Father Louis-Xavier Ardillier has been teaching Philosophy and Theology in France, Lithuania and Cameroon, where he spent several years of his life as a priest. For three years between 2014 and 2018, he was a chaplain for the French expatriates of New York and became advisor for the EDC, a group of leaders and entrepreneurs working in Luxury and Health. Father Louis has also been a vicar at the Church of Saint Peter in Manhattan, known as “the Church of the World Trade Center.” Specialized in Ethics, he also serves as a youth chaplain. He is cur
Emmanuel Blin is the founder and CEO of Tech Care for All (TC4A), a social impact company whose goal is to accelerate digital health in Africa and Asia as key enabler to improve health outcomes in underserved communities. Having grown up in sub-Saharan Africa, Emmanuel has a deep commitment to making our world a healthier and more equitable place. His vision is to bridge digital health innovation happening in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Africa and with the numerous unmet healthcare needs of Africa and Asia. Emmanuel created Tech Care for All (TC4A) in 2017 after 20 y
Geetanjali is the President of Apnalaya, an NGO working with India’s urban poor to create sustainable communities. Apnalaya's approach is to empower the community to access basic services of health, education and livelihood and to advocate with government agencies to ensure access to civil entitlements for all. Perviously Geetanjali served as the CEO of ARMMAN, an NGO working in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health across India. ARMMAN leverages technology to create scalable and impactful solutions. In that role she was integrally involved in the
David has spent the past 25 years working to assist clients’ life science innovation strategies. This work has included a range of investment, transactional and partnering strategies. David was for many years a Managing Director of the strategy consulting firm The Frankel Group in NYC and Israel. Currently he is a Partner at ClearView Healthcare Partners, a firm specializing in strategy in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices and diagnostic sectors. David has also served as Global Head of business development & licensing and portfolio management with
Dr. Frasia Karua is Director of Strategic Projects at Evercare Healthcare Group, an impact-driven investment firm that invests in healthcare facilities in emerging markets across Africa and South Asia. Previously she was General Manager of Amref Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary of Amref Health Africa, where she ran a portfolio of social enterprises. Frasia has 15 years of experience in the health sector in Africa, having held leadership positions in the pharmaceutical industry, health insurance and clinical services. She is a medical doctor with postgraduate training
Now an eminent attorney before the Supreme Court of India, Dr. Sona Khan is a constitutional development law expert and an Islamic scholar. As an advocate, she has dealt extensively with cases related to human rights and environmental law. She has helped in drafting the Constitutions of Eritrea, Afghanistan, and Somalia and has evaluated amendments to the Indonesian Constitution. Dr. Khan has advised numerous United Nations agencies and was briefly a judge with India’s High Court. Her successful defense to save the Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, ordered stoned to d
Dr. Jacqueline Kitulu is a Family Physician in private practice in Kenya for the last 15 years. She is the immediate Past President of the Kenya Medical Association (KMA), the umbrella professional association for doctors in Kenya. She was the first female to chair the 50-year old association. She is also the Second Deputy Governor of the Kenya Red Cross Society and sits on several other boards, including that of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, the Kenya Country Coordinating Mechanism of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the Kenya Consumer Protection
Huguette is a global health practitioner focused on connecting people to quality healthcare and life-saving technologies. She has deployed technology-based solutions in education, community development and global health in over 20 countries throughout Africa and Latin America. She is the outgoing Co-Chair of the WHO Digital Health Technical Advisory Group. She currently works with organizations and governments to leverage data to enhance the quality of health services. She is Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute’s New Voices, the flagship program of th
Nayan Kalnad is the CEO of Avegen. Avegen is a digital healthcare company empowering individuals to take control of their health and supporting healthcare professionals in delivering life-changing care. Avegen’s core technology, HealthMachine®, is a cloud-hosted, next generation digital healthcare platform for pioneers in digital healthcare, including healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies, to deploy high quality and safe digital health products efficiently and effectively. Having lived, educated, trained and worked in India, Nayan is pa
Dr Rosemary Foster is a senior technical advisor with the Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) in the University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health and Family Medicine, where her work is focused on digital interventions and informatics to support healthcare service delivery. Rosemary has an academic background in social science, computer science and biomedical engineering on which she has built extensive experience in information technology and medical informatics, in Canada and South Africa. As Director of ICT Serv