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World Health Summit 2017 - Final Offer: Reduced Tickets
- Startup Track: Finalists
- Speaker Update
- Program Highlights:
"Health Impact of War & Terror"
"Strengthening Innovation and Health Systems in Africa"
Community Bulletin - Meet Our Partners
- HIMSS IMPACT Symposium
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Final Offer: Reduced Tickets
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Taking place from October 15–17, the 9th World Health Summit will draw leading international experts from academia, politics, the private sector, and civil society to Berlin.
As the world’s foremost strategic forum for global health, the event promotes thought leadership in science and advances global health agendas.
Book your ticket now and save 33%.
Special offers are available until July 31, 2017 >
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Pitching their ideas at the World Health Summit 2017:- AMBOSS (Germany)
- Amparo GmbH (Germany)
- CareNX Innovations (India)
- doctHERs (Pakistan)
- Fosanis GmbH (Germany)
- imito AG (Switzerland)
- monikit UG (Germany)
- PharmaChk (USA)
- SciDogma Research (India)
- WeCare.id (Indonesia)
The World Health Summit Startup Track > highlights outstanding ideas and innovative business concepts that have the potential to revolutionize healthcare and improve global health.
On October 16 from 12:45-13:45, these ten startups will have three minutes each to showcase their business concepts before an audience and jury. The winner will be announced that evening by German Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe at the World Health Summit Night.
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Startup Pitch 2016
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Award Ceremony 2016
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New Speaker Confirmations Include:
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Adalberto Campos Fernandes, Minister of Health, Portugal
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Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, Botswana
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Roger D. Kornberg, Nobel Prize laureate
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Toyin Saraki, Founder-President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Nigeria
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Seyed Hassan Hashemi, Minister of Health & Medical Education, Iran
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Line Matthiessen, Acting Director, Health Directorate, Directorate General for Research & Innovation, European Commission, Belgium
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Thomas P. Laur, Global President, Connected Health Division, SAP, Germany
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The Health Impact of War & Terror
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Oct. 17, 2017, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Panel Discussion
Room 1 - Europe
The role of the public health community in responding to the health impacts of war and conflict has grown increasingly important as it can promote informed and open public debate. The health community plays an important role in preventing and treating injury and disease as well as in monitoring the impact and the conduct of war within the international legal framework.
Hosts:
International Committee of the Red Cross
M8 Alliance
University of Montreal
Chairs:
Hélène Boisjoly
World Health Summit International President
Speakers:
Ala Alwan
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization
Susanna Krüger
CEO, Save the Children Germany
Peter Maurer
President, International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland
Tewodros Melesse
Director General, International Planned Parenthood Federation, UK
Ahmad Tarakji
President, Syrian American Medical Society, USA
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Strengthening Innovation and Health Systems in Africa
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Oct. 17, 2017, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Room 1 - Europe
This session will look at how distinct goals – such as ending the AIDS epidemic in Africa – can only be achieved by integrating efforts. It will also illustrate how tools and approaches can be used for social transformation and development, and in the end contribute to achieving other SDGs without leaving anyone behind.
Hosts:
German Healthcare Partnership
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Chairs:
Roland Göhde
Chairman of the Board, German Healthcare Partnership, Germany
Luiz Loures
Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS, Switzerland
Speakers:
Ann Aerts
Head, Novartis Foundation, Switzerland
Lord Paul Boateng
Member of the House of Lords, UK
Bernard Haufiku
Minister of Health, Namibia
Chikwe Ihekweazu
CEO and National Coordinator, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Nigeria
Dazhu Yang
Deputy Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
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The World Health Summit brings together internationally renowned leaders and representatives from the sciences, politics, business, and civil society.
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Charité > is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe abd renowned for its excellence in teaching and training. Having marked its 300-year anniversary in 2010, Charité proudly lays claim to more than half of all German Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine.
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Logo
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Der Tagesspiegel > is Berlin’s Number One journalistic voice. Its award-winning journalists “identify the causes of things” and emphasize the paper’s independent, liberal position. 318.000 (LA Berlin 2016) noticeably young and well-educated readers appreciate this professional ethic day after day.
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At Roche >, the greatest innovation comes from partnership and collaboration with people from a wide range of industries and organisations. Only together can we take on the world’s most formidable healthcare challenges.
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Prof. Detlev Ganten Joins HIMSS IMPACT Program Board
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HIMSS IMPACT >, the symposium on Big Data in medicine (Nov 20-21, at the HPI in Potsdam), highlights the effects that Big Data will have on healthcare providers and hospitals.
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Berlin, Germany
October 15-17, 2017
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