Will You Join us for IMWell Summit?

One of the main events for international healthcare travel in Asia is getting closer. I am of course talking about the IMWell Summit, held October 12-15 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Manila, Philippines.

Through the International Summit on Medical Travel, Wellness and Retirement (IMWell Summit), prominent healthcare travel decision-makers in the world will meet with leaders and players from the region’s public and private sectors to help chart a unified direction and push for concerted actions to accelerate the growth of these industries over the next decade.

Dr. Zadok Lempert

Some of these experts who will also help promote multilateral cooperation and dialogue among Asian and global healthcare providers, policy-makers and business leaders include Dr. Zadok Lempert, chairman of Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) Healthcare Travel Task Force and president of Bangkok-based MEDICO Services International and David Boucher, president of Companion Global Healthcare, Inc. of Blue Cross & Blue Shield, a major U.S. health insurance company based in South Carolina.

As Thai government tourism advisor and sustainable tourism professor, Lempert has helped position Thailand as a leading medical destination, while Boucher engages with 260 American and Canadian employers in search of lower healthcare costs through international medical travel.

David Boucher

Other medical tourism experts taking part in the summit are Dr. Raul Rodriguez, Dr. David Vequist IV, Mr. Kemar Canlar and Morgan Pile.

The four-day IMWell Summit will serve as a platform for an open exchange of insights and best practices, addressing various policy and infrastructural concerns and forging unity and synergy among leaders from healthcare, wellness, hospitality, travel, trade and retirement sectors and heads of government agencies.

Organized by HIM Communications, with knowledge partners HealthCORE and Asian Academy for Healthcare Executives, the Summit will bring together key policy-makers from the different regions which is supported locally by the Department of Tourism (DoT), Department of Health (DoH), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); and frontline healthcare, wellness and retirement organizations Retirement and Healthcare Coalition International (RHC), Health and Wellness Alliance of the Philippines (HEAL Philippines), Philippine Wellness and Spa Association (PhilWell).

Expected to attend the event are trade attachés from various embassies, chief executive or operating officers and managing directors of companies, officials of healthcare organizations, medical directors, investors and entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and educators.

Other attendees include owners, marketing and business development heads and other stakeholders of hospitals and clinics, spas and wellness centers, health and travel insurance companies, travel agencies and tour operators, hotels, airlines and other tourism providers, property developers, business process outsourcing centers, pharmaceutical companies and information technology firms.

Novasans is a very proud media partner to the IMWell Summit, and will do its best to keep you updated on the issues discussed during the eventful days!

For more information on the summit, visit the IMWell Summit Website.

Novasans is now Media Partner to Medical Tourism Expo 2010

Novasans is happy to present our latest media partnership. This time with the renowned Medial Tourism Expo 2010. The expo is expected to be the largest and most comprehensive medical tourism conference in Asia this year, where top Indian government officials and health ministers will participate and discuss current and future trends in medical tourism.

The Expo is organized by the International Wellness and Healthcare Travel Association, IWHTA, with a mission to provide information, education, collaboration/partnering, and consultation to patients and members and promote cost effective high quality healthcare system that is affordable and accessible to all.

Mr. Naresh Jadeja

India is by many seen as the medical tourism Mecca of the world, and attracts thousands of international patients each year, visiting the healthcare destination for anything from ayurveda camps to heart surgery. The Indian healthcare industry is expected to grow with an impressive 23 percent per year.  How to further develop India’s role as one of the leading medical tourism destination is currently debated, and therefore, the president of IWHTA, Mr. Naresh Jadeja, believes this congress to be of outmost importance.

The Medical Tourism Expo 2010 will feature both exhibition, conference and work shops. Some of the topics discussed at the topic will be the Role of a government to develop medical travel industry, Elevating standards of Hospitals and Healthcare facilities, Developing a Medical Travel destination, and International Law and How to protect your organization. Some of the confirmed speakers are Dr. Ashraf Ismail, managing Director at the JCI (Joint Comission International, mr. Carlos Ariza, Director at International Markets at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, and David Boucher, founder and President at Companion Global Healthcare.

Novasans is happy to be part of the event, and will cover the expo trough articles, newsletters and interviews, which can all be followed on the Novasans website and its other online media.