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First Meeting of the Global Initiative on AI for Health - Tentative Agenda/Programme
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Updated:2023-10-26
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Organized by:
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Hosted by:King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
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Register: https://tickets.wafyapp.com/WHO/GI-AI4H/
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Logistics:
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ai4h/Documents/gi/GI-AI4H_01_Logistics.pdf
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Venue:
KACST campus ("The Garage" and "Innovation Tower"), King Abdullah Rd, Al Raed, Riyadh 12354, Saudi-Arabia
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Ideathon concept:
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ai4h/Documents/gi/GI-AI4H_01_Ideathon.pdf
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Website: https://giai4h.org/ & https://www.itu.int/go/fgai4h/
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Time zone converter:https://savvytime.com/converter/saudi-arabia-riyadh
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Mon, 30 October 2023Day 0 - Workshop Day
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Time zone: Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3)SessionVenue
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08:30 - 09:00Entry & Registration
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09:00 - 09:20Opening remarksBatoul AlBaz - Vice President, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia
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09:20 - 10:00Opening sessionAlain Labrique- Director, Department of Digital Health and Innovation, Science Division, World Health OrganizationThe Garage
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Seizo Onoe- Director, Telecommunication Standardization Sector, International Telecommunication Union
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Ulrike Till- Director, IP and Frontier Technologies Division, World Intellectual Property Organization
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Mariam Nouh - Vice President, Future Economies Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia
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Thomas Wiegand- Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany
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Sameer Pujari- AI Lead, Department of Digital Health and Innovation, Science Division, World Health Organization
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Simao Campos - Counsellor, Multimedia & AI4H standards, International Telecommunication Union
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Siddhartha Prakash- Head, Global Health, World Intellectual Property Organization
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10:00 - 11:00Technical panelSameer Pujari - AI Lead, Department of Digital Health and Innovation, Science Division, World Health Organization (Co-Moderator)The Garage
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Thomas Wiegand- Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany (Co-Moderator)
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Osama Alswailem - Chief Information Officer-King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Saudi Arabia
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Ricardo Baptista Leite- Chief Executive Officer, Health AI, Switzerland
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Batoul AlBaz - Vice President, Health Sector, KACST, Saudi Arabia
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Rigveda Kadam - Deputy Director, Digital Health, FIND
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Mathew Magimai Doss- Senior Research Scientist and PI, Speech and Audio Processing group, Idiap Research Institute, IDIAP
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11:10 -11:40Group picture + Coffee break (30 mins)The Garage
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11:30 - 13:00Flash Presentations:Thomas Wiegand- Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany (Co-Moderator)The Garage
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Haytham Sheerah- International Health Officer and Assistant Deputyship, International Collaborations, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia (Co-Moderator)
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Detecting Bias in AI ModelsShrooq Alsenan - Assisstant Professor, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia; Research Fellow, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL); Jameel Clinic, MIT, USA
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Quo Vadis TG Dental: Challenges to tackle as part of the Global InitativeFalk Schwendicke - Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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AI for improving healthcare decisions in disadvantaged areasAlexandre Chiavegatto Filho - Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Use of AI in health evidence synthesisKavita Kothari - Information specialist, WHO library
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AI for detecting diabetic retinopathy in Senegal with ITU and Senegal's Ministry of HealthArun Shroff - Medindia/Xtend.ai & India / USA
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Use of AI in Point of CareJohan Lundin - University of Helsinki, Finland
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Symptom assessmentHenry Hoffmann - Ada Health, Germany
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Large language modelsLonneke- Research Scientist, IDIAP
Esau Villatoro- Research Associate, IDIAP
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Breast Cancer DetectionAhmed Alsinan - AI consultant, National Center for Artificial Intelligence at SDAIA
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Discussion and Q&AThe Garage
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13:00- 14:00Lunch break (60 mins)
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14:00-14:20Ideathon OpeningAlanoud Algethami - Associate Project Manager, The Garage, KACST, Saudi Arabia
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14:20-15:00Ideathon Overview (Open Code Initiative Theme)Marc Lecoultre- Lead, GI-AI4H Open Code Initiative, ITU-TThe Garage
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15:00-15:30Ideathon Teams and Mentors MappingMarc Lecoultre- Lead, GI-AI4H Open Code Initiative, ITU-TThe Garage
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15:30-16:30Coffee and Brainstorming with the TeamsThe Garage
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16:30-17:30High-Level Policy Panel on the three Pillars of the GI-AI4HSameer Pujari (WHO) + Simao Campos (ITU) - ModeratorsThe Garage
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Government representativeOsama Elhassan - Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Deemah Alabdulaali - Lean Business Services, Saudi Arabia
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Developer community representativeMohammad Alhamid, Director of Center for Healthcare Intelligence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
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Health care provider/ worker community representativeMariam Nouh - Vice President, Future Economies Sector, KACST, Saudi Arabia
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Donor community representativeAli AlDalaan - Saudi Food and Drug Administration, Saudi Arabia
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Regulators and AI authorities representativeEhsan Hoque - Chief Scientist, National Center of AI, Saudi Data and AI Authority
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Shan Xu - Director, International Collaboration, Health Bigdata and Network Research Center, CAICT, China
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Mathew Magimai Doss- Senior Research Scientist and PI, Speech and Audio Processing group, Idiap Research Institute, IDIAP
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Research community representativeThomas Wiegand- Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany
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Ideathon continues in the break-out rooms or shared spaceThe Garage
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Social networking event in the evening
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Tue, 31 October 2023DAY 1 - Enabling GI-AI4H
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Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3)SessionSession descriptionsRoom No.
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09:00-09:30Entry and registration
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09:30 -10: 00Briefing session: Enabling pillarA session to present the current thinking on the "Enabling" pillar and set up expecations for the dayThomas Wiegand - Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany
Sameer Pujari (WHO)
Simao Campos (ITU)
Ursula Yu ZHAO (WHO) , Shada Alsalamah (WHO)		Innovation Tower
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10:00 - 10:40Flash Presentations (Achieved work)A series of short presentations on normative products that have been produced by three UN agencies and relevant organisations e.g., WHO/ITU focus group during the past years).Innovation Tower
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Ethics and governance of AI for healthAndreas Reis - Co-Unit Head, Health Ethics & Governance, WHO
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Patent landscape for AI and technologies in the medical and life sciencesAlica Daly - Senior Policy Officer on AI and Data, WIPO
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Regulatory considerations on AI for Health
Shada AlSalamah - Technical Officer (Digital Health and AI), Department of Digital Health and Innovation, WHO
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Clinical evaluation on AI for healthEva Weicken - Chief Medical Officer, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany)
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AI and data qualityMarkus Wenzel - Fraunhofer HHI
Marc Lecoultre - Chair, FG-AI4H DASH
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10:40 - 11: 10Flash Presentations (Ongoing work)A session reflecting on past and current efforts to facilitate knowledge sharing through the creation of informal working groups/topic groupsModerators: Thomas Wiegand- Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, GermanyInnovation Tower
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Governance approach for AI 4HVijaytha Muralidharan, Stanford Medicine, USA
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Using AI in evidence informed policy makingSara Marcucci - Research fellow, GovLab, Stefaan Verhulst - Chief research, GovLab
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AI in medical image analysisRicardo Henao - KAUST, Saudi Arabia
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AI for automated microscopyRose Nakasi - Makerere University, Uganda
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Open Code InitiativeMarc Lecoultre - Lead, GI-AI4H Open Code Initiative, ITU-T
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11:10-11:45Group picture + Ideathon + Coffee break
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11:45-12:30Panel 01: Addressing global health needs, research gaps and governance challenges in the use of AI for healthA panel of experts from multi-domains share their vision and reflection on emerging global needs, research gaps and govnernace challenges faced in their daily work. By the end of the panel, a theme/question/subject is defined by each panelist to serve as the host theme for the afternoon coffee-table braining storming.Sameer Pujari (WHO) Moderator
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Ahmad AlJadaan- Research, Development and Innovation Authority, Saudi ArabiaInnovation Tower
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Mathew Magimai Doss - Senior Research Scientist and PI, Speech and Audio Processing group, Idiap Research Institute, IDIAP
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Ricardo Baptista Leite - Chief Executive Officer, Health AI
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Areej AlWabil - Director, AI Center, AlFasisal University, Saudi Arabia
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Shan Xu - Director, International Collaboration, Health Bigdata and Network Research Center, CAICT, China
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Robert Hoehndorf - KAUST, Saudi Arabia
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12:30 - 13: 30Lunch break (60 mins)Innovation Tower
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13.30-14.00Coffee table brainstorming - introductionCoffee table braining stroming groups pre-assigned based on partcipants profile and background. Expected activities and outputs in the following 1.5 hours will be explained.All participants (in-person and Virtual)

Moderators: Shada Alsalamah, WHO		Innovation Tower - Plenary
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14.00-14: 30Coffee table - brainstorming 01A host team (potentially the panelist from the morning session who propose the theme, plus a dedicated expert upon agreement, and 1 rappoteur) will faciliate the brainstorming at each table. In the 30-minute session, the host team works with the participant team visiting their table to progress on the theme/question/subject from the morning session.
All participants (in-person and Virtual)
Moderators: Jose Diaz Mendoza, WHO; Kanika Kalra, WHO; Peiling Yap, Health AI; Munim Deen, Public health expert; Eva Weicken, Fraunhofer HHI; Markus Wenzel, Fraunhofer HHI
Rappoteurs: Khulood AlGhamdi
Innovation Tower breakout rooms (9 Rooms, with 12 people)
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14.30-15: 00Coffee table - brainstorming 02The participant team rotates to the second table
All participants (in-person and Virtual)

Moderators: Jose Diaz Mendoza, WHO; Kanika Kalra, WHO; Peiling Yap, Health AI; Munim Deen, Public health expert; Eva Weicken, Fraunhofer HHI; Markus Wenzel, Fraunhofer HHI
Rappoteurs: Khulood AlGhamdi
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15.00-15: 30Coffee table - brainstorming 03The participant team rotates to the third table
All participants (in-person and Virtual)

Moderators: Jose Diaz Mendoza, WHO; Kanika Kalra, WHO; Peiling Yap, Health AI; Munim Deen, Public health expert; Eva Weicken, Fraunhofer HHI; Markus Wenzel, Fraunhofer HHI
Rappoteurs: Khulood AlGhamdi
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15.30-16.45Brainstorming report, Q&A and general discussionEach host team will spend 10 minutes to present a summary of the brainstorming session, with focus on provisional roadmap of actions
All participants (in-person and Virtual)

Rapporteurs: Coffee table hosts
Moderators: Shada Alsalamah, Jose Diaz Mendoza, Kanika Kalra, WHO; Peiling Yap, Health AI; Munim Deen, Public health expert; Eva Weicken, Fraunhofer HHI; Markus Wenzel, Fraunhofer HHI
Rappoteurs: Khulood AlGhamdi
Innovation Tower
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16:45-17: 00Summary & round upInnovation Tower
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17:00-17:30Ideathon team joint effortThe Garage