1. 2015 World Bio Summit and Expo Dubai, UAE Dr. Mark G. Bloom, CLP, RTTP Registered U.S. Patent Attorney Keynote Presentation 1

2. Keynote Topic 2 “The Role of Biomedical Research in the World Economic Forum’s 12 Pillars of Global Competitiveness: A MENA Region Perspective”

3. World Economic Forum - 12 Pillars 3 Institutions -efficiency and behavior of both public and private stakeholders -legal and administrative framework in which they operate Infrastructure -Transportation, Utilities, and Telecommunications Stability of Macroeconomic Environment

4. World Economic Forum - 12 Pillars 4 Health and Primary Education - need for a healthy and educated workforce Higher Education and Training - equates to the ability to move up the value chain Goods Market Efficiency - ability to produce the right mix of goods and services to meet a country’s supply-and- demand conditions

5. World Economic Forum - 12 Pillars 5 Labor Market Efficiency - need for an efficient and flexible labor market Financial Market Development/Efficiency Technological Readiness - agility with which an economy adopts existing technologies to enhance productivity

6. World Economic Forum - 12 Pillars 6 Market Size - ability to exploit economies-of-scale Business Sophistication - quality of a country’s overall business networks and supporting industries - quality of individual firms’ operations and strategies Technological Innovation

7. 2015-2016 GCI Rankings - Top 25 7 1.Switzerland 2.Singapore 3.United States 4.Germany 5.Netherlands 6.Japan 7.Hong Kong 8.Finland 9.Sweden 10.United Kingdom

8. 2015-2016 GCI Rankings - Top 25 8 11.Norway 12.Denmark 13.Canada 14.Qatar 15.Taiwan 16.New Zealand 17.United Arab Emirates 18.Malaysia 19.Belgium 20.Luxembourg

9. 2015-2016 GCI Rankings - Top 25 9 21.Australia 22.France 23.Austria 24.Ireland 25.Saudi Arabia 26.South Korea 28.China 45.Russian Federation 55.India

10. 2015-2016 GCI Rankings - Top-10 MENA Region 10 1.Qatar (14) 2.United Arab Emirates (17) 3.Saudi Arabia (25) 4.Kuwait (34) 5.Bahrain (39) 6.Oman (62) 7.Jordan (64) 8.Morocco (72) 9.Iran (74) 10.Algeria (87)

11. Impact of Biomedical Innovation/Research 11 Health and Primary Education Need for a healthy and educated workforce.

12. Impact of Biomedical Innovation/Research 12 Higher Education and Training Equates to the ability to move up the value chain.

13. Impact of Biomedical Innovation/Research 13 Technological Readiness Agility with which an economy adopts existing technologies to enhance productivity.

14. Impact of Biomedical Innovation/Research 14 Technological Innovation

15. Mobile Applications and Remote Monitoring Improved Communication as it relates to Electronic Medical Records Application of “Big Data” Analytics to EBM Cancer Immunotherapy (Genomics & Bioinformatics) Application of 3D Printing to the Biomedical Field Application of CRISPR/Cas 9 and Future “Gene Editing” Technologies (creation of a “Brave New World”) 15 Key Biomedical Technologies

16. Trend to Less “Hospital-Centric” Care 16 Key Philosophical Shift

17. To maintain their strong positions in the GCI, Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia will have to invest their exceptional wealth in the types of innovation and transfer of technology and know-how that can translate into future economic growth - hopefully they will increase support for the biomedical sciences. 17 Final Thoughts

18. Mark Bloom mbloom@sidra.org 18 For More Information