Rays of Hope Forum - Programme

Programme

Day 1 - Monday

09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome Coffee
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10:00 – 12:00?|

Moderator: Sophie Boutaud de la Combe, Director of the Office of Public Information and Communication, IAEA

• 10:00 – 10:20 | Opening Session

Viewing of Rays of Hope video

Welcoming remarks by Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency

Remarks by Senior Official of Ethiopia

Remarks by HE Ms Ambassador Amma Twum-Amoah,?AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) department
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• 10:20 – 11:15 | Rays of Hope – perspective from Recipient Member States

HE Mr Benjamin Hounkpatin, Minister of Health, Benin

HE Mr Abdelmadjid Abderahim Mahamat, Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Chad

HE Ms Mekdes Daba Feyssa, Minister of Public Health?of Ethiopia

HE Mr Selibe Mochoboroane,?Minister of Health of Lesotho

???????HE Ms Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda,?Minister of Health of the Republic of Malawi

???????HE Ms Ala Nemerenco, Minister of Health of Moldova

???????HE Mr lbrahima Sy, Minister of Health and Social Action of Senegal
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11:15 – 12:00 | Rays of Hope Donor Member States

???????HE Mr Alexis Lamek, Ambassador of France to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union in Ethiopia

???????HE Mr Jens Hanefeld, Ambassador of Germany to Ethiopia and Permanent Observer to the African Union in Ethiopia

???????HE Mr Maurizio Busanelli, Permanent Representative of Italy to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Ethiopia

???????HE Mr Tsutomu Nakagawa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the African Union in Ethiopia

Launch of partnership with St Jude

Mr Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Executive Vice-President Director, St. Jude Global, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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12:00 – 12:30 | Ethiopia’s journey to improved cancer care?
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13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break
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14:00 – 15:00 | Partnership for Hope?

Moderator: Lisa Stevens, Director of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department ?

Mr Chris Bonnet, General Manager – Strategic Projects & Government Growth, GE Healthcare

Mr Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Vice President of Investment Solutions, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Mr Kevin Massoudi, Vice President & Head of Public Sector Engagement, MEA, Siemens Healthineers

Mr Luca Ferro, Charge d’affairs and attaché political and consular affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium to Ethiopia, Djibouti & African Union

Mr Takuma Otsuka, Head of Global Marketing and Global Health, Modality Solution Division, Medical Systems Business Division, FujiFilm

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15:00 – 16:00 |?Working together for sustainable and quality cancer management with Anchor Centres

Moderator: May Abdel-Wahab, Director of the Division of Human Health, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

Mr Luis Rovere, Vice President Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA)

Mr Manikandan Bala, Senior Vice President, Region TIMEA (Türkiye/India/Middle-East/Africa), Elekta

Mr Vedang Murthy, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Anchor Centre, India

Mr Mike Sathekge, Professor and Head of Nuclear Medicine Department at University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital Anchor Centre, South Africa

Mr Lachgar Amine, Radiation Oncologist, National Institute of Oncology (INO), Anchor Centre, Morocco

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16:15 – 17:15 |?Financing for Care

Moderator: Lisa Stevens, Director of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department ?

Mr Idrissa Dia, Director of Social Infrastructure, Islamic Development Bank (video message)

Ms Olukemi Afun-Ogidan, Country Manager, Public Sector Operations for OPEC Fund for International Development

Mr Tolulope Adewole, Managing Director and CEO, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority

Mr Mayank Anand, Head of Non-Communicable Diseases and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, MedAccess

Ms Fatima Haggar, Head, National Cancer Control Program, Chad

Mr Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro, Professor, University of Indonesia

Mr Steve Muanza, Commissioner General for Atomic Energy, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Day 2 - Tuesday

09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome coffee

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09:30 – 10:30 |?Rays of Hope in Africa

Moderator: Gashaw Gebeyehu Wolde, acting Director of the Division for Africa, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department ?

Ms Fatima Haggar, Director, National Cancer Control Program (NCCP), Ministry of Health of Chad

Mr Elias Melly Kipchumba, Chief Executive Officer, National Cancer Institute of Kenya (NCIK), Ministry of Health of Kenya

Mr Steve Muanza Kamunga, Commissioner General for Atomic Energy (CGEA), Democratic Republic of Congo

Ms Ndeye Yacine Dieng, Head Cancer Office Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health and Social Action of Senegal

Mr Malam Mustapha, Secretary General, High Authority of Atomic Energy of Niger (HANEA)

Ms Kabelo Mputsoe, Clinical Radiation Oncologist, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Lesotho

Ms Tlotlo Ralefala, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana

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10:30 – 11:30 |?Rays of Hope in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Moderator: Luis Longoria, Director of the Division for Latin America and the Caribbean, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

???????Mr Luis Rovere, Vice-President, National Atomic Energy Institute, Anchor Centre, Argentina

???????Mr Daniel Brizuela, Head of the Technical Project Unit, Ministry of Health of Honduras

Mr René Gonzalez, Internist and Medical Oncologist, Chihuahua State Cancer, Mexico

Mr Gerson Polanco, Medical Physicist, Dr Heriberto Pieter Oncology Institute, Dominican Republic

???????Mr Victor Palacios, Advisor to the Special Commission for the Prevention, Monitoring, and Control of Cancer of the National Congress, Peru

???????Mr Mitchell Fitzgerald, CEO Nuclear medicine Unit, University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica

???????Mr Ariel Fari?a, Coordinator Master Programme, Fundación Arturo López Pérez (FALP), Chile

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11:30 – 13:00 |?Lunch Break

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13:00 – 13:30 | Rays of Hope in Europe

Moderator: Mayumi Yamamoto, Program Management Officer, Division for Europe, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

Mr Ivan Lasic, Director of State Regulatory Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ms Dilyara Kaidarova, Chairman of the Board, Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiology, Kazakhstan

Mr Bukuev Nurbek, Director of National Center of Oncology and Hematology, Kyrgyzstan

Mr Ilhom Mirsaidzoda, Director of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Safety and Security Agency, Tajikistan

Ms Deniz Yalman, Professor and Head of the Department. Ege University, Izmir, Anchor Centre Representative, Türkiye

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13:30 – 14:30 | Rays of Hope in Asia and the Pacific

Moderator: Kimberley Frolov-Roessler, Program Management Officer, Division for Asia and the Pacific, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department

HE Mr Peter Hunter, Ambassador of Australia to Ethiopia, South Sudan, Djibouti, the Central African Republic, the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Ethiopia, Embassy of Australia

Ms Khulan Gantumur, Officer, Ministry of Health of Mongolia

Ms Ratha Mlis, Paediatric Oncologist, Calmette Hospital Cambodia

Mr Jamal Khader, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Chairman KHCC Academy for Education and Training, Anchor Centre Representative of Jordan

Mr Krisanat Chuamsaamarkkee, Lecturer, Medical Physicist, Anchor Centre Representative of Thailand

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14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:00 | Rays of Hope and Breast Cancer

Moderator: Lisa Stevens, Director of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, IAEA Technical Cooperation Department ?

Mr Daniel Beltrammi, Vice President, Empresa Brasileira de Servi?os Hospitalares, Brazil

Mr Ignatius Abowini Nchor, Chief Program Officer, Ministry of Health, Ghana

Ms Miriam Mutebi, President, African Organization for Research and training in Cancer (AORTIC)

Susannah Stanway, Co-convenor London Global Cancer Week

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16:00 – 16:30 |?Closing Remarks

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