WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT 2020 Livestream WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT BERLIN, GERMANY & DIGITAL OCTOBER 25–27, 2020 Science - Innovation - Policies | Organized by Charité and the M8 Alliance, the World Health Summit is the world’s foremost strategic forum for global health Ort: Kosmos, Karl-Marx-Allee 131a World Health Summit 2020 takes place purely digital. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Angela Merkel Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Ursula von der Leyen Präsident der Europäischen Kommission Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Emmanuel Macron President of the Republic of France Charles Ibingira International President 2020 World Health Summit Principal, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda Detlev Ganten Founding President World Health Summit Heyo Kroemer Chief Executive O±cer Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Axel Radlach Pries Dean Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during an event on "Rebirthing the Global Economy to deliver Sustainable Development." SCIENCE – INNOVATION – POLICIES The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health. Held annually in Berlin, it brings together leaders from politics, science and medicine, the private sector, and civil society to set the agenda for a healthier future. Speakers and participants from all over the world include: • Leading scientists and medical professionals • Ministers and civil servants • High-ranking o±cials at international organizations • CEOs from industry and civil society • Young professionals and students The mission of the World Health Summit is to improve health worldwide by: • Bringing together all stakeholders • Facilitating constructive exchange in an environment of academic freedom • Finding answers to major health challenges • Making global recommendations and setting health agendas The World Health Summit was founded in 2009, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Charité. The “M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies” is the academic foundation of the World Health Summit. The International Presidency of the World Health Summit rotates annually among the members of the M8 Alliance. It is a growing network and currently consists of 28 members in 19 countries, including the InterAcademy Partnership, which represents the national academies of medicine and science in 130 countries. All members are committed to improving global health and working with political and economic decision makers to develop science-based solutions to health challenges worldwide. The M8 Alliance organizes annual Regional Meetings, regular Expert Meetings, and Summer Schools. As a result of each World Health Summit the M8 Alliance issues the M8 Declaration: recommendations for action to international policymakers. The M8 Alliance was initiated by Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin in 2009 on the occasion of the first World Health Summit. Ansprache BPr Steinmeier bei der Eröffnung des World Health Summit 2020 The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health. Every October, the World Health Summit draws international experts from academia, politics, the private sector, and civil society to Berlin. During the three-day summit, stakeholders and decision-makers from 100 countries and every field in healthcare work together to find solutions to global health challenges and set the agenda for a healthier future. The World Health Summit was founded in 2009 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Berlin’s Charité Hospital and is traditionally held under the patronage of the German Chancellor, the President of the Republic of France, the President of the European Commission, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization. In addition to the World Health Summit in Berlin, there are annual Regional Meetings and regular Expert Meetings around the world. These meetings are organized by the M8 Alliance, the academic backbone of the World Health Summit. 23 Yorum