Meeting Summary & Information:

• Final Agenda
• Key Themes & Meeting Summary
• Participant List
• Press Release
• Photos

Introductory Remarks:

• The Corporate Council on Africa: Stephen Hayes, President. Introduction
• Development Gateway Foundation: Mike Pereira, Content Manager. Introduction

Panel Presentations:

Panel 1: Options for Healthcare Delivery in Africa. Using Applied Information and Communications Technologies: Practical Realities, Potential Futures

• Tido Tech International, L.L.C.: Dr. Olugbemiga Olatidoye, CEO. Moderator
• Bridges.org: Teresa Peters, Founder and Executive Director. Assessment of Successful Interventions and Obstacles in the African Context
• Voxiva: Paul Meyer, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO. Reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid: Implications for Improving Healthcare Delivery in Africa
• WiRED: Dr. Gary Selnow, Chairman and CEO. Using Information Technology to Deliver Medical and Healthcare Information in Developing Countries
• DELIVER Project, JSI: Richard Ainsworth, Coordinator for Country Programs. The Potential for SmartCard Technology

Panel 2: Strategic Investment and Market Opportunities for ICT in African Healthcare Delivery

• Closed Loop Communications: Levin Custis, Vice President of Operations. Moderator
• Computer Frontiers: Cheryl Warner, Vice President. The State as a Consumer, Partner and Funder in National Healthcare Delivery: The Tanzania Experience
• Oracle USA, Inc: Dr. Michael Cowan, Senior VP for Healthcare Solutions. Capabilities for ICT in the Context of Healthcare: The South Africa Experience
• RMTG: Harvey Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer. Development of a National Pharmaceutical Distribution Management System: The Uganda Experience

Panel 3: Health Information Networks, Information Dissemination and Innovative Technology: Opportunities for Scale-up

• AllAfrica Global Media: Dr. Tamela Hultman, Chief Content and Strategy Officer. Private Sector ICT Support for National HIV/AIDS & Community Programs
• SATELLIFE: Rebecca Riccio, Director of Programs & External Relations. Handheld Computers for Health: Lessons for the Private and Public Sectors
• First Voice International: Kirk Talbott, President. Satellite Technology: Dissemination of Health and Development-related Non-commercial Radio and Multimedia Content
• I-LINX & TeleVital: Roselie Vasquez-Yetter, VP, Development Solutions & Yair Lurie, Director Business Development. Portable Satellite Solutions to Take Telemedicine to Scale in Rural India

Panel 4: Available Mechanisms to Resource/Fund ICT Investments in Healthcare Delivery

• BroadReach Healthcare: Jeff Butler, CEO. The Experience of a USG-funded Program Leveraging Innovative Technology to Facilitate Rapid Scale-up of Healthcare Delivery and Treatment
• Global AIDS Program (GAP), CDC: Meade Morgan, Chief of Informatics. Health Management Information Systems: Opportunities for Partnerships in System Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation
• World Bank: Anthony Bloome, Manager, AIDS Media Center. The World Bank's Multi-country AIDS Program (MAP) and ICT-empowered Youth as Contributors to Health Informatics in Africa
• Bureau of Global Health, USAID: Paul Ehmer, Global Fund Coordinator.
  

Please contact Caroline Hope, HIV/AIDS Program Manager, Corporate Council on Africa at (202) 263-3533 or chope@africacncl.org for more information.