World Health Summit 2016

October 09-11

Venue:
Federal Foreign Office
Unterwasserstraße 10
10117 Berlin, Germany

WHS Startup Track: Finalists

The WHS Startup Track, held under the high patronage of German Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe, highlights and showcases outstanding ideas and innovative business concepts that have the potential to revolutionize healthcare and improve Global Health.

On October 10 from 13:00-14:00, the 10 finalists will have three minutes each to pitch their business concepts before a WHS audience and jury. Minister Gröhe will present the awards at the WHS Night that evening.

These 10 finalists will present their ideas:

- Care Across (Greece)
- Cold Plasmatech (Germany)
- evivecare (Germany)
- Glasschair (Germany)
- iFeel Healthy (Israel)
- midge medical UG (Germany)
- OneWorldDoctors (Germany)
- Pelvifly (Poland)
- Symptoma (Austria)
- WinSenga (Uganda)

Learn more about the WHS Startup Track >>>

Date: October 10
Opening: 6:30 pm
Beginning: 7 pm
Location: Allianz Forum,
Pariser Platz 6, 10117 Berlin

After two days of intense work with fellow World Health Summit participants from all over the world, take an evening to relax at the WHS Night – at a venue right next to the Brandenburg Gate.

The highlight of this event will be the WHS Startup Track Award Ceremony, when German Federal Minister of Health Herman Gröhe announces the competition’s  finalists and winner.

Opening Ceremony

Closing Ceremony

Women, Empowerment and Health

Sunday Oct. 09, 2016
5:00-6:30 pm

Chaired by the WHS Presidents Antoine Flahault (Geneva, Switzerland) and Detlev Ganten (Berlin, Germany), distinguished speakers and experts will open the World Health Summit 2016 with a series of keynote lectures:

Speakers:
- Hermann Gröhe
  (Federal Minister of Health, Germany)
- Marisol Touraine
  (Minister of Social Affairs and Health, France)
- Emmanuelle Charpentier
  (Director, Max Planck Institute
   for Infection Biology, Germany)
- Alain Berset
  (Federal Councillor and Head,
   Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA,
   Switzerland)
- Erwin Paul Böttinger
  (CEO, Berlin Institute of Health, Germany)

The session will be followed by the WHS Welcome Reception with live music, food and drinks.

Monday, Oct. 11, 2016
4:00-6:00 pm

In recent decades, women’s empowerment and equity have been increasingly recognized as potentially crucial components of efforts to achieve a wide range of health and development objectives. The empowerment and autonomy of women – and improvements in their political, social, economic, and health status – are therefore gaining acceptance as highly important ends in themselves.

Chair:
- Hélène Boisjoly
  (Dean, Faculty of Medicine,
  Université de Montréal, Canada)

Speakers:
- Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti
  (WHO Regional Director for Africa, Botswana)
- Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
  (Vice-President,
   Friends of the Global Fund Europe, France)
- Karen Linehan
  (Executive Vice President,
   Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Sanofi, France)

Deutsche Welle - Germany's international broadcaster - is a longstanding WHS media partner. Its mission is to represent Germany in the international media landscape with unbiased, reliable journalism and support of important values like democracy and human rights.

DIE ZEIT is Germany’s leading opinion-forming newspaper and thanks to quality journalism and an award-winning layout DIE ZEIT has established itself as an intensively used medium with more than 500.000 sold copies every week.

Mercedes-Benz Berlin offers its customers with the flagship store „Mercedes World on Salzufer“ the brands largest showroom worldwide. With a choice of over 500 cars the huge variety of the Mercedes-Benz passenger car line is always on display.

"The leadership of the InterAcacdemy Partnership would like to go on record condemning the recent attempted coup d’état in Turkey. Violence should never be accepted as a means for overthrowing a democratically elected government.

However, we are also concerned over the response of the Government of Turkey. In the aftermath of the failed coup, we are informed that more than 1,500 university deans have been suspended from their posts and Turkish scientists are being prevented from leaving the country. Indeed, those already abroad were even called back. (...)"

The prestigious Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a founding member of the M8 Alliance, celebrated its official 100th birthday on June 13, 2016. Congratulations to a fantastic institution and a wonderful partner.

“This Centennial will both celebrate the past century of lifesaving contributions by the Bloomberg School and help us chart the next century’s priorities for improving health worldwide.”
Dean Michael J. Klag, WHS President 2012

       ^{(c) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health}

The 1st World Sepsis Congress >>> will take place completely online on September 8 & 9, 2016, as a prelude and introduction to the fifth World Sepsis Day on September 13, 2016.

In 13 sessions, more than 70 speakers from more than 20 countries will hold presentations on the number one preventable cause of death worldwide: sepsis. Participation is free of charge, and open to anyone with an internet connection.