Sponsors & Exhibitors
Lead Sponsor
Burjeel Cancer Institute (BCI) is a state-of-the-art, ESMO-accredited and Novalis-certified center, providing comprehensive and advanced cancer care. Strategically located within Burjeel Medical City (BMC), BCI offers a comprehensive scope of specialized services designed to meet the diverse needs of cancer patients across different stages of their treatment journey, from diagnosis to treatment and palliative care.
Diamond Sponsor
Vertex, a global biotechnology company, invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. It focuses on therapies for
the underlying causes of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, and acute pain, and continues to advance its research in these areas. Vertex has a broad and deep clinical pipeline across a range of modalities for other serious diseases like type 1 diabetes, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, and IgA nephropathy.
Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex’s global headquarters is now located in Boston’s Innovation District, and its international headquarters is in London. Additionally, the company has research and development sites and commercial offices in North America, Europe, Australia, and Latin America. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work, including 13 consecutive years on Science Magazine’s Top Employers list and one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. For company updates and to learn more about Vertex’s history of innovation, visit https://www.vrtx-gcc.com/en-gcc or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Gold Sponsors
Cincinnati Children’s, a nonprofit academic medical center established in 1883, offers services from well-child care to treatment for the most rare and complex conditions. It is the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and trains more than 600 residents and clinical fellows each year. Cincinnati Children’s is a force in pediatric research and offers some of the best research-based education and training programs in the nation. Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability
Since its start in 1855 as the nation’s first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. The Hospital has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children’s lives.
Silver Sponsors
Here at CHLA, we believe every child deserves to enjoy all those special moments that childhood has to offer, free from pain and suffering. This is what inspires our staff to be their best—and they’re equipped with everything they need to succeed. If you want to help create more special moments for children where you’re empowered to deliver the highest quality of care, this is the place to do it. At CHLA — named a top 10 children’s hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report—we empower our team members to deliver the highest quality care. As a Magnet-designated hospital, we provide compassionate care for our patients more than 528,000 times each year. If you’re ready to make a difference for thousands of children while improving pediatric medicine, join us.
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona) is a teaching hospital specializing in the fields of pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics. It is located in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is a privately owned center, concerted by the Catalan Public Health Service, which belongs to the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, religious organization that manages more than 300 health centers over the world.
Bronze Sponsors
DKMS is an international nonprofit where creativity, initiative, compassion, collaboration and strategic thinking are rewarded as we work together to expand our reach, recruit more bone marrow donors and help save more lives. Following the establishment of DKMS, our German predecessor, we were founded in 2004 in the U.S. as DKMS Americas, and since renamed DKMS. With the firm belief that people everywhere can play an active role in saving the lives of others with blood cancers and blood and bone marrow disorders, our mission is to grow the number of suitable bone marrow and blood stem cell donors for patients in need of a transplant. Today, DKMS is comprised of nearly 100 passionate employees and thousands of volunteers who work tirelessly toward a common goal of facilitating successful donations. Many of our employees have personally seen the urgent need for a vast and diverse donor registry, giving the organization an unmatched level of energy, creativity and dedication. DKMS is part of the world’s largest network of bone marrow donor centers, having registered more than 6 million people. Currently, nearly 56,000 those have gone on to donate to a patient.
Biologix helps multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers bring innovative drugs to market in the Middle East / North Africa (MENA) region. Positioned across 17+ key strategic locations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Egypt, North Africa and the Levant, we are pioneers in regional distribution and promotion of innovative products and solutions for difficult-to-treat diseases.
Exhibitor
The Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357(CCHE) widely known as Hospital 57357 is a unique healthcare institution and an ultimate example of what can be achieved when people work together for a common goal. The people of Egypt and friends from all over the world and most particularly in the Arab World have contributed generously to the establishment of the hospital which has been completely built by donations. Egyptians from all walks of life rallied around the setting up of a state of the art pediatric oncology hospital to achieve the dream of a better tomorrow for their children with cancer.