World Health Summit 2015

Federal Foreign Office
Unterwasserstraße 10
10117 Berlin, Germany

June 2015

Bringing you updates on these topics:

World Health Summit 2015
- Registration Now Open / "Early Bird" Tickets Available
- Speaker Update
- Startup Track
- Call for Applications: New Voices in Global Health
- Call for Applications: "Next Generation of Science Journalists" Award

WHS Regional Meeting Asia - Kyoto
- M8 Statement
- Photos
- Video Recordings

"Early Bird" Tickets Available

More than 1,200 participants from more than 80 countries are expected to attend the World Health Summit 2015.

Secure your Early Bird Ticket and join Noble Prize laureates, Ministers, CEOs, and internationally leading researchers in their mission to provide solutions for the most pressing challenges of health worldwide.

Register now >>>

Speaker Update


Among the many high-ranking WHS 2015 speakers are:

Sally Claire Davies
Chief Medical Officer for England

Mark Dybul
The Global Fund, Executive Director

Ada Yonath
Nobel Prize laureate (2009), Israel

Thomas C. Südhof
Nobel Prize laureate (2013), Germany/USA

Please follow this link for a comprehensive list of speakers >>>

Startup Track

Innovation is the driving force for improving human wellbeing. To support fresh ideas, we will give a voice to promising startups in the field of global health.

The “WHS Startup Track” offers participants the chance to display their business ideas and to network with the world’s leading minds in the healthcare sector. They will establish strategic partnerships to improve their visibility and credibility.

Application deadline: July 31, 2015

New Voices in Global Health (NVGH) 2015


The NVGH initiative promotes the active participation of young scientists in the World Health Summit. It is supported by the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. It aims to empower research, policy and advocacy initiatives among future leaders in global health, who are invited to submit abstracts for their scientific work and ideas.

Selected candidates will present their work in a special poster exhibition, thus playing an active role in the WHS. Abstracts will be published digitally at www.worldhealthsummit.org.

Secure your chance to participate in the world’s foremost strategic forum for Global Health! Apply today >>>

Deadline for applications is July 31, 2015.

(Impressions from the latest Poster Exhibition at the WHS Regional Meeting in Kyoto, April 13-14, 2015)

“Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award

To support the recognition of emerging medical science journalists and their contribution towards public understanding of science, we present again the “Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award.

It offers a unique international networking and learning opportunity for a genuine career head-start.

The award is a cooperation with Deutsches Ärzteblatt, the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA), and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Further information and terms of application >>>

Looking Back: WHS Regional Meeting - Kyoto 2015 (April 13-14)

More than 600 participants gathered in Kyoto for the WHS Regional Meeting 2015. They enjoyed two days of keynotes, symposia and workshops with international experts addressing regional and global challenges for health.

A significant highlight and visible outcome was the joint M8 Alliance Kyoto - Fukushima Statement:

"Meeting Emerging Challenges:
Toward Responsive and Resilient Health Systems"

(Kyoto International Conference Center)

The whole statement is available in Japanese >>> and in English >>>

WHS Regional Meeting: Pictures and Video-Recordings

Follow this link to access the video-recordings >>>

Enjoy a look back in our picture gallery >>>

Contact

WHS Foundation GmbH
World Health Summit

c/o Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin, Germany

Tel.: +49 30 450 572 102
Fax: +49 30 450 570 911
secretariat(a)worldhealthsummit.org

Media & Communication
Tobias Gerber, Daniela Levy
Tel.: +49 30 450 572 114
communications(a)worldhealthsummit.org

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