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M.Alaa Edin Abdin
Ministry of Health
Chief of Staff
Syria
Mohammed Abdulaziz
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Division of Disease Control and Prevention | Head
Ibrahim Abubakar
University College London (UCL)
Vice-Provost (Health)
United Kingdom
Edem Adamanov
Ministry of Health
Deputy Minister
Ukraine
Cary Adams
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
CEO
Switzerland
Priscilla Ama Addo
Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global)
Junior Project Officer
Ghana
Fiona Adshead
Sustainable Healthcare Coalition
Chair
United Kingdom
Edem Adzogenu
The AfroChampions Initiative
Co-Chair I Co-Chair, Pandemic Fund External Advisory Council
United States of America
Maria de Lourdes Aguiar Oliveira
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
Vice President for Global Health and International Relations
Brazil
Ximena Aguilera
Minister of Health
Chile
Irene Akua Agyepong
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Faculty of Public Health I Public Health Physician
Ghana
Reem Alabali Radovan
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Minister
Germany
Bruk Alemayehu
United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Global Laboratory & Technical Operations | Senior Vice President
United States of America
Abdullah Algwizani
Public Health Authority
CEO
Saudi Arabia
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf
African Union Commission
Chairperson
Pascale Allotey
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing & HRP | Director
Barbara Amon
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
Research Programme Coordinator
Germany
Anne-Claire Amprou
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
French Ambassador for Global Health
France
James Anderson
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
R&D Innovation | Executive Director
Switzerland
Niels Annen
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
State Secretary
Germany
Marie Antignac
Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
In-Hospital Pharmacy | Head of Department
France
Oliver Appelhans
Daiichi Sankyo Europe
Head Specialty Business Unit
Germany
Frederick Ato Armah
Association of African Universities (AAU)
Director of Research and Programmes
Ghana
S. Mahendra Arnold
Ministry of Health
Deputy Director General, Public Health Services
Sri Lanka
Neil Arya
Pegasus Institute
President
Canada
Inger Ashing
Save the Children International
CEO
United Kingdom
Garry Aslanyan
World Health Organization (WHO)
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases | Manager, Partnerships and Global Engagement
Lukoye Atwoli
The Aga Khan University
Brain and Mind Institute | Deputy Director
Kenya
Mahlet Degefu Awoke
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Program Area 'Plant Quality and Food Security' | Scientist
Germany
Bruce Aylward
World Health Organization (WHO)
Head of the GPMB Secretariat
Elsara Badri
Globale Allianz für Krieg, Konflikt und Gesundheit (GAWCH)
Co-Executive Director
Lebanon
Hanan Balkhy
World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Director of the Eastern Mediterranean
Natalie Banner
Genomics England
Director of Ethics
United Kingdom
Ricardo Baptista Leite
HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health
CEO
Switzerland
Lorena Barberia
University of São Paulo
Professor of Political Science
Brazil
Joëlle Barral
Google DeepMind
Senior Director of Research & Engineering
United States of America
Horacio Barreda
Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global)
Board Chair
Argentina
Darryl Barrett
World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical Lead (Disability)
Haitham Bashier
Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET)
Public Health Emergency Management Center (PHEMC) | Director
Jordan
Priya Basu
The Pandemic Fund
Executive Head
United States of America
Carolina Batista
Baraka Impact Finance
Head of Global Health Affairs
Switzerland
Manuel Batz
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Head of Component Vaccine Manufacturing
Germany
Christophe Bayer
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Health Security, International Crisis Management | Head of Division
Germany
Regina Beets-Tan
The European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR)
Scientific Director
Anamaria Bejar
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Public Policy Engagement | Director
Switzerland
Daniela Belén Garone
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
International Medical Coordinator
Switzerland
Christoph Benn
HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health
Chair of the Board
Switzerland
Seth Berkley
Brown University
Pandemic Center | Senior Advisor
United States of America
Neil Bernard
New Wine Christian Fellowship
Pastor and Local Climate Activist
United States of America
Katri Bertram
Light for the World International
International Director Impact & External Relations
Austria
Peter Beyer
Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)
Deputy Executive Director
Switzerland
Monica Bharel
Google
Clinical Lead of Public Sector
United States of America
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
The Aga Khan University
Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health | Founding Director
Pakistan
Cecile Nadine Billaux
European Commission | Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
Head of Unit G4 – Social Inclusion and Protection, Health and Demography
Merike Blofield
University of Hamburg
Professor of Political Science
Germany
Amanda Bok
The Synergist
Chief Partnership Officer
Belgium
Lisa Bonadonna
African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI)
Board Member
South Africa
Claire Bonnel
Siemens Healthineers AG
Vice President of Global Partnerships
Germany
Stine Bosse
Member of the European Parliament and the Renew Europe Group
Hiba Boujnah
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charité Competence Center for Traditional and Integrative Medicine (CCCTIM) | Head of International Cooperation and Partnerships
Germany
Abderrazak Bouzouita
Ministry of Health
Director General
Tunisia
Michael Brauer
University of British Columbia (UBC)
School of Population and Public Health | Professor
Canada
Mauro Brero
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Food Systems for Children and the Prevention of Overweight/Obesity | Senior Nutrition Advisor
Vincent Bretin
Unitaid
Director, Results and Climate
Switzerland
Gian Luca Burci
Geneva Graduate Institute
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | Adjunct Professor of International Law
Switzerland
Winnie Byanyima
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Executive Director
Javier Calatrava Sánchez
Madrid Salud
Physician of the City Council
Spain
Allison Carlson
Foreign Policy (FP)
Executive Vice President
United States of America
Chris Carter
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Deputy Director and Head of Human Development
United Kingdom
Erika Castellanos
Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE)
Executive Director
United States of America
Sara Causevic
Stockholm University | Department of Public Health Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sweden
Kalipso Chalkidou
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Performance, Financing and Delivery (PFD) | Director
Switzerland
Ru-fong Joanne Cheng
Gates Foundation
Women’s Health Innovations | Director
United States of America
Stella Chungong
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Emergencies Programme | Director Health Security Preparedness
Alarcos Cieza
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health | Unit Head
Helen Clark
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHSPR)
Chair of the Board
Jocalyn Clark
The BMJ
International Editor
United Kingdom
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Executive Vice President
Germany
Tomi Coker
Hon. Commissioner for Health | Ogun State
Nigeria
Téa Collins
World Health Organization (WHO)
Office of the WHO Deputy-Director General | Lead of Global NCD Platform
Switzerland
Francesca Colombo
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Head of Health Division and Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
France
Holger Cramer
Bosch Health Campus
Center for Integrative Medicine and Health (RBIM) | Scientific Director
Germany
Jakob Cramer
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Director of Clinical Development
Norway
Melinda Crane-Roehrs
Journalist and Moderator | Freelancer
Neta C. Crawford
University of Oxford
Montague Burton Chair in International Relations
United Kingdom
Mariarosa Cutillo
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Chief of the Private Sector and Civil Society Branch
Luciana Carla D'Abramo
FOUR PAWS
Chief Programme Officer and Board Member
Austria
Tovar da Silva Nunes
Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement
Co-Chair
Katie Dain
NCD Alliance (NCDA)
CEO
Switzerland
Kieran Daly
Gates Foundation
Global Health Agencies and Funds | Director
United States of America
Pamela Das
The Lancet
Senior Executive Editor
United Kingdom
Dhun Davar
AVPN
Chief of Programs and Deputy CEO
Singapore
Dame Sally Davies
UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
United Kingdom
Ariane de Hoog
Bayer
Head of Strategic Communications
Germany
Friederike de Maeyer
Dementia Self-Help Austria
Chair and Caregiver
Austria
Austin Demby
Minister of Health
Sierra Leone
Christian Doeller
Max Planck Society
Vice President
Germany
Jicui Dong
World Health Organization (WHO) | Division of Access to Medicines and Health Products
Department of Regulation and Prequalification | Local Production and Assitance Unit (LPA) | Unit Head
Amadou Doucoure
Ministry of Health
Director of the Mother and Child Health Department
Senegal
Christian Drosten
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Institute of Virology | Director
Germany
Victor J. Dzau
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)
Member and President of the United States National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Csaba L. Dégi
European Cancer Organization
President
Belgium
Emrah Düzel
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Site Speaker, Group Leader and Clinical Coordination
Germany
Nessma El-Nabawy
Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA)
General Administration for Registration of Herbal Products | General Manager
Egypt
Julius Emmrich
Elucid Social
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Germany
Nathalie Ernoult
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Access Campaign | Head of Advocacy & Communication
France
Kat Esser
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Global Social Impact Innovation + Strategy Leader
United States of America
Obiageli Ezekwesili
Human Capital Africa
Founder and CEO
Nigeria
Jon Fairest
Sanofi
Head of Global Health Unit
France
Aldo Faisal
Imperial College London
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) | Founding Director
United Kingdom
Ibrahima Socé Fall
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
CEO
Senegal
Mosoka Fallah
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Science and Innovation Directorate | Acting Director
Alice Farquharson
Eli Lilly
Senior Director of Global Medical Affairs – Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
United States of America
Jeremy Farrar
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control | Assistant Director-General
Farshad Farzadfar
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability | Scientist for Surveillance, Monitoring and Reporting
Myriam Fernández Martín
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Head of Health Innovation, EMEA
United States of America
Florika Fink-Hooijer
European Commission
Department Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) | Director-General
Martin Fitchet
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
CEO
Switzerland
Daniella Foster
Bayer Consumer Health
SVP, Global Head of Public Affairs, Market Access & Sustainability
United States of America
Laurent Fraisse
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
Research & Development Director and Executive Team Member
Switzerland
Emmanuela Gakidou
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Co-Founder and Professor of Health Metrics Sciences
United States of America
Mónica García Gómez
Minister of Health
Spain
Mikael Garnier
The Pandemic Fund
Deputy Executive Head
United States of America
Samson Gebremedhin
Project HOPE
Associate Professor of Public Health
Ethiopia
Mark Geistfeld
New York University (NYU) | School of Law
Sheila Lubetsky Birnbaum Professor of Civil Litigation
United States of America
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World Health Organization (WHO)
Director-General
Shiulie Ghosh
Aero Productions Ltd.
Company Director | Journalist
United Kingdom
Muthoni Gichu
Ministry of Health
Head of Division of Healthy Ageing, Palliative Care and Older Persons
Kenya
Githinji Gitahi
Amref Health Africa
Group CEO
Kenya
Marc Gitzinger
BioVersys
CEO and Founder
Switzerland
Carlos Penha Gonçalves
Ministry of Defence
Colonel Veterinary Medical Doctor
Portugal
Michele Gonçalves dos Ramos
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Director of Education and Research
Brazil
Lawrence O. Gostin
Georgetown University | O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Distinguished University Professor and Co-Faculty Director
United States of America
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)
Co-Chair and Former President of Croatia
Rebecca Grais
Pasteur Network
Executive Director
France
Glenda E. Gray
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute
Distinguished Professor and Senior Advisor
South Africa
Clemens Gros
Insights for Development
Director, Founder, and Principal Consultant
Germany
Abayneh Gujo Desta
Federation of Ethiopian Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FEAPD)
Executive Director
Ethiopia
Andrew Haines
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Environmental Change and Public Health
United Kingdom
Kana Halić Kordić
International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
Vice President for External Affairs
Croatia
Jane Halton
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Chair
Norway
Johanna Hanefeld
Robert Koch-Institut (RKI)
Acting Vice President
Germany
Anise Happi
Institute of Genomics and Global Health (IGH) | Zoonotic Research and Surveillance
Deputy Director and Principal Investigator, SENZOR Project in Nigeria, and the Gambia
Nigeria
Sai Praveen Haranath
Apollo HealthAxis
Medical and Strategy | Senior Vice President
India
Richard J. Hatchett
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
CEO
Norway
Sara Hersey
World Health Organization (WHO) Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
Director of Collaborative Intelligence
Ariane Hildebrandt
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Department for Global Health, Equality of Opportunity, Digital Technologies, and Food Security | Director-General
Germany
Peter Derrek Hof
Ambassador Women’s Rights and Gender Equality I Director of Social Development I Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Netherlands
Emmanuella Selasi Hormenoo
Diabetes Youth Care
Secretary General
Ghana
Richard Horton
The Lancet
Editor-in-Chief
United Kingdom
David Humphreys
Triangulate Health Ltd
Executive Advisor
United Kingdom
Adnan A. Hyder
Boston University School of Public Health
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
United States of America
Achim Hörauf
University Bonn Medical Center
Institute of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP) | Director
Germany
Chikwe Ihekweazu
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Emergencies Programme | Executive Director
Rowland Illing
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Global Chief Medical Officer & Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences
United States of America
Lisa Indar
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Executive Director
Trinidad and Tobago
Rosebella Alungata Iseme-Ondiek
The Aga Khan University
Assistant Professor
Kenya
Rebecca Katherine Ivic
University of Alabama | College of Communication & Information Sciences
Associate Dean and Professor of Health Communication
United States of America
Jayasree K. Iyer
Access to Medicine Foundation
CEO
The Netherlands
Cuallau Jabbeh-Howe
Ministry of Health
Assistant Minister for Preventive Services
Liberia
Kareen Jabre
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Director of Programmes
Switzerland
Tanushree Jain
International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF)
Programme Director for WHO Bilateral Relations 2025 - 2026
India
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Former Prime Minister
Iceland
Nina Jamal
FOUR PAWS
Global Affairs Navigator, Deputy Director Lobbying & Advocacy
Austria
Mohamed Yakub Janabi
World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Director for Africa
Bart Janssens
World Health Organization (WHO) Academy
Director for Learning and Innovation
France
Isaac Sjahrir Djauhari Jenie
Ministry of Health
Expert Staff for Health Digitalization
Indonesia
Jo Jewell
Novo Nordisk A/S
Social Responsibility | Director
Denmark
Ben Johnson
Nature Health
Chief Editor
United Kingdom
Tracy Pilar Johnson
Gates Foundation
Senior Officer and Design Anthropologist | Data & Insights, Gender Equality Division
United States of America
Xavier Jouven
Université Paris Cité
Head of Global Health Institute of Paris
France
Rolf-Dieter Jungk
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
State Secretary
Germany
Mey Jurdi
American University of Beirut
Middle East and North African (MENA) Hub for Action Research on Climate Change and Health | Director
Lebanon
Alexandre Kalache
International Longevity Centre Brazil
President
Brazil
Oscar Kambona Ayoma
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation
Senior Assistant Director & Nutrition and Dietetics Officer
Kenya
Beate Kampmann
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charité Center for Global Health (CCGH) | Director
Germany
Carol Karutu
The END Fund
Vice President of Programs
Kenya
Jean Kaseya
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Director-General
Elisabeth Kasilingam
European Patients’ Forum (EPF)
Vice-President
Achim Kautz
Kautz5
CEO and Patient Advocate
Germany
Dorothy Keefe
Cancer Australia
CEO
Australia
Diene Keita
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Executive Director
Ingrid Keller
European Commission I Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante)
Head of the Unit Health Security
Petra Khoury
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Global Director of Health and Care
Switzerland
Ilona Kickbusch
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Global Health Center | Founding Director
Switzerland
Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo
Ministry of Health
Secretary General
Burkina Faso
Elizabeth Kimani-Murage
African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Lead of Nutrition and Food Systems
Kenya
Fnu Kinz Ul Eman
Dopasi Foundation
CEO
Pakistan
Georg Kippels
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Parliamentary State Secretary
Adèle Kirsten
Medical Research Council of South Africa (SAMRC)
Policy Consultant
South Africa
Hans Kluge
World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Director for Europe
Samuel Knauss
Elucid Social
Co-Founder & Managing Director | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin I Charité Center for Global Health (CCGH) | Group Leader
Germany
Bärbel Kofler
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Parliamentary State Secretary
Germany
Frank Konings
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute (HKJCGHI)
Program Director
Hong Kong SAR, China
Markus Kosch
Daiichi Sankyo Europe
Head of Oncology Europe and Canada
Germany
Sarah Kosgei
Amref Health Africa
Public Health Security and Climate & Health | Program Manager
Kenya
Rüdiger Krech
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Environment, Urban Health, Climate, Migration, and One Health | Director
Heyo Kroemer
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
CEO
Germany
Ralf Kuhlen
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Chief Medical Officer
Germany
Isabelle Kumar
Presenter, Moderator, Former News Anchor
France
Shyama Kuruvilla
World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Traditional Medicine Centre | Director a.i.
Rutendo Kuwana
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Systems, Access and Data (HSD) Division, Market Surveillance and Control | Team Lead
Aleksandra Kuzmanovic
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Communications | Leadership and Positioning Social Media Manager
Catherine Kyobutungi
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Executive Director
Kenya
Carsten Köhler
University Hospital Tübingen | Institute for Tropical Medicine
Center of Excellence of Tropical Medicine | Tropical Disease Specialist and Director
Germany
Björn Kümmel
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Deputy Head of Unit Global Health
Germany
Alain Labrique
World Health Organization (WHO)
Data, Digital Health, Analytics and AI | Director
Michaela Lackner
Medical University Innsbruck | Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology
Leader of the Mycology Research Group
Austria
Hadja Lahbib
European Commission
Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management and Commissioner for Equality
Alice Lakati
Amref International University (AMIU)
Research and Community Extension | Director
Kenya
Heidi Larson
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) | The Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP)
Founder and Director & Department Infectious Disease Epidemiology | Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science
United Kingdom
Barbara Laurenceau
RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Head of Strategy and Programs
Switzerland
Ruth Lawson
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Deputy Permanent Representative for Global Health and UK Representative to the Global Health Boards | Friends of Lusaka Agenda
United Kingdom
Jeffrey Lazarus
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Head of the Public Health Liver Group
Spain
Naomi Lee
Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford (EIT)
Director of Operation for Economics
United Kingdom
Vernon Lee
Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA)
CEO
Singapore
Jason Lee
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Heat Resilience and Performance Centre | Director
Singapore
Jinkook Lee
University of Southern California (USC) | Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)
Program on Global Aging, Health, and Policy | Director
United States of America
Antón Leis García
Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Director
Spain
Joe Lennerz
BostonGene
CSO
United States of America
Farrah Losper
African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI)
Chairperson of the Board
South Africa
Bettina Lundgren
Danish National Genome Center
Center Director
Denmark
Gerald Läzer
KfW Development Bank
Global Equity and Funds | Senior Portfolio Manager
Germany
Ethel Maciel
Special Envoy for COP30
Brazil
Susan Mackay
Acasus
Senior Expert
Switzerland
Laura Magana
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
President & CEO
United States of America
Marc-Alexander Mahl
Fresenius Kabi AG
President Pharma, Nutrition and Sustainability
Germany
Michael Makanga
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association
Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking | Executive Director of Global Health
Belgium
Serah Makka
The ONE Campaign
Africa Executive Director
Nigeria
Misrak Makonnen
Amref Health Africa
Country Director
Ethiopia
Wanda Markotter
One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP)
Co-Chair
Marco Marsella
European Commission | Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)
Director for ‘Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation’
Bettina Martin
Federal State Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Federal State Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs
Germany
Ana Paula Martins
Minister of Health
Portugal
Almudena Marí Saéz
Institute de Recherche (IRD)
TransVIHMI Unit | Researcher, SENZOR Project in Nigeria and The Gambia
France
Gilbert Motlalepula Matsabisa
University of the Free State
Faculty of Health Sciences | Director of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Health) Lead Programme
South Africa
Precious Matsoso
World Health Organization (WHO)
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) | Co-Chair
Caroline Mbindyo
Amref Health Africa
Digital Health, AI, Innovative R&D | Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)
Kenya
Ariane McCabe
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Global Health Policy & Advocacy | Senior Director
Robert McLean
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Global Health Office | Senior Program Specialist
Canada
Christine Mhundwa
International News Journalist and Moderator
Germany
Kristie Mikus
Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)
Executive Director
United States of America
Daniel Molokele
Member of the Parliament Zimbabwe and Member of the UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health
Bernd Montag
Siemens Healthineers AG
CEO
Germany
Arshnee Moodley
International Livestock Research Institute (ICARS)
Team Leader Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Kenya
Mathieu Morand
City Cancer Challenge (C/Can)
Director of Impact Scaling
Switzerland
Oliver Morgan
WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
Head
Martin Muchangi
Amref Health Africa
Eastern and Southern African Regional Hub for Research and Policy on Climate Change and Health | Head
Kenya
Nigina Muntean
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Chief of Innovation & Transformation
Mary Muthoni Muriuki
Ministry of Health
Public Health and Professional Standards | Principal Secretary
Kenya
Kris Murray
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Medical Research Council Unit | Professor in Environmental Change and Health
Gambia
Christopher Murray
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Director
United States of America
Usman Ahmad Mushtaq
Ministry of Health and Care Services
State Secretary
Norway
Andrew Musoke
Seed Global Health
Chief Operating Officer
United States of America
Angeli Möller
Zühlke
Group Chief Health Officer
Germany
Rasmus Møgelvang
Rigshospitalet
CEO
Denmark
Ruchit Nagar
Khushi Baby
CEO and Co-Founder
India
Mohsen Naghavi
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at University of Washington
Professor and Director of Subnational Burden of Disease Estimation
United States of America
Sara Nasser
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Rome I
Lead for the Global Women’s Health Division and Member of the Global Stakeholder Committee at United Nations Population Fund
Rakan Nassereldine
Minister of Public Health
Lebanon
Frank Neumann
Germany Federal Foreign Office
Coordinator and Head of Unit for the Foreign-Policy Dimensions of Global Health
Germany
Ngashi Ngongo
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Chief of Staff and Head of the Executive Office
Olivia Ngou
Impact Santé Afrique
Founder and Executive Director
Camaroon
Anthony K. Ngugi
The Aga Khan University
Department of Population Health | Associate Professor and Chair
Kenya
Tim Nguyen
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Emergencies Programme | Medical Countermeasures | Unit Head
Jakob Skaarup Nielsen
Healthcare Denmark
CEO
Denmark
Belinda Afriyie Nimako
Ministry of Health
Acting-Director for Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Ghana
Sania Nishtar
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
CEO
Switzerland
Anders Nordström
Former Ambassador for Global Health
Sweden
Sabin Nsanzimana
The Pandemic Fund
Co-Chair of the Governing Board | Minister of Health
Rwanda
Josh O'Harra
Eli Lilly
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
United States of America
Anaeze Offodile
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
United States of America
Bernd Ohnesorge
Siemens Healthineers AG
President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Germany
Femi Oke
Moderate The Panel
Co-Founder and Journalist
United States of America
Ebere Okereke
Mohammed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity
Chief Program Officer
United Arab Emirates
Hiroyuki Okuzawa
Daiichi Sankyo
President and CEO
Japan
David Olaya
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)
The Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Hub for Change and Health (CLIMAS Hub) | Technical and Scientific Director
Colombia
Phoebe Ongadi
Kenyan Network of Cancer Organizations (KENCO)
Executive Director
Kenya
Ogechi Onuoha
MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices
Programme Operations Director
Nigeria
Kevin Outterson
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X)
Executive Director
United States of America
Shri Vikram Pagaria
National Health Authority (NHA)
Director
India
Parnian Parvanta
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
President
Germany
Emilie Passemard
Ministry of Health and Prevention
Digital Health Delegation (DNS) | Head of Regulatory and European Affairs
France
Sanghamitra Pati
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Additional Director General
India
Maneesh Paul
Microvioma Pvt. Ltd.
CEO
India
Kyra Constanze Pauly
Bayer Foundation
Managing Director
Germany
Terje Peetso
North Estonia Medical Centre
Chief Medical Innovation Officer
Estonia
Marisa Peyre
PREZODE
Co-Founder and Global Science Leader
Joy Phumaphi
African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
Executive Secretary
Tanzania
Peter Piot
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Handa Professor of Global Health
United Kingdom
Saia Ma’u Piukala
World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Director for the Western Pacific
Mathias W. Pletz
University Hospital Jena
Institute for Infection Medicine | Director
Germany
Leo Lit Man Poon
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute (HKJCGHI)
Co-Director
Hong Kong SAR, China
Axel R. Pries
World Health Summit
President
Germany
Fulvia Raffaelli
European Commission
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) | Head of the Unit 'Digital Health'
Aly Rahim
World Bank
Program Manager, CIVIC / Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA)
United States of America
Jay Rajda
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Global Healthcare | Physician Executive
United States of America
Aparajita Ramakrishnan
Gates Foundation
Family Planning | Director
United States of America
Dion Ras
International Association for Youth Mental Health (IAYMH)
Executive Committee Member & Global Mental Health Action Network (GMHAN) | Children & Youth Working Group | Advisor
Kumanan Rasanathan
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)
Executive Director
Pinyo Rattanaumpawan
Mahidol University | Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Director of Clinical Trials Unit and Professor of Medicine
Thailand
Scott Ratzan
City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Distinguished Lecturer
United States of America
Maria Rebollo Polo
World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Program for Onchocerciasis Elimination and Scabies Control | Lead
David Reddy
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
Director-General
Switzerland
Nicole Redvers
Western University
Indigenous Planetary Health | Director
Canada
Dagmar Reitenbach
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Medical Devices, Pharmacies, Narcotics | Deputy Director-General
Germany
Karen Reyes
ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology
Senior Programme Manager
Switzerland
Walter Ricciardi
Mission Board on Vaccination in Europe
Mission Board for Cancer of European Commission | Chair and President
Belgium
Felicitas Riedl
Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB)
Projects Directorate | Director for Innovation and Competitiveness
Luxembourg
Saila Rinne
European Commission | Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
Head of the Unit Artificial Intelligence in Health and Life Sciences
Luxembourg
Joacim Rocklöv
Heidelberg Planetary Health Hub
Chair and Researcher, BEPREP Project in Europe and Thailand
Germany
Ismail Hassan Rumatila
Ministry of Health
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Tanzania
Claus Runge
Bayer Pharmaceuticals
SVP, Chief Health Equity Officer, Global Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability and Internal Engagement
Germany
Edson Rwagasore
Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)
Head of Public Health Surveillance and Emergency Preparedness and Response
Rwanda
Tania Rödiger-Vorwerk
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Global Health, Resilience, Equality of Opportunity | Deputy Director General
Germany
John-Arne Røttingen
Wellcome Trust
CEO
United Kingdom
Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Minister of Health
Indonesia
Hitesh Sahni
Population Services International (PSI)
Director - Programs
India
Shadi Saleh
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Global Health Institute (GHI) | Founding Director
Lebanon
Peter Sands
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Executive Director
Switzerland
Kriti Sanon
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Goodwill Ambassador for Gender Equality, Actor, Producer & Entrepreneur
Damian Santomauro
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR)
Epidemiology and Burden of Disease Research | Stream Lead
Australia
Juan Manuel Santos
The Elders
Chair
Mikheil Sarjveladze
Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Health, Labour, and Social Affairs
Georgia
Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh
Philips Foundation
Executive Director
The Netherlands
Takuko Sawada
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
Director and Vice President of the Board
Japan
Hendry Sawe
Abbott Fund
Executive Director
Tanzania
Ulrich Schaible
Research Center Borstel | Leibniz Lung Center
CEO
Germany
Jochen Schanze
Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)
Knowledge Integration Hub | Head
Germany
Barbara Schedler Fischer
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
Ambassador for Global Health
Switzerland
Thomas Schinecker
Roche
CEO
Switzerland
Ludmilla Schlageter
German Foundation for World Population (DSW)
Head of Advocacy Unit Germany and Head of Berlin Office
Germany
Carsten Schneider
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Federal Minister
Germany
Benjamin Schreiber
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Senior Advisor Health, Strategy and Management
Tamara Schudel
Roche
Vice-President and Head of Global Policy
Switzerland
Ruth Schumacher
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Global Program ‘Pandemic Resilience, One Health I Director
Germany
Katrin Seeher
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health | Mental Health Specialist (Brain Health)
Martin Seychell
European Commission
Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) | Deputy Director-General
Mirja Sjöblom
World Bank
Senior Economist, Private Sector Lead, Europe and Central Asia Region
United States of America
Catherine Smallwood
WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
Public Health Surveillance | Unit Head
Karla Soares-Weiser
Cochrane
CEO
United Kingdom
Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda
Minister of Health
Poland
Andrew Sollinger
Foreign Policy (FP)
CEO and Publisher
United States of America
Anil Soni
WHO Foundation
CEO
Raissa Sorgho
Public Health Institute (PHI)
Director of Global Nutrition and Partnerships
United States of America
Agnès Soucat
French Development Agency (AFD)
Director of Health and Social Protection
France
Amie Steel
Research Consortium in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM)
Co-Director
Australia
Christine Stegling
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch | Deputy Executive Director
Lotte Steuten
Office of Health Economics (OHE)
Deputy Chief Executive
United Kingdom
Tin Tin Su
Monash University
Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health (REACH) | Director
Malaysia
Naina Subberwal Batra
Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN)
CEO
Singapore
Rajinder Suri
Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network International (DCVMN)
CEO
Switzerland
Eric Sutherland
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Senior Health Economist
France
Soumya Swaminathan
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
Chair
India
Stefan Swartling Peterson
Karolinska Institute
Professor of Global Transformations for Health
Sweden
Elhadj As Sy
Kofi Annan Foundation
Chair of the Board
Carlo Tacchetti
San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
Strategic Program on Artificial Intelligence | Director
Italy
Amirhossein Takian
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)
Professor and Founding Director, Centre of Excellence for Global Health
Iran
Erwin Tan
AARP
Senior Director, Health Thought Leadership
United States of America
Nagwa Abdel Tawab Hasanin
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Senior Health Advisor
Olive Tengera
International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
Regional Board Member – Africa
Yik Ying Teo
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health | Dean & Vice President
Singapore
Fatiha Terki
Committee of World Food security (CFS)
Senior Partnership Advisor
Italy
Susan Thomas
Google for Health
Clinical Director
United Kingdom
Beth Thompson
Wellcome Trust
Policy & Partnerships | Executive Director
United Kingdom
Anja Thronicke
Research Institute Havelhöhe (FIH)
Senior Medical Affairs Manager (Oncology)
Germany
Mari Tikkanen
Scope Impact
CEO and Co-Founder
Finland
Yiannos Tolias
European Commission
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) | Legal Lead AI and AI Liability in Healthcare
Karin Tollefson
Pfizer
Chief Oncology Medical Officer
United States of America
Balvir Singh Tomar
NIMS University
Founder and Chancellor
India
Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu
World Health Organization (WHO)
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
Henrik Ullum
Statens Serum Institut
CEO
Denmark
Carlos Umaña
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
Co-President
United States of America
Maria Van Kerkhove
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Emergencies Programme | Head of the Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses and COVID-19 Technical Lead
Mark van Ommeren
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department of Mental Health and Substance Use | Head of Mental Health Unit
Valentino Vergotine
Special Olympics
Representative
South Africa
Jose Viera
International Disability Alliance (IDA)
Executive Director
Switzerland
Veronika von Messling
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Life Science Division | Director-General
Germany
Olivér Várhelyi
European Commission
Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
Johannes Waltz
Merck Schistosomiasis Franchise
Head
Germany
Rhoda Wanyenze
Makerere University
School of Public Health | Dean
Uganda
Ashley Ward
Duke University | Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Heat Policy Innovation Hub | Director
United States of America
Nina Warken
Federal Minister of Health
Germany
Elisabete Weiderpass
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Director
France
Jérôme Weinbach
Deputy Director European & International Affairs | French Social Ministries
France
Sievert Weiss
AMBOSS
Co-Founder
Germany
Maru Aregawi Weldedawit
World Health Organization (WHO)
High Burden to High Impact, Global Malaria Programme | Unit Head
Melanie Wendland
Sonder Collective
Co-Founder, Senior Designer and Strategist
Finland
Leah Werner
Oregon Health & Science University
Medical Director
United States of America
Florian Westphal
Save the Children Germany
CEO
Germany
Tisha Wheeler
Roche Diagnostics
Director, International Health Policy, Global Access & Policy | Co-Chair, Pandemic Fund External Advisory Council
United States of America
Fenton Whelan
Acasus
Founder and Executive Chairman
Switzerland
Lothar H. Wieler
Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI)
Chair of Digital Global Public Health (DGPH) | Coordinator of Digital Health Cluster (DHC) | Member of AMR Leaders
Germany
Tim Wintermantel
IQVIA
Senior Principal, Global Health Lead for Biopharma
United States of America
Jeremy Wohlwend
MIT (Jameel Clinic)
Jameel Clinic Fellow
United States of America
Durhane Wong-Rieger
Organization for Rare Disorders
President and CEO
Canada
Hongkui Zeng
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Executive Vice President and Director
United States of America
Paul Zubeil
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
European and International Health Politics | Deputy Director-General
Germany
Alexia Zurkuhlen
German Council on Aging (Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe)
Chair
Germany