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Background
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The Pacific Health Summit will examine the issues facing global healthcare and promote
effective policy initiatives for the early detection and treatment of disease worldwide.
Ultimately, the Summit will launch a dialogue on healthcare policy through international
teamwork on research, technology and treatment.
With the overarching goal of focusing on early detection as the most critical, economically
viable and successful approach to treating global disease, the three-day Summit will investigate
topics such as:
- The Promise of Science
- The Impact on Public Health
- The Impact on Healthcare and Personal Health
- Science, Health and Economic Growth
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The Summit is presented by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and The National Bureau
of Asian Research. The Senior Advisory Group is co-chaired by William H. Gates, Sr. and George
F. Russell, Jr. The Steering Committee is led by Michael Birt, Ph.D., of The National Bureau of
Asian Research and Lee Hartwell, Ph.D., of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and is
charged with the content development and execution of the Summit. Michael Birt also serves as
the Summit’s Executive Director. The Russell Family Foundation and The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation are the founding partners for the Summit.
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By exploring emerging technologies, new collaborations and innovative strategies, Summit
participants will develop effective and sustainable approaches to the study and management
of global health. The Summit will focus on early prediction, early detection, early prevention,
and early treatment as the most critical, economically viable and successful approaches to
treating global disease.
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The Pacific Health Summit is an international event convening health and policy experts from
such countries as: Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore,
Thailand, and the United States.
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Internationally-renowned experts in the fields of health and policy will lead-off a series of
plenary sessions designed to provide all participants an opportunity to engage in the panel
discussions. Featured participants include Sir William Castell – Vice Chairman, President and
CEO, GE Healthcare; Richard Klausner, M.D. – Executive Director, Global Health, Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation; J.W. Lee, M.D. Director-General of the World Health Organization; and, Uwe
Reinhardt, Ph.D. – Professor, Princeton University.
Click here for a complete list of Summit presenters.
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The earliest writing systems of both East and West were pictographs; pictures which represented
things and ideas. Chinese pictographs, which originated around 2000 B.C. in Hwang Ho region of
China, served as the fundamental vehicle for the written languages and culture of all of East
Asia. The character chosen to represent the Pacific Health Summit, pronounced ikiru in Japanese
and sheng in Chinese, means life or to live. It is a simple character, clean in its meaning and
powerful in its scope. Like the character used in its representation, the Pacific Health Summit
will be a building block for communication among cultures. It is a starting point for
collaboration that will shape the future of international health policy and create a healthier
global community.
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Sponsorship
Logistics
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Attendance at the Pacific Health Summit is by invitation only. Three hundred speakers and
participants from the major Pacific Rim countries who are experts in healthcare, industry and
policy have been invited.
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Summit 2006 will be held in Seattle in June and will be followed by a similar meeting in 2007,
leading up to a final summit in Beijing, China prior to the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Conference organizers are working closely with local law enforcement and government agencies to address
and prepare for any security concerns.
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