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Symposium on "AI and Health" with Israeli and French experts is an exciting and fruitful event to foster cooperation.
Here's a suggested program outline for the symposium:

France Israel Symposium Program: AI and Health

Tel Aviv University
Thursday 11 December 2025
Location: Steinhardt Museum of Natural history

8:30 Registration and Welcome Coffeeֿ
Participants register and enjoy a welcome coffee.

9:00 Opening Greetings

  • Mrs. Shani Edri, Director of Scientific Relations Division, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Israel (MOST)
  • H.E. Frederic Journès, Ambassador of France
  • Dr. Muriel Haim, President of France-Israel Foundation (FIF)

9:15 Keynote Address (Israel)

  • Speaker: Prof. Dina Ben Yehuda, Director of the Hematology Department Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
  • Topic: The Role of AI in Transforming Healthcare

9:45 Panel Discussion 1: AI Innovations in Healthcare
Moderator: Avi Raveh, Deputy Chief Scientist, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Israel
Panelists:

  • Pr. Emmanuel Bacry, CSO Health Data Hub
  • Mati Gill, CEO Aion Labs
  • Pr. Eyal Zimlichman, Chief Transformation, Innovation and AI Officer at Sheba Medical Center
  • Prof. Elhanan Borenstein, Faculty of Exact Sciences - Tel Aviv University (TBC)
  • Big Pharma (TBC)

11:15 Coffee Break

11:30 Technical Session 1: AI in Diagnostics
Moderator: Emmanuel Bacry, Health Data Hub
Panelist:

  • Pr. Xavier Jouven, Head of Department of Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Nephrology &Transplantation at Université Paris Cité
  • Pr. Pierre Brousset, Head of the Department of Pathology at the University Cancer Institute of Toulouse – Oncopole, and member of the French National Academy of Medicine.
  • Pr. Barbash, Psifas, Israeli Genomic Medicine Initiative (TBC)
  • Pr. Shay Shen Orr (TBC)
  • Aidoc (TBC)

12:30 Lunch Break

13:30 Technical Session 2: AI in Treatment and Patient Care
Moderator: Israel Innovation Authority (TBC)

  • Dr. Dafna Laifenfeld, Cofounder & CSO Neurokaire
  • Prof. Muriel Dahan, R&D Director Unicancer
  • Dr. Stephane Chaillou, Chief Digital Information Officer, Institut Gustave Roussy
  • Yedidia Levy-Zauberman, VP Global Affairs - Owkin
  • Starget Pharma (TBC)

14:30 Panel Discussion 2: Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of AI in Healthcare
Moderator:

  • Dr. Oren Asman, A Lawyer and a Bioethicist. Senior Lecturer, the Department of Nursing, Co-Director of the Bioethics and Law Center, Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Samueli Initiative for Responsible AI in Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Sandrine Richard, Ancien Avocat, Expert indépendant, conférencière, membre du Board de Docaposte, et d'Ethik IA, Chercheur Associé au CRGN et responsable des libertés fondamentales et droit du numérique de la Chaire Humanités Numériques (HumNum), et Colonel dans la Réserve Citoyenne de la Gendarmerie Nationale.

Discussion Points:

  • Ethical considerations in AI applications
  • Regulatory frameworks in Israel and France
  • Ensuring patient privacy and data security

15:15 Closing Remarks and Future Directions

  • Avi Raveh, Deputy Chief Scientist, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Israel TBC

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