Berlin / July 4, 2024 – Health in times of climate change, digitalization, artificial intelligence, trust in science and financing of global health are the focus of this year’s World Health Summit in Berlin. From October 13 to 15, 2024, leading international representatives from politics, science, private sector, and civil society will discuss the most important issues under the motto “Building Trust for a Healthier World”. Over 350 speakers and 3,000 participants from all over the world are expected to attend.
The detailed program with more than 60 different sessions is now online:
www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2024
In addition to keynotes, panel discussions and workshops, the Global Health Lab series is a new addition to the WHS 2024 program: These in-depth debates with stakeholders from all sectors focus on the interactive participation of all attendees and an intensive exchange.
Registration for WHS 2024 on-site participation is possible here:
www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/
The entire program will also be available live online for free for people around the world who may not be able to attend in person.
WHS 2024 speakers include:
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany
• Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Inger Ashing, CEO, Save the Children International
• Christian Drosten, Director, Institute of Virology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi
• Peter Piot, Handa Professor of Global Health, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• Jean Kaseya, Director-General, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, President and Chief Executive Officer, The ONE Campaign
• Sania Nishtar, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
• Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Google
WHS 2024 central topics include:
• From Pledges to Progress: Financing Global Health Solutions
• Antimicrobial Resistance: Roadmap to Future Resilience
• Empowering Futures: Strategies for Women’s and Children’s Health
• The Climate-Health Nexus: Pathways to Action for Equity
• Fostering Youth Leadership: Strengthening Voices for Impact
• Artificial Intelligence: A New Era in Digital Health
Background
The World Health Summit is the international platform for global health. It brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future and well-being for all. The World Health Summit strengthens exchange, stimulates innovative solutions to health challenges, fosters global health as a key political issue, and promotes the global health debate in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The World Health Summit as a conference and strategic forum takes place every year in October in Berlin with around 3,000 participants on site and more than 10,000 online and was founded in 2009 at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
The World Health Summit 2024 stands under the patronage of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The President of the World Health Summit is Prof. Axel R. Pries, the International Presidents of the Year 2024 are Prof. Sophia Zoungas and Prof. Christina Mitchell, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Accreditation for media representatives opens approximately six weeks before the World Health Summit. No registration is required for online participation. The entire main program of the World Health Summit is open to the press.
