HealthTech in Brazil and Switzerland: Opportunities and Challenges is a unique opportunity to learn about current developments, trends and issues in this critical field in both countries. Excellent opportunity to hear from and meet with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and academia working at the intersection of innovation, science, healthcare and finance in Brazil and Switzerland.

HealthTech in Brazil and Switzerland:

Opportunities and Challenges

November 18, 2019, 16h00 – 20h00

Rue Barton, 7 - Geneva

The Brazil – Switzerland Chamber of Commerce (CHamBR) is proud to host the first of a series of events dedicated to HealthTech to promote a greater understanding of this increasingly important sector among our membership. With this event we seek to facilitate greater interaction between companies and entrepreneurs in Brazil and Switzerland and encourage strategic investments & sustainable partnerships.

Brazil is the world’s seventh-largest health market but suffers from serious quality problems regarding healthcare delivery, burdensome costs and systemic inefficiencies. It remains, however, one of the leading markets for local and international HealthTech startups. Switzerland has one of the best healthcare systems in the world and excels in terms of access and innovative technologies.

Join us for a fruitful exchange of experiences, products and technologies between leaders and entrepreneurs of both countries and to learn how to develop sustainable partnerships to leverage the applicability and distribution of products, services and technologies across borders.

Agenda :

2019 Global Innovation Index

Mr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent from World Intellectual Property Organization

HealthTech: Competitive Advantages and the Role of the Government

Mr. Michael Kleiner from Directorate General for Economic Development, Research and Innovation, Canton of Geneva

HealthTech in the Canton of Geneva

Mr. Vincent Subilia from Geneva Chamber of Commerce (CCIG)

The State of HealthTech in Brazil

Mr. Marco Aurélio Krieger from Fiocruz Foundation

Computer Technology Applications regarding Health Aspects of Climate Change

Mr. Luiz Landau from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Roundtable about Challenges and opportunities by following Start-ups :

Comphya SA

Geneva Management Group

EuroTelemedicine ltd.

Deep Cube SA

Ignilife Switzerland Sàrl

Enoil Bioenergies SA

A networking reception will follow the event.

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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (commonly known as Fiocruz) is Brazil's leading public health research institution and one of the most important medical research establishments in Latin America. The visiting delegation from Fiocruz (see delegation members below) will be led by Marco Aurelio Krieger, Vice-President of Fiocruz. He is responsible for Production and Innovation in Health and he will present a broad overview of the state of HealthTech in Brazil and review several important topics such as the production of medicines and vaccines, technology and innovation, scientific patents and international cooperation.

The Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) is Latin America's largest center for research and education in engineering. Professor Luiz Landau is Coordinator of the Laboratory of Computational Methods in Engineering at COPPE and will highlight recent research involving the application of computational studies of climate change factors and their impact on health.

Delegation members:

- Marco Krieger, Vice-President for Health Innovation and Production, Fiocruz

- Paulo Gadelha, Coordinator of the Fiocruz Strategy for the 2030 Agenda

- Manoel Barral, Researcher at the Gonçalo Moniz Research Center (CPqGM), Fiocruz Bahia

- Maurício Zuma, director of BioManguinhos, Fiocruz

- Luiz Landau, Coordinator of the Laboratory of Computational Methods in Engineering (LAMCE), COPPE

- Luiz Paulo de Freitas Assad, Visiting Professor at the Civil Engineering Program of COPPE