The speakers include:
• Hermann Gröhe (Federal Minister of Health, Germany)
• Marisol Touraine (Minister of Social Affairs and Health, France)
• Adalberto Campos Fernandes (Minister of Health, Portugal)
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia)
• Alain Berset (Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Switzerland)
• Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti (WHO Regional Director for Africa)
• Elizabeth Blackburn (Nobel Prize laureate / President, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
• Rolf M. Zinkernagel (Nobel Prize laureate, Switzerland)
• Frans van Houten (CEO, Royal Philips, Netherlands)
• Emmanuelle Charpentier (Director, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany)
• Yukiya Amano (Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria)
• Jutta Allmendinger (President, WZB Berlin, Germany)
• Norbert Hauser (Chair of the Board, The Global Fund, Switzerland)
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (CEO, Save the Children, United Kingdom)
• Christian Bréchot (President, Institut Pasteur, France)
• Victor J. Dzau (President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, USA)
Central topics include Migration and Refugee Health; Big Data and Technological Innovation in Healthcare; Infectious Diseases and Lessons Learnt from Ebola and Zika; Women, Empowerment and Health.
Under the high patronage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the WHS attracts about 1,800 participants from more than 80 countries. It is the premiere international platform for exploring strategic developments and decisions in the area of healthcare.
Further information on speakers and topics:
http://www.worldhealthsummit.org/the-summit/program
http://www.worldhealthsummit.org/the-summit/speakers
The World Health Summit is open to media representatives:
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