The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has announced its 16th annual healthcare conference- FICCI HEAL 2022 from October 10 to 12, 2022. The conference supported by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, will be held physically at FICCI, New Delhi. This year's conference is an endeavour to converge all stakeholders- national and international, and provide a forum for sharing of learnings and experiences. 

Emphasising the significance of ‘healthier citizens build a healthier nation’, the theme of FICCI HEAL 2022 is ‘Healthcare Transformation: Driving India’s Economic Growth. The conference will deliberate on the opportunities for transforming our healthcare systems, underscoring its significance for economic growth.

Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare; and Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India, will inaugurate the conference and Dr Sunil Kumar, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, USA will deliver the keynote address. Other dignitaries invited to the conference include, Dr VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog, GoI; Dr RS Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority, GoI; Dr VG Somani, Drugs Controller General of India; Roli Singh, MD (NHM), MoH&FW; Dr Manohar Agnani, Addl Secretary, MoH&FW; Lav Agarwal, Addl Secretary, MoH&FW; Maj Gen (Prof) Atul Kotwal, Executive Director, NHSRC, MoHFW; Prof Minu Bajpai, Honorary Executive Director, NBEMS and Head of Department of Pediatric Surgery, AIIMS- New Delhi; Dr Shankar Prinja, Executive Director (HP&QA), National Health Authority, GoI.

FICCI has also announced the 14th edition of ‘FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards on the theme ‘Inspire. Change. Together’. Smriti Irani, Union Minister, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India will be the ‘Chief Guest’ for the ceremony. The participants will be evaluated by a high-level independent jury panel Chaired by CK Mishra, Former Secretary, MoEFCC and MoHFW, Government of India.

The three-day conference will include keynote addresses, panel discussions as well as plenary sessions covering the entire spectrum of healthcare delivery- primary healthcare, quality in care, healthcare workforce strengthening, infrastructure for NCDs with a focus on cancer care, health insurance, digital health as well as diagnostics and medical technologies. This year FICCI has also brought back the pre-conference Master Classes on specialised subjects like Design Thinking and artificial intelligence.

The conference will entail insightful deliberations on several important topics under healthcare through the below sessions:

• Role of the healthcare industry in driving India’s economic growth 
• Primary Healthcare: Smart HWCs 
• The evolving landscape of Diagnostics: A glance into the future!
• Healthcare workforce strengthening 
• Making cancer care more accessible and affordable in India
• Heal in India, Heal by India
• Cost-Quality Conundrum
• Digital healthcare changing landscape- opportunities & challenges.