Event venue

Webinar

Target audience

Target audience

Description of content and objectives

The objectives of the meeting are

• to explore opportunities in the life sciences sector in the two focus countries;
• for Saudi Arabia, to broaden the scope to include sectors most affected by the Saudi Vision 2030 plan, which includes the implementation of numerous projects (including NEOM, Al Qiddiya, The Red Sea Project, AlUla, Amaala, and specific projects for the city of Riyadh);
• to present the upcoming Life Sciences mission, which will take place at the end of January 2023 and will visit Dubai - during the Arab Health 2023 exhibition - and continue to Riyadh. The Riyadh leg will also be open to other sectors, should companies be interested

Programme

Moderator: Alessandra Salina Amorini, International Relations, Assolombarda

10.00 Opening remarks
- Veronica Squinzi, Vice President of Assolombarda with responsibility for Internationalisation and Europe

The value of the Life Sciences supply chain in Lombardy
- Alessandra Gelera, Coordinator of the Assolombarda Life Sciences supply chain

Introduction to the healthcare market in the Emirates
- Badde Jonas, First Secretary, Embassy of Italy in the UAE

Establishing a sustainable and innovative Medical Education and Healthcare Institution in the private sector in the Gulf (presentation in English)
- Moideen Thumbay, President, Thumbay Group UAE

Introduction to the Saudi Arabian market
- Enrico Barbieri, Director, ITA Riyadh

Introduction to the Saudi Arabian healthcare market (presentation in English)
- Mohamad Sabri, Healthcare Strategic Partnership Director, Informa

12.00 Closing remarks

Registration procedure

To participate, you must register via the Assolombarda website.

Contact

For further information, please contact:

• Institutional Affairs Area of Assolombarda - Alessandra Salina - Tel. 02.58370293 - alessandra.salina@assolombarda.it;
• Life Sciences - Felice Lopane - Tel. 02.58370409 - felice.lopane@assolombarda.it;
• Internationalisation and Foreign Trade Area - Margherita Kosmala - Tel. 02.58370321 - assolombardaestero@assolombarda.it.