All times in CET. The agenda may be subject to change.

08.30 – 10.00

Welcome and Registration

(Coffee available from 8.30am)

10.00 – 10.45

Welcome Remarks

Moderator for the day: Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter & Journalist

Alan Donnelly, Chair & Convenor, The G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership (Summit Host)

Hatice Beton, Executive Director, The G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership (Summit Co-Host)

Keynotes

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

Min. Plen. Gabriele Altana, Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Health, Italy (Virtual)

Thomas Östros, Vice President, European Investment Bank (Virtual)

H.E. Vincenzo Grassi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations

Carlos Gadelha, Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Health, Ministry of Health Brazil, G20 Presidency 2024 (Video Message)

 

10.45 – 11.15

Fireside Chat: Legislators Initiative on Raising Awareness and Action to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases for 2025

Moderator: Agnes Buzyn, Professor of Hematology, Paris-Sorbonne University, Former French Health Minister

Opening Remarks:

Hon. Laurent Wehrli, Chair of the Parliamentary Network to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria of the APF (Réseau parlementaire de lutte contre le VIH/sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme), Chair of the Education, Culture and Education Commission of the APF (Commission de l’éducation, de la culture et de la communication) Member of the National Council of Switzerland

Nicholas Banatvala, Head of Secretariat, United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, WHO

Alan Donnelly, Chair & Convenor, The G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership

Theme: ‘Global Health Diplomacy in Action’

11.15 – 12.00

Panel 1: The Future of Global Health Diplomacy in a Changing World – Balancing Public Trust Vs Politicization 

Moderator: Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter & Journalist

Keynote: Dr Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO) 

Panelists:

Dr Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Governance, World Health Organization (WHO)

Marcos Prado Troyjo, Adjunct Professor Economics, University of Oxford, Former President of the New Development Bank (Virtual)

Tamara Schudel, Vice President & Head of Global Policy, Roche and Global Ambassador for the G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership 

David Reddy, Director General, IFPMA 

Agnes Buzyn, Professor of Hematology, Paris-Sorbonne University, Former French Health Minister

Concluding Remarks for the Session: Alan Donnelly, Chairman, The G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership (Summit Host)

12.00 – 13.00

Panel 2: G20&G7 Legacy Initiatives – What are the Successes and Lessons learnt from Initiatives and Taskforces that have been Created in G20 and G7 Presidencies? (2017-2024)

Moderator: Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter & Journalist

Keynote: Stephanie Seydoux, Director-General’s Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, World Health Organization (WHO)

Panelists:

Ralf Sudbrak, Deputy Director, Global AMR R&D Hub (2017, G20, Germany) 

Serina Ng, Executive Head, G20 Joint Finance and Health Task Force Secretariat (2021, G20 Indonesia/ Italy)

H.E. Hideo Suzuki, Ambassador for Global Health of Japan, Impact Investment Initiative (Triple I) for Global Health (2023, G7 Japan) (Virtual)

Surabhi Joshi, Technical Officer, Capacity Building and Collaboration Unit, Digital Health and Innovations Department, World Health Organization 

Mandy Govender, Operations Lead, Transform Health (2023, G20 India/Brazil)

Reem Al Bunyan, Executive Director of the G20 Global Innovation Hub for Improving Value in Health (2020, G20 Saudi Arabia) (Virtual)

13.00 – 13.30

Recommendations & Break-Out Sessions

Development of Recommendations for CTA + Q&A

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch Break

14.30 – 15.30

AMR Report Launch

Moderator: Alan Donnelly, Chairman, G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership 

How to Bridge the Disconnect Between Scientists and Policy-Making –  Launch of the AMR Global Legislators Report: In conversation with Parliaments and Parliamentarians 

Agnes Buzyn, Professor of Hematology, Paris-Sorbonne University, Former French Health Minister

Francis Jacobs Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at University College Dublin, Former Head of Unit of its Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Hon. Dr Christopher Kalila, Member of Parliament Zambia, Former Executive Committee member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Virtual)

Dame Angela Eagle, Member of the House of Commons, UK Parliament (Virtual)

Jarvis Matiya, Deputy Secretary General at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Virtual)

Theme ‘Health as an Ecosystem’

 

15.30 – 16.20

Panel 3: A cross-governmental & cross-sectorial challenge – What have we achieved in global AMR advocacy & how can we move from recommendations to concrete policy actions during the UNHLM and the 4th Ministerial in Saudi Arabia?

Chair: Audrey Wong, Chair, Quadripartite Working Group on Youth Engagement

Panellists:

James Anderson, Executive Director of Global Health, IFPMA

Najat Mokhtar, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency

Kefas Samson, Technical Officer, Joint Quadripartite Secretariat on AMR, WHO

Hebah Dada Mahmood, Director of AMR, Public Health Authority, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Virtual)

Junxia Song, Senior Animal Health Officer, FAO (Virtual)

Abigail Herron, Global Head of Health and Nature Policy, Sustainable Finance Centre for Excellence, Aviva Investors (Virtual)

16.20 – 16.35

Coffee Break

 

16.35 – 17.25

Panel 4: Sustainable Financing for Chronic Diseases – How to Prepare for the UNHLM Meeting on NCDs in 2025 and how to create convergence between G7 and G20 Presidencies 2024/2025

Moderator: Dylan Pulver, Executive Officer, Director General’s Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, World Health Organization

Panellists

Bente Mikkelsen, Director, Non-Communicable Diseases in the division of UHC/Communicable and Noncommunicable diseases, WHO (Virtual)

Francesco Vaia, Director General of Prevention, Ministry of Health, Italy (Virtual)

Dennis Ostwald, Founder and CEO, WifOR Institute

Joanna Laurson-Doube, Policy and Advocacy Manager responsible, NCD Alliance

Joelle Saleh, Rays of Hope Initiative Coordinator, IAEA (Virtual)

Julia Spencer, AVP Global Public Policy, MSD

Caitlin Asjes, Global Public Health Senior Director, BD

17.25 – 17.40

Fireside Chat

In Conversation with social and global activists/champions – What are the increasing implications of Climate Change, Supply-Chain Risk, Geographical Changes, Trade Disruptions on the long-term health of our societies?

Moderator, Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter & Journalist

Mert Firat, Actor and Global Ambassador G7 & 20 Health and Development Partnership

Ben Plumley, Managing Director, The Global Listening Project (Virtual)

17.40 – 18.10

Recommendations & Break-Out Sessions

Development of Recommendations for CTA + Q&A

18.10 – 18.25

Wrap-Up & Concluding Remarks Day 1

Followed by Reception & Dinner for all H20 Guests

18.45 – 22.30

Reception & Dinner