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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Seventh ITU/WHO Workshop on "Artificial Intelligence for Health"
New Delhi, India, 12 November​ 2019

Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Tuesday, 12 November 2019​​​

​08:30 - 09:00

 ​Registration
09:15 - 10:30 Session 1: Inaugural Session
  • Welcome address by Host: Prof.(Dr.) Balram Bhargava, Director General of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary of Department of Health Research​, India​​​​
  • Welcome address by Co-Host: Mr. Anshu Prakash, Chairman of Digital Communications Commission (DCC)​ & Secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DoT)​, India
  • Welcome address by Co-Host: Mr. P.K. Sinha, Member (F) DCC
  • ITU/WHO FG-AI4H Chair: Prof.(Dr.) Thomas Wiegand, F​raunhofer HHI, Germany​​ [ Biography | Presentation ]
  • Address by Chief Guest : Prof.(Dr). V.K Paul, Member, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), India
  • Vote of Thanks: Mr. Manish Sinha, DG NICF​​

​ 10:30 - 12:30 Session 2: AI in Health - Country Perspectives
This session will discuss existing AI initiatives in countries, related AI strategies, AI adoption maturity models, and priority health use cases that can benefit from AI for Health. The session will also highlight the need to align the health solutions with WHO global goals for health in terms of health outcomes, scalability and inclusiveness.

Chair: Prof.(Dr.) Thomas Wiegand, FG-AI4H Chair, F​raunhofer HHI, Germany​​ [ Biography​ ]
Co-Chair: Dr. Chander Shekhar, Head-AI Cell, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), India
12:00 - 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 - 12:35​
 High level keynote - ​Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO
12:35 - 13:30 Session 3: Fundamentals of AI for Health

Chair: Mr. Sameer Pujari, Vice-Chair FG-AI4H, WHO [ Biography​ ]
Co-Chair: Dr. Vishnu Rao, Director, National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), India
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 - 16:00 Session 4: Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of AI for Health​

14:30 - 15:15 - Panel 1: Ethical Aspects of AI for Health​

Chair: Dr. Samir Brahmachari, Former Director General, Co​uncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Co-Chair: Dr. Saurabh Gupta, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Harpreet Singh, Head-ISRM, Indian Council for​ Medical Research (ICMR)
  • Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy, Forum for Ethical Review Committees in India (FERCI) [ Biography​ | Presentation ]
  • Prof.(Dr.) A Shariff, AIIMS, India
  • Dr. Naomi Lee, FG-AI4H Vice-Chair; The Lancet, United Kingdom [ Biography ]
  • Dr. Nandini Kannan, INDO-US Science & Technology Forum, India
  • Dr. Roli Mathur, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) [ Biography ]
15:15 - 16:00 - Panel 2 Regulatory Aspects of AI for Health
 
Chair: Dr. V. G. Somani, Drug Controller General of India, CDSCO
Co-Chair: Dr. Naomi Lee, FG-AI4H Vice-Chair; The Lancet, United Kingdom [ Biography​ ]
  • Dr. R.S Sharma, Scientist-G, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), India [ Biography​ | Presentation​ ]
  • Mr. Neeraj Jain, PATH, India [ Biography ]
  • Mr. Matthew Guilford, Common Health, Malaysia [ Biography ]
  • Ms. Deepa Tyagi, Telecommunication Engineering Center, India ​[ Biography ]
  • Dr. Banusri Velpandian, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), India [ Biography | Presentation ]
​16:00 - 17:45
​Session 5: Innovators in AI for Health

Chair: Dr. Manjula Singh, FG-AI4H Vice-Chair; Scientist-E, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), India​ [ Biography ]
Coffee Break
17:45 - 18:00 Session 6: Closing Session
​18:00 - 19:00
 ​Session 7: Display of AI tools
​19:00
 ​Welcome Dinner

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