HUMANITARIAN

Day 1: 17 July, 2017 Monday

Humanitarian: It Takes a Village: Collaboration and Cooperation to Create Sustainable Programs
10:00 – 10:15	Gift of Life International
10:15 – 10:30	Chain of Hope Emma Scanlan (London, UK, Chief Executive, Chain of Hope)
10:30 – 10:45	The Concept of Twinning Programs Joe Dearani, US
10:45 – 11:00	Edwards Life Sciences and the Thoracic Surgical Foundation Jeffrey Jacobs, US
11:00 – 11:15	Strategies for Successful Surgery in Developing Countries Giovanni Stellin, Italy
11:15 – 11:30	Lessons from Two Decades of Pediatric Heart Surgery in Developing Countries Francois Lacour Gayet, Oman
11:30 - 12:00	Discussion

Day 2: 18 July, 2017 Tuesday

Humanitarian: Develop, Train and Retain: Planning Integrated and Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Care
13:30 – 13:35	Introduction (5 min) Patricia Hickey, US
13:35 – 13:50	How should institutions in low-middle income countries address the shortage of trained professionals? Masood Sadiq, Pakistan
13:50 – 14:05	Nurse training, support and retention
14:05 – 14:20	Governmental policy determines outcome Nelson Yatsuda, Brazil
14:20 – 14:35	Private & public partnerships are the optimum model for cardiac care Blanca del Valle, Mexico
14:35 – 14:50	Managers make it happen
14:50 – 15:05	International NGO support is invaluable Bistra Zheleva, US
15:05 - 15:30	Discussion Led by Christopher Hugo-Hamman, Namibia

Day 4: 20 July, 2017 Thursday

Humanitarian: "Leapfrogging": Knowledge Transformation and Sustainability

10:00 – 10:05	Introduction R. Krishna Kumar, India
10:05 – 10:20	Humanitarian surgical missions have delivered on the promise Alessandro Frigiola, Italy
10:20  – 10:35	Humanitarian surgical missions have failed the test of sustainability
10:35  – 10:50	Distance learning and support through on-line technology Sunita Maheshwari, India
10:50  – 11:05	Information technology (EMR) use in developing peadiatric cardiac services Duminda Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka
11:05 – 11:20	The International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC) provides tangible program support Kathy Jenkins, US
11:20 – 11:35	What has happened in China? An Qi, China
11:35  – 12:00	Discussion: Led by Shakeel Qureshi, UK

Humanitarian: Pediatric Heart Care in the Global Health Agenda
13:30 – 13:35	Introduction Sertaç Çiçek, Turkey
13:35 – 13:50	Structural heart disease is a disease control priority R. Krishna Kumar, India
13:50 – 14:05	Children with heart disease and the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD’s)
14:05 – 14:20	Is universal health coverage for pediatric heart care a pipe dream? Tim Evans, World Bank
14:20 -14:35	Patient and family advocacy advance the agenda Amy Verstappen, US
14:35 – 14:50	What can we learn from other disease advocates?
14:50 – 15:05	WHO, the Lancet Commission and the challenges of children with heart disease Marie-Paule Kieny, Switzerland
15:05 - 15:30	Discussion: Led by Rachel Nugent, Project Director, Disease Control Priorities Network