World Majlis | At the Speed of Life | Expo 2020 Dubai
CCRG Founder and Director Professor John Fraser appeared at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai earlier this morning presenting at the World Majlis ‘At the Speed of Life’.
The World Majlis will bring together thought leaders, visionaries and changemakers to explore the future of faster and safer medical innovations.
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged healthcare systems around the world, pushing the medical industry to demonstrate its capacity to accelerate innovation. To halt the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have stunned the world by reducing a 10 or 15 years vaccine development timeframe to just about a year. The many factors - from technology to policy - that have successfully facilitated the vaccine race are often poorly understood by the general public, pointing to the fact that successful medical advances are also often accompanied by suspicion. Across all areas of health, technologies from artificial intelligence to 3D printing, genomics and robotics are advancing exponentially, shaping the future of medicine. Everything in the medical industry is now changing, from how patients consult their doctors, to data and analytics-enabled continuous care, to how hospitals and doctors use tools and share information. These unprecedented breakthroughs have given rise to great hope in health research, drug discovery, treatment innovation, personalised medicine, telemedicine, and optimal patient care. Perhaps the medical world will soon find solutions to the biggest health challenges we face, and evolve not just to treat disease, but increasingly, to prevent it.
“With over 1.6 million visitors to the Australian Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the best of Australia to the world. It was a celebration of human achievement, but also a platform to inspire action for solutions to real-world challenges. Expo 2020 has provided opportunities for people from different corners of the world to connect, to experience art, culture, science innovation, and invention, and to set in motion new perspectives and ideas that can have lasting impact.
On behalf of the Expo 2020 Dubai Taskforce and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, I thank you for giving your time and for sharing your knowledge and expertise.”
Justin McGowan, Commissioner General to Expo 2020 Dubai
