French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum 2022 – the most innovative B2B / B2G international healthcare forum of the year, dedicated to developing international relations with the French Healthcare ecosystem by connecting key French healthcare players with international executives and decision makers during exclusive and personalised business meetings.

Summary

Discover the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum and our partners
The unique characteristics of FHIBF
The event recap in numbers
Overview and testimonials of French participants
Overview and testimonials from foreign delegations
Program and speakers
The Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) signed
The Startups Forum
The networking cocktails at Invalides and Quai d’Orsay
Key information on the next edition

Discover the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum

The French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum (FHIBF) is the first international business forum dedicated to the French healthcare offer. This unprecedented event aims to develop business flows, facilitate collaborations, and foster synergies between French health players with an international activity or strategy and foreign decision-makers, in order to improve healthcare internationally.

This event allows international decision makers to develop high-level relationships with French stakeholders and identify business or collaboration opportunities in the various fields of Healthcare in order to accelerate the implementation of their ongoing healthcare development projects. The French Healthcare Forum is also an excellent opportunity for French organizations to expand into markets that would otherwise be difficult to access.

The global health crisis which has severely affected every single country in the world has also uncovered the crucial importance of international collaboration in scientific and medical innovation. It also offered a reminder of the importance of global public health issues in prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic innovation.

France is one of the key players in this dynamic and has many key strengths that form the architecture of an efficient and innovative health system. If France is now recognized as having designed one of the most successful and equitable public health models in the OECD, it is because it has long built up a training system premised on excellence for healthcare professionals, hailed worldwide for their expertise. France’s medical research is also internationally renowned for the avant-gardism and importance of its work, while its pharmaceutical industry forms another major pillar of France’s medical excellence, through the role played by its first-rate international players combined with the innovation dynamics of the startup ecosystems and SMEs established across the country.

To tackle the major health challenges on an international level, France’s actions are based on a coordinated and coherent approach. France has a unique approach on global health, with a model founded on principles, values of solidarity and human rights, its strengths and considerable financial commitments.

In recent decades, the country has set itself apart through its commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, championing maternal and child health, its driving role in developing innovative financing and achieving universal health coverage, the appeal of its university hospital model and the reputation of its humanitarian NGOs. These actions are implemented through policy advocacy, substantial financial commitment, exploitation of scientific research and expertise, and an inclusive approach.

France has set the ambition of becoming the leading nation for industry and innovation in healthcare. To strengthen its position as a global hub for health innovation and to become the leading European nation for healthcare, France, which already has a strong export industry, wants to welcome foreign businesses and institutions and has developed an active policy to attract them.

French Healthcare Association, an initiative led by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, is a network of over 300 French companies, healthcare institutions, research and training institutes mobilized to offer collective solutions adapted to the needs of its partners abroad.

During its first edition, this unprecedented B2B and B2G healthcare forum welcomed more than 130 foreign decision-makers from the public (ministries, institutions, regulatory authorities, government agencies) and private sectors (industrialists, healthcare establishments, distributors, prescribers, investors) who came from 18 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe to meet with 40 key French healthcare players active internationally (pharmaceutical laboratories, medical device developers , consulting firms, construction, etc.).

With the support of ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, la Direction générale du Trésor, La French Tech, Team France Export, Proparco, Bpifrance, Future4Care, les conseillers du Commerce extérieur de la France (CCE), Unicancer, Business France, SNITEM, Leem, Medef International, Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie Françaises à l’international, FEFIS), CIUS, Medicen Paris Région, Lyon Biopôle, France Biotech, La Tribune, HOSPIHUB, l’Alliance EMT (Points Experts Medtech), UPS Healthcare, Sanofi and of their organising partner C3Medical, French Healthcare Association managed to gather over 300 key global healthcare players during the first successful edition of the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum 2022.

A word from the organizer

The unique characteristics of the French Healthcare Forum

A Business to Business & Business to Government event with an international focus and 100% dedicated to health

French and foreign participating organizations that focus solely on projects related to the health industry.

A program and venues optimized for networking and the development of each stakeholder

Two days of B2B meetings, conferences, workshops, pitches and networking sessions between foreign decision-makers from foreign private and public organizations and leading French health organisations.

An important selection of participants

Through a network approach, we worked upstream with the foreign representatives and French organizations and carefully studied each participation demand to bring together the most relevant players and projects according to the offer and demand of each participant.

A strategic geographical focus

The organizations present at the Forum come from strategic markets often perceived as complex to approach (the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe for the first edition).

Promoting the excellence of the French health care system

The French Healthcare Forum highlights organizations that promote French healthcare abroad through conferences, workshops and pitch sessions.

The French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum 2022 in numbers

The French Healthcare Forum welcomed more than 130 foreign decision-makers from the public and private sectors from 18 countries on September 19 and 20 to meet with 40 key French healthcare players active internationally.

The event gave the French experts the opportunity to present their knowledge, solutions and know-how, synonymous with quality and excellence, over two days and to promote them in strategic markets. On the other hand, foreign decision-makers had the opportunity to share their priorities and needs with French participating organizations, as well as discussing the various forms of collaboration possible.

More than 450 Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Governments (B2G) meetings, 11 conferences and 5 market presentations took place between the 300 participants at the premises of Future4Care.

Numerous informal exchanges took place, notably during networking sessions at the Hôtel National des Invalides and at the Quai d’Orsay (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs).

4 memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed bilaterally between French Healthcare Association and :

• The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova
• The Unified Procurement Authority (UPA) of the Republic of Egypt
• The Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF)
• The Ethiopian Healthcare Federation (EHF)

Overview and testimonials of French participants

The number of participants being limited to facilitate networking, the participating French organizations have been carefully selected according to the needs and ongoing projects of the foreign delegations. This enabled the French health experts present to strengthen their position on the global market by offering responses adapted to the specific needs of foreign players.

The event equally allowed both French organisations and foreign health institution representatives to lead cutting-edge medical & business conferences on key topics. Several French companies and institutions shared their know-how and led conferences and workshops on themes related to the international influence of the French health offer and health trends and innovations.

Sponsors : 

• Sanofi (leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer)
• L’Alliance EMT (medtech expert nextwork)
• UPS Healthcare (logistics)

Entreprises et institutions participantes :

• Archetype Group (French engineering and architecture group, leader in Asia)
• Agence française pour le développement d’AlUla (The Franco-Saudi Bilateral Agreement Agency)
• Biomedah (medical devices)
• Conférence des Directeurs Généraux des CHU de France (France University Hospitals – International (FUHI)
• Cerba Healthcare (Medical biology, Diagnostics)
• C3Medical (International Healthcare services and consulting)
• Enovacom  (Healthcare software publisher/ Orange Business digital healthcare division)
• Eurestia (Gateway between France and the Eurasian Economic Union)
• Fondation Hopale (Non-profit health establishment specializing in orthopedic and prosthetic surgery & rehabilitation)
• FSE Group (Realization of biomedical and laboratory equipment projects internationally)
• Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph (Hospital Group: Paris Saint-Joseph Hospital & Marie-Lannelongue Hospital)
• Hôpital Américain de Paris (International Healthcare facility)
• IDC Group (Import and distribution of medical equipment in Europe)
• ID Solutions (Oncology diagnostic specialist)
• Inlog (Laboratory Management Systems & Transfusion Information Systems)
• Institut Curie (The 1st French center for the fight against cancer)
• Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Private non-profit hospital)
• Invivox (Continuing medical training expert)
• ISRP (Superior Institute of Psychomotor Rehabilitation)
• MED Evasan (Medical assistance, medical transport, telemedicine, medical tourism)
• Medipréma (Supplier of medical and surgical equipment)
• Novaxia (Investment company in urban recycling)
• Oxy’Pharm (DSVA – Disinfection of surfaces by air)
• Promedeo (Innovative supply chain solutions for healthcare users)
• PROPARCO (Subsidiary of the AFD Group dedicated to the private sector)
• QISTA (Eco-friendly and connected mosquito control solution)
• STEAM France (Maintenance, Sale of equipment, Traceability, Support)
• Tesalys (Solutions for the treatment of infectious risk waste)
• Toutenkamion (Design and manufacturing of customized mobile units)
• Unanime Architectes (Construction of laboratories and research centers)
• Unicancer (The Federation of Cancer Centres (CLCC) and a network of 19 private health care institutions)
• Vamed (General company for the realization, the equipment and the management of health structures)
• Winncare (Specialized in the manufacture of medical equipment and supplies)

Testimonials

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450 meetings and networking sessions during the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum

During the event, more than 450 business meetings took place and numerous business and cooperation opportunities were identified by the participants. While French organizations were able to demonstrate their know-how and position their expertise on key subjects during thematic conferences and panel discussions, foreign institutional delegations were also able to present market opportunities in their country.

Overview and testimonials from foreign delegations

The French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum welcomed more than 130 foreign delegations from the public and private sectors from 18 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe (Algeria, Arabia Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritius, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Moldova, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, Tunisia) in an environment conducive to high-level meetings.

The organising team worked upstream with the foreign representatives and French organizations and carefully studied each participation demand to bring together the most relevant players according to the projects and needs of the international organisations present.

During these two days of the French healthcare forum, the local organizations took part in personalized meetings and networking sessions with qualified foreign decision-makers. We also offered delegations site visits to discover the ecosystem as closely as possible.

The conferences, workshops and panel discussions allowed foreign institutional representatives to present the market opportunities of their country:

Kamel Benloukil, director of the Bahrain Economic Development Agency for France, stressed that the country has opportunities for cooperation and investment in niche sectors such as the specialty of rehabilitation or the production of generic drugs.

Hani Nasser Alsaigh, Vice President Marketing Strategy and Knowledge Management at NCP Saudi Arabia (National Center for Privatization & PPP), explained:

« We wish more participation from French companies in our hospitals as well as partnerships in joint projects in health care. »

Represented by Dr. Omar Abd El Aziz of PAU (The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement), Egypt wishes to integrate and increase cooperation between Egypt and France in health care. « In Egypt, we need to restructure our healthcare offerings as part of the Vision 2030 strategy for universal health insurance. We want to expose our experience and our opportunities to French companies, especially those specializing in medical equipment and products. »

PARTICIPATING FOREIGN DELEGATIONS

• Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Ministry of Health and Wellness of the Republic of Mauritius
• Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova
• Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cameroon
• Ministry of Investment Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Ministry of Health Lybia
• Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan

ALGERIA

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Sarl Lutech 
• GALAXIE MEDICALE 

• MDM Sarl 

SAUDI ARABIA

Public institution:

• Ministry of Investment (MISA) 
• Royal Commission for AlUla 
• National Center for Privatization & PPP (NPC) 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Bait al Batterjee Medical Holding 
• Riyad Bank 
• Bassam Trading Company 
• Khaled Juffali Company 

• Regenerative Health

BAHRAIN 

Public institution:

• Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Kimshealth 
• Nasser Pharmacy 

IVORY COAST

• Saint Joseph Moscati Hospital of Yamoussoukro – Alassane Ouattara University Bouaké 

EGYPTE 

Public institution:

• The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement « UPA » 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Luna Group 
• Capital Clinic 
• Fawkya hospital for neurology and geriatric rehabilitation hospital 

• Millenium Hospital 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Abdul Latif Jameel Health 

ETHIOPIA 

Public institution:

• Ethiopian Healthcare Federation 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Liyana Healthcare plc

GHANA 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Euracare / CFAO 

MAURITIUS

Public institution:

• Economic Development Board of Mauritius (EDB) 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Life Together Group 

KAZAHSTAN 

Public institution:

• Healthcare Department of the city of Nur-Sultan 
• Republican Center for Healthcare Development of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RCHD) 
• Kazakhstan Medical Council 
• City Polyclinic N°4 
• JSC National centre for Neurosurgery 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• MedVoyage International 
• Mediker International Hospital 

• Dolce LLP 

KENYA 

Public institution:

• Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) 
• The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) 
• Kenya Dental Association 
• Kenya Medical Association 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• MedSource Group Ltd. 
• The Karen Hospital 
• Africa Biosystems LTD 

LYBIA 

Public institution:

• Medical Supply Organization 
• Food and Drug Control center 
• Tripoli Medical Center 
• Sebrata Medical Center 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• SENNA 
• Benghazi private clinic 
• Al Shada 
• Alelmia 

• Eklil 

MOROCCO 

Public institution:

• CRI-Beni-Mellal 
• CRI-Errachidia Drâa-Tafilalet 
• CRI-Tanger 
• CRI-Beni-Mellal 

• CRI-Fes Meknes 
• CRI-GUELMIM 
• CRI-Oujda 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• LAPROPHAN 
• ABA TECHNOLGY 

MOLDOVA

Public institution:

• Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of the Republic of Moldova 
• Institute of oncology 

NIGERIA 

Public institution:

• Nigerian Spine Society 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Euracare / CFAO 

RWANDA 

Public institution:

• Rwanda Healthcare Federation (RHF) 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• MD Conseil Medical Supply Ltd 
• Baho International Hospital 

TUNISIA

Public institution:

• National Chamber of Private Health Establishments 
• Trade Union Chamber of Health Services Support Companies 

Manufacturers/ Investors/ Distributors:

• Toucomex 
• MDID  

Testimonials

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Program of the 2 days of conferences organized in parallel with the B2G & B2B meetings

To make this event a success and valuable for all players in the French ecosystem as well as for our foreign partners, we have built, with our 15 institutional partners and ministries, in parallel with business meetings, a program of conferences and panel discussions on cutting-edge medical trends, business topics, and themes that highlighted French innovations.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 at Future4Care

9 – 11 am: Opening Ceremony

Speakers:

• Jean-François Gendron – French Healthcare Association President
• Agnès de Leersnyder – CEO of Future4Care
• Johanna Lerfel – French Healthcare Association Executive Director
• Olivier Babeau – President of the Sapiens Institute
• Rafaèle Tordjman – French Healthtech Ambassador
• Pedro Novo – Executive Director in charge of Export of BPI France – Team France Export

2 – 2:30 pm: Paving the way to innovations in oncology: from innovation to the benefit of the patient

Innovation in oncology and technology transfer, from research to commercialization, are key steps to allow innovative solutions to access institutional networks, for the benefit of patients.

Unicancer and the Institut Curie Technology Transfer Office, two major and complementary French players in access to innovation in oncology, shared their particularities in order to decipher their model of success with the audience.

Speakers:

• Luc Delporte – Purchasing and Access to Innovation Director at Unicancer
• Jérémie Weber – Deputy Director, Technology Transfer Office of the Curie Institute

2:30 – 3 pm: Infection prevention & control in the post-COVID-19 world 

The basic principles of hospital infection prevention and control (IPC) – including hand hygiene, sanitation and environmental hygiene, fresh air and appropriate use of personal protective equipment—were established and gradually adopted into practice in the nineteenth and twentieth century. 

In the beginning of the twenty-first century, one of the most important focus in infection prevention has been the disinfection and sterilization of medical devices as a way to minimize preventable healthcare associated infection (HAI). National and International standards have been put in place in order to implement best practices for the disinfection and sterilization of surgical instruments and other invasive medical devices. However those standards have not been yet implemented at a worldwide scale, particularly in emerging countries.

Proper medical waste management is also a pillar in the fight against infections. Health-care waste contains potentially harmful microorganisms that can infect hospital patients, health workers and the general public. Other potential hazards may include drug-resistant microorganisms which spread from health facilities into the environment. According to a recent WHO News Release, today, 30% of healthcare facilities (60% in the least developed countries) are not equipped to handle existing waste loads, let alone the additional load generated by epidemics like COVID-19.

Finally, the emergence of e-health software and data management solutions has contributed largely to a better control of infections. In the context of Covid-19 pandemic, contact tracing has proven to be an effective public health tool for infectious disease control.

Two senior experts from the French companies STEAM and Tesalys shared the progress of innovations in the field of treatment of waste from healthcare activities with infectious risks (DASRI), decontamination and sterilization, developed in order to meet the highest public policy demands around the world for infection control. They presented the most effective tools for traceability in the fight against infections.

Simon Chassain, International Sales Director of Enovacom spoke about the emergence of e-health software and data management solutions which have largely contributed to better infection control. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, contact tracing has proven to be an effective public health tool for infectious disease control. He also explained how the Covid-19 pandemic has raised awareness in the healthcare community and the general public about infection control and prevention and how the emergence of e-health software and data management solutions will help. to better infection control. He shared on which tools to be more effective in infection control and traceability.

Speakers:

• Miquel Lozano – President, Tesalys
• Jean-Pierre Boffy – CEO, STEAM France
• Simon Chassain – Head of International sales, Enovacom

3 – 3:30 pm: Financing of health projects in developing countries : case study on medical diagnosis in Africa 

Speakers:

• Philippe Lagier – Head of debt financing for Services Sector Proparco
• Stéphane Carre – VP International Cerba Healthcare, CEO Cerba Lancet Africa

3:30 – 4 pm: Sustainable health financing in a post covid-19 context

While the Covid 19 pandemic has strongly impacted the health budgets of many states, it is worth considering the consequences of health financing choices for a healthy post-pandemic recovery. Thus, this round table supported a discussion on the challenges faced by governments to ensure sustainable financing mechanisms in a post-pandemic context and painted a portrait of the relevant criteria required in order to study a potential improvement. the allocation of health budgets.

Speakers:

• Lyse Santoro – CEO & Board Member, THAC & Member of HCERES and French Government’s CSIS
  • THAC : The Healthy Aging Company à THAC develops an innovative strategy to prevent the development of age-related diseases by fighting resistance to insulin
  • HCERES : High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education
  • CSIS : Strategic Healthcare Industry Council à Put in place by the government
• Jean-Baptiste Brégeon – North Africa Vaccines General Manager at Sanofi

4 – 4:30 pm: Hospitals’ development assistance, advice and expertise: how to leverage institution’s diversity to boost international cooperation 

International cooperation in hospitals development assistance is definitely a hot topic.
Widely recognized, the French expertise in organization of the care pathway, hospital management and furthermore in the integration of the research and training in the care facility is a valuable asset in a post Covid period, when national requirements are high and trade-offs on resources are more than ever topical.

This round table gave the floor to the different components of the French hospital landscape, as well as, in mirror, to the French actors strongly involved in international health cooperation programs.

Speakers:

• Frédéric Boiron – Chairman and head of the Lille university hospital
• Robert Sigal – Chairman and head of The American hospital of Paris & French Healthcare Association Administrator
• Alex Bortolan – Counsellor for cooperation and cultural action at the Embassy of France in Kazakhstan

4:30 – 5 pm: Rethinking supply chain resilience for a post-COVID19-world

Jean-Michel Dabadie (CEO Promedeo) explained the role of innovative start-ups in supply chain resilience while representatives of the Cameroon delegation Dr. Shalom Ndoula and Dr. Andreas Njoh will share lessons learned from the pandemic from the authorities’ point of view Jean-Michel Dabadie (CEO Promedeo) explained the role of innovative start-ups in supply chain resilience while representatives of the Cameroon delegation Dr. Shalom Ndoula and Dr. Andreas Njoh shared lessons learned from the pandemic from the authorities’ point of view.

Speakers:

• Cathy O’Brien – Vice President International Sales, UPS Healthcare
• Christina Struller – Vice President Public Affairs ISMEA, UPS
• Jean-Michel Dabadie – CEO Promedeo
• Dr. Shalom Ndoula – permanent secretary, Extendend Program for Immunization from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cameroon
• Dr. Andreas Njoh – deputy permanent secretary, Extendend Program for Immunization from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cameroon

5 – 5:30 pm: Health & the city : bridging urban planning and Health

The consideration of ecosystem determinants in urban development policies is increasingly at the heart of the concerns of many states and the health sector is not spared. Urbanization plans must therefore be part of an approach to preserving natural resources, through sound and sustainable economic management of health infrastructure projects. The latter also play a key role in access to preventive, personalized and participatory health for the whole of society, and must therefore integrate the determinants of health from the first reflections on urbanization. This round table brought together experts on the subject active in France internationally with different and complementary scopes of action to collectively paint a portrait of the city of tomorrow and the place it will give to health, between objectives, priorities, and investments.

Speakers:

• Pierre Sfeir – Architecte, Unanime Architectes 
• Vincent Aurez – Director – Innovation, Sustainable Development and Communication, Novaxia 
• Rajko Stocik – Managing director, Vamed France 

5:30 – 6 pm: Viewpoint by Dr Anshul Govila, Executive Director in charge of Group Strategy Bait al Batterjee Medical Company (Saudi Arabia)

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 at Future4Care

8:30 – 9:30 am: Thematic breakfast « Women in Healthcare »

While the share of women among the 135 million health and care workers in the world is estimated at nearly 70%, wage inequalities persist and women remain underrepresented in management positions.

Women are also under-represented in clinical studies, while many molecules do not have the same effect in men and women. As a result, we face a lack of information on the therapeutic or adverse effects of certain substances as well as a lesser knowledge of pathologies in women and very often non-optimal care.

This panel, through experience sharing and testimonials from women leaders in health, aimed to promote the expertise and actions initiated by women in this key sector, as well as better consideration of women in development. of a supply of quality care.

Speakers:

• Johanna Lerfel – Executive Director of French Healthcare Association
• Ala Nemerenco – Minister of Health of the Republic of Moldova
• Lidia Delrieux – Researcher at Institut Curie
• Alice de Maximy – Founder of Femmes de Santé

9:45 – 10:15 pm: Anticipate, protect, develop, structure: make your innovation effective 

With the complementary expertise of seven major and recognized players, the MedTech Experts Alliance (EMT) supports a growing number of health innovators each year from birth to the completion of their project. The EMT Alliance thus capitalizes on the expertise of its member companies at each phase of support: anticipation and protection of innovation, definition of the roadmap for the development of a medical device, regulatory compliance of the project, marketing and ‘ladder. This workshop was a concrete experience feedback on the key stages in health innovation to offer the participant the keys to French-style innovation.

Intervenants :

• Mathieu Charleux – CEO of MD101
• Caroline de Mareüil-Villette – CEO of ICOSA
• Frédéric Nouaille – CEO of Audit&Risk Solutions
• Romain Grasset – co-founder of MDxp
• Céline Efaiki – Consultant Quality & Regulatory Affairs at Axeme
• Moderator : L’Heureux ZOUNVEHA

10:30 – 11:00 am: Saudi Arabia – Panorama presented by the National Center for Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships (National Center for Privatization & PPP), the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Investment (MISA)

11:00 – 11:20 am: Egypt – Panorama presented by the Chairman of the The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement (UPA)

11:20 – 11:40 am: Moldova – Panorama presented by the Minister of Health Mrs. Ala Nemerenco

11:40 am – 12:00 pm: Bahrain – Panorama & French success stories presented by Mr. Munther Al Mudawi, Health Director of the Economic Development Board

2 – 2:20 pm: Kazakhstan – Panorama presented by the Vice-minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Dudnik Vyacheslav Yurievich

2:20 – 2:40 pm: Uzbekistan – Panorama presented by Mr. M. Odilkhoja NABIYEV, director of the company Medimpeks, responsible for importing medical products for Uzbekistan.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 at the Quai d’Orsay, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

3:45 – 5:00 pm: Startups Forum

The winning start-ups were selected from nearly 40 applications on September 6, 2022 by:

• Jean-François Gendron – President, French Healthcare Association
• Prof. Robert Sigal – Director General, American Hospital of Paris
• Laurence Comte-Arassus – Managing Director, GE Healthcare
• Chahra Louafi – Director, Autonomous Patient Fund, BPI France
• Jeanne Tieu-Bénichou – Director, Future4Care Institute

Testimonials

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5:30 – 7:00 pm: Closing ceremony

Speakers:

• Sébastien Bidau – Deputy Director for Strategic Sectors, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
• Olivier Becht – Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in charge of Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad
• Agnes de Leersnyder – CEO, Future4Care
• Johanna Lerfel – Executive Director, French Healthcare Association
• Jean-François Gendron – President, French Healthcare Association

The French Healthcare Forum networking cocktails

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 at the Hôtel des Invalides

7:00 – 9:30 pm: French Healthcare Cocktail, on the theme: Sport as a therapeutic solution: from prevention to treatment at the Hôtel des Invalides

Guest of honor: Her Excellency Laurence Fischer, Ambassador for Sport at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 at the Quai d’Orsay, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

The Memorandums of Understanding concluded

During the French Healthcare Innovation and Business Forum, 4 memorandums of understanding (MoU) were signed bilaterally between French Healthcare Association and :

• The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova
• The Unified Procurement Authority (UPA) of the Republic of Egypt
• The Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF)
• The Ethiopian Healthcare Federation (EHF)

Discussions between Jean François Gendron, President, Johanna Lerfel, Executive Director of the French Healthcare Association, and the various decision-makers of foreign institutions made it possible to uncover the interest of creating such partnerships: to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between the parties, and to establish the arrangements necessary to ensure effective cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

Therefore, the objectives of this MoU are:

• To open direct relationships between the Parties to promote investments, partnerships and regular engagements between their respective counterparts in France and Moldova.
• To set out the framework for cooperation to ensure closer collaboration and exchange of information between the Parties in a manner that creates synergistic relationship and partnership in relation to healthcare.

The parties agreed to collaborate and jointly work together towards short and long-term strategic goals through task forces in the following thematic areas:

• Skill transfer and training
• Best practices exchanges, particularly regarding startups development
• Infrastructure development
• Health financing
• Cross projects on digital health
• Cancer research and cancer treatments
• Any other areas of collaboration as deemed by the Parties to align with the objectives of this MoU

Key information on the next edition of French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum

For its second edition, the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum 2023 will bring together even more French players and delegations of foreign decision-makers from strategic countries in order to help meet the health needs of populations and support countries in their development, while promoting French excellence in health throughout the world.

Many areas for improvement and development have been identified and the team is already working on the subject. We would like to thank our participants for their valuable feedback!

The next edition will be organized in September 2023. Please follow the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum LinkedIn page and website to receive information related to your participation in the next event.

In order to guarantee the quality of the exchanges, French and foreign participants will be selected according to their offer, ongoing projects, priorities and needs.

Information and participation:

Website : frenchhealthcare-forum.com/en

LinkedIn Page: @French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum

Contact :

Johanna Lerfel
Executive Director
johanna.lerfel(@)frenchealthcare-association.fr

Jean-Baptiste Michel
International Project Manager
jb.michel(@)frenchhealthcare-association.fr

Noémi Barta
Communications Project Manager
noemi.barta(@)frenchhealthcare-association.fr

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About French Healthcare Association

French Healthcare is an initiative led by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs since 2017, in conjunction with the ministries in charge of the economy, health and social affairs.

The association federates companies, health establishments, French research and training institutes that wish to be actively involved in a collective dynamic and promote, together, their activities internationally.

The members of the association, from start-ups to large groups, reflect the diversity of the French health ecosystem: public and private health establishments, construction companies, architecture, hospital engineering, pharmaceutical industry , biotechnologies, medical devices, manufacturers of medical technologies, medical equipment, digital health players, etc.

By promoting French health expertise throughout the world and working to make France attractive, French Healthcare Association helps its members to enrich their network, access new business opportunities and promote French excellence in international health.

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