First WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices
9-11 September 2010, Bangkok, Thailand
10 Sept: Plenary sessions
Future trends in medical devices of relevance to low resource settings
Chair: Dr Abdalla Teia, Honourable Minister of Health, Sudan
Co-Chair: Ms Jennifer Barragan, WHO
Space medical technology innovation and its global applications
Dr Chiaki Mukai, JAXA Space Biomedical Research Office
The future of health technology
Ms Renata Bushko, Future of Health Technology Institute
In search of appropriate and innovative technologies
Chair: Dr Iyad Mobarek, WHO
Local solutions
Dr Oluyombo Awojobi, Awojobi Clinic Eruwa, Nigeria
Innovation for impact: a collaborative venture
Dr Kristian Olson, Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, United States
Appropriate technologies
Mr Paul LaBarre, PATH
Global health innovations
Dr Peter A Singer, McLauglin-Rotman Centre for Global Health & Grand Challenges Canada
Strategies to promote safe, affordable, quality medical device use
Chair: Dr Masato Mugitani, Honourable Minister of Health, Japan
Co-Chair: Mr Pablo Jiménez
Health technology assessment
Dr Laura Sampietro-Colom, Health Technology Assessment International
Regulation of medical devices
Dr Ruth Lopert, Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia (presentation not available for distribution)
Medical devices management
Dr David Porter, United Kingdom