgery and
Innovations in Knee Implant Surgery"
Speaker: Dr. A.K. Venkatachalam, M.Ch Orth, MS Orth, DNB Orth Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon. Madras Joint Replacement Center
10: 30 AM -11:00 AM: "Find-it-yourself Health Care: The Canadian
Experience"
What do Canadians do when they cannot access medically necessary care? New research focuses on the realities of find-it-yourself health care. Results illustrate what life is really like on wait lists, where in the world people go to find their medical solutions and what advice these medical scouts have for others waiting and for health care planners.
Speaker: Ms. Janet Walker, Adjunct professor, UBC
11:00AM -11:30AM: Financing for Your Patients - “Go Ahead, Tell Them They Can Afford To”
Speaker: Ms. Ann Kaplan, President & CEO, Medicard Financing
12:00 PM -1:00 PM: LUNCH
1:00PM - 2:00PM: "Evolution of education linkages within the healthcare sector"
Speaker: Mr. Husain F. Neemuchwala, Founder - Director International Center for Education Inc., Ms .Dianne Diniz, George Brown College
2:00PM -3:00 PM: "Panel Presentation: Spine Surgery in India"
Patients: Doug Antoniak & Cathy Antoniak, Patricia Melo.
Facilitator: Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.
Policy Administrator: Nadeem Ismail
Surgeon: Dr. Sajan K Hegde, Spine Surgeon
3:00PM - 3:15PM: BREAK
3.15 PM – 3.30 PM: “Gujrati Business Association: Promoting trade and
commerce between India and Canada”.
Speaker: Mr. Mukund Purohit, President,Gujrati Business Association
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM: "Specialized Medical Travel Insurance"
Although non emergency medical insurance coverage in Canada is considered illegal, there is a lot to think about here. Precedent set by Quebec and Alberta
Speaker: Ms. Tracy Simmons, President, Custom Assurance Placements Ltd.
4:00PM - 4:15PM: "Role of Telemedicine"
Speaker: Prof. Ganapathy Krishnan, M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D
President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
4:30 PM - 5:00PM: “Role of medical travel facilitators-destination India”
Medical tourism on its own would be incomplete with out the very specialized contributions of the Medical Facilitator. A role beyond providing only travel related services.
Speaker: Ms. Samridhi Chodha
Project Head Medical Tourism, Indian Holiday Pvt. Ltd.
7:00 PM to 10: PM: SPONSORED DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT
Sunday November 22, 2009
9:00AM - 3:00PM: Conference Workshops
11:00AM - 5:00PM: Exhibits Open
9: 00 AM -10:00 AM: Indian Healthcare Providers Showcase #2
Participants: Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, KIMS, Mann Medicity, Thind Eye Hospital, AyurvedaGrahm, Madras Joint Replacement Center
10.00AM -10.30 AM : "Holistic & Integrative Medicare"
Speaker: Mrs.Suja Isaac, Co Founder & Exe Director, Soukya Holistic Health Centre
10:30 AM -11:00 PM: COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM - 11:30 PM: "Importance of Accreditation and role of Accreditations
Canada"
Canadians need the assurance that the hospitals and facilities that they will go to are of the highest standard. ……
Speaker: TBA
11:30 PM - 12:00 PM: "How Medical Tourism helps Canadians"
Medical Tourism although not a new concept in some parts of the world, certainly is new to Canada. Because of the current universal health system in Canada, Canadians are used to expecting the provincial health plans to take care of all their health care needs. However times are now changing, the universal system is no longer sustainable under the current economy…
Speaker: Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed, President & CEO, Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: LUNCH
1:00 PM - 1.30 PM: "Role of Banks and Financial Institutions"
Speaker: Robert Kennington, RBC, Canada
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: One on One Interviews and Networking Sessions
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Closing & Prize Draws
Event Schedule
The MetroToronto Convention Center, Canada
November 20 - 22
