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Track 4
innovation and Technology as an answer to poverty alleviation
Code: 4.a
approaching healthcare Challenges in Developing Countries through innovative business Models
and Disruptive Technologies
In this day and age, developing economies are showing more and more convergence to the developed
world as regards to the diseases that they are facing. Non-communicable diseases are becoming more
common in the developing world. In response, technology and Healthcare companies are trying to offer solutions,
whether by using new innovative technologies or by using disruptive ones. However, challenges in
developing countries are far different than in developed countries, and because of that, these companies
need to innovate - either on the technology side or the business model side- in order to succeed.
In this panel, we aim to discuss how healthcare companies and entrepreneurs use their different business
models in order to respond to the healthcare problems in developing countries. Be it an innovative or a disruptive
technology, we aim to understand the challenges and difficulties in implementing a technology in
different regions in the world and what have companies done and are doing to overcome these challenges.
Speakers: Sandra Schoenes – Moviu (Speaker and Moderator)
Kenneth Marcus - Karl Storz
Assaad Matuk Safi – Johnson & Johnson, Iberia
panel coordinators: Maria Luisa Peña (MBA 2012) and Jonathan Salomon (MBA 2011)
Code: 4.b
Technology’s role in increasing accessibility to banking Services in Developing nations
In hard to reach rural areas, inhabitants’ access to banking tends to be extraordinarily costly, insecure
and time consuming. Difficulties such as these are detrimental to economic development. Advances in
technological solutions have made it easier to reach these areas and have positively impacted the lives of
numerous individuals, families and societies.
This panel will highlight the current technologies and methods that have expanded the access to financial
services while drawing attention to the difficulties and challenges faced. It will evaluate several issues, including
if the benefits outweigh the costs and if these services are easily adopted by the customers. It will
also examine alternatives such as: mobile payment, cards, and the internet.
Speakers: Francesc Prior Sanz – IESE (Speaker and Moderator)
Monica Brand – Acción - Frontier Investments
Lauro González - Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Shainoor Khoja – Roshan
panel coordinators: Christine Muller (MBA 2012) and Ana Lucia Jeronimo (MBA 2011)
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