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Program |
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| Saturday, 20 September 2003 |
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| 08:00 – 08:30 |
Registration |
| 08:30 – 10:30 |
Session I: Opening Address H.E. Dr Ali Bin Moosa, Minister of Health, Oman Dr H. A. Gezairy, Regional Director, EMRO Introduction and Course Overview Team from University of Toronto |
| Session Chair: Dr Ali Jaffer Suleiman, Ministry of Health, Oman |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Genomics: Scientific Developments Professor Riad Bayoumi, Sultan Qaboos University |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
Session III: WHO Report on Genomics and World Health Professor Alexander Capron, Director, Department of Ethics, Trade and Human Rights, WHO/HQ |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 15:45 – 16:30 |
Session IV: Top 10 Biotechnologies for Improving Health in Developing Countries Professor Abdallah S. Daar, University of Toronto |
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| Sunday, 21 September 2003 |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Golden Nuggets (previous day's summary) Dr Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto |
| 09:00 – 10:30 |
Islamic Perspective on Stem Cells, Cloning, Genetic Engineering, ..etc Dr Mohammed Al Bar, King Fahd Medical Research Centre, Saudi Arabia |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 01:00 – 12:30 |
Intellectual Property Rights Professor Richard Gold, McGill University, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy |
| 12:30: – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
Business Models Mr Khalil Ahmed, Managing Director, Shantha Biotech, India Dr Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 |
Group Work |
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| Monday, 22 September 2003 |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Golden Nuggets (previous day's summary) Dr Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto |
| 09:00 – 10:30 |
Innovation Systems Dr Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Regulatory Systems and Related Issues Dr D.C. Jayasuriya, Director, UNAIDS, Pakistan Dr Anwar Nasim, Chairman, National Council of Biotechnology, Pakistan |
| 12:30 – 13:00 |
TRIPS and Pharmaceutical Issues in Public Health. Dr. Abdel Aziz Saleh Special Advisor to the Regional Director for Medicine, WHO/EMRO |
| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 15:30 |
Public Engagement Mr Ehsan Masood, Scidev.net, United Kingdom |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 |
Group Work |
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| Tuesday, 23 September 2003 |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Golden Nuggets (previous day's summary) Dr Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto |
| 09:00 – 10:00 |
Opinion Leaders Network Dr Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto, Dr Tara Acharya, University of Toronto |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 – 12:30 |
Group Work |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
Group Presentations and Discussion |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 |
Recommendations, Concluding Remarks and Closure of the Workshop Dr Peter Singer, University of Toronto |
Acharya et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2005 3:1 doi:10.1186/1478-4505-3-1 |
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