Switzerland Oman Health Innovation Summit - Part One Program
Host: OSFA, represented by Ricarda Harris, Board Member
Presenter: Heiko Visarius
Here’s the actual overview of the program. Check back regularly to see the latest updates!
Schedule – Wednesday 4th November 2026
Full Assembly: Patient Management - From Digital Diagnosis to Intelligent Therapy
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee | Foyer | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome and Introduction | Ricarda Harris and Heiko Visarius | Meeting Room |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Opening Address | H.E. Suleiman bin Nasser bin Khamis bin Nasser Al-Hajji, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Oman | Meeting Room |
Session 1: Asthma and COPD - From Burden of Disease to Patient Management
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Burden of Disease in Asthma and COPD | Prof. Jörg D. Leuppi, MD PhD Chief Academic Officer Kantonsspital Baselland | Meeting Room |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Severe Asthma and Potential Prevention | Fabienne Jaun, RN, MPH | Meeting Room |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
Session 2: Transitions of Care and Outpatient Support
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 - 11:30 | TELEMEDICAL Outpatient Support After Hospitalization to Prevent Rehospitalization and Improve Quality of Life | Dr Silke Schmitt Oggier, MD/ MPH Medical Director, santé24, Member of the Management Committee | Meeting Room |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Artificial Intelligence Diabetic Retinopathy Screening | Dr Anas Al Kamyani, MD, OMSB, Director of National Center for Virtual Health, Muscat - Oman | Meeting Room |
Session 3: Digital Health and Wearable Devices
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 12:30 | The future role of Wearables in healthcare - the Basle Bracelet experience | Prof. Jens Eckstein, MD, PhD, Senior consultant in Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Basel & Chief Medical Information Officer and Head of Innovation | Meeting Room |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Establishing a national patient record system in Oman to assure patient safety | Dr. Abdullah Al-Maniri: Senior Public Health Advisor at the MOH, specializing in epidemiology and health policy | Meeting Room |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break |
Session 4: Update from the world of antibiotics
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:30 - 15:00 | New Geopolitical Developments in the Supply Chain of Penicillins | Luigi De Martin, CEO Pen-G, Oman | Meeting Room |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | From Data to Action: Integrating National AMR Surveillance Data and Digital Antibiograms with Treatment Guidelines for Smarter Antimicrobial Prescriptions – Experiences from the UAE and Switzerland | Dr. Jens Thomsen MD MPH MSc MBA, Clinical Microbiologist & ID Epidemiologist, Medics Labor AG | Meeting Room |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Comfort Break |
Session 5: Patient Safety and Hospital Hygiene and Wrap Up
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Patient Safety in Hospitals – Focus on Medication Safety | Prof. Anne Leuppi-Taegtmeyer MD PhD University Hospital Basel, Head of the Patient Safety Department | Meeting Room |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Measurement of Hospital Hygiene: Potential Digital Tools | Ranjit Kalarickamakel, Co-Founder MedNota | Meeting Room |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Swiss AI in Radiology: Precision where it matters | Lidija Matosevic, CFO and Rene Balzano, CEO Computer Vision AG | Meeting Room |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Q & A and Closing Remarks | Heiko Visarius | Meeting Room |
| 17:30 | Apéro | All |