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May 19-20, 2015 Canada India Healthcare Summit 2015 Toronto, Ontario, Canada ORGANIZING PARTNERS Toronto Rehab Foundation – UHN Indo‐Canadian Business Chamber (ICBC) Canada India Healthcare Forum 2015, Toronto, May 2015 - A Brief Canada India Foundation (CIF) is pleased to announce the Canada India Healthcare Summit 2015 on May 19-20, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and invites the participation of leading organizations and professionals in the healthcare sector in India and Canada, as speakers, participants and sponsors. The Summit will provide a platform for policy-focused dialogue between healthcare stakeholders in Canada and India to discuss the respective strengths and challenges of the two countries in the healthcare sector and explore opportunities for business-business, government-government and research collaborations between them. Canada India Foundation was established in 2007 by passionate Indo-Canadians who are successful entrepreneurs, professionals and generous philanthropists, coming together to give back to the country of their origin, India, while also enriching the country they now call their own, Canada. Towards this objective, CIF meets with leaders of government and private sector regularly and also organizes specific theme forums and other events highlighting opportunities for the two countries to collaborate. The Canada India Healthcare Summit will be the fifth theme-based forum organized by CIF. Its previous forums have featured Energy, Mining, Agriculture/Food Processing, and Infrastructure sectors and have been held in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Saskatoon. Participants in the past CIF Forums have included former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam, Vice-Chairman of India’s Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, federal and provincial ministers from Govt. of Canada, Ontario, British Columbia and Saskatchewan as well as CEO’s and leaders from prominent private sector organizations in the respective sectors. Each of the events has featured 60-70 speakers/panelists and have resulted in concrete policy recommendations to the governments. The Canada India Healthcare Summit 2015 will be CIF’s most ambitious and important event, considering that healthcare is the basic need for every citizen. Additionally, as service sector, it offers tremendous scope for the two countries to dialogue, learn from each other and collaborate for mutual benefit. Universal Healthcare (Medicare) has long been one of the defining attributes of Canada as a nation and a source of admiration and envy of many nations. On the other hand, while India has made remarkable strides in the well-being of its citizens in the past decade, healthcare remains one of the biggest challenges for the nation of 1.2 billion people. The present Government of India has demonstrated its commitment to healthcare by taking up Free Drug Service and Free Diagnosis Service as a priority in its budget. It has also announced creation of six new high caliber medical institutions (AIIMS), as well as drug testing laboratories and rural health research centres. The recent Clean India (Swachh Bharat) campaign, launched by India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, will also create the right environment to achieve healthcare targets. The proactive initiatives that India’s new government has announced provides Canadian/Ontario governments and companies and their Indian counterparts the incentive to work together to address healthcare opportunities and challenges. Some of the key areas of healthcare which will be discussed in the Summit include: Diseases prevalent among South Asians (Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke), Rehabilitation including occupational therapy Long-term care needs of the aging population Children’s health, including maternal and new-born needs Pharmaceuticals including generic drugs, Specialty health (heart, eyes etc.), Credential recognition and Research Partnership programs, Health outreach to native and tribal populations including: Telemedicine, Distance care through Mobile Hospitals, Alternative medicine Wellness (including tapping into India’s traditional healthcare options, such as: yoga and medical tourism. As always is the case with all of CIF’s Canada-India Forums, the Canada India Healthcare Forum will also crystallize the discussions into a set of action oriented recommendations for Canada-India collaboration in this very important sector. The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care in the Government of Ontario, Hon. Dr. Eric Hoskins has kindly consented to deliver the Opening Address at the Summit. Also confirmed to speak is Hon. Dr. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Status of Women, Government of Canada. CIF is also pleased to have the support of the Toronto Rehab Foundation – University Health Network, and the Indo-Canadian Business Chamber (ICBC), based in India, as Organizing Partners to ensure strong participation by Canadian and Indian private sector and public sector agencies. The following organizations have been contacted regarding the Summit and have expressed interest in participating: National Healthcare Federation – India NASSCOM (Healthcare IT Group) - India Apollo Hospitals (India) – multipurpose hospitals Narayana Hrudayala (India) – Heart specialty hospital Arvind Eye Hospitals (India) – Eye specialty hospital CIPLA (India) – Pharmaceuticals Manipal Hospitals (India) – super specialty hospitals Cognizant (India) – Healthcare Information Systems Meenakshi Mission Hospital (India) – Rural Healthcare PURA (India) – Rural healthcare Toronto Rehab (Canada) - Rehabilitation Apotex (Canada) – Pharmaceuticals Bromed Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Grand Challenges Canada – Health Innovation in developing countries Trillium Health Partners Foundation (Canada) – Public healthcare And many others The Summit will be organized in the format of a Plenary Session and 8 Panel Discussion sessions, along with 5 Keynote addresses, featuring more than 50 speakers over 2 days. Target attendance at the Summit is 200. In the addition to the day events, a special dinner event has been arranged, with a target attendance of 400. Canada India Foundation appreciates your participation, as attendees, speakers/panelists and as sponsors. A detailed Powerpoint Presentation attached provides sponsorship options available. Please mark May 1920, 2015 in your calendar.