Summit
World Health Summit
The leading international strategic forum for global health, addressing global health security, digital health equity, and healthcare policy.
- When
- October, Mid October
- Where
- Berlin, GermanyView on Google Maps
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organiser
- World Health Summit Foundation
- Region
- Global
- Scale
- About 3,000 in-person attendees
- Founded
- 2009
The Signal
The World Health Summit is a high-level strategic conference held under the patronage of several international leaders, including the German Chancellor and the WHO Director General. It brings together academic, scientific, political, and industrial leaders to address global health challenges. The agenda heavily features topics on digital health infrastructure, pandemic preparedness, and equitable access to medical technology. For healthtech operators, it provides a macro-level view of global regulatory trends and public-private funding priorities.
What to expect
- Global health security policy declarations
- Agreements on international health data sharing standards
- Discussions on technology-enabled climate health initiatives
Who is in the room
Government ministers, global health researchers, pharmaceutical executives, non-profit directors, and digital health policy advisors.
Background
Established on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Charite hospital in Berlin, the summit has grown to become the premier global academic and political forum for medicine and public health.
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