Scientific Conference - Agenda

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Spencer Auditorium, Rambam HCC

 

8:30 AM - Welcome Reception

9:30 AM - Rambam Award Ceremony
  • ​Mistress of Ceremonies & Interviewer Dana Weiss, Anchor & Senior Correspondent,
    Channel 2 News, Israel
  • Honoring Mr. Shimon Peres, Israel’s Ninth President
    Exclusive Interview with Mr. Peres
  • Honoring Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Emeritus Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew
    Congregations of the Commonwealth
    Inspirational Lecture: What Makes Us Human?
    Post Lecture Interview

10:45 AM - The Rambam–Haifa Health of Tomorrow Conference*
Grand Challenges and Creative Solutions
Moderator: Professor Marcia C. Javitt, Director of Medical Imaging, Rambam HCC, Israel

One Hundred Years of Past and Future Medical Advances
Professor Peter Fitzgerald, Director, Center of Cardiovascular Technology,
Stanford University Medical School, California, USA

The Scientific Adventures in Israel of an American Geneticist
Professor Mary-Claire King, Professor, Departments of Medicine (Medical Genetics)
​​and Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine,
Seattle, Washington, USA

12:15 PM - Rambam-Haifa Medical Technology Fair and Buffet Lunch

2:00 PM - Panel Discussions with the Experts
Making Haifa Healthy for Future Generations
Moderator: Professor Shraga Blazer, Director, Department of Neonatology & NICU,
Rambam HCC, Haifa, Israel

Panel Discussants:
Dr. Eric Amster, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Israel.
Dr. Marc Wilkenfeld, Chief, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, USA
Mr. Yona Yahav, Mayor of Haifa, Israel

3:30 PM - ​​Digital Health: Hope or Hype?
Moderator: Professor Rafi Beyar, Director, Rambam HCC, Haifa, Israel

Panel Discussants:
Professo​r Ran Balicer, Director, Health Policy Planning & Director, Clalit Research
Institute at Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Peter Fitzgerald, Director, Center of Cardiovascular Technology​
Stanford University Medical School, California, USA
Adjunct Professor Jonathan Javitt, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Founder and Vice
Chairman, Telcare, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA

 

* The Rambam Health Care Campus wishes to express appreciation to the Municipality of Haifa for helping to support this conference in light of our shared values for the benefit of our community and nation.​