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Overview

Saudi Arabia continues to set a global benchmark for healthcare transformation. The 2nd Edition of the Forbes Middle East Healthcare Leaders Summit in Riyadh will convene policymakers, innovators, and industry leaders to explore the future of integrated, technology-driven healthcare systems. Discussions in Riyadh will tackle high-priority themes such as digital health ecosystems, preventative care, talent development, and addressing lifestyle-related diseases—core pillars supporting the nation’s ambitious healthcare vision.
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Healthcare Leaders Summit - Riyadh

09:00 – 10:30 am

Registration & Networking

10:35 – 10:45 am

National Anthem & Opening Ceremony

10:50 - 10:55 am

Welcome Address by Forbes Middle East

11:00 - 11:05 am

Opening Keynote

11:10 - 11:15 am

Opening Remarks

Theme 1: From Strategy to Impact: Building Resilient Healthcare Ecosystems

11:20 - 11:35 am

Panel: Advancing National Priorities - Shaping the Kingdom's Next Healthcare Chapter

Explore how national priorities, forward-looking policies, and collaborative leadership are shaping the Kingdom's next healthcare chapter while advancing resilient and future-ready health systems

11:40 - 11:50 am

Fireside Chat: Building Integrated Healthcare Networks: Delivering Better Care at National Scale

An exclusive conversation on how integrated care models are strengthening healthcare delivery, improving system performance, and enhancing patient outcomes at a national scale.

11:55 - 12:10 pm

Panel: Structuring PPPs - Mobilising Capital, Capability, and Long-Term Value

A leadership dialogue on how government, investors, healthcare providers, and technology partners are structuring scalable partnerships to accelerate innovation and deliver sustainable long-term value.

Theme 2: Aligning Capital and Capability: Long-Term Value Creation

12:15 - 12:30 pm

Panel: Scaling Private Healthcare: Driving Growth, Efficiency, and Market Confidence

Explore how leading private healthcare providers are expanding capacity, enhancing operational excellence, and strengthening confidence in the Kingdom's evolving healthcare market.

12:35 - 12:50 pm

Panel: Funding the Innovation Pipeline: Investors, Institutions, and Emerging Ventures

Explore how investors, institutions, and funding models are accelerating emerging technologies, entrepreneurial growth, and health ventures across the Kingdom.

12:55 - 02:00 pm

Networking Lunch

Theme 3: Value-Driven Patient Care: Digital Foundations and Precision Medicine

02:05 - 02:20 pm

Panel: Intelligent Care Delivery – AI, Robotics, and Digital Infrastructure Powering Modern Health Systems

Leadership insights on how AI, robotics, automation, and digital infrastructure are transforming hospital operations, improving patient experience and clinician efficiency, and powering high-performing health systems.

02:25 - 02:40 pm

Panel: Precision Pathways - Genomics, Longevity, and Personalised Medicine

Explore how data, genomics, precision diagnostics, and longevity science are enabling earlier intervention, more personalised care, and healthier ageing.

Theme 4: Healthcare as a Growth Engine: Pharma Localisation, Workforce Excellence, and Global Competitiveness

02:45 - 03:00 pm

Panel: Pharma Horizons – Localisation, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Resilience

Understand from visionary leaders how localisation, resilient supply chains, advanced manufacturing, and international R&D partnerships are positioning Saudi Arabia as a regional pharmaceutical manufacturing hub.

03:05 - 03:20 pm

Panel: Talent, Clinical Excellence, and Patient Experience: Elevating Global Healthcare Competitiveness

Leadership perspectives on how talent, clinical excellence, and patient-centred care are strengthening healthcare quality, advancing global competitiveness, and shaping the future of care.

03:25 - 03:40 pm

Panel: Biotechnology Momentum – From Discovery to Life Sciences Leadership

A deep dive into how biotechnology, scientific discovery, translational research, and strategic collaboration are accelerating clinical breakthroughs and strengthening Saudi Arabia's life sciences ecosystem.

Theme 5: Advancing Healthcare Frontiers: Enabling Seamless Care

03:45 - 04:00 pm

Panel: Connected Care Ecosystems: Advancing Access, Integration, and Performance

Leadership insights on how interoperable health data, secure digital ecosystems, virtual care models, and digital twins are expanding access, strengthening care coordination, and enhancing patient outcomes.

4:00 pm

End of Conference

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Location

Rafal Tower by JW Marriot Riyadh, KSA

From dunes that form a timeless space of beauty to a city rich in history, culture and wonder, Riyadh effortlessly blends an ancient past with a scintillating present. Discover Saudi Arabia’s capital from an elevated perspective, where the JW Marriott Hotel Riyadh that rises above it all lets you reset and warm the soul in all the soothing spaces that surround you.

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About Forbes Middle East

Forbes Middle East is a licensee of Forbes Media and extends the Forbes brand of journalism across the Arab world. Forbes Middle East’s distinctive editorial style attracts a readership of Arab leaders, entrepreneurs, C-level executives, government officials and investors united by a belief in the spirit of free enterprise and entrepreneurial values.Across the region, Forbes Middle East sets the pace for preemptive business journalism. By uncovering trends and anticipating opportunities in the regional marketplace, each monthly issue brings top executives the information critical to their success – in both Arabic and English language editions. The magazine researches and publishes original rankings, based on methodologies set by Forbes Media.