10th World Health Summit: Testimonials

On the occasion of the 10th World Health Summit 2018, leading Global Health experts from all over the world congratulate and express what this strategic forum means for them.

The testimonials have been recorded at the World Health Summit 2017. We'd like to thank all congratulants as well as everyone who has made this exciting journey since the first World Health Summit in Berlin in 2009 possible!

"I think what the World Health Summit was able to build is unique!" Peter Albiez, CEO, Pfizer Germany, Germany
"What a great Summit." Francesca Colombo, Head of Health Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), France
"I think the World Health Summit is a success story." Karl Max Einhäupl, CEO, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
“Feliz Aniversário.” Adalberto Campos Fernandes, Minister of Health, Portugal
"Of course, we have a big task in front of us – which is Global Health. This is a very noble task.” Detlev Ganten, President, World Health Summit, Germany
"If it had not been invented years ago, we would need to invent it right away." Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, Germany
“Congratulations to the World Health Summit on ten amazing years of keeping the dialogue around health and around what is needed in the marketplace.” Neil Jordan, General Manager, Health Worldwide, Microsoft, United States of America
"It has been a fantastic journey, it has been a fantastic development and the Summit is gaining increasing importance." Ilona Kickbusch, Director, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland
“I have attended the World Health Summit since the very beginning and it’s been wonderful to see it grow and progress." Michael J. Klag, Former Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
"I am pleased to congratulate the organizers of the World Health Summit on this tenth anniversary, and I wish them many happy returns on the occasion." Roger D. Kornberg, Nobel laureate, Stanford University, School of Medicine, USA
"My wish is for the World Health Summit organizing committee to continue doing the great work." HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, President-Elect, Union for International Cancer Control, Switzerland
"What I very much like about it is the level to which it engages the German government, their presence at this meeting and the fact that Germany is taking up such a leading role in Global Health and multilateralism for health." Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, Regional Director for Africa, WHO
"No other forum draws the relative participants so systematically into a common discourse aimed at mastering the future challenges of healthcare provision." Stefan Oelrich, Executive Vice President, Head of Diabetes and Cardiovascular GBU, Sanofi, Germany
“Many congratulations to the World Health Summit. It really has put Germany on the map in terms of Global Health leadership." Peter Piot, Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
“The World Health Summit has made an enormous contribution to the discussion of how we should deliver healthcare to the whole world." João Gabriel Silva, Dean & President of the World Health Summit 2018, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal