High-Level Health Diplomacy & Governance
All times in GMT. The agenda may be subject to change.
Presenter
Hannah Vaughan Jones, British journalist and presenter, CNN International and previously Sky News
09.00 – 09.30
Opening & Keynote
Alan Donnelly, Executive Chairman, G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership (Summit Host)
Hatice Beton, Executive Director, G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership (Summit Host)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care, United Kingdom (TBC)
Georg Kippels MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany (TBC)
09.30 – 10.30
Panel 1: A Decade of G20 Health Diplomacy: The Future of Health in the G20
Marking a decade since Angela Merkel established the first G20 Health track, the panel will evaluate the progress over that time, and what the world needs to do now to protect health budgets, align health and finance discussions, and secure health’s role in the G20 and G7.
Keynote speaker: Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, French Ambassador for Global Health; Chair of the Executive Board, Unitaid
Moderator: Emma Ross, Director of Global Health Programme, Chatham House
H.E. Dr. Nouf Suliman Alnumair, Deputy Minister of Health for International Cooperation, General-Secretary of the Ministerial Committee for Health in All Policies, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, French Ambassador for Global Health; Chair of the Executive Board, Unitaid
Jae Woo Kim, Director General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
Kelvin Bryan Tan, Principal Health Economist, Ministry of Health, Singapore
H.E. Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health, Brazil
10.30 – 11.30
Panel 2: Regional Alliances as the New Multilateralism: Decentralising Governance for Global Security
Global health is undergoing a seismic shift from global multilateral alliances, to increased regional cooperation and economic autonomy. Our panellists will consider how this shift can deliver better health for all, and help insulate health budgets from geopolitical volatility.
Keynote: Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Moderator: Hannah Vaughan Jones, British journalist and presenter, CNN International and previously Sky News
HRH Princess Haya Bint Khaled Bin Bandar Al Saud, Senior Vice President of Research, Hevolution Foundation
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Magda Robalo, Co-chair of the UHC 2030 Steering Committee, Institute for Global Health and Development ; Former Minister of Public Health, Guinea-Bissau
Sir Jeremy Farrar, Chief of the Asia, Middle East, and Europe (AMEE), PATH
11.30 – 12.00
Networking Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.15
Panel 3: Beyond Aid: Building Enduring Health Financing & The New Health Investment Framework To Mobilise Finance For Health
In an era of fiscal constraint, the pressures of ageing populations and growing chronic disease burdens are forcing governments to rethink health financing. This panel will consider the need for health to be recognised as a strategic investment in productivity, economic resilience, and growth. Recognising that the sector lacks a common investment framework to align governments, development banks, investors and industry, this panel will explore how a voluntary investment toolkit could bridge this gap through shared standards, transparent reporting, and clear safeguards against “health-washing”. The goal: unlock and mobilise sustainable private capital, strengthen public health systems, and accelerate health-positive economic growth. The G20&G7 Health and Development Partnership will present the results of a potential Health Investment Framework that has been developed with a steering committee of experts.
Keynote: Marek Mora, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Moderator/ Presenter: Hatice Beton, Executive Director, G20&G7 Health and Development Partnership
Kerri Elgar, Senior Global Health Advisor / Policy Analyst, OECD
Monisha Ashok, Director of Health Investments, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Kalipso Chalkidou, Director of Health Financing and Economics, WHO
Grover Burthey, Head of ESG Portfolio Management, PIMCO
H.E. Amb. Prof. Abdulsalam AlMadani, Chairman of Index Holdings, Roving Ambassador of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) for the GCC Region
Michael Oberreiter, Head of External Affairs International, Roche
Sumie Arima, Deputy Director, Triple I
13.15 – 14.30
Lunch & Bilateral Networking Window
14.30 – 14.45
Special Keynote Remarks
The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
14.45 – 15.15
Model G20 – Youth Spotlight
The H20 Summit launched its first edition of the ModelG20 Simulation in 2025. A group of young students presented the Youth Declaration to Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebeyrsus, Director General or the WHO and H.E. Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Health Minister of South Africa in a handover ceremony during South Africa’s G20 Presidency in 2025. In its second year, a new group of students from international schools will present their declaration themed around ‘Air Pollution and Child Health’ to The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP, as the United Kingdom takes over the leadership of the G20 Presidency in 2027.
15.15 – 16.30
Breakout Session: Drafting the 2026 G20 Call to Action
The H20 is renowned for drafting the annual Call to Action with participants live during the Summit. During this interactive session, summit participants will be split into working groups contributing to draft the Call to Action and co-author the high-level policy communiqué delivered directly to G20 Sherpas.
15.15 – 16.30
Parallel Closed-Door Sessions
16.30 – 17.30
Panel 4: From Talk To Action: Unlocking Investment in Women’s Health and Productivity
Women’s health represents one of the highest-impact investment opportunities, with transformative gains in workforce participation, retention, poverty reduction and productivity. Closing the global gender health gap represents a $1 trillion annual macroeconomic opportunity. However, despite growing international attention, policy implementation and investment remains limited. This panel will dig into the practicalities of transitioning women’s health from a siloed social expenditure into a recognised, investable asset class. Following the introduction of the Health Investment Framework in the preceding session, this panel focuses on how public, private, and philanthropic capital can be mobilised and targeted at high impact women’s health interventions.
Moderator: Christina Marzocca Executive Director, Global Public Policy, Organon
Claire Muñoz Parry, Director, Health, Milken Institute Health
Kate Lancaster, CEO, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Tiffany Dove-Abbam, CEO, Dove Foundation for Global Change
Afua Basoah, Co-founder, Fern Capital
17.30- 18.00
Day 1 Wrap-Up & Adjournment
Greg Perry, Director General, Global Self Care Federation
Bente Mikkelsen, Director of Global Engagement Strategies at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
18.30 – 21.00