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Global HEALTH

 CATALYST SUMMIT 

Join us on May 25-27, 2018 @ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

7:00am - // Registration, Coffee & Mingling,      

8:00am // Welcome

8:15am // Keynotes: closing the cancer divide

10:15am // Break

10:30am // Government leaders session 

12:30pm // Lunch, Poster Session/Exhibit

2:00 pm // Session 2: Increasing access to cancer treatment: Win-win session with iindustry

5:00pm // ICT-powered collaborations building

6:30 pm // Welcome/Awards dinner

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7:00am // Registration, Coffee & Mingling,             

8:00am // Global Radiation Oncology

10:00 am // break

10:15 am // Mental Health, Palliative Care and Religion

12:30pm // Lunch, Diaspora Breakout Collaboration Session/Exhibit

2:00 pm //  Phytomedicines

4:15 pm// Break

4:30 pm // Wakanda/Diaspora Session

6:30pm //  Advocacy and Networking Evening Social  with celebrity advocacy champions

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7:00am //Coffee & Mingling,                           

8:00am // Young GHC Ambassadors Session with Shark Tank

10:15am //break

10:30am //Other Global Health initiatives

12:30pm // Collaboration Lunch

2:00 pm //Goodbye hangout/Tour of                                     Harvard/MIT facilities

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Cutting-edge programming

Government leaders for Global health

Organized in partnership with the CFA, this session brings together government leaders (Ambassadors, Ministers and other policy makers) to present, discuss, develop, adapt concrete/viable plans or strategies for  addressing the growing global burden of cancer and other NCDs in collaborations with international partners/stakeholders 

ICTs-powered Collaborations building:  

This high impact session is focused on collaborations building including ICT-powered collaborations on multi-center clinical trials which will include LMIC 

Global Health Catalyst Win-Win Initiative

Catalyzing win-win partnerships between stakeholders and interested parties to increase access to Medicines, Radiotherapy, and cancer prevention in LMICs  starting from Africa.

AWARDS/WELCOME DINNER

One of the highlights of the summit featuring awards, networking with leaders in global health, government, industry, the diaspora, as well as sports and other celebrities  supporting efforts to reduce global health disparities, saving lives

PHYTOMEDICINES:cannabis science vs cancer & other malignancies

Powerful session on a burgeoning approach employing plant-based medicines like medical cannabis  for cancer care, treatment of other malignancies, and closing the global pain divide

religion, mental health and palliative care

This cutting-edge session brings together religion, mental health and palliative care in a unique cross-disciplinary partnership that addresses holistic healing, mental health, and palliative care in global health

WAKANDA: africans in diaspora (AiD) for global health 

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All about WAKANDA and uniting the diaspora for global health:

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Advocacy & NEtworking evening

Saturday evening at the summit is a favorite featuring a networking social, and Advocacy hour  with advocacy champions, sports, media and other celebrities advocating for global health

global radiation oncology

After many publications and two books from previous global health catalyst summits that are shaping the emerging field of global radiation oncology this session brings together  global radiation oncology leaders to share the latest knowledge/technology in this field, and collaborate  on global radiation oncology care, research and education:

funding,  on-line courses, Telemedicine, clinical/Education support services, and co-mentored research

POSTER sessions and exhibits

Check out the latest technology, research and initiatives in global oncology towards closing the cancer diivide

Global Health Catalysts Young AMbassadors' session

This high-powered session is all about the future, the next generation. Empowering young ambassadors for global health including a shark tank with awards

Collaboration sessions

The global health catalyst summit is a different kind of conference, with main focus on building collaborations. Participants come ready to meet new collaborators and strengthen ongoing collaborations. There are therefore a number of collaboration building sessions bringing together stake-holders from low and middle income countries with those from high income countries. Come ready to collaborate!

Expected Outcomes

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Networking and new international collaborations with stakeholders, diaspora, sports leaders, religious institution leaders, journalists, foundations, industry, non-profits  and government institutions 

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Powerful Educational, knowledge sharing sessions, panel discussions, with cutting-edge publications including conference session proceedings   

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African cancer centers supported 

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ICT-powered outcomes:

1. Education:New online Courses on global radiation oncology and nanomedicine

2. CARE: New task-shifted telemedicine platform to increase access to quality healthcare with participation of the diaspora

3. Research: ICT powered QARC platform for multi-center clinical trials, and ICTs for cancer prevention

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Expected Outcomes

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Low cost technologies & approaches for global health, increasing access to disease prevention, diagnosis and control in low and middle income countries

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New co-mentored crowd-funded research projects

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Joint major Funding proposals  

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Publication of summit proceedings 

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