"How Can We Create a Happy and Healthy World?" (How can we create a happy and healthy world?).
Everything is ready for the “Health & Wellness Week”, one of the 10 thematic weeks of the "Program for People and Planet" of Expo 2020 Dubai.
On the occasion of "Health & Wellness Week", the week dedicated to health and well-being scheduled from 27 January to 2 February, many events, debates and workshops will take place in Expo 2020 Dubai.
"How Can We Create a Happy and Healthy World?"
Health & Wellness Week at Women's Pavilion
With the claim When women thrive, humanity thrives (when women thrive, humanity thrives), Women's Pavilion for “Health & Wellness week” organized a series of events focusing on the role of women in health care and their scientific achievements.
Throughout history, health care women have gone to great lengths to care for their patients and their communities. And today with the contribution of women at the forefront in addressing the health emergency from Covid-19.
With the panel "Chartering the Course of Pioneer Arab and Muslim Women in Health, from the Past to the Present" (Friday 28 January - 11.00 am), which will see the participation of HE Dr, Hawaa Al Thahak Al Monsoori, Member of the Federal National Council, Emirati Physician, Inventor and Politician, will discuss how women have been an indispensable part of health care systems throughout history, including that of Islam.
They are also in the present thanks to the development of new technologies such as the industry sector FemTech. Femtech refers to software, diagnostics, products and other services that use new technologies for women's health. It is a growing sector and the UAE is at the forefront of the FermTech industry.
The discussion, therefore, will focus on the following questions:
- How can the long tradition of pioneering healthcare professionals in the Arab and Islamic world be given the place it deserves in the storytelling?
- How have women in the Arab world driven innovation in healthcare throughout history?
- How does technology allow women in the region once again to be pioneers in the new field of FemTech?
The health emergency from Covid-19 has highlighted the gender inequalities in the health professions and the challenges of health workers working on the front line in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These range from increased work pressure due to staff shortages, under-representation in decision-making and a wide variety of gender biases.
The panel "Women on the front Line or in the Line Fire"(Monday 31 January - 3.00 pm) will address this topic by answering the following questions:
- What challenges highlighted by the health crisis are the most pressing for women and how can we address them?
- In addition to the challenges, health workers face gender bias. How to solve this problem?
San Marino Pavilion
To the San Marino Pavilion a visit by the Secretary of State for Health is planned, Roberto Ciavatta.
Health & Wellness Week in the Italian Pavilion
Health, medicine, scientific research and diagnostic imaging at the center of the program schedule of Italy Pavilion for "Health & Wellness Week".
#BeyondLifeSciences: the Bracco Group at Expo 2020 Dubai
The Bracco Group, as Official Gold Sponsor of the Italian Pavilion, is present with "The Beauty of Imaging", a multimedia installation that takes visitors on a rich journey through the latest diagnostic innovations.
Designed and built by the Giò Forma studio, Mauro Belloni and Cromazoo, the giant with its unpublished contents on the future of predictive medicine, represents the union between art and science.
The Bracco Group has brought to Dubai the Italian model of research and innovation in the life sciences sector, presenting cutting-edge solutions in the field of health: from the application of artificial intelligence to diagnostic imaging.
With the title #BeyondLifeSciences, the Bracco Group celebrates the "Health & Wellness Week" with one series of appointments.
Let's go Wednesday 26 January (5 pm Dubai time) with the forum "Artificial intelligence applied to medicine: Italian excellence in telemedicine and telesurgery" promoted in collaboration with the Italian Pavilion, the Embassy of Italy in the UAE and the Italian Trade Agency (ITA).
The January 31 (2 pm Dubai time) Diana Bracco, President of the National Technology Cluster Life Sciences Trade winds opens the first edition of "Global Health & Innovation Forum".
This is an international event promoted by the Alisei Cluster at Expo 2020 Dubai and will see the participation of internationally renowned speakers. Among others: Maria Cristina Messa, Italian Minister of University and Research, Jean Eric Paquet, DG for Research and Innovation European Commission, Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates.
Keynote speaker Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, CEO of Barts Life Sciences, Queen Mary University of London.
Sir Mark Caulfield with Ilaria Capua, Director One Health Center of Excellence, University of Florida will speak about "Precision Medicine - Transforming Healthcare".
Always the January 31 (11.30 am Dubai time) an event on the Nutraceuticals by title "The Italian model for food supplements in health promotion and disease preention" organized in collaboration with FederSalus, the main contact for institutional and commercial organizations operating in the food supplements sector.
The February 1st (from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm Dubai time) the Bracco Group, together with the Italy, United Arab Emirates and Israel pavilions, organized an entire day of workshops and talks on the topic "Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity for human health". Speakers include, among others: Roberto Speranza, minister of health, HE Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (UAE) e HE Nitzan Horowitz, Minister of Health of Israel.
Over the course of the day (4 pm Dubai time) Bracco Imaging and the Italian Diagnostic Center (CDI) with the workshop entitled "Intelligent Imaging: Beyond the Future and Back to Mind" present the latest applications of artificial intelligence in diagnostic imaging. During the event, which will be attended by speakers of international fame, the research project will be presented "AI-for-COVID". A project aimed at predicting, thanks to the AI-for-COVID Imaging Archive database available to the entire international scientific community, the clinical evolution of the COVID-19 disease.
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