2023 GNSH Annual Summit:
Registration Information below:
Tackling the Global Health Human Resource Crisis
November 9-12, 2023 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Bin Rashid University (MBRU) & Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
Summit Overview:
Join us for an incredible two days focused on bringing together simulation thought leaders to tackle the most pressing issue for healthcare today. After nearly four years of virtual events, the GNSH Board of Directors is excited to convene healthcare leaders, simulation experts and researchers, as well as corporate and industry leaders for the two and half-day 2023 Annual Summit in Dubai.
The endemic phase of Covid has accelerated the global health human resource crisis. Shortages of healthcare workers have become a major obstacle to achieving universal access to quality healthcare. Healthcare systems have been left with a lack of trained and skilled health workers, inadequate distribution of healthcare professionals, and high rates of turnover and burnout. This crisis is especially prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, where access to healthcare is already limited. The shortage of healthcare workers has profound implications for healthcare delivery, healthcare outcomes, and global health security, and addressing this crisis is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ensuring global health equity.
Our keynote will frame the problem and set the stage for in depth exploration of areas where simulation may offer solutions.
Summit Participant Objectives:
- Collectively discuss global health human resource issues affecting the delivery of care as well as the state of the workforce
- Explore the role of implementation science and artificial intelligence in bringing simulation into care delivery
- Discuss exemplars of change within the healthcare workforce and education making a difference in care delivery globally
- Gain a global perspective of health human resources including stories from the front-line
- Collectively identify current and future challenges and opportunities affecting global health, the workforce and education impacting knowledge, practices, and policy

Keynote Speaker – Mark Britnell
Mark Britnell is one of the foremost global experts on healthcare systems and has a pioneering and inspiring global vision for health in both the developed and developing world. In dedicating his entire professional life to healthcare, for over 30 years he has delivered strategy, policy and operations solutions to teams in 81 countries on 385 occasions and counting. He has led organizations at local, regional, national, and international levels, on both the provider and payer sides, and in public and private sectors. In 2022, he took his worldly experience to the education space, cultivating the brilliant minds of tomorrow as a professor at both the Global Business School for Health at University College London and the Sandra Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
His past leadership roles include vice chair of KPMG UK until the end of December 2022 and before that he was Global Chairman and Senior Partner for Healthcare, Government and Infrastructure at KPMG International. Prior to working with KPMG he held multiple positions at the NHS including Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham, where he masterminded the largest new hospital build in NHS history, established the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and developed one of the highest performing healthcare organisations in the UK. He went on to run the NHS South Central region before joining the NHS management board as Director General at the Department of Health, where he developed High Quality Care for All, the final report of the NHS Next Steps Review, with Lord Darzi.
Between 2014 and 2018, Mark sat as a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Health Sector for the World Economic Forum and sits on the Advisory Board of the China Center for Health Development at Peking University. Mark is the author of In search of the perfect health system and Human: solving the global workforce crisis in healthcare.
Schedule at a Glance:
Welcome Reception: Thursday, November 9th at 7:00PM
Summit Meetings: Friday, November 10th & Saturday, November 11th
Board of Director Interest Meeting & Closed Meeting: Sunday, November 12th
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2023
7:30 – 9:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2023
7:00 – 8:15 AM
Breakfast
Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Welcome and Summit Overview:
Conference Committee
GNSH Leadership
MBRU Leadership
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Keynote: Prof, Mark Britnell
Addressing the global health human resource crisis
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Break
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Panel: Simulation & Health Human Resources
- Prof Mark Britnell
- Dr. Michael Alice Moga
- Dr. Purva Makani
- Dr. Chris Hanley
- Moderator: David Grant
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
11:45 – 12:15 PM
Prayer Break
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Lunch
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
1:15 – 2:00 PM
Plenary Overview I: Implementation Science and Artificial Intelligence (Miller)
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Breakout Rotation I: Exploring AI and implementation science in Healthcare & Simulation
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Prayers/Break
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
4:15 – 5:00 PM
Breakout Rotation II: Facilitator TBD
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
5:00 – 5:30PM
Summit Day 1 Wrap Up Facilitators: Dr. Lennox Huang & Pamela Jeffries
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
7:30 – 9:00PM
Dinner
TBD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023
7:00 – 8:15 AM
Breakfast
Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Recap of Day 1 & Overview of Summit Day 2
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Stories of Health Human Resources Crisis, focus on the developing world
- Dr. Purva Makani
- Dr. Lennox Huang
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Industry Partners Roundtable & Coffee Break
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
10:45 – 11:30 PM
Breakout Rotation III: Solution exploration – existing work and framing a proposal for the future
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
11:30 – Noon
Morning Summary & Breakout Reports
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
Noon – 12:30 PM
Prayers/Break
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Closing Keynote Address Planetary Health (Hanley)
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Prayers & Coffee Break
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Summit Closing
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
7:30 PM
Group Social Activity
Abd El Wahab
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2023
7:00 – 8:30 AM
8:30 – 9:15 AM
9:30 – 10:30 AM
GNSH Board of Directors Meeting
GNSH Leadership Business Meeting
Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
Mohammed Bin Rashid University
REGISTRATION:
Summit Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
20th Street Dubai Healthcare City
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 5668
Deadline for GNSH Member Registration
– September 8, 2023
- Double Occupancy Registration: $2,150 USD
(includes 3 nights accommodations in a double occupancy room, two tickets to the opening reception, two summit registrations, two tickets to two summit luncheons and the Friday evening dinner)
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- No Accommodations Registration: for local registrants that do not need hotel accommodations but would like to participate in the summit, please contact executive@gnsh.org
- Note: We expect Summit to fill to capacity, we reserve the right to limit the number of spots for GNSH members and affiliates.