The World Health Summit brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future. A full list of WHS 2025 speakers can be found here and their specific session participation details can be viewed in our program.
Please find a selection of high-level speakers at the World Health Summit 2025 below:
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Nina Warken
Federal Minister
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Germany
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Reem Alabali Radovan
Federal Minister
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Germany
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Carsten Schneider
Federal Minister
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Germany
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Edem Adamanov
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Health
Ukraine
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Cary Adams
CEO
Union for International Cancer Control
Switzerland
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Ximena Aguilera
Minister of Health
Chile
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Pascale Allotey
Director
Department of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing & HRP
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Elhadj As Sy
Chair of the Board
Kofi Annan Foundation
Switzerland
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Inger Ashing
CEO
Save the Children International
United Kingdom
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Hanan Balkhy
Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Ricardo Baptista Leite
CEO
Health AI
Switzerland
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Joëlle Barral
Senior Director of Research & Engineering
Google DeepMind
United States of America
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Horacio Barreda
Board Chair
Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global)
Argentina
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Priya Basu
Executive Head
The Pandemic Fund
United States of America
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Seth Berkley
Senior Advisor
Pandemic Center at Brown University
United States of America
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Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Founding Director
Aga Khan University Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
Pakistan
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Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
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Ru Cheng
Director, Women’s Health Innovations
Gates Foundation
United States of America
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Helen Clark
Chair of the Board
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
New Zealand
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Katie Dain
CEO
NCD Alliance (NCDA)
Switzerland
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Kieran Daly
Director
Gates Foundation & Global Health Agencies and Funds
United States of America
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Sally Davies
UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
United Kingdom
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Austin Demby
Minister of Health
Sierra Leona
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Christian Drosten
Director
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin & Institute of Virology
Germany
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Victor J. Dzau
President
National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
United States of America
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Obiageli Ezekwesili
Founder and CEO
Human Capital Africa
Nigeria
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Ibrahima Socé Fall
CEO
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Senegal
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Jeremy Farrar
Assistant Director-General
Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control at World Health Organization (WHO)
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Florika Fink-Hooijer
Director-General
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
European Commission
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Martin Fitchet
CEO
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
Switzerland
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Mónica García Gómez
Minister
Ministry of Health
Spain
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Githinji Gitahi
Group CEO
Amref Health Africa
Kenya
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Lawrence O. Gostin
Distinguished University Professor and Co-Faculty Director
Georgetown University; O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
United States of America
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Co-Chair and Former President of Croatia
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)
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Rebecca Grais
Executive Director
Pasteur Network
France
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Andy Haines
Professor Environmental Change and Public Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
United Kingdom
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Jane Halton
Chair
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Norway
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Richard Hatchett
CEO
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Norway
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Richard Horton
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet
United Kingdom
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Chikwe Ihekweazu
Executive Director
Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization (WHO)
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Rowland Illing
Chief Medical Officer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
United States of America
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Lisa Indar
Executive Director
Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Trinidad and Tobago
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Jayasree K. Iyer
CEO
Access to Medicine Foundation
The Netherlands
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Tanushree Jain
Chairperson of Public Health
International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF)
The Netherlands
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Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Former Prime Minister
Iceland
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Jean Kaseya
Director-General
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
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Petra Khoury
Global Director of Health and Care
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Switzerland
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Diene Keita
Executive Director
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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Ilona Kickbusch
Founding Director
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies & Global Health Center
Switzerland
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Hans Kluge
Regional Director for Europe
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Heyo Kroemer
CEO
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany
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Ralf Kuhlen
Chief Medical Officer
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Germany
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Catherine Kyobutungi
Executive Director
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Kenya
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Hadja Lahbib
European Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis Management and Equality
European Commission
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Ethel Maciel
Special Envoy for
COP30
Brazil
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Michael Makanga
Executive Director
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association
The Netherlands
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Serah Makka
Africa Executive Director
The ONE Campaign
United States of America
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Ana Paula Martins
Minister
Ministry of Health
Portugal
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Precious Matsoso
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Co-Chair
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Angeli Möller
Group Chief Health Officer
Zühlke
Germany
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Bernd Montag
CEO
Siemens Healthineers AG
Germany
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Christopher J.L. Murray
Director
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
United States of America
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Rasmus Møgelvang
CEO
Rigshospitalet
Denmark
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Rakan Nassereldine
Minister
Ministry of Public Health
Lebanon
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Olivia Ngou
Founder and Executive Director
Impact Santé Afrique
Cameroon
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Jakob Skaarup Nielsen
CEO
Healthcare Denmark
Denmark
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Sania Nishtar
CEO
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Switzerland
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Ebere Okereke
Chief Program Officer
Mohammed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity
United Arab Emirates
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Hiroyuki Okuzawa
President & CEO
Daiichi Sankyo
Japan
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Kevin Outterson
Executive Director
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X)
United States of America
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Joy Phumaphi
Executive Secretary
African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
Tanzania
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Peter Piot
Handa Professor of Global Health
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
United Kingdom
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Saia Ma’u Piukala
Regional Director for the Western Pacific
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Jay Rajda
Physician Executive for Global Healthcare
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
United States of America
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Aparajita Ramakrishnan
Director
Gates Foundation Family Planning
United States of America
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Kumanan Rasanathan
Executive Director
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)
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David Reddy
Director-General
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
Switzerland
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John-Arne Røttingen
CEO
Wellcome Trust
United Kingdom
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Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Minister of Health
Indonesia
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Peter Sands
Executive Director
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Switzerland
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Kriti Sanon
UNFPA India Honorary Ambassador for Gender Equality
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
India
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Mikheil Sarjveladze
Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Health, Labour, and Social Affairs
Georgia
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Thomas Schinecker
CEO
Roche
Switzerland
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Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda
Minister of Health
Poland
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Andrew Sollinger
CEO & Publisher
Foreign Policy (FP)
United States of America
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Naina Subberwal Batra
CEO
Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN)
Singapore
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Soumya Swaminathan
Former Chief Scientist
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu
Chief Nursing Officer
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Maria Van Kerkhove
COVID-19 Technical Lead for the World Health Organization & the Head of Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses in WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Olivér Várhelyi
European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
European Commission
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Rhoda Wanyenze
Dean of the School of Public Health
Makerere University
Uganda
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Lothar H. Wieler
Chair for Digital Global Public Health
Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI)
Germany
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Durhane Wong-Rieger
President & CEO
Organization for Rare Disorders
Canada
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Mohamed Yakub Janabi
Regional Director for Africa
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Hongkui Zeng
Executive Vice President and Director
Allen Institute for Brain Science
United States of America