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Program

To celebrate 100 years of innovation, Institut Pasteur de Dakar is hosting a Forum on Innovation & Health Entrepreneurship.

The Forum will showcase health innovations from Senegal, West Africa, and across the world that have the potential to transform public health in the region.

Keynote speakers from Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and the US will share lessons from launching and scaling their startups.

Join us to be part of this community and shape the next innovations and technologies in health in Africa.

08:30-09:00
Registration and Welcome Breakfast
09:00-09:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Spring GOMBE
09:30-10:30
Keynote Part 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Different Perspectives

Moderators: Dr Prashant YADAV
Intervenants: Greg ROCKSON

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Keynote Part 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Different Perspectives

Moderators: Spring GOMBE and Dr Richard GORDON
Intervenants: Tidjane DEME / Mouhamed NDOYE / Dr Youssef TRAVALY

12:00-13:00
Panel and Q&A

Moderators: Spring GOMBE and Dr Prashant YADAV
Speakers: Dr Natalie ROBERTS/ Mark GLADWELL/ Dr Cheikh Tidiane DIAGNE

13:00-15:00
Lunch and Networking
15:00-16:15
Pitch and IPD Innovation Prize

Moderators: Madji SOCK and Moussa TRAORÉ
Juries:  Dr David GOOD / Mohini BHAVSAR/ Dr Daouda DIOUF/ Dr Joe FITCHETT

16:15-16:30
“Reverse Pitches” from Funders
Moderator: Madji SOCK
16:30-17:00
Results and Wrap-Up: Prize for the Winner and Runner-Up
Spring GOMBE
17:00-18:00
Cocktail Reception and Networking
Dr Prashant YADAV
INSEAD, USA
Dr Nathalie ROBERTS
MSF, Royaume-uni
Mr Youssef Haganda TRAVALY
Co-founder and CEO, EDPU AFRICA,Rwanda
Richard Gordon
Director, International Business Development, South African Medical Research Council - SAMRC, South Africa
Caitlin DOLKART
Managing Director, FLARE, Kenya
Dr Amadou Sall
Chair of the Pasteur Network and CEO of the Pasteur Institute de Dakar, Senegal
Madji Sock
Haskè Ventures, Senegal
Dr Cheikh Tidiane DIAGNE
IPD - Head of diaTROPIX, Senegal
Spring Gombe
Policy Strategy, Germany
Greg ROCKSON
CEO, mPharma, Ghana
Tidjane DEME
General Partner, Partech Africa , Senegal
Mouhamed NDOYE
CEO, Tanél Health, Senegal
Mark GLADWELL
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sapphiros , Sapphiros , Royaume-uni
Joe Fitchet
Senior adviser for biotechnology, IPD, Senegal
Dr David GOOD
Kings College Cambridge, Royaume-uni
Mohini BHAVSAR
Grand Challenges Canada, Canada
Daouda Diouf
Head of Climate Action & Health Resilience, Fondation S, France
Dr David GOOD
Kings College Cambridge, UK
Mohini BHAVSAR
Grand Challenges Canada, Canada
Daouda DIOUF
Head of Climate Action & Health Resilience, Fondation S, France
Dr Joe FITCHETT
Senior adviser for biotechnology, IPD, Senegal

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