Three organizations operating at the forefront of healthcare innovation have joined forces to host a special one-day event in London that will explore how healthcare professionals are currently incorporating pioneering ideas into their work and how innovation can play a part in improving the provision of healthcare in the future.
The Innovation in Healthcare Summit will be held at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London, in December. The summit is an initiative of the London-based Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP), the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI), and the Doha-based World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH).
The summit will be opened by Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham (pictured), Director of IGHI and Executive Chair of WISH, an initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education (QF). Attendees from the UK, US, Kuwait, and Qatar will come together to take part in panel discussions and to hear keynote speakers who include Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the UK’s Department of Health, Dr. Adam Hill, Chief Medical Officer at McLaren Applied Technologies and Dr. Victor Dzau, President of the US National Academy of Medicine and Chair of the WISH Precision Medicine forum. The event, which will be streamed live online, will showcase young Arab innovators, and will act as a launch pad for an international innovation competition targeting healthcare innovators under the age of 30.
Lord Darzi said, “All three organisations involved in the ‘Innovation in Healthcare Summit’ are committed to looking for novel outcomes at the intersection of innovation and healthcare, so I’m delighted they have collaborated on the curation of this special London gathering on 11 December. The speakers and panelists selected for the summit represent the pinnacle of expertise in their fields, so attendees can expect to be part of a fascinating day of insightful talks and lively discussions.”
WISH is a global community of healthcare leaders, established by QF in 2012, which concentrates on undertaking research in areas where health and innovation intersect, and undertakes evidence-based research on pressing health issues, convening every two years for a global summit in Doha. IGHI is a multidisciplinary team of over 160 experts all focused on the co-creation and diffusion of healthcare innovation to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges facing mankind today.
ICHP is a partnership organisation that brings together National Health Service providers of healthcare services, clinical commissioning groups, and leading universities across North West London. It is also the designated Academic Health Science Network for North West London.
